Latest Contributions by PeterKnoop

An administrator may want to explore multiple users' items, groups, settings, etc., from the Organization → Members list view. And, they want to do so by opening those components for an individual user each in their own tabs. Please re-enable the ability to right-click to open any of the more actions options (e.g., Manage items) for a user in a new tab/window. An administrator may be comparing settings between multiple users, or they have searched for several similarly named user accounts to compare, so they want to open those more actions in their own tabs. Supporting right-clicking to open in a new tab or window provides an easy option for them to branch out as they follow their workflow, rather than having to duplicate tabs or being forced along a single workflow path.

With the implementation of the Recycle bin (yay!), we are now seeing a frequent point of confusion for users sharing a web layer from Pro with the same name as an existing hosted feature layer in the recycle bin. To help address this, we would like to see search results for Content include items that are in the recycle bin. One use case in which this issue arises is when a user shared a layer from Pro, was not happy with the result, deleted the hosted feature layer and service definition, and then tried to publish it again. When they get the error about a layer already existing with that same name, they often have forgotten that deleting only moved their content to the recycle bin. So they search their content looking for the offending items, get zero results, and do not understand what is going on. It would be helpful if searching their content also returned matching results that were in their recycle gin. A related use case arises when one user has put a hosted feature layer in their recycle bin, and another user is trying to use the same name. So the user trying to share their web layer reaches out to an Administrator for help, as they cannot figure out what is causing the error. When the Administrator searches the content for the whole organization, they are not able to find the offending hosted feature layer either.

Web maps and their data layers support a wide variety of use cases, hence they need to support configuration and setting options beyond those compatible with offline use and syncing in ArcGIS Field Maps. While the checks in the Field Maps Designer web app help identify some potential issues, there are additional known considerations and constraints for which it does not check. I would like to see checks added to Field Maps Designer for the topics listed in Take maps offline in ArcGIS Field Maps, for which checks do not already exist.

Be aware that the current implementation of the prefix match algorithm does not do an "exact" match. It looks at the leftmost characters in the filename, up to the length of the in_key_field value being compared. It does not use the "_" separator to determine the prefix value. (This seems like a bug.) For example, if you are using a key field that that has a value like UID1, then the prefix algorithm will match match all attachment filenames that start with "UID1". So UID1 would match UID1_20240610.pdf, UID12_20240610.pdf, and UID123_20240610.pdf. As a workaround, you can convert your key field to one where all values of are of the same length, and ensure your filenames follow that same format for the key field prefix. For example, you could pad your ID values with zeros to make them all the same length: UID001 would only match filenames UID001_..., UID012 would only match filenames UID012_..., and UID123 would only match filenames UID123_.... So if you are using Export Attachments to create the directory of attachments, make sure you use a name filed for which all values have the same length.

For layers in web maps that use a style renderer like Charts, add support for displaying their legend when printing. (See also BUG-0001566574, which was closed as Known Limit.)

See this earlier Idea as well: Credit allocation in an ArcGIS Online organization needs to include storage

As others have noted, an ArcGIS Notebook is an easy way to automate backups of hosted feature layers as file geodatabases. Depending on your requirements, you might want to backup your data to an external system, so that you have a backup, should something happen to ArcGIS Online. For example, you could backup your hosted feature layers to Dropbox, as illustrated in this example Notebook: Backup to Dropbox. You could just as easily use Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, or another storage option, by substituting the appropriate code for your preferred storage solution.

‎08-08-2024

As a follow-up to the change in User Types, should we expect our ArcGIS Hub organizations to also have Creator replaced by Professional Plus at some point, or will Creator remain the only role available for education Hub orgs going forward? Thanks!

‎08-06-2024

@JeffGarcia, if the error is indeed because of a difference in the ArcGIS API for Python version, then you can Create your own custom container image for your Notebook Server. You might also try an older Notebook runtime image that has a version of the API that works they way you expect it to (e.g., View available Python libraries.)

