Field delimiter for 'unique values, many fields' symbology
Hi,
In ArcMap there was a way to change the field delimiter between fields, when setting the symbology for unique values and more than one field. I can't see a way to do this in ArcGIS Pro - is it hiding somewhere? The commas look messy on a map legend - I know I can edit them manually but this used to only take a couple of clicks!
Hopefully it's there and I just can't find it?!
Thanks in advance for any help,
Helen
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Hi @HelenCooper, You can use arcade expressions to customize your symbology.
From "Set an expression" from the symbology pane, then apply this arcade expression
$feature.city+"("+$feature.country+")"
but replace the field names(city & country) with your fields' names.
Here's an example where I'd like to put the values from the second field in brackets, rather than just separated by a comma:
I realise this is more than a delimiter, but while I'm posting, may as well include the 'nice to have' request as well!
Hi @HelenCooper, You can use arcade expressions to customize your symbology.
From "Set an expression" from the symbology pane, then apply this arcade expression
$feature.city+"("+$feature.country+")"
but replace the field names(city & country) with your fields' names.
Yes, as @HalaAbdelmaksoud describes above, instead of adding two fields through the menu panel, use the 'Set an expression button', circled in the screenshot below:
You can then use a snippet of Arcade code to add two fields and a delimiter between them e.g.
$feature.FirstFieldName + " add field delimiter symbol here " + $feature.SecondFieldName
Hope that helps!
Helen
Hi Hala, that works well, but if the first field is a number ID field then it ends up getting sorted like 1, 10, 100, 101 instead of 1, 2, 3, etc. (because it gets converted into text when combined with a second field) - do you know how to sort via Arcade?
