Download a Feature Layer and Export to Shapefile

Question

I would like to download a feature layer (survey data point taken using Collector) for viewing in ArcGIS desktop.  From the details page, I Export to shapefile, then download the shapefile to my computer.  When I open the shapefile, the data is present in the attribute table but no points show up. I've tried projecting to a local projection and still nothing.  Please help.

DryCreekEng · Answer

My client wants to download shapefiles to import into Tableau software.  I have a few clients that use Tableau, and I don't want them to have to send me emails every time they want to download a shapefile for use in another program.

Egge-Jan_Pollé · Answer

Hi Natalie Martinkus,

Why shapefile? (There has been a time, way back in the days, that Esri was very proud of it's shapefile format, but these days are over now, I would say...)

Alternatives:

* As mentioned above: you should be able to access the Feature Layer directly from within your desktop application (using your client's credentials)
* Or you can download the Feature Layer as a FGDB and open this one in ArcMap or ArcGIS Pro

HTH,

Egge-Jan

DryCreekEng · Answer

Update:  I opened some feature layers using ArcPro 2.3.3 and successfully exported them to a shapefile, which I then successfully uploaded as a new feature to AGOL using my client's credentials. So Im guessing that exporting a feature layer to a shapefile in AGOL is a bug.