topic Re: Experience Builder Developer Edition 1.18 Export to Shapefile, Geodatabase, or KML in ArcGIS Experience Builder Questions

Experience Builder Developer Edition 1.18 Export to Shapefile, Geodatabase, or KML

Brian_McLeer — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 17:14:18 GMT

I am using the out of the box map layers widget in EB DE 1.18 that was released today, and I am unable to export to shapefile, file gdb, or KML from the map layers widget. Has anyone else had luck trying this? I don't get many error messages, but when I choose one of the 3 export options I get the console error below. Prior options such as CSV, JSON, and GeoJSON export as normal.

Re: Experience Builder Developer Edition 1.18 Export to Shapefile, Geodatabase, or KML

VenkataKondepati — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 16:47:33 GMT

Hi Brian,

I haven’t tried the 1.18 release myself yet, but that error definitely looks like a React rendering issue — specifically with how those export formats (Shapefile, FileGDB, KML) are being handled inside the widget.

The fact that CSV, JSON, and GeoJSON still work suggests the widget’s core logic is fine, but something's missing or misconfigured for the other formats — maybe a handler wasn't properly registered or there’s a broken condition in the export component.

I’ll try to spin up a test on my end soon, but it wouldn’t surprise me if this is a regression in 1.18. You might want to raise it with Esri or check GitHub to see if others have reported it yet.

If I get a chance to test it later today, I’ll let you know what I find.

Regards,

Venkat

Re: Experience Builder Developer Edition 1.18 Export to Shapefile, Geodatabase, or KML

Brian_McLeer — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 17:04:28 GMT

Thank you @VenkataKondepati, I will give the Community Post a couple of days but might create an Esri ticket if needed.

Re: Experience Builder Developer Edition 1.18 Export to Shapefile, Geodatabase, or KML

Brian_McLeer — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 17:57:45 GMT

@VenkataKondepati I did a little more testing and a few things of note. The issue is occurring in the Table widget as well.

It oddly works in the Select Features widget and map pop-up, but requires an Enterprise or AGOL login. There is a community post about this.

https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-experience-builder-ideas/export-shapefile-from-exb-pop-up-window-without-an/idc-p/1635639#M4372

The query widget prompts the dialogue box, but gives an Error 99999.

Re: Experience Builder Developer Edition 1.18 Export to Shapefile, Geodatabase, or KML

ShengdiZhang — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 08:07:12 GMT

Hi @Brian_McLeer ,

Currently, "Export Records" uses a different method from "Export All Data". Exporting records to SHP/FGDB/KML formats requires the user to be signed in, though we are considering improvements to this feature in future releases.

"Export All" usually uses the ArcGIS REST API's createReplica operation. The error message you received suggests that there might be a bug with the createReplica request.

Could you please check the Network tab in your browser's developer tools and confirm whether a createReplica request is being made when you try to export? If so, what's the status of that request?

Thanks,

Shengdi

Re: Experience Builder Developer Edition 1.18 Export to Shapefile, Geodatabase, or KML

Brian_McLeer — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 13:02:19 GMT

Hi @ShengdiZhang , I am not getting any line items on the log when going to the network tab and exporting to shapefile, KML, or GDB.

Re: Experience Builder Developer Edition 1.18 Export to Shapefile, Geodatabase, or KML

VenkataKondepati — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 14:23:31 GMT

Hi @Brian_McLeer,

Thanks for sharing the post.
We also use backend FME REST services for all export-related functionality in our browser-based applications.
We have built FME Flow jobs and exposed them through REST services. Our custom browser applications send requests to the FME Server with selected parameters, such as the layer and selection or extent, along with a few other options to export the content.
This setup has been working reliably for many years. We also perform occasional imports using a similar approach.

