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Enhanced-Search-Widget-for-FlexViewer Part II

RobertScheitlin__GISP

All,

I am pleased to announce the next release of my eSearch Widget.

http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=5d4995ccdb99429185dfd8d8fb2a513e

Version 2.5.1.7 - 4/19/2012
* Added ability to search (flat/standalone/no geometry) tables.
* This time all Zooming uses the same scaling (popup, datagrid, widget results, zoom to all).
* Added Relates icon/button to datagrids so that you can click on it in the datagrid to
open relates choice dialog.
* Move all skins to a skins package for cleaner organization.
* Links that are not associated with a field now work.
* Ability to disable the relates tab in the fixed widget is now configurable.

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RobertScheitlin__GISP

Jane,

Not that I am aware of.

glennhazelton

ok i have put in a help request to ESRI.
i will let you know what they figure out..
thanks for your clear and expert help.

Glenn,

does this code mean that if i have the tag useUTC='true' then i should be getting the time corrected to my timezone.?
Yes (that's the way it is suppose to work based on my understanding).

how does it know what my timezone is?
It (flash Player) gets it from the client machine

is it looking at the time on the webserver?
No the Client Machine

if i dont use the tag then i would get UTC time?
Yes (that's the way it is suppose to work based on my understanding).

RobertScheitlin__GISP

Glenn,

Have you tried with the OTB search widget. Because they will not give you supoort for my widget but they will if it does the same in the OTB search widget.

JaneCopeland

Robert,

I've played around with this a little more and have found something interesting (at least to me). As I said, after I do a search if I use the zoom-in tool from the navigation bar I lose my pop-ups. Now I find that if I click on the zoom-in tool from the navigation bar, zoom in, then switch back to the pan tool, my pop-ups come back (even if I don't actually pan). Does this make any sense to you?

Jane

BrentFoster

All,

I thought I would try and give you a forecast of things to come for the eSearch. Here are things I am currently working on or have already completed:

Multi field Links. What this means is that you can specify a link much the same way you do a description in a popup. So links will now look like this:
<links> <link alias="View Mon. Ref Sheet"> <![CDATA[http://mySite/gis/map/mrs_test.asp?mrspoint={Name}&lat={LAT}&long={LON}]]> <icon><![CDATA[assets/images/w_link.png]]></icon> </link> </links> And for a much more simple link it would look like this:<links> <link alias="Get Property Image"> <![CDATA[{PICTURE}]]> <icon><![CDATA[]]></icon> </link> </links>
Ability to select and copy from the widgets results
Multi field expressions! I am diligently working on this to make it work and as configurable as possible. This is still one of my biggest challenges as each additional field need to have an additional text box or combo box added to the User Interface.
I have many more items on the enhancement list but will have to wait and see what makes the cut after the massive code changes that are involved in 1 and 3 are complete.
IMPORTANT be ready for it because this next version will require a lot of changes to your current SearchWidget.xml

Thank You Thank You Thank You!! Multi Field search capability would be a life saver for me!

glennhazelton

robert,
it turns out that the useUTC tag was implemented at version 2.4 of the viewer.
i am a bit slow to move up and am still at 2.31 --thus the tag doesnt work.
i will move to 2.5 soon but it takes awhile to migrate all the various widgets.
it is nice new features keep being opened but it does mean that there is no stability for us simple users..
thanks again for all your help.

Glenn,

Have you tried with the OTB search widget. Because they will not give you supoort for my widget but they will if it does the same in the OTB search widget.

glennhazelton

hi again Robert,
i have another odd behavior that perhaps you can help me understand.
i have an attribute table that has values stored in "double" fieldtypes.
in some cases the field is blank and other it is populated with a "0" or "1".
if you look at the attached screen shot you will see that in your 'gridview' i see the TC field is "0" but the initial search window the field is blank. i also just see blank values in the popup if i click the row in the grid.

if i use the regular popup tool (not your esearch) see the "0".

any ideas.?

2012-05-25_092934.png

EmilyLaMunyon

Thank You Thank You Thank You!! Multi Field search capability would be a life saver for me!

I want to second this, thanks a million for adding this to the esearch widget!!!!

Emily

RobertScheitlin__GISP

Glen,

I will have this addressed in the next release.

RobertScheitlin__GISP

Glenn,

What version are you seeing the double field behavior issue in? I just tested in version 2.5.1.7 and did not see the behavior you are describing.

RobertScheitlin__GISP

All,

Next Major release now available.

