location_timestamp vs. created_date

JamesCrandall

Need some clarification on the two columns: location_timestamp vs. created_date

If there is a large gap between these two values, does that mean the app user was stationary for that period of time and then at some point the ESRI Tracker service was updated with features later?

For example, we can see in some point features the two date values are quite close (here they are only 2 mins apart):

In other instances the two dates are hours apart:

I'm asking because we are processing tracks at the top of each hour by querying the location_timestamp values from the last known location_timestamp value we maintain.  However, if the point features were added at a much later time then they'll be missed if recent tracks have already been processed.  That is, we don't look back in time for points added after the top of each hour.

I'm pretty sure I'm assessing this correctly but hoped to get some confirmation so that I can implement something to process the missed features.

Thanks!

Anonymous User

Hi James,

The location_timestamp field is the date and time when the location was recorded on the device.

The created_date field is the date and time when the location was successfully uploaded to the location tracking feature layer.

Our next doc update at the end this month or early July will provide more information about each of the fields.