Format label field in symbology

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12-29-2021 12:17 PM
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JohannaKraus2
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Symbology with multiple values automatically puts a comma and space between the two field values in the Value column, but in the Label column (which gets used in the legend) it only places a comma with no space:

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I can manually add in a space but I would like to be able to format all the records at once - ideally it would be great to change the comma to a dash or something else.  Is this possible somehow and I just can't find it?

 

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Robert_LeClair
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Johanna - I know this is not the same thing but I think the logic is "yes, you can do this formatting with Python."  The Tech Article URL is here but you'd need to do some Python magic to make it work for your example. Any Python folks in this forum want to give it a go?

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Robert_LeClair
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Johanna - I know this is not the same thing but I think the logic is "yes, you can do this formatting with Python."  The Tech Article URL is here but you'd need to do some Python magic to make it work for your example. Any Python folks in this forum want to give it a go?

JohannaKraus2
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Yes, this is what I'm looking for - I'll give it a go.  Thank you!

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Jeremy_Z
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Were you able to get a working solution? I've got a map I'm working on that needs updated monthly, and I'm using a second legend as a project key for active projects. It's almost perfect, but I need...

Field 1. Field 2

I've been trying to figure it out with the python code shared, but don't know what to change to finish this. Removing the , would probably be enough if I can figure out how to have the label be both fields with a period in it instead of a comma.

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SukhwinderSingh
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Yes, you can make it change. you can edit in excel, if you have this data in csv format. In excel go to "Text to columns". you can make all value in different columns and then you can apply symbology as you like.

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JohannaKraus2
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I'm not sure I understand this.  I don't see a way to export the label field from the symbology tab or import it back in.

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