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Enhanced-Search-Widget-for-FlexViewer Part III

RobertScheitlin__GISP

All,

Here is a new thread to post questions and discuss the Enhanched Search Widget. The old thread was getting too long.

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JoshWhite

Robert,
I am using the Enhanced Search Widget primarily because I wanted to use the attachment feature of it. It seems to be working okay but I wanted to ask a question. Is there a way to control what shows in the thumbnail previews in the popups of the attachments. Right now, what is happening is that you cannot make out what the picture will be until you click on it. I hope the attached screenshot explains that better than my text. This is supposed to be pictures of road surfaces, when you click on the picture the image opens up in the browser but some of these features will have upwards of 10 attachments. I'm not sure with this sort of image if it will make much difference but it seemed interesting behavior.

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RobertScheitlin__GISP

Josh,

For showing the attachments I am just using the standard esri popups attachment inspector features. The max image size for the thumbnail is 64 x 64 and the thumbnail images does not have smoothing set to one by default so the resizing of your images to 64 x 64 is likely the issue with them being blurred. You could modify the API's AttachmentRenderer.mxml to add smoothing to the image component and then monkey patch that into your viewer source.

JoshWhite

Thanks, that works for me. I'm sure I'll get questions about that and I'll just explain that it is because the image size is to large to show on the thumbnail. I know that's not exactly what you said but it will work for me. I'm using the compiled version so I won't be able to modify the mxml file and I don't want you to have to go that the trouble for this one minor thing. I appreciate your explanation.

GregWolowich1

Greg,

I can take a look at your xml if you want me to.

Thanks Robert,

I've narrowed down the hunt. It appears that the new widget does not like return many results on my spatial views. Any other layer works fine. Just not the spatial views. Works at 2.4 not at 3.4. The only other variable that changed is the data was moved from ESRI binary spatial data type to SQL Server geometry data type.

Again, the REST services will return many results, just not the widget in the app.

Thanks,

Greg

RobertScheitlin__GISP

Greg,

I do not work with spatial views or SQL Server geometry data types so this is going to be very difficult for me to diagnose on my end. If you get to the point where you are willing to share more, namely your xml and access to your data (or just a test sample of it), let me know.

RobertScheitlin__GISP

All,

A new version is now released.

Version 3.6.5 - 4/3/2014
* Changed export GUI design to minimize footprint.
* Added buffer support to eDraw, eLocate and pointBuffer.

StewartGalloway

I have added the esearch widget but the actual �??Search�?� button is greyed out and the widget does not work. Can you please review the following and help to debug it?
ArcGIS Viewer for Flex
Application builder version 3.3
ArcGIS 10.1 for Server (Windows)
eSearchWidget for AppBuilder3.3

1) The widget opens automatically.
The main config.xml contains this reference to esearch widget:
<widget url="widgets/eSearch/eSearchWidget.swf" config="widgets/eSearch/eSearchWidget_2.xml" label="Enhanced Search Widget" icon="assets/images/i_search.png" preload="open"/>
    </widgetcontainer>
</configuration>

Or do I need to add the following :
<widget label="Enhanced Search" left="60" top="350" preload="open"
icon="assets/images/i_search.png"
config="widgets/eSearch/SearchWidget.xml"
url="widgets/eSearch/SearchWidget.swf"/>

2) The following is the changes that have been made in order to use our data:
<configuration>
    <layers>
        <layer>
            <token/>
            <definitionexpression/>
            <enableexport>true</enableexport>
            <name>NYARNG UNITS</name>
            <url>http://ngnya0-gis-02:6080/arcgis/rest/services/UNITS/Units_Map2/MapServer/0</url>
            <expressions>
                <expression alias="Troop Command" textsearchlabel="Search Troop Command:" isvaluerequired="true">
                    <values>
                        <value prompt="Example: 153TC4" isvaluerequired="false" uniquevalsfromfield="TroopCommand"</value>
                        <value prompt="Example: 153 TC" isvaluerequired="true" operator="AND">upper(TroopCommand) LIKE upper('%[value]%')</value>
                        <value prompt="Example: 153 TC2" isvaluerequired="true" operator="AND">TroopCommand= '[value]'</value>
                        <value prompt="Example: 153 TC3" uniquevalsfromfield="TroopCommand" isvaluerequired="true" autosubmit="false" operator="AND">TroopCommand = '[value]'</value>

Do I need to use the URL addition:
?esearch=R1&slayer=0&exprnum=0&showdatagrid=true

thanks.

