topic Re: "Publish" button intermittently greyed out in ArcGIS Experience Builder Questions

"Publish" button intermittently greyed out

ChrisH2 — Tue, 18 Jun 2024 23:46:21 GMT

ExB (not the developer edition) in Enterprise 11.2

I have an intermittent issue where the "Publish" button is greyed out / disabled preventing me from publishing. There are no other errors or issues with ExB and I can successfully run it in preview mode, but cannot publish until I "Save As" a new item (the only workaround that I can find).

The only thing that I suspect is a trigger for this is that from time to time, widgets such as Filter and Query will loose their Map connections and the "Select data" command within the widget config doesn't load the underlying Map or data layers. . A "Save As" will also fix this issue

This has been a manageable issue while this app has been in development, but the continual changes in item ID's with each "Save As" is becoming a hassle.

Wondering if anyone else is experiencing this issue or has a known fix

Re: "Publish" button intermittently greyed out

RichardSyme1 — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 00:17:41 GMT

Hi Chris, we're also experiencing this issue in our organisation. We are on Enterprise 11.2 also. Our team members are doing a Save As but this doesn't seem to fix the issue. Have you been able to resolve? I'm wondering if this is a bug and if ESRI need to be notified.

Re: "Publish" button intermittently greyed out

ChrisH2 — Sun, 07 Jul 2024 22:37:22 GMT

Hi Richard, this is still a persistent problem for us. I think you're correct and I'll look to log it with ESRI formally

Re: "Publish" button intermittently greyed out

ArianaMo1912 — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 12:18:57 GMT

I have the same problem! Were you able to resolve it by chance?

Re: "Publish" button intermittently greyed out

ChrisH2 — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 23:27:53 GMT

Hi @ArianaMo1912 , no it still persists and I haven't been able to find a trigger for it

Re: "Publish" button intermittently greyed out

Galen_S_MnDOT — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 20:57:42 GMT

This just happened to me in Experience Builder on ArcGIS Online.

**UPDATE, about ten minutes later** Publish button is back!

Weird, I don't THINK I did anything to trigger its reappearance. Simply reloaded my browser tab with the app editor open, and walked away for about ten minutes.

Re: "Publish" button intermittently greyed out

KatClifton — Fri, 11 Jul 2025 14:28:40 GMT

This is still an issue in Enterprise 11.3. I have found that sometimes the Publish button will appear after I have saved the Experience Builder application following a browser refresh. This does not work all the time, but has worked some of the time.

Re: "Publish" button intermittently greyed out

YRP_GIS — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 19:12:01 GMT

I'm in Enterprise 11.4 and have just had this happen to me for the first time. Has anyone had this recorded as a bug at all?