Buffer tool that allows export of records

Question

Hi

I have tried various widgets but without much joy.  I want to make an app which allows users to pick a location, create a buffer and then export the records of a hosted feature class that falls within the buffer to csv.  Is there something that already does this? I have tried the buffer tool, find my nearest and data extract but nothing quite does what I need.

Thank you

KarenStartup · Answer

Hi Joe

I can see how that could work but there is no way in the buffer tool to make a buffer of a point that the user places on the map.  You can do this in Incident analysis but then you can’t save the buffer to a feature. If I use draw to add a point that doesn’t appear in the layers to use to create the buffer.  It seems an obvious thing to want to do but I can’t work out a way to do it.

Thanks for your suggestion though.

Karen

JoeCatanzarita1 · Answer

Hi Karen Startup,

I'm curious to know if you've tried the Analysis > Extract Data Widget?

If you're creating a Buffer, that should create a separate layer for you. Afterwards, you can open the Extract Data section, specify a layer and then output to a CSV?

* Analysis widget—Portal for ArcGIS | Documentation for ArcGIS Enterprise

Looking forward to your response!

Joe

KarenStartup · Answer

Hi Derek

Thanks for replying.  Unfortunately the Incident Analysis widget only allows 3 fields in your exported data and I need to export all the fields from the table.  Otherwise that would have worked well.  I am trying to enable users to make there own address lists for areas.  The select data widget is great if they want to draw a polygon around their area but often they need to use a distance from a point a buffer.  It is a shame the select widget does not include this option.

If anyone has any other ideas of how to get around this I would be very grateful.

Karen