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Dear Community

Is there a tool out there to transfer your thematic styling permanently to objects in a table (not just save the theme settings in the tab).

Thanks

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John Ievers
CDR Group Limited
Hope Valley, United Kingdom
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Hi John,

The WindowHelper tool by @Peter Møller can do this for you.  It will introduce a new option called "Save Styles to Table" to the Map menu.  You need to select the Theme layer in the Explorer window first, so the option is enabled.

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James Nolet
GIS Manager
CAF Consulting
Melbourne office, VIC, Australia
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Thanks James

Spongy brain today!!

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John Ievers
CDR Group Limited
Hope Valley, United Kingdom
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Original Message:
Sent: 05-15-2026 07:20
From: James Nolet
Subject: Is there a tool/function to transfer thematic styles to a table permanently?

Hi John,

The WindowHelper tool by @Peter Møller can do this for you.  It will introduce a new option called "Save Styles to Table" to the Map menu.  You need to select the Theme layer in the Explorer window first, so the option is enabled.

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James Nolet
GIS Manager
CAF Consulting
Melbourne office, VIC, Australia
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Hello John, the Community,

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David Chevé
Senior Support Engineer
Precisely | Trust in Data
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Hi David

That only saves the theme view to the tab metadata - which is really useful if the data is dynamic and the styles change with the data.

I needed to save the styles permanently to the individual object properties. A slight improvement in performance too, when you have 5 million objects!

Cheers

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John Ievers
CDR Group Limited
Hope Valley, United Kingdom
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Original Message:
Sent: 05-18-2026 05:19
From: David Chevé
Subject: Is there a tool/function to transfer thematic styles to a table permanently?

Hello John, the Community,

This can also be done by using the "Save Theme as Default View" option. 

 

You can save a thematic map directly to the table's metadata, which makes it the default theme that automatically loads when the table is opened:

Create a Thematic map for your table using Map > Add Theme.

In the "Create Thematic Map Step 3 of 3" dialog box, select the checkbox "Save Theme As Default View"

Click OK.

This saves the theme data to the .TAB file's metadata, eliminating the need to create a workspace file.

 

To enable this feature by default:

Go to Pro > Options > Map Window

Select the checkbox "Automatically Open Default Theme"

Click OK.

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David Chevé
Senior Support Engineer
Precisely | Trust in Data
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