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Add Data Widget in Experience Builder

TimAlbert — Wed, 26 Aug 2020 22:38:09 GMT

Please include the "Add Data" Widget that is available in ArcGIS Web AppBuilder to ArcGIS Experience Builder.

Re: Add Data Widget in Experience Builder

AndyYang — Sun, 28 Feb 2021 19:33:44 GMT

Yes Please! That is really important and necessary! @TimAlbert

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JesSkillman — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 13:34:23 GMT

Agree. This widget is necessary.

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theinzer — Tue, 30 Mar 2021 23:24:49 GMT

This widget in necessary for us to move to EB

Re: Add Data Widget in Experience Builder

AndyYang — Tue, 30 Mar 2021 23:38:26 GMT

Actually, not only "Add Data" feature

all other functionalities already in Arc WebMap Application are all important and we hope they can all be available in EB (Experience Builder).

Re: Add Data Widget in Experience Builder

MarkJohnston — Fri, 03 Sep 2021 04:00:01 GMT

Could really use the "add data" widget. I'm supporting a large community of users that would like to see this functionality in experience builder. How soon is it expected?

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HeatherBell — Wed, 29 Sep 2021 09:55:53 GMT

Yes please, this would really help one of our workflows. Any indication of when this is to be expected?

Thank you,

Heather.

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DavidSims2 — Tue, 21 Dec 2021 18:38:02 GMT

My organization needs this add data widget, and when a shapefile is added we need the ability to change the symbology color and fill transparency. We are in environmental consulting and we need to be able to input the project area, so we can compare it to the environmental resources in the area.

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Slamon — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 22:32:30 GMT

I'm just getting into EB and finding that almost none of the functionality from Web App Builder exists in EB. How can this be if EB is meant o replace WAB?

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BrianD — Fri, 14 Jan 2022 01:04:20 GMT

One more vote for this. I see it's listed in the roadmap documentation as long term, but it seems like something that should be prioritized.

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feralcatcolonist_old — Wed, 19 Jan 2022 20:44:45 GMT

It's 2022 and still needed. Trying to convince my organization that the web-app-builder is old technology, no longer updated, and shouldn't be use; then in the same breath, explain why the experience builder doesn't have nearly as many features years after release.

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JohnSasso2 — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 21:15:43 GMT

Experience Builder team: please add the Add Data widget! I also agree this is very necessary, esp. as I had no choice but to migrate to EB from Web AppBuilder

Re: Add Data Widget in Experience Builder

JesSkillman — Mon, 14 Mar 2022 17:28:17 GMT

I really don't understand why this isn't yet a function in Experience Builder. Why do we have the ability to click on a feature in the map and pull it into Survey123, but we don't have the ability to add data to the map? It really limits the usefulness of the Survey123 / Experience Builder integration.

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KevinMWright13 — Mon, 02 May 2022 22:32:41 GMT

Hi Experience Builder Dev Team,

It would be incredibly helpful if someone on your team could respond to this thread with both an explanation as to why this isn't implemented yet (there must be a legitimate reason) and when it is intended to be added to the mix.

That would help a lot of us to plan when we can start to really implement this great tool.

Thanks,

Kevin

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USLEOperations — Tue, 03 May 2022 11:25:48 GMT

Experience Builder Dev Team -- Can you please tell us what the status is of getting the Add Data widget added to EB? I know this inquiry has been made several times but we'd appreciate some communication. Thanks!

@Jianxia

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MinaJahanshahi — Wed, 04 May 2022 02:33:00 GMT

Agreed, this is a core function that should be included in the EB system, not sure why it's getting no responses on ETAs which is super frustrating

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USLEOperations — Wed, 11 May 2022 16:01:24 GMT

@Jianxia -- many folks on this thread have requested feedback from Esri re: availability of the Add Data widget. As you can see it is quite a popular request. Can you please fill us in and let us know what's what. Thank you!

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Jianxia — Wed, 11 May 2022 23:03:02 GMT

@USLEOperations and all, thanks for sharing your thoughts!

Per discussion with the team, adding data in ExB would be a little more complicated than that in WAB. As ExB supports both map centric and non-map centric workflows, when data is added on the fly, how other widgets like List should behave? Team is doing the research holistically. Any feedback from you is more than welcome.

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feralcatcolonist_old — Fri, 13 May 2022 13:56:40 GMT

While I think it would be excellent to have some of the other widgets communicate with user-added data; I really do think that the minimum viable product here is being able to drop said data onto a map in the same manner as the WAB widget.

For my organization, it is a low bar to entry to utilize our standard web maps as an ad hoc viewer. That way, when anyone receives a KMZ or shapefile, they can quickly look at it. While we have an enterprise license agreement, many organizations operate on the a la carte model.

Allowing users to quickly visualize and explore data within the ExB solves the need for either using the outdated WAB, or teaching a variety of users how to operate a desktop product just to view a piece of data for a few minutes as part of context/understanding/research.

While I appreciate wanting to fully integrate it into all the possibilities that ExB has to offer, the reality for users, is that we're missing a huge piece of functionality in the interim-- --I'm honestly surprised the conversation is just now happening?

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KevinMWright13 — Fri, 13 May 2022 15:39:53 GMT

@feralcatcolonist_old - I completely agree that this is a core requirement to adoption for many, if not most applications of ExB that include a map.

@Jianxia - First off - thank you and your team again for all the hard work in creating such a great product. I, for one, both recognize and appreciate how much you have put into making this the best it can be and shepherding it's continuous improvement. I also appreciate how difficult it must be to incorporate this given all the ways the data that is added COULD be used. However, I am wondering if there is a way to release a version in the near term that at least makes the Add Data Tool it act as it does in WAB. I believe that in WAB, using the Add Data adds the data to the map widget, the Attribute table, is available as an input to Analysis and is usable in the Select widget. There may be others.

But, at the moment, there are no Analysis or Select Widgets in ExB. The ExB Table tool does not dynamically add data (like WAB does) but it would be good if a layer added by the Add Data widget is added to any tables.

I think if you could solve adding the Add Data tool with the functionality of adding a layer to the map and adding it to the Table widget, then MANY of your users would be very happy.

What does the rest of the crowd think? Is that a good start?

@Jianxia - Hope to see you again at the UC. I'll be sure to stop by and chat again.