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Sketch layer functionality in Experience builder

LarsElmkær_Chwastek — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 12:47:47 GMT

Hi all,

I'm trying to create an Experience Builder (EB) with some GP tool functionality, namely the Extract Data Task, that I have published as a web tool. Now my challenge is, that the tool in EB apparantly doesn't allow the user to draw a polygon and use as the AOI.

So my idea was to have a sketch layer, where the user can just draw a sketch, and then use that layer as the input AOI.. However, even though I add a sketch layer in the Web map, and it shows in the EB, I can't seem to actually do anything with it..??

I can't add the sketch layer as an editable layer in the Edit widget, and the Draw widget, doesn't give me any layer to add as input in my tool..

According to the documentation, the sketch layer can be used as an input for analysis tool in the Map viewer, so why not in EB?

So I am at a loss..!

Can anyone tell me if I'm doing something wrong or if the Sketch layer just isn't meant to be an interactive layer in EB?

Thanks 🙂

Re: Sketch layer functionality in Experience builder

Jianxia — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 20:24:53 GMT

Hi @LarsElmkær_Chwastek, the Sketch layer is not yet supported as data source so even though it displays in the map and Map Layers widget, it can't be used as input data to other widgets like Edit, Analysis. etc. The good news is that in the upcoming ArcGIS Online release (end of February), more interactive input methods are planned to be available in the Analysis widget, including end users drawing graphics like Polygon, Polyline, and Point as AOI.

Re: Sketch layer functionality in Experience builder

LarsElmkær_Chwastek — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 08:22:42 GMT

Hi Jianxia,

Thank you for your reply, and it sounds great with the implementation by the end of February - but just to be sure, is it only in the standard Analysis widget tools or also in the custom tools? 🙂

Do you know when this will be available on Enterprise? We have most of our users on the Enterprise Portal and are right now bouncing off ArcGIS Online via collaboration, since the Portal is a bit behind Online functionality wise.

Thanks

Re: Sketch layer functionality in Experience builder

egorbn — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 15:12:40 GMT

@JianxiaI have a very similar use case and question.

The Draw widget seems to almost get there. The issue is that the resulting features aren't accessible in a table or layer.

I don't understand the use of the Draw widget in this case -- is it intended for temporary markup only?

Could you give us an idea about why the Draw widget doesn't create something like a Sketch layer in the Map Viewer?

Thanks!

Re: Sketch layer functionality in Experience builder

LaurissaJ — Sun, 09 Jun 2024 09:24:51 GMT

Did you ever find this out? I'm also trying to figure out how to get the draw data out of EB... It's not appearing as a layer in the Map Layer widget so I can't see an option to do anything with it.

Re: Sketch layer functionality in Experience builder

JasonFuller — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 14:56:58 GMT

Any word on updates to this? I am trying to pass in a user defined area for some analysis in Enterprise ExB and despite AI stuff telling me I can do this it seems that the functionality is not there. Used to be able to use the draw function of the screening tool in Web App Builder to run an intersect with other layers and give summarized grouped values but so far cannot really find a workaround for this in ExB.