I've imported some values attached to x y coordinates and am trying to display them as charts. All has gone well apart from the values displayed on the charts won't appear in the legend. I've exported the x y feature class I created into a new shapefile but no luck.
[GIS] Items won’t show up in legend
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Add the new values with the Add Values button, not the Add ALL Values button. The add ALL values button will override the existing symbology and re-add all unique values whereas the Add Values button allows you to preserve the existing symbology and add new unique values not present in the Symbol list.
EDIT:
Also, confirm that after importing symbology from layer file, the count of symbols is greater than 0. After import, you have to physically click the header to get the count. If the count beside each symbol is 0 then the values in the source layer file do not match any values in your destination layer.
EDIT 2:
Based on our discussion, here is the process i recommend:
Import layer file and hit the count header to ensure matching values exist
Click Add Values, Click the Complete list to ensure all possible values have already been added to symbology. Type in new value in the text box and click Add to List
3.Once new value appears in the list, select it and click OK in the dialog
New additional value is now added to the existing symbol list without altering any existing values
Edit new value symbology as needed:
Thanks, @iriberri! I did not know it is possible to edit the legend's HTML and CSS. However I decided not to add a gradient to the bubbles in the legend, since this would mean mixing up to different value ranges. In my case the color is independent from the size of the bubble for each data point, and vice versa.
I have found a way to display both value ranges in one legend. The code is to long to paste it here, but you can have a look at this pastebin.
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This may not be the only way, but when dealing with attributes and legends (or text boxes) we always export the values to a Excel file, then make the text box look as you want (also remove the grid lines in excel) then you can copy and paste the excel file into a graphic editing program (photoshop, illustrator, even mspaint if thats all you have) and create a graphic at the required dpi. Then insert the graphic into your map.
This is assuming you want a graphic with a white background, you can always change colors a bit in the graphic program. Then throw a nice neatline around the item and set your gaps to 0. Like i said there are probably better ways but this how we do it.