You can use the theming tool to create themes for layers from feature sources such as SDF, SHP, or Oracle Spatial.
To create a theme for a feature layer
- In Display Manager , select a feature layer. Click the
Style icon in the toolstrip.
- In the
Style Editor, under
Scale Ranges, select the scale range to theme.
- In the
Polygon Style,
Point Style, or
Line Style area, click
New Theme.
- To analyze features based on values that fall into various numerical ranges, do the following in the
Theme dialog box:
- For
Property, select the property on which to base the theme.
- For properties with numeric values, specify the
Minimum Value and
Maximum Value for the range.
- For properties with numeric values, select a
Distribution method.
The first rule includes the
Minimum Value and the last rule includes the
Maximum Value. Styles are interpolated across the range.
You can specify the number of rules to create if
Distribution method is
Equal,
Quantile, or
Jenks (Natural Breaks). Properties containing strings use an
Individual Values distribution that does not allow the number of rules to be edited.
- If you are editing an existing theme, you can replace any existing rules by selecting
Replace existing rules.
- The default
Style Range shows the styles that will be used for each rule. Your options depend on the type of geometry stored on this feature layer.
- To add labels to features in the theme, do the following:
- Select the
Create Feature Labels check box.
- Next to
Label Ramp, click
- Select
Create A Label and specify the criteria for the labels.
- To create legend labels for the theme, do the following:
- Select the
Create Legend Labels
check box.
- For
Legend Text, enter the text to appear next to each rule in the legend.
- For
Label Format, specify how to display the legend label.