How do you correctly enable editor tracking for a non-hosted feature service in ArcGIS Online?

Question

I have an ArcGIS Server 10.2.2 feature service.  The feature classes are non-versioned and archiving and editor tracking are enabled.  I've published the service with Create, Delete, Query, Sync, and Update operations so I can use it in ArcGIS Online and Collector for ArcGIS.  I've enabled ownership-based access control and checked Query, Update, and Delete operations for all users.  I can add and edit the feature service in the ArcGIS.com map.  However, when I look back at the editor tracking fields the created_user and last_edited_user both say Esri_Anonymous.  Is there a way to get the ArcGIS Online user name in the tracking fields?

dougbrowning · Answer

Do you turn on edit tracking after you publish (in AGO) or before (in ArcMap)?  It creates totally different fields (for some reason) depending on when you do it.

I have had luck turning on editor tracking first in ArcMap then publishing.

HectorMelendez-Alvarado · Answer

Russ Coffey​ , Would enabling Single Sign-On using AD Federation Services avoid the dual (AGOL, AGServer) signup to capture editor tracking usernames? Is this setup documented anywhere?

I know how to configure both ArcGIS Server and AGOL Security but don't know any configuration that would allow SAML Single Sign-On AGOL to authenticate with the same login on ArcGIS Server so that the user doesn't get prompted a second time when accessing the secure ArcGIS Server service.

I've been looking to solve this for sometime now. Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks.

ChandreyeeLahiri · Answer

Thanks for asking my question and so succinctly.

Any updates on this as of July 2015?

My (very similar) situation:

I have a SDE database hosted on a server, accessed and edited primarily through the Collector app and AGOL web-maps. Security has been enabled on the server SDE data (with just one set of credentials) and 'Editor tracking' enabled for the Feature service created from that SDE data.

My need:

To record the AGOL credentials of each editor who edits the data. It helps me identify which of my many field workers have collected each piece of data...each collector has an AGOL account. (They are required to also enter initials after each field entry but human error creeps in and they often skip the step...editor tracking is a safety net)

Problem:

When edited (in Collector app or in web-map or on the desktop), the editor tracking fields capture the credentials for the SDE log-in (of which there is currently only one) but not the AGOL credentials that would help me identify which individual in fact, edited. It used to work perfectly in the past when my data was hosted rather than in SDE/on a server.

Possible solutions:

The suggestion of multiple credentials on the SDE security is a good idea, but very clunky to set up.

Keen to hear any suggestions ASAP.

Thanks.