Latest Contributions by JanetBrewster1

@CodyPatterson Thanks so much, Cody! I appreciate the thoughts. It's helpful to know you had something go awry with a data type change, too.

Hello All, I have a working Dashboard, but recently did a data update that altered some functionality (I only need to update annually). Along with adding the new year's data, I changed some data types and field lengths for text. All the charts, indicators, and selectors work...except how the map adjusts to location selections. In my old version, when I selected locations, the individual areas on the map would appear, regardless of how many I selected. However, now, if I select more than one location, all the areas on the map show. I've kept an older pre-update Dashboard for testing and can confirm that all the various details, Actions, etc. are the same between the two. Below are snippets of my fields, before and after, the first one being my new version. I can't wrap my head around why a data type change would alter how the Dashboard works. If anyone has suggestions why functionality would change, I'd love to hear it. Thank you!

@Jean Yep -- I would like this, too! Unfortunately, I have not found a way to adjust/correct this.

‎12-08-2025

@Corey-Kingsbury Nice! I'll give it a try. Thank you!

‎09-08-2025

@JonathanMcD Yep, using the soft return gives me the text like below your divider. But in your example above the divider, your list is indented -- how did you do that?

‎09-08-2025

Thanks so much, @JonathanMcD Helpful to know, though it's not giving the result I was hoping for. The amount of space from a soft return is the same as using two text blocks, so I've still got that big gap within the paragraph. I'll look into an Idea about more advance text formatting.

‎09-05-2025

Hello All, Is it possible to insert a line break within a block of text in a StoryMap? My specific example relates to bullets. Currently in order to include a bulleted list, you have to use a new text block, which to my eye is too far apart and makes the list look like a completely separate paragraph: I've tried a workaround, to keep all text within the same text block by using spaces to "push" the text forward. But that leaves no space between the preceding text and the list, and looks scrunched: I was hoping for a simple code to insert before the list to help with the formatting, like we could use <BOL></BOL> in a text box in ArcMap. The ability to insert a simple line break sure would be nice. Is this possible? Thanks! Janet

‎08-26-2025

Same as others...came looking for a solution to the issue for the desktop version. Currently there are only two options: either collapsible and hides after 2 seconds or permanently open and squishes the other dashboard features. It would be great to have another option such as keeping it collapsible but forcing the user to hit the arrow to hide it. Being able to set a time for it to stay open is another possibility, as long as the user can still hit the arrow to hide it.

‎08-26-2025

I create Dashboards with numerous charts that need to be grouped. The tabs at the bottom of the group of charts can be edited for text but the font type, style, or size can't be changed. The size of the arrows can't be changed either. The ability to customize the format of the tabs would be very helpful, esp. when trying to make Dashboards WCAG compliant. Thanks!

‎07-07-2025

@RussRoberts Thanks for that, Russ. This is creating an even greater mystery! I ran Check Geometry, and it showed 4 features that were "non simple"...however only 2 of the 4 were ones that didn't show before. Weird. I ran Repair Geometry and published the layers again. This time in AGOL, the attribute table indicated all 61 features were there, but when I looked at some of the problem ones, their geometries weren't showing. More weird. I went back to Pro and ran Check and Repair again (no issues), published to AGOL again, and this time 3 different features weren't showing, neither in the attribute table nor their geometries. I don't get it. This is just so bizarre...and frustrating!

‎07-03-2025

Hi Jay, Not even getting to the "how to", my initial thought is that this can't be done accurately without knowing where the hospitals are and the data per hospital -- assuming that's what you're after, as opposed to where the people LIVE who were discharged from any given hospital. In your example of blocks b1 and b2, what if b2 doesn't contain any hospitals? There would be no discharges in that block, so it's not a simple algebraic calculation. And unfortunately, zips and census boundaries don't align. Or maybe I'm completely misinterpreting what you're after.... Janet

‎07-03-2025

Hello All, I have a created a simple map in Pro -- with one point layer and two polygon layers -- that is part of a StoryMap Tour. One of the layers consists of 61 polygons, but when I publish the map and layers in AGOL, only 56 of the polygons make it over. I tried creating a feature class of the missing 5 polygons and adding them to the layer within AGOL, but only one polygon was added. I cleared my browser's cache and tried again, but again only 56 of the 61 polygons showed up. All of the polygons in this layer are buffered streams, some being more complex drainages that are multipart, and some are singular streams. But both singular and multipart features have made it over, so I haven't been able to figure out why only these 6 are omitted every time I publish. No filters have been incorporated. I'm using Pro 3.4.2, and this happened before the June update. Any thoughts on why this might be happening? I was looking for some documentation about features that AGOL doesn't like...but didn't find anything to clarify. Any insights would be greatly appreciated - thanks! Janet

‎06-02-2025

Yes -- this is still an issue. I've used Arcade in Dashboards and have had to create a separate text document to save my script when (not if!) it gets wiped out from some other change. It's very frustrating. And I just experienced this in a StoryMap when using a Field Calculator to concatenate fields and incorporate HTML for formatting. When I go back into the FC, I can't see what was used -- it would be really nice if the script saved.

‎05-29-2025

@OwenGeo Hi Owen, Thanks -- this is interesting and helpful. I wasn't able to get into the Great Places Shortlist, it was restricted. I was hoping to be able to see the Arcade and html used. Any way to get access to that? Also, as I experiment with Arcade to concatenate text within a new field, I'm finding that my calculated description isn't saved. The new field is updated with the concatenated text, but I can't go back in and adjust it -- when I click on the field header and go to "Calculate", it's empty, what I had initially put in there is gone. Sure would be nice if I didn't have to recreate it every time. Or am I missing something? Janet

‎05-29-2025

@OwenGeo Yes, I got this to work -- thank you! This was a huge help, with a much more streamlined way to incorporate more locations. I have thoughts for additional functionality, but I'll put those in Ideas. Thanks again! Janet

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Latest Contributions by JanetBrewster1

Re: Dashboard Action Different with Changed Data Types

Dashboard Action Different with Changed Data Types

Re: How to keep categories visible in the Dashboard graph

Re: Links in dashboard splash screen contain visible border

Re: How to insert a line break in StoryMap text

Re: How to insert a line break in StoryMap text

How to insert a line break in StoryMap text

Re: Choice to set collapsible sidebar to pinned by default

Allow adjustment of Chart tab font

Re: Some features of web layer don't publish to AGOL

Re: how to distribute ZIP level data to tract or block or arbitrary polygon?

Some features of web layer don't publish to AGOL

Re: Save Arcade Expressions

Re: Format place descriptions for data driven map tours using HTML

Re: Customize the Map Tour map

Re: Customize the Map Tour map

Re: How to aggregate layer's data for use in Dashb...

Customize the Map Tour map

Re: Customize the Map Tour map

Re: Links in dashboard splash screen contain visib...