{"id":2599622,"date":"2025-01-17T00:01:04","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T08:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=2599622"},"modified":"2025-01-17T10:14:25","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T18:14:25","slug":"enhancing-asset-monitoring-the-power-of-dictionary-renderers-for-status-indicators","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/enhancing-asset-monitoring-the-power-of-dictionary-renderers-for-status-indicators","title":{"rendered":"Enhancing Asset Monitoring: The Power of Dictionary Renderers for Status Indicators"},"author":43991,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[22941],"tags":[777502,255412,300972,107422,31301],"industry":[],"product":[36571,769142,36551,36561,36601],"class_list":["post-2599622","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mapping","tag-dictionary-renderer","tag-indicator","tag-mapping-and-visualization","tag-status","tag-symbology","product-arcgis-enterprise","product-sdk-net","product-arcgis-online","product-arcgis-pro","product-developers"],"acf":{"authors":[{"ID":43991,"user_firstname":"John","user_lastname":"Fry","nickname":"John Fry","user_nicename":"jfry","display_name":"John Fry","user_email":"JFry@esri.com","user_url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/author\/jfry\/","user_registered":"2020-06-05 14:29:40","user_description":"John Fry is a Senior Solution Engineer who specializes in the real-time GIS, ArcGIS Enterprise, movement analysis, big data, METOC analyses, and maritime intelligence workflows. John loves helping customers find solutions to their complex GIS problems.","user_avatar":""},{"ID":365382,"user_firstname":"Thomas","user_lastname":"Warner","nickname":"Thomas Warner","user_nicename":"twarner","display_name":"Thomas Warner","user_email":"twarner@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2024-11-22 18:11:08","user_description":"Thomas Warner is an experienced urban designer and project manager who has been assisting local and national government organizations with real property\/asset collection and management, facility\/infrastructure planning and analysis, and space utilization for over 15 years. As a Solution Engineer on the Esri\u2019s National Government\u2019s Civil Team, Thomas is focused on creating unique solutions, with the ever-expanding Esri ecosystem, that are simple, efficient and grow with your data and organizational needs.","user_avatar":""}],"short_description":"Use this dictionary renderer to display clear and concise status information for locations of interest.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

BLUF: Use the <\/em>Status Indicator Symbology<\/a> to display clear and concise status information for locations of interest.<\/em><\/p>\n

Imagine a command center \u2013 something dimly lit with a multitude of displays giving a variety of real-time feeds. The mission commander walks in and needs a brief about the status of the operation. \u201cWhat\u2019s going on with that base over there? Why\u2019s the status red?\u201d<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2609242,"id":2609242,"title":"CommandCenter","filename":"CommandCenter-scaled-e1734370623696.jpg","filesize":390707,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/CommandCenter-scaled-e1734370623696.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/enhancing-asset-monitoring-the-power-of-dictionary-renderers-for-status-indicators\/commandcenter","alt":"","author":"43991","description":"","caption":"","name":"commandcenter","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2599622,"date":"2024-12-03 18:58:49","modified":"2024-12-03 18:58:49","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":800,"height":457,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/CommandCenter-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/CommandCenter-scaled-e1734370623696.jpg","medium-width":457,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/CommandCenter-scaled-e1734370623696.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":439,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/CommandCenter-scaled-e1734370623696.jpg","large-width":800,"large-height":457,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/CommandCenter-1536x877.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":877,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/CommandCenter-2048x1170.jpg","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":1170,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/CommandCenter-814x465.jpg","card_image-width":814,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/CommandCenter-1891x1080.jpg","wide_image-width":1891,"wide_image-height":1080}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

An analyst swiftly pulls up a map, interacting with it as a series of attributes appearing in a pop-up. They scroll through the list, offering a detailed breakdown of the base’s current red alert status. While the information is thorough, it’s clear the symbol representing the status could be more intuitive.<\/p>\n

