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How do you get newly added fields to show up in the edit widget?

deleted-user-qzyyiYme1rz9

I recently added a few fields to a feature service and they show up correctly in pop-up in the map, however when I edit the settings for the edit widget web appbuilder the new attribute is not visible as an option for editable or viewable attributes. I have also tried completely deleting the edit widget, saving and re-adding it with no luck. The edit box is checked next to the new attributes in the pop-up configuration. I really need to make this new field editable via the edit widget in our app. Any ideas?

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FrancescoGiovinazzo

I think I am going to save a lot of lives here, because I have discovered a workaround that fixes the problem.

By using Livia suggestion and checking ArcGIS Online Assistant (which I suggest to use, is very powerful) I doscovered that the real problem is not in the editor nor the app, it is in the MAP!

If you open the map json and scroll to your layer information, you will discover the fields definitions, something like:

{
"fieldName": "NOTE_RISOLUZIONE",
"label": "NOTE_RISOLUZIONE",
"isEditable": true,
"tooltip": "",
"visible": true,
"stringFieldOption": "textarea",
"isEditableOnLayer": true
},

This definition is perfectly correct, but if you scroll to your NEWLY ADDED FIELDS

{
"fieldName": "CATEGORIA",
"label": "CATEGORIA",
"isEditable": false,
"visible": true,
"stringFieldOption": "textbox"
},

See something missing?

"isEditableOnLayer": true

This option is not getting added when you add new fields to a service, thus not working correctly in the Editor Widget

Add that option to true, save the json, open your WAB and shazam!, your newly added fields will be in the editor widget config window.

IMHO this is a BUG and should be addressed by ESRI

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RobertScheitlin__GISP

Alexis,

Strange that should have worked (deleting the widget and re-adding). Can you try that again but this time close WAB and clear your bowsers cache and re-start WAB then add the widget back.

deleted-user-qzyyiYme1rz9

Robert, I just tried this again, in incognito window. Deleted the widget. Saved. Closed incognito window (which should clear cache), re-opened incognito window and re-added the widget. The new attributes are still not showing up.

RobertScheitlin__GISP

Alexis,

Your right I just tested and got the same results. I see in my Web Map that the popup is configured for that layer to display the new field. I tried switching web maps and then back and nothing seems to be working for get the edit widget to update the layer available fields... I even manually added it as a field in the Widget widgets config.json... I even tried to create a new app... Still no luck. This is something you need to report to tech support.

MalcolmJ

I'm having exactly the same problem. Did you get the issue resolved somehow?

deleted-user-qzyyiYme1rz9

Unfortunately I have not really found a solution yet. I've been back and forth with tech support and they think it is caused by my "fishy" data. They said they were unable to replicate the problem on their end, though they did see it not working for me through screen-share. There are a few work arounds that we have discussed and that I have tried with varying success.

First, when you add a new field and configure the pop-up to make that field editable, instead of saving the layer, just save the webmap (do this in the web map that the web appbuilder is pointing to). I was able to get this approach to work for one of my layers, but not the rest.

Second, try exporting the data and then overwriting the feature service with the downloaded data using ArcMap or ArcGIS pro. My services cannot be overwritten this way, so I have not been able to test this method.

Please share if you find any solution!

MalcolmJ

I did find a way around it, but it was the nuclear option....

I have my feature service running from ArcGIS Server and registered with ArcGIS Online as an item (not stored as a feature service in AGOL). Then loaded into the webmap from there. I basically deleted everything from AGOL and started again. So re-registered the feature service and recreated the webmap and the web app. This fixed it, the new field showed up after that.

So I got around it, but I wasted an hour of my time. Definitely looks like a bug to me in the Edit widget in the Web App Builder.

ToddLusk

Running into this exact same issue. It does seem like it's only the "Edit" widget is the only one that has the problem "seeing" the new field. Several of the other widgets ("Smart Editor", "Filter", "Attribute Table", etc.) seem to be able to see the new field just fine.

RobertScheitlin__GISP

Todd,

You should open a support case with esri tech support with your findings/issue.

ToddLusk

Trust me, I'm seriously considering it.

ScottEvans6

I am having the same problem. Only seems to be happening with the edit widget. I have my users just doing edits through either collector or a web map in the mean time. This seems like a new issue. Never seen this before.

