Uploading data with field aliases to AGOL

Question

Hi,

I have a number of feature classes in a geodatabase stored locally, that I would like to upload to a web map on AGOL.  There are a large number of fields in each, and they are all set up with field aliases.  In order to upload the data, as far as I understand, I have to export it to shapefile and upload the shapefile as a zip.  When it is exported to shapefile I lose all of the alias names.

Is there any way of retaining the alias names, so that I don't have to enter them all again once the data has been uploaded?

Many thanks in advance for any help.

Helen

HelenCooper · Answer

Perfect, that's exactly what I needed - thank you!

JakeSkinner · Answer

Hi Helen,

If you have an ArcGIS Online Organization account you can upload the feature classes without exporting to a shapefile.  Here are the steps to do this in ArcMap:

Publish hosted feature layers—ArcGIS Online Help | ArcGIS