What if the key status indicator fields were integrated directly into the symbology? With the Status Indicator Symbology<\/a>, a clearer, more comprehensive visual representation would instantly provide the commander with all the critical details.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2633862,"id":2633862,"title":"Symbol_Graphic","filename":"Symbol_Graphic.png","filesize":180415,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Symbol_Graphic.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/enhancing-asset-monitoring-the-power-of-dictionary-renderers-for-status-indicators\/symbol_graphic","alt":"Symbol-Dictionary Renderer","author":"43991","description":"","caption":"Single attribute visual representation versus facets in the Status Indicator Symbology","name":"symbol_graphic","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2599622,"date":"2024-12-18 23:36:09","modified":"2024-12-18 23:36:40","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":3653,"height":2353,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Symbol_Graphic-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Symbol_Graphic.png","medium-width":405,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Symbol_Graphic.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":495,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Symbol_Graphic.png","large-width":1677,"large-height":1080,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Symbol_Graphic-1536x989.png","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":989,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Symbol_Graphic-2048x1319.png","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":1319,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Symbol_Graphic-722x465.png","card_image-width":722,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Symbol_Graphic-1677x1080.png","wide_image-width":1677,"wide_image-height":1080}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Organizations need to understand the overall status of an event, office, base, or sensor location. Each one of these locations may have multiple attributes that describe it. This is where dictionary styles<\/a> come into play. A dictionary renderer uses a dictionary style along with attributes from your data to dynamically generate <\/span><\/span><\/span>information rich symbols.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Status Indicator Symbology<\/a> dictionary styles can be used to confi<\/span><\/span><\/span>gure layers with a dictionary renderer in ArcGIS Pro.<\/span><\/span><\/span> When a <\/span><\/span><\/span>user configures the fields in their layer that should be used by the style, the dictionary renderer will automatically generate multi-faceted status symbols in the map. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The map below displays base locations and their status for intelligence using a <\/span><\/span><\/span>unique value renderer<\/span><\/span><\/span>. In the pop-up, there are three fields (intelligence, personnel, logistics) that contain a status value (low, moderate, high suitability). To get the information on the other status fields, a user would need to interact with the map, whether by clicking and seeing a pop-up, or, creating multiple copies of the layer with the other fields driving the symbology.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2633882,"id":2633882,"title":"Base1Intelligence","filename":"Base1Intelligence.png","filesize":101745,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Base1Intelligence.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/enhancing-asset-monitoring-the-power-of-dictionary-renderers-for-status-indicators\/base1intelligence","alt":"","author":"43991","description":"","caption":"Base with pop-up displayed depicting status for various fields","name":"base1intelligence","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2599622,"date":"2024-12-18 23:39:53","modified":"2024-12-18 23:40:07","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1164,"height":503,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Base1Intelligence-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Base1Intelligence.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":201,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Base1Intelligence.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":332,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Base1Intelligence.png","large-width":1164,"large-height":503,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Base1Intelligence.png","1536x1536-width":1164,"1536x1536-height":503,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Base1Intelligence.png","2048x2048-width":1164,"2048x2048-height":503,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Base1Intelligence-826x357.png","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":357,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Base1Intelligence.png","wide_image-width":1164,"wide_image-height":503}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

The Status Indicator Symbology <\/a>allows the user to map those fields to different portions of a symbol, streamlining the visual so that map interaction wouldn\u2019t be needed.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2634152,"id":2634152,"title":"MapAndLegend","filename":"MapAndLegend.png","filesize":414413,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/MapAndLegend.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/enhancing-asset-monitoring-the-power-of-dictionary-renderers-for-status-indicators\/mapandlegend","alt":"","author":"43991","description":"","caption":"The dictionary renderer maps each status to a facet in the symbol. The right displays the legend of the symbol. ","name":"mapandlegend","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2599622,"date":"2024-12-18 23:56:56","modified":"2024-12-18 23:57:12","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":2419,"height":1166,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/MapAndLegend-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/MapAndLegend.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":224,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/MapAndLegend.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":370,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/MapAndLegend.png","large-width":1920,"large-height":925,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/MapAndLegend-1536x740.png","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":740,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/MapAndLegend-2048x987.png","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":987,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/MapAndLegend-826x398.png","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":398,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/MapAndLegend-1920x925.png","wide_image-width":1920,"wide_image-height":925}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"vertical","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

We have created a sample web application<\/a> to demonstrate the Status Indicator Symbology<\/a> and how it compares to mapping single variables. In the application, edit the table values and see how the pie chart and map icons change.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2647952,"id":2647952,"title":"MonitorWebApp","filename":"MonitorWebApp.gif","filesize":1186940,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MonitorWebApp.gif","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/enhancing-asset-monitoring-the-power-of-dictionary-renderers-for-status-indicators\/monitorwebapp","alt":"","author":"43991","description":"","caption":"","name":"monitorwebapp","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2599622,"date":"2025-01-09 21:45:29","modified":"2025-01-09 21:45:29","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/gif","type":"image","subtype":"gif","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1440,"height":900,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MonitorWebApp-213x200.gif","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MonitorWebApp.gif","medium-width":418,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MonitorWebApp.gif","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":480,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MonitorWebApp.gif","large-width":1440,"large-height":900,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MonitorWebApp.gif","1536x1536-width":1440,"1536x1536-height":900,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MonitorWebApp.gif","2048x2048-width":1440,"2048x2048-height":900,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MonitorWebApp-744x465.gif","card_image-width":744,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MonitorWebApp.gif","wide_image-width":1440,"wide_image-height":900}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/experience.arcgis.com\/experience\/205488e9f9774eeabf9a3eecbc39452d"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

The example above displays a three field symbol, but we have created the Status Indicator Symbology style files<\/a>\u00a0to support up to seven fields, with five customizations of each symbol.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2634252,"id":2634252,"title":"SymbolsChoices","filename":"SymbolsChoices.png","filesize":72301,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/SymbolsChoices.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/enhancing-asset-monitoring-the-power-of-dictionary-renderers-for-status-indicators\/symbolschoices","alt":"","author":"43991","description":"","caption":"The dictionary renderer contains many symbol choices.","name":"symbolschoices","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2599622,"date":"2024-12-19 00:01:04","modified":"2024-12-19 00:17:21","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":493,"height":359,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/SymbolsChoices-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/SymbolsChoices.png","medium-width":358,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/SymbolsChoices.png","medium_large-width":493,"medium_large-height":359,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/SymbolsChoices.png","large-width":493,"large-height":359,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/SymbolsChoices.png","1536x1536-width":493,"1536x1536-height":359,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/SymbolsChoices.png","2048x2048-width":493,"2048x2048-height":359,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/SymbolsChoices.png","card_image-width":493,"card_image-height":359,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/SymbolsChoices.png","wide_image-width":493,"wide_image-height":359}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Directions on how to configure this symbology are in the Status-Indicator-Symbology<\/a> repository. When you download the .zip file, this is what is included:<\/p>\n