topic Re: is it possible to create Dynamic Text that reads Domain/Subtype? in Mapping Questions

is it possible to create Dynamic Text that reads Domain/Subtype?

ShanaHarmsen — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 17:31:44 GMT

I am creating a map book with data driven pages, using dynamic text with an attribute field with the help tip below...

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With the dyn type="page" you can create dynamic text with any attribute field of the Data Driven Pages index layer. For example, if you have an attribute on the index layer named POPULATION, you can create a dynamic text tag using this field, <dyn type="page" property="POPULATION"/> to dynamically display the POPULATION values for each page in the layout.

With this functionality if you have an attribute field in an index layer of your data driven pages you can use it as dynamic text for the pages

I have tried it with a field that uses a coded subtype, and just the numeric code will show - is there any way to display the coded value instead?

Thanks!

Re: is it possible to create Dynamic Text that reads Domain/Subtype?

RobertBorchert — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 19:00:22 GMT

It should work just fine. I just did it to try it out before responding and it put in my subtype as the value not the numeric code.

What method did you use to insert the dynamic label?

You should click on

Insert>Dynamic Text>Data Driven Page Attribute. Then select from the drop down list your Subtype Field.

It should look like this

<dyn type="page" property="attribute" field="subtypeCode" domainlookup="true"/>

I am creating a map book with data driven pages, using dynamic text with an attribute field with the help tip below...

TIP:
With the dyn type="page" you can create dynamic text with any attribute field of the Data Driven Pages index layer. For example, if you have an attribute on the index layer named POPULATION, you can create a dynamic text tag using this field, <dyn type="page" property="POPULATION"/> to dynamically display the POPULATION values for each page in the layout.

With this functionality if you have an attribute field in an index layer of your data driven pages you can use it as dynamic text for the pages

I have tried it with a field that uses a coded subtype, and just the numeric code will show - is there any way to display the coded value instead?

Thanks!

Re: is it possible to create Dynamic Text that reads Domain/Subtype?

ShanaHarmsen — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 19:05:27 GMT

I am running ArcGIS 10.0...
using Insert-> text-> then editing in properties box - used the format you put down and still just gave me the numeric code.

Re: is it possible to create Dynamic Text that reads Domain/Subtype?

RobertBorchert — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 19:18:05 GMT

Did you do Insert>Text or Insert>Dynamic Text>Data Driven Page Attribute

that is important.

I am running ArcGIS 10.0...
using Insert-> text-> then editing in properties box - used the format you put down and still just gave me the numeric code.

Re: is it possible to create Dynamic Text that reads Domain/Subtype?

RobertBorchert — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 19:19:54 GMT

I cannot remember how 10.0 appears but if there is not an Attribute option for the Dynamic Text simply add a data driven page name and open it's dialog up and change it in there.

Re: is it possible to create Dynamic Text that reads Domain/Subtype?

ShanaHarmsen — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 19:35:59 GMT

10.0 does not have the "Data Driven Pages Attribute" option, but I've tried both
Insert -> text
Insert -> dynamic text -> Data Driven Page Number
then changing in the properties box and still am only getting the numeric code

Since I work off a version I tried it in the default database as well, and still just the numeric code.

Any other suggestions are welcome
Thanks!

Re: is it possible to create Dynamic Text that reads Domain/Subtype?

MattSayler — Wed, 30 Oct 2013 18:05:22 GMT

Might be a setting for displaying coded value vs alias, although I haven't tracked it down yet...

Re: is it possible to create Dynamic Text that reads Domain/Subtype?

MattSayler — Wed, 30 Oct 2013 18:31:58 GMT

That "domainlookup" attribute is the only thing I'm finding too. I think it may be new as of 10.1, as setting it true or false doesn't change anything for me either and I'm not finding it in the 10.0 help docs.

Not sure it's what you're looking for, but you could get around it in a script:

domainDict = {1:"Foo Type",2:"Bar Type",3:"Other Thing"} alias = domainDict[mxd.dataDrivenPages.pageRow.getValue("YourFieldName")] yourElement.text = alias

Re: is it possible to create Dynamic Text that reads Domain/Subtype?

MichaelTomiak_WSP — Sun, 17 Apr 2022 21:26:09 GMT

Adding the "domainlookup="true"/" on mine sorted my issues of the DD attributes only showing the coded values. Was driving me nuts, but now sorted to this one bit of script I add manually to each Attribute tag (not sure why I have to do this manually though).