Latest Contributions by DerekPhyn

‎08-28-2025

Thanks Jeffery, Unfortunately I want the widget controller and panel to move left when the sidebar collapses, not leave it locked in place. Also, the Overlay option means the sidebar hides the widget controller and legend panel until it is collapsed. This does confirm to me that this is perhaps a bug or enhancement that could be logged with esri so I will look into that. One option I am considering is changing the Tools layout in the map and moving the widget controller fixed to the top right of the map. That way, the legend panel won't overlap any other widgets and, in theory, won't need to move when the sidebar collapses.

‎08-27-2025

Hi Folks, I use a widget controller to have a legend widget in the bottom left of my map in an Experience that looks and functions somewhat like the old classic tabbed StoryMaps, with a side panel for non-spatial content. However, I am having an issue where if a user collapses the side panel the widget controller will move but the legend panel sometimes moves and at other times remains locked in the middle of the map. Clicking the legend widget in the controller so the legend panel turns off and then on again makes it show in the correct place but this is not an ideal work-around for the user. I have checked widget settings for the Widget (currently floating panel arrangement - fixed panle arrangement made it even worse) and can not find anything that seems to resolve this behaviour. Has anyone else experienced this issue, know how to resolve it or if it is a known bug? View when opeing the experience with legend panel open by default: If I collapse the side panel, the widget always moves, but sometimes the legend panel does not: If the legend panel does move when I collapse the side panel sometimes it does not when I expand the side panel again: Thanks Derek

‎07-03-2025

Hi everyone, I have a text widget in my experience with a couple of sentences that I wanted to prefix with a numbered bullet. However, no matter what I try with the formatting settings these numbers insist on being a navy blue when I want them white. Is there any way to change the colour of these numbers or is this a bug?

‎05-19-2024

Thanks @RobertAnderson3, that could work but we were really trying to have to avoid having to build and maintain a separate app, just use OOTB S123.

‎05-13-2024

S123 on Enterprise Portal 10.8.1. I know this is documented as not being technically possible, but I have a use case. We have call takers in a call centre submitting new records using S123 web designed form using their allocated accounts. We then have assessors in other parts of the country using the S123 OOTB Data page to monitor for these records. They want to be able to select these records and edit them using their different allocated accounts. However, OOTB does not let users edit other submitters records in the Data page (except for the survey owner and admin). The assessors are creator user types with publisher roles. The underlying feature layer and views all have the correct editing settings permitted for the necessary accounts using groups I don't want to facilitate this by embedding the survey in an app or dashboard, I just want to be able to do this in the S123 Survey Data Page We are using a webform, not the field app Is there any way this is technically possible? Thanks Derek

‎09-21-2023

Thanks @DanPatterson lots there to consider.

‎09-21-2023

Hi Community, I have a colleague who has a very large ArcGIS Pro aprx (v2.9.10) with four map windows and two layout windows. The map windows have 50+ layers in them. The data is all sorts of types; grids, images, feature layers, vector tiles, basemaps... The user needs access to all the data to regularly check hazard exposure for properties and locations. However, perhaps unsurprisingly, the aprx is painfully slow to load and use. I'm looking for any tips or pointers to content about how to optimize the performance of large aprx files. I'm aware of using vector tiles and display scales but I'm sure there must be lots of ideas out there for things that you have done that have improved the performance of your aprx significantly when you have a lot of data in them? Any help appreciated. Cheers Derek from NZ

‎04-23-2023

Thanks @ZacharySutherby, I'm assuming all the question types will be tested for honoring the Set rule function before the hotfix release? Unfortunately, issues with questions not honoring the set rule function is not a new thing with new S123 releases (Choice Filter Rule Not Being Honored on Attachment... - Esri Community, What's New in ArcGIS Survey123 (December 2021) (esri.com)). These issues halt devel and can break surveys in production, causing much frustration and risk for ESRI customers. I struggle to understand how such basic functionality is not picked up in testing before the launch of new releases? I may just be a lone voice way down in the South Pacific but is it too much to ask ESRI to put more rigor in to testing before launching new releases? Thanks Derek

‎04-20-2023

Hello from New Zealand, Is anybody else having issues with S123 3.17 web designed forms where Image and Audio question types (not sure about other Media and File question types) are not honoring rules from other questions that have been set for them? Here is my example... If a user answers a Select One type question in my survey then the following rules have been set for subsequent questions: Q7. 'Take a Photo' and Q9. 'Tell us more (if you want)' are supposed to show if 'Yes' is selected, and while the other question types honor the rule, these two don't and remain hidden.... The issues occur both in the design preview and with the published survey on any device on any browser. This survey will not be used on the field app and it is intended to be public. Is this another Set Rule bug or am I doing something wrong? Thanks Derek

‎03-12-2023

Thanks @james-noble. I thought perhaps this might be something that could be implemented using Arcade. Will keep a watch.

