Many of you would like to know the priority list of widgets that Experience Builder team will be working on in 2021 and Beyond. Here it is. Please keep in mind that things are subject to change.
Thanks!
@Danny_Thompson , ArcGIS Enterprise 10.9.1 has 5 years product life cycle and you can use Web AppBuilder if the capabilities are not there yet and you can't upgrade to the latest 11.1 version. Also the developer edition is not a desktop version. It allows you to create web apps on your desktop similar to what you do in ArcGIS Enterprise and deploy them to your web server so others in your organization can access these apps through web browsers. Since many features have been added to Experience Builder since 2021, share the 2023 roadmap and new features in ArcGIS Enterprise 11.1.
@Danny_Thompson Just esri not understanding or listening to it's customers. I agree and we are experiencing many of the same issues. The planning and execution of software delivery is just appalling, they need to focus on the core products functionality and stop bringing out half baked shiny things. We are actively seeking a different solution as for the money esri charges and their lack of concern over the systemic issues there are likely other options.
Thanks @Jianxia, but using the developer edition is outside our options. We're 60,000 employees over 3 continental regions with ~140 GIS users in each. Deployments move through specific IT gateways and Esri is increasingly frustrating to use. Periodic major re-writes with little thought to compatibility and consistency are harming the brand - we aren't all sat on individual developer laptops as admins doing exactly what we want when we want.
@Danny_Thompson, Thanks for letting us know the challenges you are facing. The Print widget is now available in ArcGIS Enterprise 11.1. See What's new in 11.1. Understand you are using ArcGIS Enterprise 10.9.1. The workaround is to use the latest developer edition to connect to 10.9.1 so you can use all the new features added to ArcGIS Online and the developer edition. This workaround is a common pattern for ArcGIS Enterprise users who can't upgrade their Enterprise versions yet want to use the latest features. Hope this helps.
Is all a bit embarrassing isn't it?! The differences between Enterprise 10.x and 11.x coupled with the compatibility issues between ArcGIS Pro 2.9 and 3.1 is leading to an absolute cluster bomb of compatibility issues. Do Esri really expect major organisations and corporations to just migrate maybe 2 or 3 years’ worth of stability over on a whim to match their sporadic release schedules - even if that were possible, it would only work if the same level of functionality was available, which it never is?
Custom Print Template functionality is still not available in Experience Builder, but we’re being told that at 11.x that Web App Builder will effectively be depreciated so content will have to be migrated. “Print widget is on the 2021 roadmap” – what does that even mean? It’s the middle of 2023 and it still isn’t available.
Map Viewer can even read the same WMS feeds as Map Viewer Classic = lots of data missing from projects!
Frustrated user trying to operation in a 10.9.1 & 2.9.5 environment and a 10.9.1 & 3.1.1 environment (note not a 11.1 & 3.1.1 environment – in which I’d still need custom print template functionality)
@mhargreaves - if you still run into the issue after creating a locator view with the extent, pls submit a Support ticket. BTW, you can use non-public locator view in the Search widget now.
@NaomiBegg - you may create a locator view with chosen country/region, then use it in the Search widget. To do so, in ArcGIS Online, click Content->New item->Locator, and select the country/region.
Hi @Jianxia
I'm having another attempt at using the search widget.
I can't see in the settings where to change the search settings for ArcGIS World Geocoding Service to be set just to my country/region. This is quite important as using the world geocoding without the filter is quite overwhelming for customers who only work within specific areas.
@Jianxia thx - excellent news!
BTW: Survey123 report templating is surprisingly powerful and flexible (even supports MS Word's dynamic elements) - kudos to that team.
@Wolfgang_Grunberg_AZ_DFFM , the Print widget is planned for Q2, 2002 currently. See ExB 2022 roadmap. As far as the report templates are concerned, Pro team is working on it and hopefully we will have such capability in the printing/reporting service in the future.
@Jianxia any updates on EB print or PDF export widget timelines?
Are you aware of any AGOL PDF map/report generation workarounds (besides Survey123 which has awesome report templating)?
PDF reports/maps still rule in government because they can be treated as "immutable" documents.
Thank you for your time!
@Jianxia I tried that, and also deleted the World Service in ExB, but still giving suggestions outside my area...
@mhargreaves - For now, you can work around the map extent issue with Search widget by using the locator view, which is a hosted custom world geocoder. To do so, in ArcGIS Online, click Content->New item->Locator, and define the extent for the locator. Once it is done, share this item publicly, then copy the url to the locator source in ExB. (note: currently ExB only takes the public locator view). Understand this is not strait-forward.
@Jianxia we are currently missing the following functionality in EXB:
Are there any plans to add this functionality in the near future?
