Why aren't all symbols generating when creating a template?

[ZakBrown]

Hi,

I have created a feature class with symbology defined by a custom Arcade expression and applied the following symbology:

However, when I go to create a template of this symbology using Manage Templates --> New --> Templates for Layer it only generates the first symbol in the list:

If I select a single feature and try to generate the a single template from that feature using Template from Feature... it uses the same symbol regardless of the feature you select:

Any help appreciated.

I'm using ArcGIS Pro 2.4.1.

Thanks,

Zak

[Scott_Harris]

Hi Zak,

Can we please see the expression?

Thanks,

Scott

[ZakBrown]

Hi Scott,

Sure. Just a warning, it's ugly (and may be why I'm having issues). Reason I went with the custom expression was I needed to symbolize unique values based on more than 3 fields. Here's the code:

var loc = DomainName($feature,"TREELOC")
var maint = DomainName($feature,"MAINTREQ1")
var monitor = DomainName($feature,"MONITOR")
var status = DomainName($feature,"ASSTAT")

if (maint == 'Tree Removal'){
   if (loc == 'Street Tree'){
   return 'Street Tree (To Remove)';
   }
   else if (loc == 'Park Tree'){
   return 'Park Tree (To Remove)';
   }
   else if (loc == 'Track'){
   return 'Track Tree (To Remove)';
   }
   else{
   return 'Other (To Remove)';
   }
}

if (maint == 'Stump grind(<0.3m)'){
   return 'Stump Grind Required';
}

if (maint == 'Stump grind(>0.6m)'){
   return 'Stump Grind Required';
}

if (maint == 'Stump grind(0.3-0.6m)'){
   return 'Stump Grind Required';
}

if (monitor == 'Yes'){
   if (loc == 'Street Tree'){
   return 'Street Tree (Monitor)';
   }
   else if (loc == 'Park Tree'){
   return 'Park Tree (Monitor)';
   }
   else if (loc == 'Track'){
   return 'Track Tree (Monitor)';
   }
   else{
   return 'Other (Monitor)';
   }
}

if (status == 'Tree removed'){
   return 'Removed';
}

if (status == 'To be planted'){
   return 'To be Planted';
}

if (loc == 'Street Tree'){
   return 'Street Tree';
}
else if (loc == 'Park Tree'){
   return 'Park Tree';
}
else if (loc == 'Track'){
   return 'Track Tree';
}
else{
   return 'Other';
}

Edit: I don't get the problem if I use the Symbology panel to create my symbols, but I require more than 3 fields to base it off. So there is either a problem with my expression or templates can't be created from custom expressions (which I doubt, but haven't tested).

Regards,

Zak

[Scott_Harris]

Thanks Zak. It seems that you aren't the only one reporting this issue. Here is what seems like a very similar problem being reported through Esri Technical Support: [BUG-000118031 Symbology is not applied to the template while creating a new feature when the Arcade symbology is used on the layer.]

My suggestion would be to contact Support so they can verify it's the same issue and attach your case to it for tracking purposes. Here is contact info: Esri Support Contact Support 

The ArcGIS Pro development team is aware of another seemingly similar issue and working on a fix for a future release. Until it's resolved, I think you should be able to manually create the feature templates that you need.

Thanks,

Scott