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Find tool

DanaVan_Horn

We have recently changed to Explorer Desktop from ArcReader. I was wondering if there is a way to use the find tool to search the layers and not just the basemap? I made layer packages from ArcGIS 10 and added them to the other machines in the office. They are able to see the data if they click on a feature but they cannot search. For example, we will locate a person's property by typing their name into the find tool and it searches the parcel data layer. Any ideas?
Thanks,
Dana Van Horn

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CodyScott

I know i've posted this before on another thread in the forum, but this seems to be a common issue.

I have a generic find tool created that might help with this issue.
You can download it here. Hopefully this helps with the searching issue.

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http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=8ee8e5aa8ec74593a890ca98368dc73f

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SveinungRaheim

I have created a local geocode for placenames. It works fine i arcMap. As far as I can see, I have to publish it to arcgisserver to be able to add this lokal place name search to ArcGISexplorer desktop (build 1750). Is this right? Is it no way to add a geocode directly from a file based geodatabase?

Regards

Sveinung Råheim
GIS-manager
Govenor of Svalbard, Norway

DustinDunnill

It would be so user friendly if the Find tool could look in the layer Attribute/field data. We can dream. Come on ESRI Explorer Desktop crew, make it happen 🙂

JohnValo

I've noticed an issue with the find tool. I'm using the 1700 build. If a search is not found, the find tool will sort of hang and slow everything down until the ArcGis Explorer is restarted. Anyone else have this issue? Ive tested it on multiple computers and it's the same on all.

I was having that problem. It only occurred when I entered the coordinates without a comma separating latitude and longitude, e.g., N47 23.786 W93 36.889. Build 1500 accepted coordinates in this format. So does Google Earth. Build 1700 does not. It requires the separating comma, e.g., N47 23.786, W93 36.889.

Will be fixed or will this restriction will be maintained? Is the use of the comma the "correct" form and its absence incorrect or sloppy?

DustinDunnill

Oops, That link didn't seem to work. Here is the one that does. Please vote to have the Explorer Desktop team implement this function https://c.na1.visual.force.com/apex/ideaView?id=08730000000bqDXAAY

I can't believe this is not talked about more. This seems like a very basic feature to have in Explorer. I went ahead and posted it as an idea here:

https://c.na1.visual.force.com/apex/ideaView?id=08730000000bqDX&returnUrl=%2Fapex%2FideaList%3Fc%3D09a300000004xET%26sort%3Drecent

I could not come up with any info on this after searching the entire site so decided to post.

DustinDunnill

Right on Mark. Thanks for letting us know. We are going to be rolling the viewer out on about 60 computers in our Division so it sounds like I should wait for the 1750 release to do so after testing to save myself some user headache

Thanks again. 🙂

MarkBockenhauer

Find in 1700, keeps "looking" when there is nothing to find. This problem is fixed in the next release (1750). Fixes to a couple other issues are on-going, but we anticipate a 1750 release within the next 3 weeks.

Mark

DustinDunnill

I've noticed an issue with the find tool. I'm using the 1700 build. If a search is not found, the find tool will sort of hang and slow everything down until the ArcGis Explorer is restarted. Anyone else have this issue? Ive tested it on multiple computers and it's the same on all.

DustinDunnill

I can't believe this is not talked about more. This seems like a very basic feature to have in Explorer. I went ahead and posted it as an idea here:

https://c.na1.visual.force.com/apex/ideaView?id=08730000000bqDX&returnUrl=%2Fapex%2FideaList%3Fc%3D09a300000004xET%26sort%3Drecent

I could not come up with any info on this after searching the entire site so decided to post.

AndreiIvanov

Dana,

post your suggestion to http://ideas.arcgis.com/

DanaVan_Horn

Brian,
Thanks for the information. I think that may be over my skill level. Thank you for your reply and offer to share.
Dana

BrianLeroux

It can be done by creating an add-in (vb.net). I have done so but the code is specific to my application so it will not be useful to share the entire add in. If you would like to see some of the code I would be happy to share.

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