idea Selection in chart not zooming to features in map? in ArcGIS Enterprise Ideas

Selection in chart not zooming to features in map?

Hayley — Mon, 21 Mar 2022 20:30:00 GMT

Hi there,

I would like my chart to filter, select and zoom to selected features in the map. At the moment it selects and filters but does not zoom to the features.

This is how my chart actions are set up

And this is the map

Any pointers would be greatly appreciated thanks 🙂

Re: Selection in chart not zooming to features in map?

Ashok — Tue, 29 Mar 2022 09:49:26 GMT

Hi,

I am also facing similar issue. Not able to zoom to feature, where as I can able to do select, flash.

Do you have any further update/enhancement on your post. If you have any success, please share.

Thanks,

Ashok

Re: Selection in chart not zooming to features in map?

Hayley — Tue, 29 Mar 2022 19:32:44 GMT

Hi Ashok, I spoke to an Esri consultant and they were quite certain that it is not possible as there is no "geometric values" in the statistical chart?

Re: Selection in chart not zooming to features in map?

Ashok — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 08:58:49 GMT

Hi,

But we are able to select/flash the feature on Select Data Records Trigger/Action.

Then why we are not able to zoom to feature.

Can any ESRI people respond on this. Or please let us know if it can be implemented in future releases.

Because it is very common functionality that any user can look for zoom to feature on bar chart item click.

Thanks,

Ashok

Re: Selection in chart not zooming to features in map?

Hayley — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 20:13:42 GMT

Yes that's what I thought, can someone from Esri please touch base on this?

Re: Selection in chart not zooming to features in map?

TonghuiMing — Wed, 13 Apr 2022 08:13:38 GMT

Hi @Hayley and @Ashok,

I dug for a while and found that this should be a known limitation at this moment. For W-Chart & W-Map interactions, there are only Flash and Filter supported. It appears that the options of "Zoom" and "Pan" in the Chart widget were not removed from the UI so it is documented here: ExB Chart widget > interaction options note

For this function itself -

From my understanding, unlike the Query widget, which directly utilizes the added data source, Chart creates an output data source (i.e. Chart statistics) right when data gets rendered. Once that happens, it lost all geospatial reference, thus, there is no way to get the extent for zoom or pan which depends on geometry, when you select anything from the Chart widget.

Re: Selection in chart not zooming to features in map?

Hayley — Wed, 13 Apr 2022 21:05:12 GMT

Thanks for your response! I hope there is a workaround this in the near future as it is a major setback.

Re: Selection in chart not zooming to features in map?

TonghuiMing — Fri, 29 Apr 2022 03:58:04 GMT

We will look into that and see if there will be any enhancement possibilities.

Re: Selection in chart not zooming to features in map?

ScottHansen__MDP_ — Thu, 12 Dec 2024 13:20:04 GMT

I too would like to have the ability to select features in a chart and have the map pan and zoom. After talking with ESRI support, I have learned that this is a known limitation and that an enhancement case has been opened: ENH-000151058 Chart: support geometry-related message actions like zoom/pan to. Experience Builder = work in progress.

Re: Selection in chart not zooming to features in map?

PlanningMaryland_Department_of — Mon, 11 Aug 2025 18:22:02 GMT

I am hoping that @Jianxia may be able to provide the status on the ability to select a feature in an Experience Builder bar chart widget for example and then see the map pan and zoom on the selected feature.

Re: Selection in chart not zooming to features in map?

PlanningMaryland_Department_of — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 12:15:43 GMT

Does ESRI have plans to address this known limitation dating back to 2022? A user should be able to select a bar on a bar chart and have the map pan and zoom to the location on the map. I will submit an enhancement request to check on the status of this important (2,360 views at the time of this post) functionality.

Re: Selection in chart not zooming to features in map?

JanetSilb_Spike — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 21:03:34 GMT

Hi all, does any one know if this enhancement has been added (ENH-000151058)? I am assuming it has not because I am also trying to zoom to features from my chart widget and am not finding an option to do so. Is there a way to look at the enhancement status or to get it associated with my Org? ENH-000151058

Re: Selection in chart not zooming to features in map?

JanetSilb_Spike — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 17:46:23 GMT

@ScottHansen__MDP_ do you know if there is any progress on this enhancement request? I am also looking for the ability to zoom to features from the chart widget. thanks!

Re: Selection in chart not zooming to features in map?

ScottHansen__MDP_ — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 19:21:50 GMT

Hi @Jianxia, Are there plans to develop an enhancement in Experience Builder so that a user would be able to select a data series in bar chart widget, for example, and then the map would pan and zoom to that feature?

Re: Selection in chart not zooming to features in map?

Jianxia — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 20:31:07 GMT

@ScottHansen__MDP_, this feature is currently under consideration, and a timeline has not been determined at this time.

Re: Selection in chart not zooming to features in map?

Amanda__Huber — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 18:14:02 GMT

We would like to add our organization to the list who needs this operation to use Experience Building. It's wild that this basic functionality is still not available.