Manage labels

You can view and manage labels from the Labels tab on the Administration page.

View labels

You must be assigned the Administrator or Manager role to view the Labels page.

To view the Labels page, complete the following steps:

1. Access ArcGIS Monitor if necessary.

   The Home page appears.

2. Click Administration.

   The Administration page appears.

3. Click the Labels tab.

   The Labels page appears with a list of labels sorted alphabetically by name.

4. Optionally, do any or all of the following:
   • Click Sort and change the sorting method.
   • Click Filter and create a query to filter the list.
   • Click Columns and specify the columns to hide or show.
   • Position the pointer at the edge of a column's header and drag the column's edge to resize it.
   • Click View related components to view all components with that label.
   • Click View related metrics to view metrics for all components with that label.
   • Click View related open alerts to view open alerts for all components with that label.

     The View related open alerts button is not visible when there are no open alerts.

Edit labels

You can edit a label's attributes, including its name, description, and background color. You must be assigned the Administrator or Manager role to edit labels.

To edit labels, complete the following steps:

1. Access Monitor if necessary.

   The Home page appears.

2. Click Administration.

   The Administration page appears.

3. Click the Labels tab.

   The Labels page appears with a list of labels sorted alphabetically by name.

4. Optionally, do any or all of the following:
   • Click Sort and change the sorting method.
   • Click Filter and create a query to filter the list.
   • Click Columns and specify the columns to hide or show.
   • Position the pointer at the edge of a column's header and drag the column's edge to resize it.
   • Click View related components to view all components with that label.
   • Click View related metrics to view metrics for all components with that label.
   • Click View related open alerts to view open alerts for all components with that label.

     The View related open alerts button is not visible when there are no open alerts.

5. Click More options in the row of the label that you want to edit and click Edit label.

   A dialog box appears with the label's properties.

6. Update the label as necessary.

   Caution:

   When a label attribute is updated, collection expressions that reference that attribute must be updated to include the attribute's updated value. When a collection expression contains labels, it is recommended that you use the label's ID attribute in the expression; label IDs are not affected when other label attributes are changed.

7. Click Save.

   The label is updated.

Batch edit label colors

To change the color of multiple labels, complete the following steps:

1. Access Monitor if necessary.

   The Home page appears.

2. Click Administration.

   The Administration page appears.

3. Click the Labels tab.

   The Labels page appears with a list of labels sorted alphabetically by name.

4. Optionally, do any or all of the following:
   • Click Sort and change the sorting method.
   • Click Filter and create a query to filter the list.
   • Click Columns and specify the columns to hide or show.
   • Position the pointer at the edge of a column's header and drag the column's edge to resize it.
   • Click View related components to view all components with that label.
   • Click View related metrics to view metrics for all components with that label.
   • Click View related open alerts to view open alerts for all components with that label.

     The View related open alerts button is not visible when there are no open alerts.

5. Check the check box next to each label for which you want to change the color.
6. Click Edit color.

   The Edit color dialog box appears.

7. Assign a color to the labels by doing one of the following:
   • Provide a hex code in the Color text box.
   • Click Pick a color to open the color picker, and choose a color.
8. Click Save.

   The color of the labels is updated.

Delete labels

You can delete labels that you no longer want to use. You must be assigned the Administrator or Manager role to delete labels.

To delete labels, complete the following steps:

1. Access Monitor if necessary.

   The Home page appears.

2. Click Administration.

   The Administration page appears.

3. Click the Labels tab.

   The Labels page appears with a list of labels sorted alphabetically by name.

4. Optionally, do any or all of the following:
   • Click Sort and change the sorting method.
   • Click Filter and create a query to filter the list.
   • Click Columns and specify the columns to hide or show.
   • Position the pointer at the edge of a column's header and drag the column's edge to resize it.
   • Click View related components to view all components with that label.
   • Click View related metrics to view metrics for all components with that label.
   • Click View related open alerts to view open alerts for all components with that label.

     The View related open alerts button is not visible when there are no open alerts.

5. Click More options in the row of the label that you want to delete and click Delete.

   A confirmation message appears.

   Caution:

   Deleting a label is permanent and can't be undone.

6. Click Delete label to delete the label.

   The label is deleted and removed from all components to which it was applied. You must update all collection expressions that contain the deleted label.