topic Re: widgets losing connection with feature layers after grouping feature layers in webmap in ArcGIS Experience Builder Questions

widgets losing connection with feature layers after grouping feature layers in webmap

Stefan_Thorn — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 11:55:05 GMT

Hi,

I have created a webmap and used this map in an ExB. I use a list widget to give an overview of polygons in a feature layer.

After I have reordered the feature layers in the webmap, made groups in the webmap, the list widget gives the error "Data is inaccessible". This means I have to go through the list widget(s) to reconnect the data.

This also is occurring with the Edit widget

update: Esri Case #03695550

Re: widgets losing connection with feature layers after grouping feature layers in webmap

Ke_Xu — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 04:21:20 GMT

Hi Stefan_Thorn,

In brief, feature layer and group layer are different layer type. So at first, the widgets read the layer as feature layer, then layer type changed, the widgets couldn't read it. You need to reconnect the data again.

Thanks,

Re: widgets losing connection with feature layers after grouping feature layers in webmap

Stefan_Thorn — Fri, 16 Aug 2024 10:30:50 GMT

Hi @Ke_Xu ,

Thank you for your reply. I think this is something to be fixed because this has a big impact on many ExB applications. All widgets in the ExB are effected by this issue.

i.e. For a client with many sites, we creating ExB applictations for each site. Each site has its own webmap with the same groups and layer structure.

And each ExB have the same setup with several widgets (configurates list widgets, edit widget).

If there is a change in the default webmap layer structure, this must be applied for all sites, and than all ExB applications must be repaired too.

Re: widgets losing connection with feature layers after grouping feature layers in webmap

Stefan_Thorn — Thu, 19 Sep 2024 08:53:53 GMT

this behaviour is now official a bug.

Updates have been made to the following defect which you are associated with:
BUG-000170544 - Arcgis Experience Builder list widgets losing connection with feature layers after grouping feature layers in webmap.

Status: Known Limit (Learn More)
Additional Information: ArcGIS Experience Builder references datasets in a web map via a Data Source ID created for that specific data source, and rearranging layers in a map into Groups updated/modifies that data source ID, breaking the connection between the layers in the web map and the Data Source ID.