Regardless of visibility settings on layer, data still arrives

Question

Im curious if others see this behavior.

For testing, I have a map, table and layer widget.  Web map layer has visibility set at STREETS/10k and my default extent for initial launch is WORLD.  When i start the app, and simply watch without moving anything, i see data appear.

Why is that?

I'm asking because i first began building a map app using extent, but immediately changed direction because every mouse pan caused everything attached to the data source to go full potato/progress-spin mode. I ended up going the trigger by relationship id route, which is not how google has conditioned us to live.

ty in advance

KeithWestberg · Answer

I cant share the hosted feature layer as we are working within enterprise.  The feature layer has near 400k records and spatially they span the globe.  At the default map extent for the web map (roughly USA), which is the data source for the EB app, the record count should be 98k.  The only layer in this feature layer is set to 10k/Street, so im struggling to understand why the table would be collecting anything at the USA extent.  There must be another mechanism besides the visibility settings, and that visibility only controls the map rendering and NOT the data.  Am I wrong to assume we should have control of what data is consumed and when its asked for?  I would like to ask for the data at 10k, not when the app launches, which is causing a major lag.  If every time someone pans the map, they have to endure a progress bar, they'll no doubt avoid the app if possible

kxu · Answer

Hi @KeithWestberg,

I couldn't reproduce this issue in Experience Builder with ArcGIS Online version. Could you share a sample app for us to troubleshoot?

Thanks,

Ke