RobertScheitlin__GISP

Stewart,

Hmm... You have some syntax issues in your xml and I am not sure what you are actually trying to search for with what you have...

<expressions>
  <expression alias="Troop Command" textsearchlabel="Search Troop Command:" isvaluerequired="true">
    <values>
      <value prompt="Example: 153TC4" isvaluerequired="false" uniquevalsfromfield="TroopCommand" </value>
        <value prompt="Example: 153 TC" isvaluerequired="true" operator="AND">upper(TroopCommand) LIKE upper('%[value]%')</value>
        <value prompt="Example: 153 TC2" isvaluerequired="true" operator="AND">TroopCommand= '[value]'</value>
        <value prompt="Example: 153 TC3" uniquevalsfromfield="TroopCommand" isvaluerequired="true" autosubmit="false" operator="AND">TroopCommand = '[value]'</value>
    </values>
  </expression>
</expressions>

What you have now you are searching the same field 4 times using the and operator. Twice you use the uniquevalsfromfield attribute. Your First value tag is missing the right carrot before the closing tag for value.

As you seem pretty new to XML markup maybe you should explain what it is you are wanting to do in your configuration? What do you want to search for?

StewartGalloway

Robert,
Yes, I am struggling with XML. I would like to query a list of military units based on criteria in the Troop Command field. For example, select all units assigned to the 153rd Troop Command. The esearch window displays automatically and I get value choices from the field.

I have 4 searches because I did not know which one to use so I tried them all.

The result of a new layer is good (I�??d like to change the icon eventually. Working with <resultslabel> <symbols> <picturemarkersymbol> I think?).

Getting a result of a table I could print/download would be great too (Fixed Datagrid?).

Would it help if I uploaded data?

Thanks very much.
Stew

Esearch widget screen shot.docx

RobertScheitlin__GISP

Stew,

Zip up your eSearchWidget_2.xml and I will assist with the proper syntax.

StewartGalloway

thanks so much!

eSearchWidget_2.zip

RobertScheitlin__GISP

Stew,

What is the geometry type for this map service layer? I you want to get the results in the data grid you have to add each desired field to the fields parent element and not use fields all="true". So can you copy all the fields text from your rest service end point and attach that (just in case, the rest service end point is the data that is displayed in the browser when you put http://ngnya0-gis-02:6080/arcgis/rest/services/UNITS/Units_Map2/MapServer/0 in the address bar)?

StewartGalloway

Geometry type is point. Please see attached for the fields text.

Fields Text.txt.zip

RobertScheitlin__GISP

Stew,

This should do:

        <layer>
            <token/>
            <definitionexpression/>
            <enableexport>true</enableexport>
            <enableprintgrid title="Selected Troop Command(s)">true</enableprintgrid>
            <name>NYARNG UNITS</name>
            <url>http://ngnya0-gis-02:6080/arcgis/rest/services/UNITS/Units_Map2/MapServer/0</url&gt;
            <expressions>
                <expression alias="Troop Command" textsearchlabel="Search Troop Command:" isvaluerequired="true">
                    <values>
                        <value prompt="Example: 153TC4" isvaluerequired="false" uniquevalsfromfield="TroopCommand" autosubmit="false">TroopCommand = '[value]'</value>
                    </values>
                </expression>
            </expressions>
            <graphicalsearchlabel>Use one of the graphical search tools to select Troop Command</graphicalsearchlabel>
            <spatialsearchlayer>false</spatialsearchlayer>
            <titlefield>TroopCommand</titlefield>
            <fields all="false">
              <field name="UIC" gridfield="true"/>
              <field name="UNIT_NAME" gridfield="true"/>
              <field name="SITE_NAME" gridfield="true"/>
              <field name="SITE_CODE" gridfield="true"/>
              <field name="SiteNumber" gridfield="true"/>
              <field name="INSTNAME" gridfield="true"/>
              <field name="TroopCommand" gridfield="true"/>
            </fields>
            <links/>
            <zoomscale usegeometry="true" zoompercent="2"/>
            <autoopendatagrid>false</autoopendatagrid>
            <queryattachments>false</queryattachments>
            <relates/>
            <symbology>
                <picturemarkersymbol url="assets/images/i_camera.png" height="30" width="30" xoffset="0" yoffset="0" />
            </symbology>
        </layer>

