topic Re: Data download from ArcGIS Server Feature Service in ArcGIS Dashboards Questions

Data download from ArcGIS Server Feature Service

JonasRugtvedt_Geodata — Fri, 24 Jun 2022 13:29:18 GMT

Hello,

From reading the documentation it states that the download data function in ArcGIS Dashboard only is available where the source is a, ArcGIS Online hosted feature layer.

https://doc.arcgis.com/en/dashboards/latest/create-and-share/download-data.htm

I am wondering if there is a work-around or if this will be possible if the data source is an ArcGIS Server Feature Service?

We publish a large number of services with AGS, some of them with export capabilities. These services are registered as items in ArcGIS Online and utilized in dashboards, where it would be great to have to option to export the data.

Re: Data download from ArcGIS Server Feature Service

jcarlson — Fri, 24 Jun 2022 14:23:19 GMT

If you can access the service and submit a query to the REST endpoint, you should be able to save the output to a spatial file. This will depend on the service's capabilities, though.

What's the service URL?

Re: Data download from ArcGIS Server Feature Service

JonasRugtvedt_Geodata — Mon, 27 Jun 2022 06:02:16 GMT

Hi Josh,

Thanks for responding.

The dashboard is hosted in ArcGIS Online and I fail to see how one can send request from the dashboard to an ArcGIS Server feature service and how to tie this up with the download data functionality?

Jonas Rugtvedt,

Geodata AS

Re: Data download from ArcGIS Server Feature Service

jcarlson — Wed, 29 Jun 2022 17:24:06 GMT

When the dashboard loads the data, it's just sending a GET to some URL and getting the response, then the dashboard parses the response and renders it. That means the service is sending back data in some format.

If you had the service URL, there's no reason you couldn't alter the GET request and have the response save to a spatially-enabled file like a geoJSON.

It's not a nice built-in feature like the download button, but it is possible to download data from registered services.

Re: Data download from ArcGIS Server Feature Service

JonasRugtvedt_Geodata — Fri, 01 Jul 2022 06:20:51 GMT

This sounds like a good solution for downloading the data, but we are looking for more of a built-in method.

Our end-users are mostly non-technical personal that uses the dashboard to explore and analyze information and they need a way to easily download the views they make in the dashboard. The download data functionality that is available with hosted feature services is great, so we are hoping this would be possible to also use with an ArcGIS Server Feature Service.

Jonas

Re: Data download from ArcGIS Server Feature Service

DarylHochhalter — Fri, 15 Jul 2022 14:01:57 GMT

I have essentially the same question! Not sure why it needs to be a hosted feature layer? I noticed one other thing since upgrading enterprise to 9.1.

https://enterprise.arcgis.com/en/portal/latest/use/data-store-items.htm

I'm wondering if creating an item from the server registered datastore would allow for the download functionality that exists for hosted data?

Re: Data download from ArcGIS Server Feature Service

AaronKoelker — Tue, 01 Nov 2022 20:35:15 GMT

Any update on this? Running into the same issue, would like to export data from a REST/feature service on an Enterprise Portal, rather than one hosted on ArcGIS Online, using an ArcGIS Online Dashboard. Currently don't get the option to enable download in the widget, even when Extract is enabled in the feature service. Quite a bummer.

Re: Data download from ArcGIS Server Feature Service

ArmandFrançois — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 15:31:54 GMT

+1 for this request.

Re: Data download from ArcGIS Server Feature Service

berniejconnors — Mon, 23 Oct 2023 13:40:23 GMT

+1 for this request.

Re: Data download from ArcGIS Server Feature Service

ShariF — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 15:49:59 GMT

Did you figure a solution for this? I want the public to be able to download the source data, not just the summarized data from the table (which is a nice feature, but I want all fields). Thanks!

+1 for this request.

Re: Data download from ArcGIS Server Feature Service

ola — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 13:26:31 GMT

+1 yes please

Re: Data download from ArcGIS Server Feature Service

MarkGambordella — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 15:29:45 GMT

we have the same issue. has anyone been able to create a work around, has dashboard been upgraded to do this now? the dashboard features work way better than my capabilities to recreate the whole thing in experience builder and try to get all the functionality of the dashboard with ease.