Edit widget suddenly empty

Question

Hi, without any recent changes, the edit widget is not displaying anything at all, its completely blank.

I've been testing 2 editable layers for over a week now which were working fine. I've also been testing editing via Field Maps. Can anyone think of a reason this might happen?

I've removed and reinstalled the edit widget with no change, and checked the layers are editable on the settings tab of the layer. And ensured the layers are tuned on in EB so they are visible.

Thanks.

JoshBerna · Answer

I just experienced this same issue, though not due to a lack of permissions like @HollyTorpey_LSA. The feature layers within the edit widget are approved for public data collection, and I am a professional plus user type with a notebook admin role.

Like @Hels77, the edit widget appeared to just break without any interaction. I opened the experience after a week or two without touching it and the widget was entirely blank, no select option or anything.

I originally had only two layers out of the map's three total within the edit widget. The one that was excluded is read-only anyway. Strangely, when I added the read-only layer as an option for the edit widget, the proper editing capabilities returned from the blank form. This workaround proved harmless for me as well, since the read-only layer still doesn't appear in the widget.

This seems like a nuanced issue in general, but I figured I'd post in case my band-aid solution proves useful to somebody looking. I still can't say why the widget originally broke, however, or why adding a read-only layer would fix it.

HollyTorpey_LSA · Answer

This is an old post, but I had a similar experience recently so I thought I'd share what the cause was in case someone else might find it useful.

In our case, the reason the Edit widget was blank turned out to be that the user type had been changed for the person who was seeing the blank edit widget. They were in the right group, the layer was enabled for editing and shared with the right group, but this particular user was a Viewer. Once I changed him to a Creator with a Data Editor role, he was able to use the Edit widget normally. So apparently if a user doesn't have permission to edit, the widget just goes blank (it would be nice if it instead showed a "You don't have permission to edit this data" message).  Hope that helps someone!