Please read and understand that,
YOU MUST UPDATE YOUR SEARCHWIDGET.XML FILE

Version 2.9.0 - 6/5/2012
* Added multi-field search expression capability.
* Added attachment support for popups.
* Added multi-field hyperlinks capability.
* When URL Search is performed the GUI reflects the that search criteria.
* Fixed an issue with open SQL URL searches.
* Added link icon tooltip.
* Fixed issue with relate fixed datagrid hyperlinks.
* Fixed issue with interaction with point buffer widget.

ronaldmcfarlane

I'm converting to eSearch Widget 2.9.0 and switching my "Links" over to the new format. The previous version allowed hiding the linked URL address by including "includeinresults="false" in the link section. I don't see mention of it in the new documentation. Is it still supported?

ronaldmcfarlane

Found the answer to my previous question about link field display. New Problem: The format for tables appear to be the same as before (2.5.1.7f) however my table doesn't show up in the drop-down list, just my spatial layers. Obviously there is some change I am missing. Below is the table script:
<tables>
<table>
   <definitionexpression></definitionexpression>
   <enableexport>true</enableexport>
   <name>Cmer_Ims_tbl</name>
   <url>http://my.org:8080/ArcGIS/rest/services/CMER/DfcSitesVal/MapServer/1</url>
   <expressions>
             <expression alias="Advisory Group" textsearchlabel="Search by Advisory Group Acronym [ Example: RSAG ]:"
                 userlist="
                 BTSAG,
                 ISAG,
                 RSAG,
                 UPSAG">AdvisGrpAcronym = '[value]'</expression>
             <expression alias="Research Approach" textsearchlabel="Search by Research Approach [ Example: Effectiveness Monitoring]:"
             userlist="
             Effectiveness Monitoring,
             Extensive Status and Trends Monitoring,
             Rule Implementation Tool Development" >ResearchApproach = '[value]'</expression>
             <expression alias="Rule Group" textsearchlabel="Search by Rule Group [Example: Type F Riparian]:"
     userlist="
     Type F Riparian,
     Type N Riparian,
     Unstable Slopes,
     Forest Roads,
     Water Typing,
     Other" >RuleGroupName = '[value]'</expression>
    <expression alias="Study Topic" textsearchlabel="Search by Study Topic [Example: Water Typing]:"
     userlist="
     Riparian Vegetation,
     Riparain Vegetation DFC Model,
     Riparian vegetation/Functions/Management,
     Riparian Vegetation Field Check,
     Riparian Zone Silviculture and Economics,
     Roads; Sediment/Erosion,
     Site Selection,
     Stream Temperature,
     Stream Temperature Model,
     Unstable Slopes,
     Water Typing" >Study_Topic = '[value]'</expression>
    <expression alias="Region Name" textsearchlabel="Search by Region Name [Example: Eastern WA]:"
     userlist="
     Eastern WA,
     Western WA,
     Statewide" >RegionName = '[value]'</expression>
             <expression alias="Project Phase" textsearchlabel="Search by Project Phase [Example: Scoping]:"
     userlist="
     Implementation,
     Results" >ProjPhase = '[value]'</expression>
   </expressions>
   <titlefield>Proj_Name</titlefield>
   <fields all="false">
    <field name="Proj_Name" alias="Project Name" gridfield="true"/>
    <field name="AdvisGrpAcronym" alias="Advisory Group" gridfield="true"/>
    <field name="AdvisScienceGroup" alias="Advisory Science Group" gridfield="true"/>
    <field name="ResearchApproach" alias="Research Approach" gridfield="true"/>
    <field name="RuleGroupName" alias="Rule Group Name" gridfield="true"/>
    <field name="Study_Topic" alias="Study Topic" gridfield="true"/>
    <field name="RegionName" alias="Region Name" gridfield="true"/>
    <field name="ProjPhase" alias="Project Phase" gridfield="true"/>
    <field name="LnkTarget" alias="Document Link" hyperlinkgridfield="true" hyperlinkaliastext="Document Link"/>
   </fields>
   <links>
    <link includeinresults="false" field="LnkTarget" alias="Document Link">
    <linkprefix></linkprefix>
    <linksuffix></linksuffix>
    <iconfield></iconfield>
    <iconprefix></iconprefix>
    <iconsuffix>assets/images/i_pdf2.png</iconsuffix>
    </link>
   </links>
</table>
</tables>

RobertScheitlin__GISP

Ronald,

No the table structure is the same as the new layer structure

i.e.

