Intersects() making smartform open very slow

PaulPetersen1

I only have this issue with 25.2.x. The issue does not exist in 25.1 when I open the same map.

Basically if I add any arcade calculation that use Intersects(), the smartform opens very slowly (10 seconds) when adding new features with the + button. For some reason if I edit an existing feature, the issue does not occur...the smartform opens as expected.

Anyone else having this issue? I'm just using very basic scripts like the one shown below. I've been using scripts like this for field calculations for years, never had an issue until now.

// Create a feature set using the 'Regions' layer in the map
var regions = FeatureSetByName($map, 'Regions', ['name'])

// Intersect the current location with the regions and
// get the first region
var region = First(Intersects($feature, regions))

// If the current location does intersect a feature,
// return the name of the region. Otherwise, return null
if (!IsEmpty(region)) {
return region['name']
} else {
return null
}

PaulPetersen1

@kmsmikrud , I found the issue when working online (I'm just doing configuration and testing at this point). That said, I tried it offline, and I do not get the issue. So that is good, as we usually instruct our field users to work in offline mode even when they have cell coverage. But either way, it's a pretty bad regression from 25.1.

Also, I have found a workaround by using something like the code below, and just applying a very small buffer. I have no idea why Intersects() alone would be so much more expensive than querying a nearby feature via buffer() + intersects(). But I'll probably convert everything to this kind of script for the time being. At some point I have to stop banging my head and just move forward with something that works.

// If feature doesn't have geometry return null
if (IsEmpty(Geometry($feature))) { return null }

// Get the parcels layer
var parcels = FeatureSetByName($map, 'Parcels')

// Buffer the current location and intersect with parcels
var bufferedLocation = Buffer($feature, 100, 'feet')
var candidateParcels = Intersects(parcels, bufferedLocation)

// Calculate the distance between the parcel and the current location
// Store the feature and distance as a dictionary and push it into an array
var featuresWithDistances = []
for (var f in candidateParcels) {
    Push(featuresWithDistances, 
        {
            'distance': Distance($feature, f, 'feet'),
            'feature': f
        }
    )
}

// Sort the candidate parcels by distance using a custom function
function sortByDistance(a, b) {
    return a['distance'] - b['distance']
}
var sorted = Sort(featuresWithDistances, sortByDistance)

// Get the closest feature
var closestFeatureWithDistance = First(sorted)

// If there was no feature, return null
if (IsEmpty(closestFeatureWithDistance)) { return null }

// Return the address
return `${closestFeatureWithDistance['feature']['ADDNUM']} ${closestFeatureWithDistance['feature']['ADDRESSNAM']}`