topic Re: map will not display labels in ArcGIS Enterprise Portal Questions

map will not display labels

KeslerRandall — Tue, 03 May 2011 17:45:54 GMT

I keep clicking "Label features in this layer" but can not get labels for specific field to appear in map for point shapefile.

Re: map will not display labels

DonovanCameron — Tue, 03 May 2011 19:17:22 GMT

Check to see if there is a Definition Query applied to that pt layer.

Also see if an invalid Label Expression is being used.

Re: map will not display labels

MelissaEdelbrock — Mon, 16 May 2011 15:06:04 GMT

Keslerr, have you checked to make sure you have the right value (field) selected from the drop-down box on that same properties screen? If you don't select a field for which you want to show the labels, it won't show any, if I recall correctly.

Re: map will not display labels

JenniferOtter — Fri, 20 May 2011 20:35:19 GMT

Any other ideas? I'm having the same issue.

Arc10, trying to label features for a specific shapefile, tried multiple fields - none will display...

I've also tried to label other shapefiles in the same project - none are working.

If I click on "View Unplaced Labels" they show up in red. If I "Convert labels to Annotation" nothing happens (except it turns off the label features option)

Re: map will not display labels

DonovanCameron — Fri, 20 May 2011 22:00:52 GMT

Any other ideas? I'm having the same issue.

Arc10, trying to label features for a specific shapefile, tried multiple fields - none will display...

I've also tried to label other shapefiles in the same project - none are working.

If I click on "View Unplaced Labels" they show up in red. If I "Convert labels to Annotation" nothing happens (except it turns off the label features option)

So you are using the regular label engine and not the Maplex correct?

This seems to suggest that other features labels and features have weighting applied that is affecting the placement of your other labels.

You may have to just open the Labels tab for every layer that has labels turned on and press the Label Placement button.

Toggle the 'place overlapping labels' and play with the options in the Label and Feature weight pulldown menus.

If those labels are not the culprit, try turning off an annotation group if one has been built 'in-the-map'.
Open that data frame's properties and go to the Annotation Groups tab.

Re: map will not display labels

JakubSisak — Wed, 25 May 2011 13:32:58 GMT

Can you confirm you are not using Maplex? Maplex is riddled with problems and will not place all labels even if the Never remove (allow overlap) option is checked. The only workaround is not to use Maplex and (as Donovan already suggested) check "Place overlapping labels".

Re: map will not display labels

Fran_VirginiaHutton_Lee — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 01:18:45 GMT

I keep clicking "Label features in this layer" but can not get labels for specific field to appear in map for point shapefile.

It sounds like you may be right clicking in the Table of Contents (TOC) to lable. Go also into Properties from there and select the Labels tab. On that screen there is a little box to check for turning on labels. There, too, you can select from a drop-down menu the field you want displayed as a label.

Re: map will not display labels

JonBrandt1 — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:27:19 GMT

Still not displaying labels. Have tried all of the previous suggested fixes. This is frustrating...

Re: map will not display labels

MartyAnderson — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:11:37 GMT

I have had similar problems with lables not appearing in particular mxd's. What I discovered (I think) is that I had a CAD dwg in the map that for some reason was not allowing my lables to appear. As soon as I removed said CAD layer, all my labels appeared. I don't know why this happened, but I was able to work around it.

I hope this helps some of you...

Marty

Re: map will not display labels

MarkBoucher — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:16:06 GMT

If you have graphical text or other graphical elements, the labels will not show where there is a conflict.

Re: map will not display labels

JimW1 — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:49:07 GMT

Since loading SP3 I have had some issues with labels disappearing. I know the cause of the error but not the cure.

Say my label expression is:

[Name] & vbnewline & [ID]

Somewhere in my work the label expression changes on its own to:

[sde.sde.Stores.Name] & vbnewline & [sde.sde.Stores.ID]

Then at some point the labels start to fail so I have to manually erase the [sde.sde.] prefix to fix them.
I routinely turn on and off definition queries and use joins so I'm sure the cause is one of those but this only started in Arc10 SP3.

I'm thinking maybe the reverse solution to my problem might help. Add in the layer name to the label expressions.

Re: map will not display labels

StephenTomasik — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 10:30:58 GMT

Any other ideas? I'm having the same issue.

Arc10, trying to label features for a specific shapefile, tried multiple fields - none will display...

I've also tried to label other shapefiles in the same project - none are working.

If I click on "View Unplaced Labels" they show up in red. If I "Convert labels to Annotation" nothing happens (except it turns off the label features option)

Hello there:-
A user was experiencing the same issue and not using Maplex. I performed many of the suggestions on this thread to no effect.
I copied individual layers into a new dataframe and discovered that a couple of the layers in the data frame had an inconsistent extent.
On removal of these rogue layers the label visibility returned.

Maybe of help if it's not too late..

Regards,
Stephen