Latest Contributions by LindsayRaabe_FPCWA

Thanks for the tip but unfortunatley for us it's not useful as all our offline area maps are ad-hoc, user defined areas, meaning the tools that are built into Field Maps Designer for predetermined offline areas are not relevant.

Hi Kristal. Thanks for the detailed info. Unfortunately I've double checked some of the options and still no joy. We aren't using PDF's via ArcGIS Online, so none of that was relevant in our use case. As for trying to bypass MDM security using the share option, that wouldn't work as Field Maps isn't listed as one of the apps we can select (they're all Microsft 365 apps). PDF attachment menu options: Share options: Open in another app options:

Interesting task. Are you printing the utility lines onto a transparent sheet and will physically overlay? Or do you have a digital copy of the physical map that you will show as a background on a new print? I'm guessing it's the first, in which case, in ArcGIS Pro, you would create your Layout with custom page size to match your existing map, and insert your map frame to fill the layout. Then I think you would manually set the scale to match your physical map and it's just a task of panning it to the correct extent (you will likely need some sort of reference layer for this - probably just World Imagery?)

Hi Kristal. The issue is still sitting with our IT person responsible for looking after the MDM. I'll followup with him soon as I haven't heard anything for a bit, but I know it was still on his radar.

I think Neal has hit it on the head here. I was going to guess that you were using a Note field. Use a calculate or text type field and set them as "hidden" under appearance so users don't see them. Use Note fields for interim calculations where you don't want to save those bits of data and the final output that merges them should be calculate or text.

In Field Maps, if a user needs to redownload a map area for offline use, they currently need to manually remove the offline area, either find the offline area for download or define it themselves (our standard workflow) and download the map. Idea: Add a button to each offline area in Field Maps that allows the user to recreate the offline area from scratch (not just sync datasets within the offline area). Use Case: Streamline and simplify the data management for end users within the Field Maps app. Removes the need to manually remove maps, and then select or redefine (navigate to desired area) for each map. This can be quite time consuming when multiple offline areas across multiple maps are in use as you need to wait for each map to download before proceeding to the next one.

In Field Maps, if a user has offline areas downloaded, and the map owner makes changes to the webmap (or feature services in the webmap) shema, those changes don't get automatically updated when the map is sync'd. IDEA: Add a warning message in Field Maps alerting users to changes to the webmap that can only be seen if the offline area is redownloaded. Use Case: Currently, there are no warning messages when changes are made, relying solely on comms to be sent by the map owner (which, lets face it, isn't always effective - raise your hand if you read all your emails every day? 🦗🦗🦗). A warning that changes have been made which won't be shown via Sync is an effective way of alerting the user that they need to regenerate an offline area (bonus points if the message states what the changes are).

I would like to see a warning on any offline map that says that there have been changes made to the source map which won't appear unless the offline area is regenerated (and an option to do so, regardless of if it was pre-prepared or an ad-hoc/user defined area).

Thanks for the update @KenHartling

Just to clarify, I don't mean skip features in the input layer that don't match existing features in the Target layer based on Matching fields. When I say "remove", I mean more like "delete" features that are already in the Target layer that don't exist in the Input layer. You should be left with only updated features in both datasets and newly added features.

Why wouldn't you direct the public to use Field Maps now that it also works with GeoPDF's and you don't need to sign in to use it? The main downside or missing feature is the ability to capture data and export to something like KMLs or Shapefiles from Field Maps (see these ideas - Export Field Maps Markup to KML - Esri Community and Create markup features from GPS location - Esri Community)

Nice suggestion - I too find the zoom function frustrating at times when using it in a moving vehicle (e.g. on the fireline in a fire truck when offroad). Also, good idea including how many users it impacts.

The Append tool has the Update Features option, allowing the user to define fields to match the input data to the target data, and where features in both datasets match, those features are updated instead of appended (avoiding duplication). IDEA: Add a toggle box option as part of the Update Features function that removes and features from the Target dataset that don't have a matching feature in the Input dataset. USE CASE: This will be handy where a dataset should be a complete copy of the input dataset, but currently requires 2 different processes to achieve this. Either Append (to add new features and update existing matching features) plus a Join > Filter > Delete Rows process to find and remove any old features that are no longer relevant. The other way of achieving this would be to delete all existing features and appending the complete new input dataset. I want to avoid this though as we're talking thousands of records and that is time consuming when dealing with feature services in ArcGIS Online.

‎04-20-2026

Thanks for the tip - got it to work using the below: type name label appearance required readonly calculation relevant choice_filter repeat_count select_multiple a_i Relevant_AIs What unintended and intended Actions & Inactions (A&Is) were evident? yes calculate total_ais total_ais count-selected(${Relevant_AIs}) begin repeat Actions_Inactions_AIs Actions & Inactions (A&Is) minimal count-selected(${Relevant_AIs}) > 0 and not(selected(${Relevant_AIs}, 'None')) ${total_ais} calculate rec_ais_num rec_ais_num position(..) note rec_ais_note_people Record ${rec_ais_num} of ${total_ais} (Complete for each A&I listed below) select_one a_i AandI Actions & Inactions minimal yes yes selected-at(${Relevant_AIs}, ${rec_ais_num} - 1) selected(${Relevant_AIs}, name) text AandI_description Description yes end repeat

‎04-20-2026

I think this is a great idea.I hadn't found it previously, but can see the value in being able to pull up a question or set of questions from any point in the survey, and to pass values into that set of questions from any point in the survey too - not just launch/open the popup.

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Latest Contributions by LindsayRaabe_FPCWA

Re: Add button to allow user to recreate selected offline area in Field Maps

Re: GeoPDFs from Outlook with MDM not opening in Field Maps

Re: Drawing Large Maps to Scale in ArcGis Pro

Re: GeoPDFs from Outlook with MDM not opening in Field Maps

Re: Autopopulation with numbers and text

Add button to allow user to recreate selected offline area in Field Maps

Show warning in Field Map when offline area needs redownloading after changes made to source webmap/data

Re: Update the "Manage offline areas" tip to clarify that schema changes require recreating offline map areas

Re: Make the dissolve tool smarter when specifying not to create multi-part features.

Re: Remove features that don't match when using the Append tools Update features option

Re: Avenza Alternative

Re: Our Aviation team users are looking for a zoom button to be added to the FieldMaps UI.

Remove features that don't match when using the Append tools Update features option

Re: Repeat records created dynamically AND POPULATED from previous question selections

Re: "Popup" question/groups/repeats to access at any time in the survey.

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