Esri Maps for IBM Cognos (v5.0.1 Archive)

This is an archive related to a previous version of Esri Maps for IBM Cognos. If you need the current version go to http://doc.arcgis.com/en/maps-for-cognos/.

Use different colors

When you add IBM Cognos data to a map, Esri Maps for IBM Cognos creates a layer and displays the data using a default style (symbol). These layers, and certain layers added from ArcGIS, can be styled using different symbols or icons, colors, and grouping. One way to style a layer is to divide the features in the layer into groups and style each group with a different color. 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.

  1. Click the Show map contents icon to display the Contents pane.
  2. On the Contents pane, click the arrow to the right of the layer whose style you want to change.
  3. Click Style.
  4. Click Grouped.
  5. Click the Choose column to group drop-down arrow and select the desired column.
  6. Do one of the following depending on the type of layer you are styling:
    • For a line layer, select the desired colors from the Color scheme drop-down menu and click OK. Skip the remaining steps.
    • For a point or polygon layer, click the Group column values by drop-down arrow and select either Number ranges to classify values into groups by numeric order and assign a group style or Categories to assign a style to each unique value.
  7. If you selected Categories in the previous step, skip to the next step. If you chose Number ranges in the previous step, do the following:
    1. If you are styling a point layer, click the Symbol drop-down arrow, click Shapes, and select the shape you want. Next to Style using, click Colors.
    2. Click the Classification method drop-down arrow and select the desired grouping method. For additional information on each of these methods, see Feature display and style.
    3. Using the Number of groups slider, specify the number of groups to use for the data. You may have between two and seven groups.
    4. 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.

  8. If you selected Categories from the Group column values by drop-down menu, do the following:
    1. If you are styling a point layer, click the Symbol drop-down arrow, click Shapes, and select the shape you want.
    2. Select the desired colors from the Color scheme drop-down menu.
    3. Optionally, change the color for any of the individual categories as desired.
  9. Click OK when finished.

    Your style settings are displayed on the map. For point layers, you may have to turn off clustering to see individual point symbols. See Configure clustering.