JoshWhite

I'm putting this widget through its paces on this one. I have a feature that I would like to view attachments, which works fine and also open a link in a related table. The link is to a video file that I didn't want to have attached to the database because it will make the geodatabase too large. If I can't get this to work, I may just include the links in the main file, but the relate would be better for me.

UPDATE: I actually go this to work, it is a bit clunky because of the way I set it up but I was wondering if there was a good way to change the location. As it is now the link is just the file name so the widget was looking for it in the same directory as itself. I fixed that for now by putting it in the same location as the config file. I also tried to add a folder name to the hyperlink in my feature class and that also worked. I'm just wondering if there is a tag that I can use to tell the widget to look in a different location. On another note, if decide not to use the relate is it possible to have multiple hyperlink fields? In other words, link to more than one place. I would just add a field to my feature class with the new file name.

StewartGalloway

Hi Robert,
Can you help with these issues? The esearch widget is working but:

1) the widget displays an error msg for the initial search (see attached).

2) I'd like to display a different symbol per result, depending on the value searched on. (You helped me change the default picturemarkersymbol).

3) I get too many results to page through (see attached).

Thanks very much.
Stew
ArcGIS Viewer for Flex. Application builder version 3.3

eSearchWidget_3xml_doc.zip

RobertScheitlin__GISP

Stew,

I am not real sure on what the issue for number one is... Your XML looks fine. Can you attach your main config.xml for me to look at?

As far as number 2 having a different symbol per result based on the search criteria. There is nothing setup in this widget to allow for a unique value renderer per layer. You could setup a layer for each of the different symbols you want.

Your third question is likely that you have a popup assigned to the layer you are searching on and that is interfering with the search results popup. I will be able to see if this is the case when I see your main config.xml

StewartGalloway

Robert,
Please see attached for the main config file.
I will try to set up a different layer for each symbol.
Thank you very much.
Stew

config.zip

StewartGalloway

Robert,
I see a PopUp_2.xml and I see it referenced in the config.xml but nothing is checked within the App Builder \ Configure Layer or the Sub_layer. Remove the reference in the config.xml?
Thanks.
Stew

JulieWilliams1

Hi Robert!

We have been successfully using your 3.5 version of the eSearch tool in many of our maps and we love it! We have run into a little problem with related features in a search and being able to actually zoom to each related features when they are pulled up in the grid. We have a polygon feature for our isolation areas and each polygon has many related valve point features. The eSearch tool will pull up all of the related valve features into the results grid when we do a search on an isolation area polygon, but we were hoping to be able to zoom to each valve feature from the grid. We currently get an error box that pops up saying "Invalid or Missing Perameters" with an "ok" box at the bottom. Here is the code for this search in the config. file:

<layer>
            <token></token>
            <definitionexpression></definitionexpression>
            <enableexport>true</enableexport>
            <enableprintgrid>true</enableprintgrid>
            <name>ISO Boundry</name>
            <url>http://vmgismap/arcgis/rest/services/EmergencyMap_IsolationFeatures/MapServer/9</url>
            <expressions>
                <expression alias="ISO Boundry" textsearchlabel="Search ISO Boundry">
                    <values>
                        <value prompt="Example: SLC 37" field="BNDID">UPPER(BNDID) LIKE UPPER('%[value]%')</value>
                    </values>
                </expression>
            </expressions>
            <graphicalsearchlabel>Use one of the graphical search tools to select ISO Boundry</graphicalsearchlabel>
            <spatialsearchlayer>true</spatialsearchlayer>
            <titlefield>BOUNDARY ID</titlefield>
            <fields all="false">
                <field name="BNDID"alias="ID"gridfield="true"/>
                <field name="BNDYDESC"alias="Description"gridfield="true"/>
                <field name="CUSTOMERCOUNT"alias="Customer Count"gridfield="true"/>
            </fields>
                <links>
                </links>
            <zoomscale usegeometry="true"></zoomscale>
            <autoopendatagrid>false</autoopendatagrid>
            <queryattachments>false</queryattachments>
            <relates>
                <relate id="1"label="Isolation Valves"enableexport="true"enableprintgrid="true"printtitle="Isolation Boundary Valves">
                    <fields all="false">
                        <field name="GDC.V_GDC_VALVES.ITEM_DESCRIPTION"alias="Valve Number"gridfield="true"/>
                        <field name="GDC.V_GDC_VALVES.HOUSING"alias="Housing"gridfield="true"/>
                        <field name="GDC.V_GDC_VALVES.VSIZE"alias="Size"gridfield="true"/>
                        <field name="GDC.V_GDC_VALVES.MAKE"alias="Make"gridfield="true"/>
                        <field name="GDC.V_GDC_VALVES.ADDRESS_TEXT"alias="Valve Address"gridfield="true"/>
                    </fields>
                </relate>
            </relates>
            <symbology>
                <simplefillsymbol color="0xff0000" alpha="0.5">
                    <outline color="0xff0000" alpha="0.8" width="2" />
                </simplefillsymbol>
            </symbology>
        </layer>

Just wondering if you can see anything we are missing or have in there that is not correct and that could be causing the problem? I was able to get this to work on another one of our features where we just have a one to one relate - our service line feature and a service valve that it is related to. I was able to click on the valve in the results grid and it would zoom to it on the map. It's this other one to many relate that is causing us problems. As always, thanks for your help and thanks for this wonderful tool!

Julie Williams
Questar Corp

RobertScheitlin__GISP

Stew,

Yes you should change the operational layers section to this:

        <operationallayers>
            <layer type="dynamic" label="DMNA Site" imageformat="png8" url="http://NGNYA0-GIS-02:6080/arcgis/rest/services/RealProperty/DMNA_Site/MapServer" visible="true"/>
            <layer type="dynamic" label="Units Map2" imageformat="png8" url="http://ngnya0-gis-02:6080/arcgis/rest/services/UNITS/Units_Map2/MapServer" visible="true"/>
        </operationallayers>

RobertScheitlin__GISP

Julie,

So errors I see in your XML is that tag attributes have to be seperated by a space. Also the relate fields do not need the gridfield attribute as there is no other way to dispaly relates but in the datagrid.

<relates>
  <relate id="1"label="Isolation Valves"enableexport="true"enableprintgrid="true"printtitle="Isolation Boundary Valves">
    <fields all="false">
      <field name="GDC.V_GDC_VALVES.ITEM_DESCRIPTION" alias="Valve Number"/>
      <field name="GDC.V_GDC_VALVES.HOUSING" alias="Housing"/>
      <field name="GDC.V_GDC_VALVES.VSIZE" alias="Size"/>
      <field name="GDC.V_GDC_VALVES.MAKE" alias="Make"/>
      <field name="GDC.V_GDC_VALVES.ADDRESS_TEXT" alias="Valve Address"/>
    </fields>
  </relate>
</relates>

JulieWilliams1

Hi Robert!
Sorry it took so long for me to respond. I ended up making the changes that you suggested, but I was still getting the same error. So, I have just been messing around with other changes to see if anything would make it work. We had a join to a table on the feature that the relate is on and I wondered if that could cause problems because it seems like joins have caused problems for us in the past. So, I ended up removing the join and it now works! So, that join was the root of the problem, after all. Don't know if you have any experience with others having trouble with joins, but I figure this may help someone else. We will just have to see what is more important to our user - seeing more data or being able to zoom to the valve feature....thanks, again, for all of your help!!

