topic Re: Web Tool User-Defined Input Data in ArcGIS Enterprise Questions

Web Tool User-Defined Input Data

DylanMurphy — Thu, 03 Dec 2020 22:50:20 GMT

Hi, I am relatively new to enterprise and authoring/publishing web tools, so bear with me.

I am attempting to publish a web tool that will allow for the end-user (non-GIS professionals in my organization) to provide a pair of .csv files as input for analysis. This tool will have to be run many times with different input files as they become available and thus I need the tool to allow the user to upload/select their own input data. However, I am struggling to understand how to do this. The model tool I am trying to publish works successfully in ArcGIS Pro and has input parameters for selecting the relevant .csv files. When I publish the web tool, though, I can only run the tool using the inputs that I used to run the model tool prior to publishing.

How would I set this tool up to allow the end-user to upload their own .csv files for analysis?

Thanks for any help you can provide - surely there is something simple that I am missing here.

Re: Web Tool User-Defined Input Data

Anonymous User — Fri, 04 Dec 2020 17:59:39 GMT

Hi Dylan,

When publishing the analysis result as a geoprocessing service, you can configure the input mode for each parameter from the Content panel of the Geoprocessing pane.

The options for Input mode are:

User defined value
Choice list
Constant

If you change the input mode to user defined value, then the client will be prompted to provide the input for the tool when running the geoprocessing service.

You can learn more about these settings here: https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/help/analysis/geoprocessing/share-analysis/geoprocessing-services-settings.htm

Hope this helps!

-Calvin

Re: Web Tool User-Defined Input Data

DylanMurphy — Fri, 04 Dec 2020 19:09:09 GMT

Thanks, Calvin! This is exactly what I needed. I knew I must be missing something simple - I had no idea that the menu to edit the input parameters for the tool in the content panel existed. Appreciate the assistance!

Re: Web Tool User-Defined Input Data

AlexWhitesell — Thu, 26 Aug 2021 21:15:53 GMT

I am trying a similar workflow and want to make sure I am understanding correctly. From ArcPro, I run a given tool as I need it to run in the Enterprise Portal. After running the tool, I can view the history and "share as web tool". To allow for a user to input data to run the tool from the portal, I need to change the configuration to allow upload? Is that all that is needed? I have tried but keep getting an error that the data needed is not available.

Re: Web Tool User-Defined Input Data

MoritzHackenberg — Sun, 14 May 2023 09:03:28 GMT

I cannot edit the parameters settings. It's fixed on constant.