@mhargreaves - Currently there is no option of "Only search current map extent" in the Search widget in Experience Builder. This option is available in Web AppBuilder though. Would you mind submitting an enhancement request to Esri Support?
@Jianxia @ShengdiZhang
My question regarding search - in the instant apps, you are able to restrict suggestions from the ESRI World Geocoding to just the extent of the map. I don't see this ability in EB, and when I type something in the search box, I'm getting suggestions from all over the world... Here is the site I'm working on
https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/87435ddcca494ff78da8d1c617ae01a1
Also, I'm not seeing a way to reply to a post in this blog, only to add a new one...
I got an update on relationship class support. Will not be until the July update. Big bummer there and it puts us way behind.
Anyone hear a date when the now Classic Map Viewer will go away? At this point I would need until at least end of 2023, and if the current pace continues probably end of 2024.
thanks
Thank you @Jianxia !
The functionality matrix for WAB and ExB is now available under the ExB Documentation tab.
@mhargreaves The Print widget is planned for the Q2 next year around UC. As for the Search widget, the workaround I can think of is to add the same map twice in the data source tab. Rename one map to map1 and another one to map2, for instance. Add the map 1 to the Map widget, then connect the layer on the map1 to the Search widget and the same layer on the map2 to the List widget. In this way, the widgets think they work with different datasources, therefore would not interfere with each other even though two map datasources are identical. The List still can interact with the Map widget connecting to map1 datasource as long as the Map widget is set as target for the action triggered by the List widget.
Could you share the use case so we fully understand the question?
cc @ShengdiZhang for comments.
@Jianxia Do you have an update on the Print widget? Also, is there anyway to constrict ESRI Search to Map? Or should I add a layer of addresses and use that? Thanks. Mike
@NaomiBegg, Glad you like the movable search bar. Currently Experience Builder does not support arcade except for the pop up from the map. Could you help submit an enhancement or add it to the idea site? Thanks
@Jianxia I'm super stoked to see that you guys have created the moveable search bar!!
I really need this search bar to be able to return arcade scripted fields. The majority of the time we use search on our property layer, however we heavily use arcade for the popups to show how that property relates to other layers. This means that we can keep our layers clean and not duplicate information between layers - less updates and maintenance required! For example I'm trying to build a page for our rubbish and recycling collection. We have this currently as an app where the person can search their property and it will return the results in a sentence including the intersecting collection day feature.
@Jianxia Thank you for this.
Are there plans to include Select 3D Features (from SLPKs) in Web Scenes (not 2D Features in a Web Scene).
At the moment, I dont believe that this very useful functionality is possible with SLPKs.
Thank you,
George
@Jianxia Sorry I had not been able to respond sooner to your direct request for ideas about communication. I think the things you are suggesting will be very helpful. It would be good to know if you plan to periodically redo the survey, and if so, how often. Seeing the results of the surveys would be helpful too.
Regarding the road map and the live document for the functionality matrix, it would be good to have something in the matrix that tells you where the widget is on the road map so we don't have to try to use both to find everything we need to know.
Finally, I think that what user's really want is to know your goal for exactly when (for example, 2021 Q4) you think it is possible that a widget will be released. I would not like doing that myself, but I could feel comfortable with it if I were also able to specify a level of confidence in reaching that goal (1-3 perhaps). And of course some (or many, or most) widgets could have no such specific goal listed (maybe indicate somehow if widgets are awaiting completion of work from another team?). Providing this kind of information would deviate from what Esri does for the rest of it's products. The road maps for all products seem to reveal the same level of information, so I know this may not be possible. However, during the conference and the developer summit, I have heard questions answered with that kind of detail ("We hope to have that out in this year's Q3 release"), so if you are comfortable enough to say it, please write/post it somewhere for those who are not able to attend every conference session.
@Jianxia, I would love to see the smart editor and near me widgets!
@Jianxia , looking forward to seeing a functionality matrix! It will really help us see where the parities lie.
I for one (as do others) strongly feel that the volume measurement capability would be an app killer for the drone industry, and push ESRI towards the top of the market in this sector. It's been missing for too long 🤞
When this tool is in the development queue, i'd greatly appreciate providing some more detailed low-level input., if possible.
Thank everyone for your input. To get your feedback more efficiently, we plan to do the followings:
1. Post a survey in community to collect feedbacks on which widgets you would like to see in the near term to help us prioritize the widget development.
2. Share a live document for the functionality matrix between WAB and ExB. Update it accordingly after each release.
3. Update the road map.
Have a great weekend!
@RodWoodfordOld - Added @MingyangHan and @Wei_Ying to answer your question about charting in 3D.
@QuantitativeFuturist @Geoeki, the measure tool on the map can do the distance and area measurement as shown below.
As for the measure volume capability, we will let the imagery team know.
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