Operations Dashboard. Can I edit the Flash action to last longer or permanent?

JustinCasler

In my Operations Dashboard I use a Category Selector with Actions to pan, zoom and flash to a neighborhood on my map. This is obviously now my main focus. Is there a to have the Flash permanent or more of an outline? I can set symbology or whatever for the neighborhoods of course but rendering is slow as dirt. 

JamieLambert

Can I edit the Flash action to last longer - Yes! In order to do this, you need to edit the Dashboards JSON, and this can be done with the ArcGIS Online Assistant .

Once you log in to the ArcGIS Online Assistant with your credentials, you will see your content. From the 'I want to…' drop-down, select 'View an item's JSON'.

Navigate to the Dashboard you want to edit the flash repeat count of and select it. The JSON will appear on the right. The first section of JSON is the Description and the second section is the Data.

Scroll down to the second section, Data, and select edit (the pencil icon). A warning message will pop-up to let you know that editing the JSON is an unsupported workflow.

NOTE: it doesn’t hurt to make a copy of the JSON before making your edits.

Scroll down until you find the "flashRepeats": 3, row, or use the default search option (ctrl-f) to search for 'flashRepeats'.

Change this to the number of repeats you want in your Dashboard. In this example I have changed it to 8. Click save (the JSON must be valid in order to save or you will see an error message).

Refresh your Dashboard and the flash repeat count will be updated.

NOTE: If you have more than one map in your Dashboard, use the map itemID to confirm you are looking at the settings for the correct map. The flashRepeat count is edited per map.

Hope this helps!

Jamie.