topic Re: Why does fromArcGISServerUrl not support popups? in ArcGIS JavaScript Maps SDK Questions

Why does fromArcGISServerUrl not support popups?

Travis_L_Riffle — Thu, 08 Mar 2018 17:26:01 GMT

I can load a feature layer, but the popup data associated with the FeatureLayer does not work.

I can load the same item by calling fromPortalItem and it has popups. Is there a way to load a FeatureLayer by URL instead of ID that will allow popups??

Here's a code example of a FeatureLayer I created for a coffee shop in Phoenix. If I query by id, the popup shows, but if I query by the service URL, the coffee shop shows but not the popup.

SANDBOX EXAMPLE
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1,maximum-scale=1,user-scalable=no">
<title>FeatureLayer - 4.6</title>

var map = new Map({
basemap: "hybrid"
});

var view = new MapView({
container: "viewDiv",
map: map,

extent: { // autocasts as new Extent()
xmin: -9177811,
ymin: 4247000,
xmax: -9176791,
ymax: 4247784,
spatialReference: 102100
}
});

/********************
* Add feature layer
********************/

// Carbon storage of trees in Warren Wilson College.
var featureLayer = new FeatureLayer({
url: "https://services5.arcgis.com/QGM0VeSNqhUanPGN/arcgis/rest/services/Coffee_Shops__Custom_Data_Sample/FeatureServer"
});

map.add(featureLayer);
});
</script>
</head>

</html>

Re: Why does fromArcGISServerUrl not support popups?

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Thu, 08 Mar 2018 17:34:59 GMT

Travis,

Using a webmap or portalitem is what carries over the popup configuration. Using the url to create a new FeatureLayer has no knowledge of the popup you configured in the web map.

Re: Why does fromArcGISServerUrl not support popups?

Travis_L_Riffle — Mon, 12 Mar 2018 18:42:14 GMT

There doesn't seem to be a way to query a portal item by service URL. You can set the URL property of the portal item, but that doesn't return anything.

Re: Why does fromArcGISServerUrl not support popups?

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Mon, 12 Mar 2018 22:07:04 GMT

Travis,

You have completely lost me here. If you want access to the layer popup you configured in Portal/AGOL then you need to use the WebMap ID in your code.

You get a PortalItem from a Portal class query method:

https://developers.arcgis.com/javascript/3/jsapi/portal-amd.html#queryitems

Re: Why does fromArcGISServerUrl not support popups?

Travis_L_Riffle — Tue, 13 Mar 2018 21:58:05 GMT

We are using the 4.6 version of the API. We are wanting to use the service URL to retrieve the portal Item. You can retrieve the feature layer without the popup with the fromArcGisServerUrl method or fromPortalItem method which returns the popup. I'm trying to use the service URL to return the portalItem/feature layer with the popup.

Re: Why does fromArcGISServerUrl not support popups?

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Wed, 14 Mar 2018 13:41:45 GMT

Travis,

As I have mentioned already the layer.fromArcGisServerUrl just creates a new layer that has no concept of a popup that was configured using AGOL/Portal. Let me try and break this down for you. The portalItem/WebMap is a json text that stores information like the popup and symbology and other items along with the url to the specific service that is used. A url to a map service does not have access to any of this information as it is just accessing the MapService directly on ArcGIS Server.

Hopefully this clears things up for you.