<expressions>
                <expression alias="Agree with incident" textsearchlabel="Search Incidents that are agreed to:">
                    <values>
                        <value prompt="Example: True" field="agree_with_incident" usedomain="true">agree_with_incident = [value]</value>
                    </values>
                </expression>
                <expression alias="Incident date" textsearchlabel="Search Incidents on or after date:">
                    <values>
                        <value prompt="Example: 2012/04/16">datetime >= '[value] 00:00:00'</value>
                    </values>
                </expression>
            </expressions>

I see that I neglected to update the example in the documentation and I need to update the code for table links to the new structure as well.

EdinZametica

Robert,
Thanks for the great widget.

My question: Is it possible that spreadsheets have auto hide function?
For example: when I do not use eSearch - The table is hidden; When used search - Table popoup to go ...

I use the latest version FV2.5compiled

Thank You
Edin Z.

RobertScheitlin__GISP

Edin,

There are two flavors of the DataGrid a Fixed version (which it seems you are reffering to) and a float version that is movable and closeable. You should look at the floating datagrid. I will not be adding a autohide feature to the Fixed Datagrid.

EdinZametica

Edin,

There are two flavors of the DataGrid a Fixed version (which it seems you are reffering to) and a float version that is movable and closeable. You should look at the floating datagrid. I will not be adding a autohide feature to the Fixed Datagrid.

Robert,

My question is related to SearchWidgetFixedDG...

I thought to use more space for the application, with the option autohide I got it.

OK, anyway Thanks for your reply.

Edin Z.

ronaldmcfarlane

Loaded the 3.0 version. With Tables having the same structure as Layers (in the xml), the widget would not open. If I disable tables, the widget works fine (Layers only active). If I use the old format for Tables, the widget opens, but the tables are not present in the widget. Is 3.0 a recompiled version of 2.9.0? Thanks for the help.

RobertScheitlin__GISP

Ronald,

The 3.0 version is the 2.9.0 version with the table links fixed. Have you looked at the example SearchWidget.xml that comes in the download? Are you using the compiled version?

ronaldmcfarlane

Yes, here is the structure. Using 2.5.1.7f with the correct structure, it works. Using 2.9.0 and 3.0 it doesn't. Using the same structure as below, "layers" works fine in both 2.9.0 and 3.0, but only if I comment out "tables".

<tables>
<table>
   <definitionexpression></definitionexpression>
   <enableexport>true</enableexport>
   <name>My_tbl</name>
   <url>http://My.org:8080/ArcGIS/rest/services/CMER/DfcSitesVal/MapServer/1</url>
   <expressions>
                              <expression alias="Advisory Group" textsearchlabel="Search by Advisory Group Acronym:">
     <values>
      <value prompt="Example: RSAG" userlist="BTSAG,ISAG,RSAG,UPSAG">AdvisGrpAcronym = '[value]'</value>
     </values>
    </expression>
   </expressions>
   <titlefield>Proj_Name</titlefield>
   <fields all="false">
    <field name="Proj_Name" alias="Project Name" gridfield="true"/>
    <field name="AdvisGrpAcronym" alias="Advisory Group" gridfield="true"/>
    <field name="AdvisScienceGroup" alias="Advisory Science Group" gridfield="true"/>
    <field name="ResearchApproach" alias="Research Approach" gridfield="true"/>
    <field name="RuleGroupName" alias="Rule Group Name" gridfield="true"/>
    <field name="Study_Topic" alias="Study Topic" gridfield="true"/>
    <field name="RegionName" alias="Region Name" gridfield="true"/>
    <field name="ProjPhase" alias="Project Phase" gridfield="true"/>
    <field name="LnkTarget" alias="Document Link" hyperlinkgridfield="true" hyperlinkaliastext="Document Link" hyperlinkgridfieldonly ="true"/>
   </fields>
   <links>
    <link alias="Document Link">
     <![CDATA[{LnkTarget}]]>
    <icon><![CDATA[assets/images/i_pdf2.png]]></icon>
    </link>
   </links>
</table>
</tables>

RobertScheitlin__GISP

Roland,

Hmm... Try downloading it again I recompiled the source again to re-build the SWF.

ronaldmcfarlane

I replaced all files and folders except SearchWidget.xml; when I click on the widget it bounces up, a gold line appears beneath it and that is all. The widget window does not appear. If I comment out "tables" it works. I've simplified tables to eliminate the hyperlinks and it still does not work.