Has anyone started a case/bug with this yet?

deleted-user-qzyyiYme1rz9

Hi Scott, I did start a case with Esri tech support and I had to close it before it was resolved because they were unable to replicate my workflow. Even though I showed them over screen share the problems I was experiencing with the new fields not showing up in the edit widget, they were unable to replicate the issue on their end. They wanted to know the exact steps that were used to create and publish our data which I could not provide them because funny enough it was created by Esri professional services before I started with the company. However, with my own testing it seems that newly created/published data (which I published from ArcMap and from Pro) do not seem to encounter this same problem. It is only my older services, and all of them, which encounter this problem. I actually just downloaded to gdb then published new services. This is obviously not ideal, as I had to reconfigure all of my maps and apps again, but it was the only way I could get the new fields to appear in the widget.

ScottEvans6

That is very concerning. A lot of our data depends on dates too, which get overwritten during republishing. Even though there is a script to overcome that, this seems like more trouble than it is worth. I will call and try to get some more information if I can. Thanks for the info!

Katie_Clark

Had the same issue as well. I had to change the WebApp to use the "SmartEditor" widget, which luckily works just fine for our needs, but hopefully Esri is able to fix this soon.

ANRGIS

We just ran into this issue.

Were you adding the new fields with ArcGIS Pro by chance?

Just curious. We've been finding that the cross-platform editing becoming more of an issue, introducing inconsistencies and potential issues.

ScottEvans6

We added the fields using the web map

ToddLusk

No, ArcCatalog. We turned the services pointing at this feature class off, added the fields in SDE through ArcCatalog, then refreshed the service.

ScottEvans6

Oh ok. Yea we use thew hosted features. I actually was able to get it to show up eventually. I re added the layers into the web map, then deleted the old one. Clear the the browser cache, and it seemed to work.

LiviaBetancourtMazur

We just had the same thing happen to us and we used ArcGIS Online Assistant to edit the JSON of the web app and it worked - the new attributes that we wanted to add to be edited now appear on the web app. However, the new attributes still do not appear on the web app configure window. At least they appear on the final product that users will see.

FrancescoGiovinazzo

I think I am going to save a lot of lives here, because I have discovered a workaround that fixes the problem.

By using Livia suggestion and checking ArcGIS Online Assistant (which I suggest to use, is very powerful) I doscovered that the real problem is not in the editor nor the app, it is in the MAP!

If you open the map json and scroll to your layer information, you will discover the fields definitions, something like:

{
"fieldName": "NOTE_RISOLUZIONE",
"label": "NOTE_RISOLUZIONE",
"isEditable": true,
"tooltip": "",
"visible": true,
"stringFieldOption": "textarea",
"isEditableOnLayer": true
},

This definition is perfectly correct, but if you scroll to your NEWLY ADDED FIELDS

{
"fieldName": "CATEGORIA",
"label": "CATEGORIA",
"isEditable": false,
"visible": true,
"stringFieldOption": "textbox"
},

See something missing?

"isEditableOnLayer": true

This option is not getting added when you add new fields to a service, thus not working correctly in the Editor Widget

Add that option to true, save the json, open your WAB and shazam!, your newly added fields will be in the editor widget config window.

IMHO this is a BUG and should be addressed by ESRI

ScottEvans6

Awesome! Thanks!

FrancescoGiovinazzo

You are Welcome! Please up-vote the answer if it was helpful solving the problem

LiviaBetancourtMazur

Ah, that is helpful to know that the JSON of the map rather than the app should be fixed! Thanks!

DanielleKulas

Hi Scott,

Is that script you mentioned available somewhere online, and could you point me there? I'm very interested in being able to replace overwritten dates/names during republishing with the true data!

Danielle

yoannjaffrain

ok.... but ... naïve question : from Arcgis online, where do you get to see the json of your map??

BrandonBoisvert

I used the ArcGIS Online Assistant as recommended above... you can find that here: https://ago-assistant.esri.com/

You need to log into your account as prompted then at the top of the page there is an "I want to..." button, clicking that opens a drop down menu where you can select the option to view and item's JSON

Once you've selected that you can search for your map in your contents folders in blue on the left side of the page. Open the folder where the map is located and click on the item ID to open the JSON.

ChristopherGillett

Hi All, I am expireanceing this issue.

When I add new fields to a hosted feature layer they are visable in the other widjets but not visable in the edit widget.

I know this is an old thread but Is there any additional information to having newly added fields usable in an edit widget without having to go through AGOL assistant?

JoeKisor

Select the feature in the fields editor that you added a new field to, then click the configure editing button. click on forms; and the newly added field will be in the side menu. just click add field(s) and now it will appear in the editing window

stephen-patterson-noaa

You saved me in 2026. I added a new field to a feature layer and was trying to add a chart for it in an ArcGIS Dashboard and it would not show the new field until I edited the Dashboard JSON by manually changing the field references to the new field.

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