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Buffer Widget Experience Builder

JorgeMorteo — Thu, 16 Nov 2023 19:21:47 GMT

This is no believable. The Buffer widget in Experience Builder only buffers from a point. The basic geometric shapes use in GIS are points, lines and polygons. The buffer tool is useless if it can not buffer from the geometric features. Please have the buffer tool buffer from Polygons and lines too. There is a web app builder tools that works great but it is not available in Experience Builder "Public Notification" . Make the buffer tool do the same please.

Re: Buffer Widget Experience Builder

AValenski — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 09:04:22 GMT

@JorgeMorteo are you referring to the Analysis Widget's buffer within ExB?

Re: Buffer Widget Experience Builder

JorgeMorteo — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 16:27:55 GMT

The actual widgett name is the "Query Widget" but ESRI said that the intent was not to display a buffer but to get attributes .

In web app builder the "Public Notification" works good but it does not work the same way in Experience builder.

Experience builder should have a buffer widget. Planning departments in the USA use it often to see distances from certain land uses to protected uses such as schools, child cares ....

Re: Buffer Widget Experience Builder

NedCake1 — Tue, 23 Apr 2024 18:03:54 GMT

This is another instance where ESRI has not reached parity between WAB and Experience Builder.

We need a widget that will create a buffer around a selected feature(s), display the buffer on the map, then select features that intersect the buffer, and allow users to export the selection.

You want us to migrate to EXB but the tools simply are not there.

P.S. Instant apps is not a workable solution to this need.

Re: Buffer Widget Experience Builder

Bec — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 11:36:47 GMT

I agree with the many commenters above me. We need a Buffer Widget for Experience Builder. It would be nice to have something similar to what they have in the below image for this website: https://property.franklincountyauditor.com/_web/maps/mapadv.aspx

Re: Buffer Widget Experience Builder

JorgeMorteo — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 13:33:49 GMT

Thank yo for sharing the website. I will be going to the ESRI conference in a few weeks and I will find out more about it.

Re: Buffer Widget Experience Builder

paleo999 — Fri, 12 Jul 2024 17:20:44 GMT

You would think a simple buffer widget would be one of the first things to be implemented in Experience Builder.

Re: Buffer Widget Experience Builder

JorgeMorteo — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 21:32:06 GMT

FYI The "NEARME" widget works just like the buffer tool.

https://doc.arcgis.com/en/experience-builder/latest/configure-widgets/near-me-widget.htm

Re: Buffer Widget Experience Builder

RyanH1 — Thu, 10 Oct 2024 18:52:47 GMT

Did ESRI provide any additional information about plans to offer a buffer widget at the User Conference?

Re: Buffer Widget Experience Builder

JorgeMorteo — Thu, 10 Oct 2024 20:55:40 GMT

Yes and No. The NEARME widgett is the Buffer tool. They just called "NEARME"

Re: Buffer Widget Experience Builder

AlixVezina — Tue, 15 Oct 2024 20:48:50 GMT

You can use the Analysis widget to create buffers around features (points, lines, and polygons).

Re: Buffer Widget Experience Builder

JorgeMorteo — Tue, 15 Oct 2024 23:52:31 GMT

Yes, but I believe it does not gives you a visual polygon feature. I'll take a look.

Re: Buffer Widget Experience Builder

AlixVezina — Wed, 16 Oct 2024 15:12:37 GMT

@JorgeMorteo It should! 🙂

Make sure you've also enabled the following options when configuring the widget.

Example result: 5 miles buffer around a point a sketched using the Analysis widget

Re: Buffer Widget Experience Builder

Jack_in_the_box — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 12:50:52 GMT

It's disappointing to see that the new program meant to replace the existing one is actually a step backward. It lacks several key tools and functionality that were available before. It feels like a basic principle of programming has been overlooked: don’t remove essential features unless you're improving or replacing them with something better. Please reconsider the direction this is going — users rely on these tools to get real work done.