‎03-05-2023

Hi, I'm trying to build a workflow in Web AppBuilder or Experience Builder where a user places a new point for an incident that closes a road, let's say a landslide. Once they place the point the attribute 'NAME' for that point inherits the name of the road from an underlying road (line) layer, selecting the nearest segment of road to that point. I know this workflow can be done with the smart editor and smart forms. However, the user then also manually populates other attributes for the point like 'IMPACT', 'REASON', 'SOURCE', 'UPDATE DUE' etc. When the user completes the new point I am looking for a workflow that will then automatically select the closest underlying road (line) segment (the one the name was inherited from) and, given that the line layer schema is identical to the point layer, also inherit the values assigned to that new point. This way I have a point showing the actual location of the incident impacting the road but also a line showing the most likely impacted segment, with matching attributes. All captured in one workflow rather than having to capture that data as part of two workflows. An additional challenge would be to ensure the two layers remain synchronised. If the 'IMPACT' value of the point changes, for example, then the 'IMPACT' value of the applicable road segment also automatically changes. Any out-of-the-box ArcGIS Online suggestions or ideas welcome. Thanks Derek

‎01-23-2022

Hi @WillvanHeerden and @IsmaelChivite , I am having a similar issue that set rules will not work if there is a new address geolocator (Sep 2021 release) type question either before or after the rules. The Dec 2021 release claims this bug has been fixed (What’s new in ArcGIS Survey123 (December 2021) (esri.com)) if it is before the set rules but I have cleared my browsing history and rebuilt the survey's to find the issue still persists regardless of where the address question lies in the form. I am currently liaising with NZ tech support about the issue.

‎01-20-2022

@IsmaelChivite are you sure this bug has been fixed? DE-000004920 BUG-000143301 Creating the Set rule -function does not work properly in Survey123 when the Address -component is used in the survey before the Set rule -component. It is still a problem for me. Are there some updates we are supposed to manually do for these updates to take effect?

‎10-11-2021

Thanks @OwenGeo noted. Are you able to change the status of this idea or is it still "Needs clarification"? I'd like to give it a kudo and share it around the Emergency Management community in New Zealand so they can do the same. Here in NZ the Map Series Story Map has been very popular in the emergency management community. Many local Councils use it to produce Hazards portals where users can explore different hazards for the same location (hence the need for Map Location Synchronisation). However, it is also a key tool in emergency operation centres where multiple key dashboards, apps and other websites (e.g. weather sites) could be bundled into one story map that would then cycle through the tabs on the big screen to serve as the primary media platform for a common operating picture of the emergency response. So I guess that ability to apply settings and automatically cycle through tabs at predefined time intervals is another key feature from the Classic Map Series Story Map we'd love to see carried over to ArcGIS StoryMaps.

‎10-10-2021

@OwenGeo Yes how it worked in the classic version was great, except that map location sync would only work with webmaps. If I wanted to include an app in one of the story map tabs then that would not maintain location synchronisation like the other tabs that were built using webmaps. A story map that maintained location synchronisation as an option but also had the functional power of web apps would be a very useful tool. See an old idea I logged in the past about this. Now might be the opportunity to develop this given your suggestion above for using collections to bundle apps together in a tabbed application?

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Latest Contributions by DerekPhyn

Re: Legend panel not moving with the widget

Legend panel not moving with the widget

Changing the colour of numbered bullets in the in a Text widget

Re: Allow a user to edit another submitters record in S123 OOTB Data Page?

Allow a user to edit another submitters record in S123 OOTB Data Page?

Re: Tips for optimizing performance of aprx with many layers

Tips for optimizing performance of aprx with many layers

Re: Image and Audio question types not honoring set rules that apply to them?

Image and Audio question types not honoring set rules that apply to them?

Re: Populate two different feature layers by adding one point?

Populate two different feature layers by adding one point?

Re: Address type question in web designer

Re: What's new in ArcGIS Survey123 (December 2021)

Re: Add Map Series and Tabbed Themes to New StoryMaps

Re: Add Map Series and Tabbed Themes to New StoryMaps

Show OBJECTID in Smart Editor?

Is there any way to edit another user's record in ...

Re: Reset Group Filter Widget

Prevent a user from editing a record in a feature ...

Allow user to define default value for category se...

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