idea Save client-side FeatureLayers as Portal Items in ArcGIS JavaScript Maps SDK Ideas

Save client-side FeatureLayers as Portal Items

JeffreyThompson2 — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:39:26 GMT

As owner of the Experience Builder Custom Widgets Group and co-creator of the Custom Draw Widget, I have seen many requests for being able to save drawings created by the Widget. The most logical way to do this would be to take the graphics generated by the Widget, convert them to a client-side FeatureLayer and then save them as a Hosted Feature Layer on the Online/Enterprise Portal. However, there is currently no support for creating a new Portal item from scratch in the JavaScript API. I would like a built-in method for creating a Portal Item from a client-side FeatureLayer.

https://community.esri.com/t5/experience-builder-custom-widgets/re-designed-draw-widget/m-p/1352200

Re: Save client-side FeatureLayers as Portal Items - Status changed to: Under Consideration

UndralBatsukh — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 16:41:53 GMT

Hi there,

We have a plan to add a support for persisting MapNotesLayer as a portal item. Once it is implemented, you could add the drawings to MapNotesLayer and save it as a portal item. Can you use MapNotesLayer for your workflow?

We will update you here as soon as the MapNotesLayer can be persisted.

Re: Save client-side FeatureLayers as Portal Items - Status changed to: Needs Clarification

UndralBatsukh — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 16:42:31 GMT

Re: Save client-side FeatureLayers as Portal Items

JeffreyThompson2 — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 16:50:10 GMT

Yes, a MapNotesLayer could be useful for the base level of this request, but I think there is a use case for going a few steps further and creating a full featured FeatureLayer with a schema and attributes.