topic Re: Portal - use multiple styles with a single vector tile layer? in ArcGIS Vector Tile Style Editor Questions

Portal - use multiple styles with a single vector tile layer?

JayJohnsonWashoeCounty — Tue, 15 Jun 2021 15:00:15 GMT

We are just getting started with vector tile layers. I've created a vector tile layer (in Pro) and published it to our Portal. I'd like to use this single VTL in a variety of ways by applying different styling. Example: I have a daytime and a nighttime basemap. I'd like to have two different styles that can be used with my VTL so that it displays legibly over either a dark base and a light base.

Is this possible in Portal?

Re: Portal - use multiple styles with a single vector tile layer?

jcarlson — Tue, 15 Jun 2021 16:08:27 GMT

This is definitely possible, though the process may look different depending on your Portal version.

1. Go to your main Vector Tile Service; it will be the one that says it was created from a Vector Tile Package.

2. Open it in a web map. When you click "Change Style", you will be prompted to save a copy.

3. Save the copy, then adjust the style! Additional copies should be made from the "main" item as needed.

Alternate: You Don't Have the Vector Style Editor in Portal

I can't remember what version the style editor got implemented at, but if you find yourself in an earlier version where that's not an option, then do the following:

Go to the main Vector Tile service
Open in a web map
Create a copy of the item
Save the copy as a new layer

To update the style on your copy, you'll need to download the style JSON and edit it manually, which is a bit of an obnoxious process. You can also share the item across to an AGOL org to open the style in the Style Editor there, then download the JSON.

Re: Portal - use multiple styles with a single vector tile layer?

JayJohnsonWashoeCounty — Tue, 15 Jun 2021 17:12:36 GMT

Hey Josh, thanks - it always helps to know that what I want to do is POSSIBLE.

And your step-by-step details with screen shots are awesome.

I'll work with this a bit and see if I can get somewhere.