Why is the map portal so utterly unusable??

EvanReis

I don't get why when in the Catalog pane I goto ARcGIS online, search on US Zip Codes, and this is what I get. I so wish I had my CD Map data from 2005. I mean does ESRI really think that I'm searching for data on Coronavirus in NC when I type in ""US Zip Codes??"

 

jcarlson

The search tool searches through the title, tags, description, etc. I could have a layer of "whale sightings", but if I put the word "zip" in my description, it's going to show up.

It's not super intuitive, but the search panel in Pro functions just like the one online. Which is to day, it can take all sorts of parameters, such as those found in the REST docs. But these parameters are often supplied as part of the search string itself.

So say you want items where "zip code" is in the title, not somewhere in the metadata. Try searching title:zip code.