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Editing Experience data sources via JSON and ArcGIS for Python

MichaelTemchine1 — Tue, 23 May 2023 11:57:07 GMT

Hello,
I will use ArcGIS for Python to create feature layers from a registered database and turn those layers into published web maps. I have created templates in Experience Builder and would like to simply change the data sources used in an existing experience without having to recreate it using the GUI. The schema are exactly the same. The only difference is the source.

My use case is an analysis of hospital systems by clinic type (primary, pediatric, etc.). Each clinic type will have an experience. Each hospital system will have three experiences embedded. And then, the state will have an experience where each system is accessible. But to do this I cannot possibly recreate and rewrite all of the queries I have set up for layer, for lack of a better word. The only thing that actually needs to change is the data source.

My attempts to write the JSON with the updated data sources results in a data source cannot be accessed error.

Help is greatly appreciated.

Michael Temchine

Re: Editing Experience data sources via JSON and ArcGIS for Python

bsneller_esrinederland — Wed, 06 Sep 2023 10:50:08 GMT

I tried using the AGOL assistant for editing the JSON (data) but also no success, although the JSON is changed the XB is apparently not using it.

Re: Editing Experience data sources via JSON and ArcGIS for Python

MGEGIS — Thu, 02 May 2024 22:13:15 GMT

Use this AGOL Assistant:

AGOL Assistant: https://assistant.esri-ps.com/

Edit the config file, save and then publish from EB or edit both the config JSON and published JSON at the same time to match. The EB editor uses the JSON in the config file which is the same JSON in the published web experience.

I found the answer from here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLh1JmF9GVg

Re: Editing Experience data sources via JSON and ArcGIS for Python

LORAMAdmin — Tue, 25 Jun 2024 13:22:08 GMT

As stated by MGEGIS, use ArcGIS Assistant: https://assistant.esri-ps.com/

(This is different than ArcGIS Online Assistant).

Only thing I would add and say here more explicitly is that you have to edit the json and then save it to a config.json file. From the link above, you can choose to then import and replace the file at the config/config.json directory for experience builder.

Re: Editing Experience data sources via JSON and ArcGIS for Python

DougYurek — Thu, 12 Dec 2024 18:14:27 GMT

Thanks for the info!

I've been editing the config.json directly in the editor, but when I do that, my dynamic-data substitutions and some styling configurations get reset/removed.

By saving the config.json and then uploading it seems to fix that problem. Game changer for me!

Re: Editing Experience data sources via JSON and ArcGIS for Python

JasperRomero — Thu, 12 Dec 2024 20:01:13 GMT

Would this same approach work for applying popup configurations from one web map to another, as long as the fields in the new web map are identical to those in the initial map where popups were configured through the UI? Any suggestions/examples of accessing the pertinent part of the JSON (i.e. the popup configuration section) in a way that can be generalized automated? Thanks everyone who has weighed in, I just started looking into the ArcGIS Assistant and editing JSON as a way to (semi)automate reproduction of thematically consistent web maps/web apps and this seems very promising, but I'm still new to the idea. Any suggestions/resources appreciated!