Regards,

Venkat

Re: Experience Builder Developer Edition 1.18 Export to Shapefile, Geodatabase, or KML

Brian_McLeer — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 14:30:09 GMT

Thank you @VenkataKondepati, since @ShengdiZhang mentioned that improvements are being considered to have shapefile, KML and FGDB not require an AGOL or Enterprise login in a future release, I will hold off for now with these export options.

Re: Experience Builder Developer Edition 1.18 Export to Shapefile, Geodatabase, or KML

ShengdiZhang — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 02:28:47 GMT

Hi, can you share your data with me? My username is she10946, and I want to see if I can reproduce this bug.

Thanks,

Shengdi

Re: Experience Builder Developer Edition 1.18 Export to Shapefile, Geodatabase, or KML

AbiDhakal — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 14:23:21 GMT

@Brian_McLeer - Have you had any luck? Were you able to accomplish your task?

I'm also trying to do the same thing but am only able to extract CSV file and not a shape file. You response in this matter would really help.

Thank you,
Abi

Re: Experience Builder Developer Edition 1.18 Export to Shapefile, Geodatabase, or KML

Brian_McLeer — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 15:13:33 GMT

@AbiDhakal we will just be staying with CSV, GeoJSON and JSON until Esri can support shapefile, file GDB, and KML without requiring a login and storing the item on ArcGIS Online or Enterprise. Our organization has an open data portal Hub site, so that is fine for our needs. If you can run an open data Hub site, you have the capabilities there to export to all formats without requiring users to login to AGOL or Enterprise and storing files on these sites.

This post below may be worth following as it relates to the issue.

https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-experience-builder-ideas/export-shapefile-from-exb-pop-up-window-without-an/idi-p/1627852

Re: Experience Builder Developer Edition 1.18 Export to Shapefile, Geodatabase, or KML

AbiDhakal — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 15:17:44 GMT

Thank you for the response @Brian_McLeer

That is a great idea.

I was hoping to find a solution to extract from within the Experience Builder application for our Enterprise users.

I appreciate your quick response and idea.
Abi

Re: Experience Builder Developer Edition 1.18 Export to Shapefile, Geodatabase, or KML

Brian_McLeer — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 15:23:43 GMT

@AbiDhakal you could possibly create the open data Hub site, then embed it within the EB application as a separate page potentially that way users don't have to go to a separate application.

Re: Experience Builder Developer Edition 1.18 Export to Shapefile, Geodatabase, or KML

AbiDhakal — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 15:30:14 GMT

@Brian_McLeer - Open Data Hub site for Enterprise would be Sites, right. Open Data only works in ArcGIS Online?

Re: Experience Builder Developer Edition 1.18 Export to Shapefile, Geodatabase, or KML

Brian_McLeer — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 15:35:04 GMT

@AbiDhakal that I don't know, our Open Data Hub site is hosted on AGOL. I am not sure how to implement on Enterprise.

Re: Experience Builder Developer Edition 1.18 Export to Shapefile, Geodatabase, or KML

AbiDhakal — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 15:50:13 GMT

@Brian_McLeer - Sites in ArcGIS Enterprise is limited. You cannot enable Open Data directly from Enterprise. However, you can add an Open Data Group from AGOL to the Enterprise Sites.

Re: Experience Builder Developer Edition 1.18 Export to Shapefile, Geodatabase, or KML

AbiDhakal — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 15:53:04 GMT

@Brian_McLeer - If you know of any widget already available in Experience Builder with which to do a query and export data to a shape file would also work. I think you can export to a table but I'm not sure about a shape file.

Re: Experience Builder Developer Edition 1.18 Export to Shapefile, Geodatabase, or KML

Brian_McLeer — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 22:30:18 GMT

@AbiDhakal I think it all comes from the same export functions regardless of what widget you are using. Right now it looks like Esri requires a login for AGOL or Enterprise to export.

Re: Experience Builder Developer Edition 1.18 Export to Shapefile, Geodatabase, or KML

ChivoGIS — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 14:05:54 GMT

@AbiDhakal, any luck on this one?