MichaelHanna

Robert -

I have been configuring the Enhanced Search widget for use in my company's webservices and have a question. I like the ability to define a hyperlink field as part of the data grid, but there doesn't seem to be a way to define a hyperlink for the info pop-up. The grid is great for wide text searches or for spatial searches, but if my field guys know the data record they specifically want to reference then it would be easier for them to open the hyperlink from the info window.

Am I being dense - I have been through the documentation several times and I know the hyperlink functionality is there in the stock "Search" widget with Flex Viewer.

Thanks,
Michael Hanna
Middlesex Water Company

EdinZametica

Robert,
I did update their applications to version 3.0 FlexViewer, use your perfect Enhanced Search Widget version 3.0.
The widget works great, grid is great, the uncompiled version can not find where I change his position. Currently at the center, I need the bottom.

Greeting
Edin Z.

SladeBridges

Robert,
i have probably a stupid question but here goes, in the search widget it pulls from a service thereby returning a numeric value when called from our system such as a Sub Type Code, is there any way to configure it so it returns the coded value like the Identify widget does? i know that the Idnetify widget does not use a service to return values. i have attached a screen cap of the two widgets on the same feature. Notice the Sub Type Code Field on each.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]15399[/ATTACH]

Search.png

Identify.png

RobertScheitlin__GISP

Robert -

I have been configuring the Enhanced Search widget for use in my company's webservices and have a question. I like the ability to define a hyperlink field as part of the data grid, but there doesn't seem to be a way to define a hyperlink for the info pop-up. The grid is great for wide text searches or for spatial searches, but if my field guys know the data record they specifically want to reference then it would be easier for them to open the hyperlink from the info window.

Am I being dense - I have been through the documentation several times and I know the hyperlink functionality is there in the stock "Search" widget with Flex Viewer.

Thanks,
Michael Hanna
Middlesex Water Company

Michael,

Hyperlinks for the popup are just called links in the eSearch. They are pretty simple to use and highly configurable:

<links>
<link alias="REST Services Directory">
<![CDATA[{URL}]]>
<icon><![CDATA[assets/images/i_camera.png]]></icon>
</link>
</links>

You write the name of your field (in curly braces) that you will use for the link in the CDATA block.

RobertScheitlin__GISP

I am using the same config file that worked with the enhanced search tool in version 10 of ESRI. Now in 10.1 everything seems to work except that when i hit enter or run the search nothing at all happens. What could be the problem, any suggestions?

Thanks,

Mike,

Hmm... I have not seen this behavior.. I will have to do more testing with 10.1 servers.

RobertScheitlin__GISP

Robert,
I did update their applications to version 3.0 FlexViewer, use your perfect Enhanced Search Widget version 3.0.
The widget works great, grid is great, the uncompiled version can not find where I change his position. Currently at the center, I need the bottom.

Greeting
Edin Z.

Edin,

Widget positioning has more to do with the whole Flex Viewer than this particular widget. All you need to do is reffer to the Flex Viewer documentation here:

http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/flex-viewer/concepts/01m3/01m30000001w000000.htm

RobertScheitlin__GISP

Robert,
i have probably a stupid question but here goes, in the search widget it pulls from a service thereby returning a numeric value when called from our system such as a Sub Type Code, is there any way to configure it so it returns the coded value like the Identify widget does? i know that the Idnetify widget does not use a service to return values. i have attached a screen cap of the two widgets on the same feature. Notice the Sub Type Code Field on each.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]15399[/ATTACH]

Slade,

When you go to the REST Services directory for this Map Service layer is the coded domain listed?

ronaldmcfarlane

Robert:
It appears the problem is with the "Userlist" attribute. If I remove it from the line, everything else is functional, when I add it back in the eSearch widget window doesn't open. The line is written as follows:

Like this it works:
<value prompt="Example: RSAG" >AdvisGrpAcronym = '[value]'</value>
or
<value prompt="Example: RSAG" >upper(AdvisGrpAcronym) = upper('[value]')</value>

Like this it doesn't:
<value prompt="Example: RSAG" userlist="BTSAG,ISAG,RSAG,UPSAG">AdvisGrpAcronym = '[value]'</value>
or
<value prompt="Example: RSAG" userlist="BTSAG,ISAG,RSAG,UPSAG">upper(AdvisGrpAcronym) = upper('[value]')</value>

Any ideas? Thanks for your help.

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