topic Re: spatial join in ArcGIS Collector Questions

spatial join

bobwright — Fri, 23 Aug 2019 18:28:47 GMT

Greetings,

Does Collector does spatial joins with underlying layers? In my searches I haven't been able to confirm or deny. Thanks.

Bob

Re: spatial join

Kylie — Fri, 23 Aug 2019 18:58:43 GMT

Hi Bob -- Could you clarify a bit what you are looking to do? For example, you can use the Join Features tool in ArcGIS Online or ArcGIS Enterprise, save the result as a new hosted layer view, and then use that view in maps in Collector. However, these layers will be read-only and can't be taken offline.

(Source: Add editable layers to a map, step 7 - in Make a map—Collector for ArcGIS | ArcGIS)

Re: spatial join

bobwright — Mon, 26 Aug 2019 17:01:42 GMT

Hi Kylie,

I’m wondering if Collector can do a Spatial Join, where attributes of interest from an underlying layer are added to table of the newly-created feature.

Bob

Re: spatial join

Kylie — Thu, 10 Oct 2019 17:06:17 GMT

No, this isn't something Collector supports. I'd recommend using other ArcGIS tools to do this once back in the office.

Re: spatial join

bobwright — Thu, 10 Oct 2019 17:15:55 GMT

OK. Thanks.

Re: spatial join

DougBrowning — Thu, 10 Oct 2019 18:14:37 GMT

Relationships classes work great for this. Link the two tables instead of doubling up the attributes.