idea ArcGIS Dashboards- Map Widget- Admins Ability to Select Layers from Map to Display in ArcGIS Dashboards Ideas

ArcGIS Dashboards- Map Widget- Admins Ability to Select Layers from Map to Display

Amanda__Huber — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 21:58:12 GMT

Hello Dashboards Team,

We recently became aware of this limitation which seems very fundamental.

We currently have a map with 14 layers in it. We would like to use one map (one AGOL item) but configure it with some layers off/on in the dashboard. Currently I have not found a way to do this using one map.

The apparent workaround is to have multiple different maps in your AGOL content then have those in your dashboard. This leads to a lot more overhead for admins to manage.

I'm proposing that the Dashboard team looks into a similar feature as ArcGIS StoryMaps. In ArcGIS StoryMaps their maps offer the ability to turn on/off layers. This allows users to have one map but visualized different ways.

Thank you for your time,

Amanda Huber

Re: ArcGIS Dashboards- Map Widget- Admins Ability to Select Layers from Map to Display

MiltonSolano — Fri, 23 Feb 2024 22:21:21 GMT

Team,

I agree this functionality is a must to have, implemented exactly as Story maps did. I have a dashboard showing different variables like temperature, precipitation, wind, etc., coming from different stations on a map. I need to turn off/on the layers on the map when the users change to another page within the dashboard in order to see the graphs that applies to those stations.

Without this capability, I need to create separate maps for each Stations to show (Temperature stations, Precipitation Station, Solar radiation stations, etc.), making more difficult to maintain the overall project.

Thanks!

Re: ArcGIS Dashboards- Map Widget- Admins Ability to Select Layers from Map to Display

Amanda__Huber — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 17:58:59 GMT

Cross tagging this other community post-
https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-dashboards-ideas/dashboard-map-default-map-layers-visibility/idc-p/1670207#M2991

Re: ArcGIS Dashboards- Map Widget- Admins Ability to Select Layers from Map to Display

Amanda__Huber — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 18:05:36 GMT

@patrickb @MartinCopping Is there any update you can provide us on this across both of these community posts?
Thanks in advance!