idea BAO 5.4 Save Map State (or View) in ArcGIS Business Analyst Ideas

BAO 5.4 Save Map State (or View)

JayLarsen — Mon, 13 Feb 2017 19:24:31 GMT

BAO continues to improve consistently, and there were many good changes in the latest 5.4 release. However, I do notice that "projects" do not save the look or view or state of the map between sessions. This means that if I have to go in and edit, or just tweak the tiniest thing in a given project, I have to go back into the assets pane and turn on and configure all of my layers and objects! A needless time-waster, IMHO.

It seems to be that the previous version did a much better job saving the "state" of a map.

E.g.: I make a map with some tracts and a ZIP showing. Now I layer in 2016 pop data and color only the tracts, while putting the ZIP in outline with some special attributes. I make a PDF or JPEG. Now, I neeed to come back in, do a tweak, and do another JPEG. I find upon returning to the project, all my objects deselected. I have to go turn on everything. And worse, the custom setup for my 2016 pop layer must be almost re-done.

Please have some way to save the view of BAO projects.

Cheers!

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Re: BAO 5.4 Save Map State (or View)

ScottPrindle — Wed, 29 Mar 2017 17:42:36 GMT

Hello Jay,

Thank you for submitting this idea, don't forget to vote for it! When you say your custom setup needs to be "almost re-done", what aspects remain, and what must be redone? Could you include any screenshots of before and after to illustrate the issues you're coming across?

Others,

When voting for this idea, please consider commenting to share your own workflows where this functionality would be beneficial.

Thanks,

Scott

Re: BAO 5.4 Save Map State (or View)

PraveenSrivastava — Fri, 31 Mar 2017 08:40:06 GMT

Thanks for your feedback, Jay. It was nice talking with you. Please keep the feedback coming in.

Thanks,

Praveen

Re: BAO 5.4 Save Map State (or View) - Status changed to: Implemented

DonnaBuhr — Thu, 12 Nov 2020 21:33:36 GMT

Hi Jay,

I am pleased to let you know that your idea to save the state of the map is implemented in Business Analyst Web App. There is a "Autosave" toggle that allows you to save the state of your map from session to session.

Thank you for submitting your great idea and valuable feedback that helps us improve Business Analyst.

Please let us know if you have more great idea.

Thank you for using Business Analyst Web App!

Best regards,

Donna