topic Re: Collector 10.2.4 - Cannot get web map to appear. in ArcGIS Collector Questions

Collector 10.2.4 - Cannot get web map to appear.

MikeQuetel — Mon, 21 Jul 2014 20:56:24 GMT

Hi,

I've got a webmap that has been shared with a group in our organization. AGOL accounts within our organization are set up as members of this same group. When users login to their account they can't see the map in Collector 10.2.4 on iOS. They can login through a browser, validate membership in the group, see the map and open it up. Is there any additional criteria that needs to exist for a map to be visible to Collector?

Thanks,

Mike

Re: Collector 10.2.4 - Cannot get web map to appear.

RussRoberts — Mon, 21 Jul 2014 21:03:01 GMT

The map needs to have an editable feature service and then be re-saved after the layer is added to the map. Then you can refresh the gallery by doing a pull to refresh.

Re: Collector 10.2.4 - Cannot get web map to appear.

MikeQuetel — Mon, 21 Jul 2014 21:08:16 GMT

That works, so thank you very much for the quick reply. Is that a bug in AGOL and/or Collector or something else. Not very intuitive to have to do that!

Re: Collector 10.2.4 - Cannot get web map to appear.

RussRoberts — Mon, 21 Jul 2014 21:26:39 GMT

Its not a bug, we do require an editable feature service to make a map Collector ready. We could make it more visible at the authoring level that the map is ready to be used in the Collector.

Re: Collector 10.2.4 - Cannot get web map to appear.

MikeQuetel — Mon, 21 Jul 2014 21:29:35 GMT

I asked because it did already have an editable feature service in it and had been saved a couple of times. I just loaded the map, authenticated against the feature service and then saved it again. Would definitely encourage something that indicates if the map is ready for Collector. Thanks again!

Re: Collector 10.2.4 - Cannot get web map to appear.

PhungLe — Thu, 15 Jan 2015 15:34:34 GMT

I have a question relating to the same issue. I did the tutorial on creating a map with Damage Assessment. The map did show up on the Collector on my iPhone. However, when I created my own map with added layer of addresses and making the field editable, following the same steps as the tutorial, the map does not appear on my collector. I have tried refreshing, logged out and logged back in. The map is shared to the group like the tutorial one. Still only the tutorial map is shown in the collector and not the new map. Can you provide guidance? Thanks.

Re: Collector 10.2.4 - Cannot get web map to appear.

RussRoberts — Thu, 15 Jan 2015 17:01:16 GMT

Did you make the layer of addresses an editable feature service or did you drag and drop a csv file into the AGOL map viewer? When you drag a file into the AGOL map viewer this creates a layer that is not a feature service and the Collector cannot edit it.

Thanks

Russ

Re: Collector 10.2.4 - Cannot get web map to appear.

PhungLe — Thu, 15 Jan 2015 17:09:12 GMT

I just Added a Layer from File, and imported the file with the list of addresses. Should I do it differently?

Re: Collector 10.2.4 - Cannot get web map to appear.

RussRoberts — Thu, 15 Jan 2015 17:21:02 GMT

Yes, When you are under My Content click on Add Item and when you choose Add Item from a file you want to make sure you have the option to publish this service as a feature service enabled. After you created a hosted feature service you will need to click on edit in the item detail page for the service and enable editing and click save.

Russ

Re: Collector 10.2.4 - Cannot get web map to appear.

PhungLe — Thu, 15 Jan 2015 17:49:28 GMT

It worked. Thanks.

Re: Collector 10.2.4 - Cannot get web map to appear.

NathanJennings — Wed, 01 Apr 2015 17:11:55 GMT

This is not clear when working with AGOL. I was wanting to set up a "view" only type of map that a user could use to "view" the data but not edit. It seems like the Collector App could be used for this option too.

For the collector app, it is easy to set up a data set and a map, then make it available for a Collector app user to use, but with a "view only" type option, this is not clear and seems like one "must have" an editable feature to actually use the Collector app.

I was hoping to use the Collector app for both "data collecting" and for a "manager" to be able to "view" data while in the field, but not really needing to "change" any data. I would rather not produce two different solutions for "view only" and "collect/edit" data.

Let me know of any feedback or suggestions.

Thank you,

Nate

Re: Collector 10.2.4 - Cannot get web map to appear.

VenusScott — Wed, 01 Apr 2015 17:31:44 GMT

I would suggest using the Operations Dashboard for the managers view only application: Operations Dashboard for ArcGIS | ArcGIS