Assigning Feature Codes to your own items

Feature codes enable you to assign a colour/style to a map item instead of adding a theme.

For instance if you always use the same set of crimetypes simply assign a feature code to say Feature Code 1 is Burglary = blue.

The code sits in the data for the crimes, the feature codes sit in the library.

To assign a Feature Table to an Overlay:

  1. Display the Overlays dialog and select the Dataset tab:
  2. Add a Feature code column to the Schema:
  3. Items on the Overlay can now be assigned a Feature code from the Item Properties Control Bar:

    The chosen Feature code is now assigned to the selected Item.
  4. The assigned Feature code and Feature table are shown in the Properties of dialog:

    5. There are other methods to assign Feature tables and Feature codes. One method is to select the Feature table and Feature code from the drop-downs on the Format tab:

    You can also select the Feature code and Feature table from drop-downs in the Properties of dialog:

    Note: These last two methods allow a Feature Table other than the one assigned to the Overlay to be selected. This is not recommended in most cases.