CreateChartTheme()

Creates a pie or bar chart theme on the current layer.

Psychological Scaling option added to Version 2019.

theme_name = CreateChartTheme(string identifier, array field_specs, string type, array options)

Argument	Contents
identifier	The desired name for the theme
field_specs	An array of strings that contains the field specs for the fields in the theme
type	The type of chart: Bar, Pie, or Stack (for stacked bars)

Option	Type	Contents
Title	String	Title of the theme, as it appears in the legend (defaults to theme_name)
Data Source	String	Indicates which data are scanned to determine the minimum and maximum values. If "All" (the default), all features are scanned; if "Screen" only features appearing on the screen in the current map are scanned.
Minimum Value	Real	Features with values below the mimimum are displayed at minimum size (defaults to the minimum value found in the data)
Maximum Value	Real	Features with values above the maximum are displayed at maximum size (defaults to the maximum value found in the data)
Minimum Size	Real	Minimum pie diameter or total bar length (in points) corresponding to the minimum value (defaults to 0)
Maximum Size	Real	Maximum pie diameter or total bar length (in points) corresponding to the maximum value (defaults to 54)
Psychological Scaling	Boolean	Whether to use perceptual scaling (Flannery method) to compensate for the human tendency to underestimate circle sizes (defaults to "False")
Width	Real	The bar or stack chart width in points (defaults to 14)
3D	Boolean	Whether bar or stack charts are drawn with 3-D effects (defaults to "False")
Direction	String	Whether bar or stack charts are "Vertical" (the default) or "Horizontal"

A string indicating the actual name of the theme.

CreateChartTheme() creates a theme on the current layer.
After creating the theme, you need to set theme styles; for more information, see Theme Styles.
To display the theme, call ShowTheme(); for more information, see Themes.
All fields in field_specs must be from the same view and mappable to the current layer.
If either the minimum or maximum value is unspecified, CreateChartTheme() scans the data for the layer to find an appropriate minimum and maximum.

CreateChartTheme("HH by Income", // the name of the theme

{"Zip.[Low Income HH]", "Zip.[Avg. Income HH]", "Zip.[High Income HH]"}, // Three fields are used

"Stack", // Stacked bars...

{{"3-D", "True"}, {"Direction", "Vertical"}}) // Vertical, w/ 3-D effects

Error	Meaning
NotFound	There is no current layer, or the specified field(s) do(es) not exist on the current layer, or the specified field(s) do(es) not contain any valid data
Escape	The user interrupted scanning of the data
Error	An argument or option has the wrong type or the wrong number of values, or an error occurred while scanning the data

Function	Summary
CreateTheme()	Creates a color or pattern theme on the current layer
CreateContinuousTheme()	Creates a continuous (scaled-symbol) theme on the current layer
CreateDotTheme()	Creates a dot-density theme on the current layer
DestroyTheme()	Removes the definition of a theme from the current layer
GetTheme()	Gets information about a theme
GetThemes()	Gets a list of themes defined on the current layer
ShowTheme()	Displays a theme on the current layer