topic Re: How to use Actions with a Data Expression to Pan map in ArcGIS Dashboards Questions

How to use Actions with a Data Expression to Pan map

cjms — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 21:17:31 GMT

I am using a Data Expression in ArcGIS dashboard. It returns a Feature Set and is displaying properly in my List widget. How can I configure the Actions so that my Map widget will Pan / Zoom / Flash when a user clicks on an item in the List Widget that is using the Data Expression?

The Map widget is a web map that has similar data and includes the same ID column from my data expression. I can successfully use the Action --> Filter option since it allows me to select a Source and Target, but for the Pan / Zoom / Flash I can only select a the Map, no option to specify a source and target. So of course, turning those options on does nothing for the Map.

Re: How to use Actions with a Data Expression to Pan map

dribrats — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 21:45:06 GMT

I believe the data source has to be a layer on the map, and since you can't (yet) add data expressions to a map, you might be out of luck. Really looking forward to being able to add data expressions to maps as it would unlock quite a lot of powerful functionality.

Re: How to use Actions with a Data Expression to Pan map

cjms — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 21:46:43 GMT

Answering my own question

My data expression was only returning the rows for efficiency. Adding the geometry to the Feature Set enabled the map actions to work as expected.

I guess this only works if the data expression is created from a feature class that has XY. No idea how you would get this to work if the data expression came from a table without xy.

Re: How to use Actions with a Data Expression to Pan map

JPMontagne — Thu, 21 May 2026 02:09:10 GMT

Thank you! Everything I found until your post led me to believe this wasn't possible. Thanks to you, the solution was easy!