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My map viewer won't find my content / layers

AvaFarouche

Hello!

I have created layer files and packages and uploaded them to my account so they are in "my content." However, when I try to add those layers to a map, I keep getting the message that there is nothing in "my content" that I can add to the map.

I can see the items I want when I log into my account. They specifically show up in "my content," but when I try to add them to the map, I keep getting the message that there is nothing in "my content."

???? Please help!!!! Thank you!!!

I tried just uploading zipped shapefiles to an AGOL map directly from my laptop, but kept getting a message that that file type (shapefile) was not supported ... I then created layer files and then layer packages and uploaded them to "my content," but the platform won't find them in my content.... I admittedly don't use AGOL much at all, I generally use desktop, but I have used it in the past and haven't had this trouble. It seems like adding a shapefile/ layer should be the easiest thing in the world, but it's driving me bananas ...

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MichaelJenkins

Layer files and packages can be uploaded, but they are not data sources that can be directly used by the AGOL platform. A layer file doesn't even contain data. They are just considered documents to AGOL, like a PDF, which can be downloaded.

Shapefiles, though, are data and can be uploaded but they need to be converted into a hosted feature layer before they can be used in a map or app. If you upload a .zip of a shapefile, making certain it contains all the files that are part of it, be sure to select the option to convert it to a hosted feature layer. If you don't then the zip file is just a document that can be downloaded.

MichaelJenkins

As it says in the screenshot, if you upload a .zip of a shapefile and don't choose the convert option, you can go to that item later and hit the "Publish" button and it will convert it to hosted feature layer.

AvaFarouche

Thank you!

So, what if I can't upload a shapefile at all?? That's what I tried to do first, and I kept getting a message that a shapefile was not a supported file type, so I never even got to any place that had the option of converting it to a hosted feature layer. That was what I wanted to do, and tried to do, in the first place. When I kept getting the message that a shapefile is not a supported file type, I thought I needed to try the layer files and packages. I did make sure that all of the sub-files of the shapefiles were included.

MichaelJenkins

Did you zip your shapefile? Don't forget a "shapefile" is actually 3 or more files with the same file name but different extensions. It is usually 5 files, that's why it has to be zipped. You can't just upload a .SHP file.

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