Sharing Limitation of ArcGIS web map and web app

Question

Hi everybody,

I have a web map called xyz, and I used the web map xyz to make a web app called YYY in the ArcGIS online environment.

What I need to do is share the web app with my organization while keeping my web map private (I don't want anyone else to read or update it).

Problem: Because the web map is private, my web app's map does not receive a feed.

Can the aforementioned issue be resolved inside the ArcGIS online environment itself?

No_one · Answer

Thanks for the reply guys.

I am sharing my web map and web app to my group only. I don't want the group members to  have editing rights. The reason is some members in the group do editing, modifying and removing the layer in web map without my knowledge that makes lot of confusion. That's why I want web map private and web app public.

Katie_Clark · Answer

What you're experiencing is by design, if the web map is private, then it will not be visible to anyone who does not have access, even when consumed within a web app.

Is there a reason that you would need the web map private but the web app public?

jcarlson · Answer

There's really no way to do that. If the map isn't shared, the app can't be either. Or if the app were loaded, it would immediately hit an error when it tries to load the configuration of the map, and that file is inaccessible to the user.

Unless the map is shared with a group that has shared updating enabled, nobody else will be able to update your map, so that's not really an issue. Are there things in the map that are somehow sensitive?