‎07-31-2024

Further testing unfortunately reveals that the lastLogin or Last used values do not update, regardless of when you are online, and which portal you are logged into and/or from which portal you have taken your license offline. It appears to only update when you return your license. The value appears to solely reflect the point in time when you take your license offline. It is not helpful for tracking when a user is using Pro online, but with an offline license.

‎07-29-2024

Nice to meet you as well, Christoper! Unfortunately that is not what we are observing. I'm wondering now if maybe it is tied specifically to the Portal that is active. So if you are logged into multiple Portals, and the Portal from which you have taken your Pro license offline is not the active portal, but you are logged into that Portal, then lastLogin does not get updated as expected? We have users that use our ArcGIS Online orgnaization to manage their Pro license, however, they may be connected to a different AGOL organization or an Enterprise portal as their active portal.

‎07-27-2024

In our attempt to understand how people in our organization our using offline Named User licensing with Pro, we have been collecting a daily snapshot of who has taken their license offline. One of the parameters available from userEntitlements/[userName] (ArcGIS REST API) is lastLogin. This appears to be the same as the “Last used” date displayed for a user in ArcGIS Online (Organization → Licenses → Add-on licenses → ArcGIS Pro → View license activity). What does “lastLogin” or “Last used” mean? It doesn’t appear to be the date a user last logged into our ArcGIS Online organization from ArcGIS Pro while online. What is it tied to?

‎07-24-2024

ArcGIS StoryMaps now provides a solution where you can uncheck the box "Show in web search results" when publishing a publicly-shared story. That prevents random users from finding your story through searching the web, and enables you to share the URL with specific people whom you want to view the story. That sort of security-by-obscurity approach would fit many of the use cases in this thread. You do have to live with the fact that others you have shared the URL with my share it beyond your intended scope. It would be great to see that same sort of capability implemented for all types of ArcGIS Online content. (ArcGIS StoryMaps implements this capability by adding a typeKeyword of smsharingnoseo to stories for which you have unchecked the "Show in web search results" box.)

‎07-22-2024

@JonathanMcD it is perhaps like a TV or light. If we treat those items as consuming credits when they are on, then if a user forgets to turn them off, then they will run until they have exhausted all of your organization's credits. With Credit budgeting enabled, and credit allocations set, then the organization is protected from one or more users accidentally consuming all of the credits; the TV or light is automatically turned off once an allocated number of credits is consumed. Perhaps another way to look at this is to ask for what organizational scenarios does it make sense to enable the organization to run out of credits? And, are such scenarios more common than those where you want to prevent an organization from running out of credits?

‎07-11-2024

That is very helpful, @abureaux! We were looking at single page surveys when this came up. Hopefully the Esri user experience designers can find an elegant solution that would support the desired functionality without creating confusion. For example, up/down arrows and left/right arrows, or double-arrows and single-arrows, are common solutions for stepping through content with two levels of nested hierarchy (i.e., records containing pages.)

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Latest Contributions by PeterKnoop

Organization --> Members --> Enable right-click on more actions

Include Recycle bin content in search results

ArcGIS Field Maps Designer checks for offline/sync compatibility

Re: Generate Attachment Match Table with Prefix

Support printing legends for layers sent as client-side image

Re: Have credit budgeting apply to storage of files, or offer option to have file upload size caps/limits

Re: Is there a tool or application in AGOL to schedule backups periodically of a hosted feature layer

Re: ArcGIS User Type Updates - What This Means for Education Customers

Re: clone_items() Behavior has changed

Re: What does lastLogin time for Pro Offline Named User license mean in ArcGIS Online?

Re: What does lastLogin time for Pro Offline Named User license mean in ArcGIS Online?

What does lastLogin time for Pro Offline Named User license mean in ArcGIS Online?

Re: Privacy Setting, ArcGIS Online: unsearchable but publically viewable if embeddable

Re: Enable Credit Allocations by Default

Re: Add next/previous record navigation when viewing a record in Inbox

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Include Recycle bin content in search results

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Support printing legends for layers sent as client...

Imagery and Remote Sensing User Group

ArcGIS Indoors for Higher-Ed User Group