Note:
Some workflows may require specific privileges. For more information about user types, roles, and privileges, see the Accounts topic.
Some of the options or features described in this workflow are available only to users with an ArcGIS organizational account.You can change symbol, color, and other style settings for a map layer.
See Style map layers to learn about methods for styling data and Symbol types to learn about smart mapping and default applied styles.
The available style setting options depend on the symbol type in use (also known as smart mapping), the type of data attributes selected, and the features' geometric shape (point, line, or polygon).
To change a map's style settings, complete the following steps:
- Follow the steps in the Apply a style workflow for your component:
- Apply a style in ArcGIS for Excel
- Apply a style in ArcGIS for Power BI
- Apply a style in ArcGIS for SharePoint
- Choose a symbol type.
- Click the Style options tab
to customize the look of the layer.
Depending on the symbol type, feature geometry, and selected data attributes, different options are shown on the Style options tab.
- Optionally, do any of the following:
- Update the Clustering settings to change how point symbols are grouped on the map.
Note:
To learn more about grouping point symbols, see the Clustering topic.
- Update the Symbol styling settings to change the shape, fill, outline, and related qualities of geometric features.
- Update the heat map settings for layers styled with the heat map symbol type.
- Update the Size or Color classification settings to refine the data classification and adjust the histogram.
- Update the Unique values settings for layers styled with a types or types and size symbol type.
- Update the Transparency and Rotation settings per attribute.
Note:
Transparency and Rotation per attribute are not available in ArcGIS for Power BI.
- Update the Clustering settings to change how point symbols are grouped on the map.
- When you are satisfied with the style settings, click the Layer Properties tab to update the layer settings or click Close to close the Layers pane.
Clustering
Expand the Clustering section and do any of the following:
Style type | Instruction |
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Clustering | Turn on the Enable clustering toggle button to aggregate point symbols into default configuration options based on the symbol type. |
Radius |
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Text color | To change the Text color on the cluster symbols, choose a color from the options table or specify a custom RGB or hexadecimal color value. |
Symbol styling
To update the geometric symbol styles in use—for example, for point, line, or polygon symbols—expand the Symbol styling section and do any of the following:
Style type | Instruction |
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Shape and size | To change the shape of point symbols, choose a symbol set from the drop-down menu.
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Color ramp |
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Size range |
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Fill |
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Outline color and width |
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Heat map
To change the appearance of layers styled using a heat map, do any of the following:
Style type | Instructions |
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Color ramp |
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Area of influence |
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Blur radius | Adjust the Blur radius slider to the right to increase the distortion field or to the left to decrease the radius or type a radius value in the text box. Note:ArcGIS for Power BI users can drag a numeric value into the Size field well to better define heat map properties. |
Size or color classification
To update the data classification for layers styled by size, color, or color and size, do any of the following:
Style type | Instructions |
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Size or Color classification | Expand Size classification or Color classification to see the available settings. |
Divided by | If the data is not normalized or standardized, choose an attribute field from the Divided by drop-down menu to turn the raw data into rates or percentages. Examples of normalized data include x per capita, y per square kilometer, or a ratio of x to y. Raw counts, by comparison, are better visualized with colors after they are standardized. Note:The Divided by menu is not available in ArcGIS for Power BI. |
Histogram |
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Out of range or no value data | Turn on the Show features with no value or out of range toggle button to draw or extrapolate locations with missing data on the map. |
Classify data |
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Unique values
The Unique values menu provides a preview of the appearance of symbols on layers styled using types or types and size. To update the unique values settings, do any of the following:
Style type | Instruction |
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Unique value |
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Show other symbols | Turn on the Show other symbols toggle button to show any categories from your data attributes on the map that are not included in the unique values list. |
Transparency and rotation
To change the transparency and rotation settings per attribute, do any of the following:
Style type | Instruction |
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Vary by attribute | Expand the Vary by attribute section to see the available transparency and rotation settings. Note:This group is not available in ArcGIS for Power BI. |
Transparency by attribute | Turn on the Transparency by attribute toggle button. Options for configuring attribute transparency appear. |
Field (Transparency) | Select an attribute to which you will apply transparency. Note:Transparency can only be applied to numeric or date attributes. |
Divided by | From the Divided by drop-down menu, choose a numeric attribute by which to standardize or normalize the data for transparency, such as population by area or costs by total population. |
Transparency range in % |
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Rotate by attribute | Turn on the Rotate by attribute toggle button. Options for configuring attribute rotation appear. |
Field (Rotation) | Select an attribute to which you will apply rotation. Tip:Rotation is not informative if the attribute has been styled using round symbols. |
Direction | Choose whether to use Clockwise or Counterclockwise rotation.
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