Julie Williams

RobertScheitlin__GISP

Julie,

I have seen several situations where relates that have joins were having issue with the related feature geometry being returned. This is something that you can call esri tech support about but not as it relates to the eSearch (they will just say that they don't support custom widgets), but it may be a known bug.

glennhazelton

hi Robert,
I hope this the right thread.
i have been working with your esearch widget for years and i love it.
i just moved to the 3.6 version however and i have problem.
the 'show results in grid' icon is not visible.
how do i get it to show up?
thanks
glenn hazelton
FYI
SINCE I POSTED THIS I discovered the reason: I had NOT added the FixedDG to the config file.
all is well now.
glenn.

RobertScheitlin__GISP

Glenn,

That button is only visible when you are using the Floating Datagrid and NOT the Fixed datagrid.

MegPeterson

Hi all -

I'm perplexed. I'm trying to populate a drop down list in the eSearch widget, but the values returned in the drop down do not include all the values in the field specified. For example, if the values in the field "PARK" include [Rose Park, Cedar Park, Valley Park], only 'Rose' and 'Cedar' (and 'all) are returned in the drop down; 'Cedar' is not listed.

If I allow the user to simply type in the name 'Cedar', the value appears.

Any ideas? I'm using the eSearch widget (3.0 - 3.0.17f) with 10.1. I realize I'm a bit out of date on the code, but hoping to not have to upgrade.... Many thanks.

<expressions>
 <expression alias="Search by Park" textsearchlabel="Choose from the drop down list below">
 <values>
  <value prompt="Example" uniquevalsfromfield="PARK" isvaluerequired="true">Lower(PARK) like Lower('%[value]%')</value>
 </values>
 </expression>  
 <expression alias="Search by Park type" textsearchlabel="">
 <values>
  <value prompt="Example: Hayward Shoreline">Lower(PARK) like Lower('%[value]%')</value>
 </values>
 </expression> 
</expressions>

RobertScheitlin__GISP

Meg,

From 3.0 to 3.6 of the eSearch there has been LOTS of bug fixes and at least one or two the deal specifically with the uniquevalsfromfield. All I can tell you is to test 3.6.5 of the eSearch and see if it fixes your issue. I can not support a widget version that id 6 minor version behind (not to mention all the sub versions that I can out with in between those minor versions).

alexis_s

I hope this the place to post this particular question. If not please let me know.

I am using the 3.6.4 version of the enhanced search widget with the 3.6 flex viewer. I have read the documentation and looked over the forums, and have managed to turn off most of the buttons that are unwanted after doing some beta testing with users. The only thing I cannot seem to find how to disable is the "Do you want to use the Buffer Graphics or the Selection Graphics --> Selection Graphics" button. The users like the ability to cancel and adjust their buffers so I would like to keep that particular extra confirmation step. Also, the two methods also produce different results as indicated in the attached picture. The Red is desirable (Buffer Graphics), and the Blue line is not (Selection Graphics). Did I miss something on what the difference between the two? Is it possible to retain the "Buffer Graphics" button and disable/remove the "Selection Graphics" button?

ESearchQuestion.jpg

RobertScheitlin__GISP

David,

The eSearch is the most configurable widget out there, but that portion is not configurable. The select by buffer graphic would select the underlying layer based on the option button that you choose i.e intersects, completely contain, etc. The use selection graphic will do the same but submits the existing selected graphic. I am not sure why your parcel to the south get selected, but I would guess that the parcels have a small overlap. I would check your parcel layers topology to see if you have an overlap issue.

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