I would like to see the ability to select a feature, click a button that says "Copy Shape", then select the feature class I want to add it to. This works great in Collector but I've yet to figure out how to replicate it in a web app.
Any update on this feature request?
We survey properties whenever interest in utility service is received outside of our current service area. Being able to build a webapp that allows us to select a group of parcels (from a parcel feature) and then copy/paste them to a "surveyed properties" feature (so we can send letters and track feedback), bringing over address and owner information, would be extremely beneficial, and easier than our current method in ArcMap.
Hi Amber, I ran across your post today about using Smart Editor and this potentially could save our folks alot of time in the field! I just ran through a test this evening and on the first trial of copying a polygon feature and pasting it to another feature class, it worked famously! I am not sure why my "create" template looks a little unorganized but I guess it's not a big deal at the moment. It won't let me resize the window. We are using Collector in conjunction with this webmap/app but I'm thinking any copy/pasting would need to be done in AGOL only and that there is no functionality in Collector. That's not a problem, but just thinking about workflow. Any tips you have had with the back and forth between mobile and desktop would be appreciated. This is so very helpful! Thank you! Kristal
This is an excellent idea.
The suggested idea by could obviously piggyback off the Copy Feature function now in Smart Editor.
In regards to copy features use within Smart Editor - as Stefano Toni mentions the copy feature function does not work when trying to select a map service feature. We experience the same thing.
Is there anyone who has been able to customize the Smart Editor/Copy Features function so that a Map Service feature can be selected? I assume it is possible as upon the query task on the map service where Return Geometry = True the geometry could be returned as part of the feature set.
Thanks Amber!
Hi Jonathan,
I never had the requirement to edit newly added layers myself, essentially for me thus far the map sourced into the Web App has never been updated with new datasets. I can see how frustrating that would be. Unfortunately I don’t have any answers for you except maybe suggesting that ESRI consider this in their next update.
Best of luck!
Amber
Hi Amber,
I am not sure of your purpose for using this functionality but I was wondering if you were able to get this tool to work without having to configure the layer settings each time you wanted to use a new web map for your app. For example, the Edit Widget currently has a layer setting that allows you to choose "Honor settings in the web map". I was wondering why this was not the same for the smart editor widget and if you may know of a way to get around it. I would essentially like users to edit new feature layers in the map without having to check the editable feature layers each time I want to use the widget.
yes of course, I dragged to select the feature, either by including the entire polygon or by intersection.I discovered the reason for the non-functionality: the web map contains both the feature layer and the map image layer; if I remove the map image layer then it works.I don't know if it's a bug, it's strange because all the other functions where a selection is required work well with the web map containing both layers.
Thank you for your answer.
Cheers
Stefano
Hi Stefano,
Are you selecting features after you have changed the dropdown option from “Polygon” to “Select features to copy”.
You need to drag-select to select features as well. I cant seem to get the tool to select from a simple click.
Hi everyone,
in my web app it doesn't even work with polygons, it tells me no selected features (see figure).
Some idea?
Thanks
Hi Amber. Your workflow worked for me almost perfectly (I'll have some happy field staff now!). It works fine for polygons but seems to be struggling with Line features. I select the line feature to copy and it just sits there thinking about it.
I've only done limited testing so far but it seems that it doesn't like the source data being something that was added to the WebApp via the Add Data tool (Zipped shapefile). It worked fine when copying data from layers in the webmap by default. Will continue to test further, though this seems a bit like a bug!
Hi Laura,
Did you tick the 2 options below?
You also need to set the layer you want to edit in the "Layer Settings" tab of the widget config
If you have done both of these steps, make sure when you test the widget you dont have any polygons of your editable layer selected (when i do this i see the same window configuration you showed above). If you hit the "Clear" button in the widget your window should return to the default state, see below
From this point - click one of your templates, eg "Do not Survey", you will see "New Selection" change to "Polygon" (or i guess point/line) -> click the drop down arrow next to polygon and chose "Select features to copy"
You then need to drag select a polygon and then chose "Create Features"
You should be good to go from there i think.
Let me know if my workflow doesn't make sense!
My co-worker and I are very interested in getting a functionality such as what you mention in this previous post. i.e. We would like users to be able to copy and paste while editing. We tried following your instructions above, but couldn't see the select feature to copy option while editing in smart editor. Please see attached image. Any guesses as to what we didn't do?? This would totally make our week and month...
Hey everyone,
I found an AGOL widget that will do this process for me - hopefully will help most of you as well. The Smart Editor widget in web app builder allows you to copy polygons from one layer and copy to another, while copying over attributes (provided schemas are matching).
Tick:
Allow user to create new features from existing features option
and
Copied feature values override defaults
Then click on New Feature, then from the drop down "Select features to copy" option in the tool and drag select the polygons you'd like to copy.
This is an absolute necessity for our operations. It would save a TON of time when we identify multiple instances of the same object on a web map, with the only difference being the coordinate.
I agree. This functionality should have high priority. I have made many Web AppBuilder applications where users have to draw existing geometries from scratch where snapping to existing features when drawing is only the help. They cannot understand why selecting and copying existing features, perhaps then making som adjustments, is not possible.
Basic tools and functionality like this should have higher priority rather than producing a large number of specific widgets.
Looking forward to see when something will be done to this issue...
This would be HUGE for our operations. I have been looking for this functionality for years. I would need to ensure that the selected features could be copied to any of the following:
- A new layer
- An existing layer
- The same layer
Hey ESRI,
Any movement on this tool? I have a number of customers chasing this kind of functionality - would be really useful!
Any updates would be much appreciated!
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