Latest Contributions by TysonJohnston

‎10-07-2016

It is also worth noting that the appearance of the keyboard does not allow a user to enter any value - it is not a free-form field. The keyboard only allows the user to search for entries within the domain associated with that particular field.

‎10-07-2016

Hornbydd‌ SPrindle-esristaff‌ Why do we have such large domains? Poor data structure? No, we are collecting scientific data. A user chooses a point, line or polygon to collect. There are five or six subtypes for each of those feature classe, including plant, vertebrate animal, lepidoptera, natural community etc. Each subtype changes the domain used on the element name field (scientific name). If we didn't use a domain for this field, we would have no way of standardizing the input for this field and would end up with all kinds of misspellings, abbreviations, etc. of the scientific name. We can't easily further subdivide the categories into more subtypes and thus more, but smaller domains because, for one, symbology would be an issue and it would certainly not be user friendly. Having the search via keyboard was an enhancement we strongly advocated for and received and has greatly benefited our work. Perhaps a compromise could be a user level setting in the Collector App to "show/hide keyboard when using pick list"?

‎09-21-2016

Scott, enabling the basemap gallery when going offline would be helpful. We work across our entire state, in various types of terrain and I don't think we should assume the one size fits all in terms of the basemap. Everyone has the option to select any basemap while working online, so why not when going offline? What is the difference? End users are not publishing our own maps in this case. Several users are relying on maps published by our GIS admin. Thanks.

‎09-21-2016

Scott, I'm not sure what to say other than it would save a few steps, which everyone will appreciate? In my experience, I don't always add a photo attachment in Collector, but sometimes I do. And, sometimes, I add more than one photo. When I have to add more than one, it is annoying not being able to select multiple photos in the gallery like I can, for instance, if I'd like to attach multiple photos to an e-mail or text in iOS. What I think would be really great is an OPTION in the application settings to enable to user to have photos taken WITHIN the collector app automatically be added to the devices gallery/camera roll. Why? Redundancy. And, sometimes there is a need to use the photo in another context than just in Collector, so it would be nice to be able to easily grab it from the device rather than via GIS.

‎03-14-2016

Was this addressed in 1.2? I have not yet installed.

‎02-09-2016

While I understand your frustration, in cases where you have large domains (100's or 1000's of values), the ability to type to search from within the list is very helpful. Perhaps the ability to configure behavior of each field would allow the admin to choose whether or not to display the keyboard would help here.

‎02-01-2016

We are deploying Collector on Getac T800 Windows 10 tablets and Garmin Monterra Android-based handheld units. In this deployment, we are loading a tile package of a USGS topo for our entire state. On the Garmin (Android 4.0.1), you can continue to pan around beyond the extent taken offline (features and basemap) after you switch to the basemap on the device (the .tpk). On the Getac (Windows 10), you can't pan much beyond the extent taken offline after you switch to the basemap on the device (the .tpk). It is important to be able to use the tile package basemap beyond the area taken offline in case a user needs to collect new data "on the fly" beyond what they checked out in the office. I am just posting this in hopes that if this is a bug, it is fixed for the next release.

‎04-07-2015

When you choose to take a map offline in Collector, you are forced to use whatever basemap was set as default by the map creator. This is not an issue if you are working online - you can switch to any available basemap. Please add the functionality to select the basemap you want to take offline when you choose your map extent and map detail.

‎02-16-2015

It appears that in ArcGIS Pro 1.0 you do not have to create a local copy for editing to make edits to a feature service as in ArcGIS 10.3 and prior. I have noticed that on feature classes in a feature service that utilize subtypes, the subtype field shows the code, not description, as does one of the domains that changes depending on the subtype selected. Also, the field names are displaying, not the field aliases. See elem_type and elem_name fields in attachment. Other fields that use domains, such as elem_found, elem_eo, and new_up do show the domain description instead of the coded value.

‎07-02-2014

I am curious as to why using versioned editing and/or distributed geodatabase is not an option? We have had success using versioned editing on data edited only by staff in our building and feature service editing (a combination of versioned editing and distributed geodatabase) for anyone else.

‎03-28-2014

You might be able to create a two-way replica using the Distributed Geodatabase toolbar, disable versioning on the replica and make your service off of that. However, you won't be able to make it work in Collector until you get server 10.2.2 (in April?).

‎03-24-2014

Yeah, same boat here. Need to upgrade ArcGIS Server to 10.2.2. We should get to that in the next week or two. I'll keep you all posted on how it works out. We have some Nexus 7 tablets paired with bluetooth Trimble GPS receivers. We are really hoping this is going to be the sub meter near real-time field survey tool of the future. If online use works as advertised some smarter/dynamic forms are next on my wishlist. How are you getting Server 10.2.2 so soon?

‎03-24-2014

We are in the same boat as you, amarsden. Also, it doesn't support Versioned data. We went as far as creating a two-way replica, and disabling versioning, enabling archiving, publishing a new sync-enabled service from the replica. No dice...

‎03-21-2014

If you are publishing to a 10.2.1 server its a 10.2.1 service. Sync was in that release but there are necessary fixes in 10.2.2 that are not in 10.2.1 and could be why the Collector is failing to take it offline. Have you tried making a hosted service version and see if the app can take it offline? Russ That is what I was afraid of. When will 10.2.2 Server be available? So, today, the only option for anyone using Collector is a Hosted Feature Service on AGO?

‎03-21-2014

I am assuming it is a 10.2.2 service as we have the option to enable Sync when publishing the feature service. ArcGIS Server is at 10.2.1 though, that is the latest available? I was able to create a local copy for editing of the feature service, the entire extent, without a problem.

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Latest Contributions by TysonJohnston

Re: ArcGIS Collector (Android) automatically opens the keyboard for coded domain fields

Re: ArcGIS Collector (Android) automatically opens the keyboard for coded domain fields

Re: Option to select basemap to take offline in Collector

Re: Provide the option to select multiple photos and attach them at once in Collector for ArcGIS

Re: Domains and feature service editing, field names issue

Re: ArcGIS Collector (Android) automatically opens the keyboard for coded domain fields

Collector for Windows 10 .tpk limitation

Option to select basemap to take offline in Collector

Domains and feature service editing, field names issue

Re: How do you manage and update file geodatabase data?

Re: Collector Caching AND Archiving?

Re: Update on Collector and Offline Use

Re: Update on Collector and Offline Use

Re: Create Replica Failed

Re: Create Replica Failed

Create Replica Failed

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