June 2026 update breaks category selector Label override in Dashboards

[JonathanMurphy2]

The most recent update to Dashboards breaks the custom label for category selector. https://doc.arcgis.com/en/dashboards/latest/create-and-share/selectors.htm

[StephanieW]

Hi @JonathanMurphy2 I was not able to reproduce this using my own Dashboard with a category selector. Can you confirm if you see this on multiple Dashboards and share more about your data and field configurations? A support case would also be really helpful to take a closer look at your specific dashboard. https://support.esri.com/en-us/contact

[ShaneBradt]

Hi @JonathanMurphy2 and @StephanieW - the same thing is happening to one tables on this dashboard https://epa.maps.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/ac7397d07f66410bb39890ce8d791512#

There are two similar tables (they are single cell, single row, so they look like a rectangle) that are set up in the exact same way as each other, one using the delta field of this data layer (A - https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=0c0090b13a404d018bd883064bc11ef2#overview) the other uses the Approve for public release? field of this data layer (B - https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=4c31038c1a00490e807ad59ec79a0ed7#overview).

The recent update caused the discrepancy, since both tables were acting the same up until late last week. I also used to have category selectors in this dashboard (got rid of them due to different dynamics introduced by the new update) and the same exact thing happened to them - the selector based on layer A continued to respect the label I entered, while the selector based on layer B did not.

[JoHeOEAV]

Hi, we are experiencing the same issue after the latest ArcGIS Dashboards update. Before the update, the category label overrides worked as expected.

Now the category label overrides in the Category Selector are being ignored. The selector still displays the original category values instead of the custom labels.

The issue also occurs when adding a new Category Selector or creating a new Dashboard, so it does not seem to be limited to existing dashboards.

Could this please be checked?

[ShaneBradt]

Hi @JonathanMurphy2 and @JoHeOEAV - I created another post on this issue:

https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-dashboards-questions/problems-with-category-labels-in-arcgis-da...

Through a bit of investigation, I realized that the issue seems to be related to the fact that even though the load categories option displays the label value, the dashboard is using the coded value to decide how to apply the custom text.

This may sound a bit confusing, but hopefully the other post explains things pretty well. In one case I used the code value by adding an override item, and it worked just fine. However, even though this approach worked to solve my specific problem on one dashboard, this is obviously less than ideal. It seems that there's an underlying coding error that needs to be fixed.