topic Re: Issue with Applying Symbology from Layer in ArcGIS Pro Questions

Issue with Applying Symbology from Layer

afielder02 — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 17:44:49 GMT

Hi All,

I am having an issue with the "Apply Symbology from Layer" tool. I have been creating symbology for two "Big Integer" fields and have no issue creating and exporting the symbology as a layer file, but when it comes to testing the layer file and importing it, it no longer recognizes the big integer fields. I have had no problem with other data types, just this one in particular. I think it might be a bug as almost all my problems come from the big integer type. 😇

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Re: Issue with Applying Symbology from Layer

DanPatterson — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 19:03:27 GMT

Do you really need big integer fields?

ArcGIS field data types—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation

Add a new field of the appropriate type for your integer data's range and use the field calculator to copy the values over, then try creating the symbology layer. (perhaps start with short or long integer).

If you really need big integer, then report it as a bug since there is no publically facing issue relating to this issue

Re: Issue with Applying Symbology from Layer

afielder02 — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 19:34:49 GMT

Hi Dan, the choice in field type is not up to me, so I'll report it as a bug. I don't know the reason why it was decided to be big integer considering the data housed in that field. Thanks!

Re: Issue with Applying Symbology from Layer

DanPatterson — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 23:53:29 GMT

The integer data range is... (-9007199254740991) and (9007199254740991)

aka -2^53 -1 to 2^53 -1

and the warning that some applications don't support big integer data... perhaps a revisit may be in order if the data range possible isn't going to be used. But a report of the issue may evoke an explanation at least

Re: Issue with Applying Symbology from Layer

afielder02 — Sat, 12 Jul 2025 16:53:42 GMT

Workaround - when adding the symbology, hit the remove button (red x) and then run the tool, it will work without issue.