Style lines
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When you add data from your business system to a map, Esri Maps for SAP BusinessObjects creates a layer and displays the data using a default style. These layers, and certain layers added from ArcGIS, can be styled using different symbols, colors, and grouping.
One way to style a line layer is using a single line symbol to represent all of the features in the layer. Another way is to divide the line features into groups and style each group with a different color. Alternatively, if your data has numeric fields, you may choose to style each group with a different-sized line. For example, you could use different line colors or sizes to show roads classified by traffic volume.
As you modify the style options for your layer, the map automatically updates to reflect your settings.
For more information on styling layers, see Feature display and style.
Use a single line symbol
- Press the Show map contents button to display the Contents pane.
- On the Contents pane, press the arrow to the right of the layer that you want to style.
- Press Style.
- Press Simple.
- From the Line drop-down menu, choose the type of line you want.
- Choose a color for the lines.
- Move the Thickness slider as desired to set the thickness of the lines.
- Press OK.
Use different colors
- Press the Show map contents button to display the Contents pane.
- On the Contents pane, press the arrow to the right of the layer that you want to style.
- Press Style.
- Press Grouped.
- If the column you chose does not contain numeric data, do the following:
- From the Line drop-down menu, choose a line type.
- From the Color scheme drop-down menu, choose the desired colors.
- Optionally, change the color for any of the individual categories as needed.
- Skip to step 9.
- If the column you chose contains numeric data, press the Group column values by drop-down arrow and do one of the following:
- Choose Number ranges to classify values into groups by numeric order and assign a group style.
- Choose Categories to assign a style to each unique value.
You can style up to 50 features with unique values.
- If you chose Number ranges from the Group column values by drop-down menu, do the following:
- From the Line drop-down menu, choose a line type.
- From the Classification method drop-down menu, choose the desired grouping method.
For additional information on each of these methods, see Feature display and style.
- Using the Number of groups slider, specify the number of groups to use for the data. You can have between two and seven groups.
- Choose the desired colors from the Color ramp drop-down menu. Check the Reverse colors check box to reverse the colors in the selected color ramp. The default color ramps cannot be changed or edited.
- If you chose Categories from the Group column values by drop-down menu, do the following:
- From the Line drop-down menu, choose a line type.
- Choose the desired colors from the Color scheme drop-down menu.
- Optionally, change the color for any of the individual categories as needed.
- Move the Thickness slider as desired to set the thickness of the lines.
- Press OK when finished.
Use different-sized lines
- Press the Show map contents button to display the Contents pane.
- On the Contents pane, press the arrow to the right of the layer that you want to style.
- Press Style.
- Press Grouped.
- From the Choose column to group drop-down menu, choose a column containing numeric data.
- From the Group column values by drop-down menu, choose Number ranges.
This classifies values into groups by numeric order and assigns a group style.
- From the Line drop-down menu, choose a line type. From the color selector, choose a color for the lines.
- Beside Style using, press Sizes.
- From the Classification method drop-down menu, choose the desired grouping method.
For additional information on each of these methods, see Feature display and style.
- Using the Number of groups slider, specify the number of groups to use for the data. You can have between two and seven groups.
- Use the Minimum and Maximum Sizes slider to specify the start and end (minimum and maximum) sizes for the symbols.
- Press OK when finished.