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Near Me Widget question #2

TerrySteege — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 19:38:49 GMT

Does anyone have an idea on how I can use the Near Me widget with two different layers? I would like to use a layer that is going to be the territory, called Layer#1 for example. I would like to search inside of Layer#1 for items in a different layer called Layer#2. If the user chooses a near me location outside of the territory, (Layer#1) they would get a response stating that is not a valid search location.

Thank you in advance for any ideas. I have a feeling I need to be setting this up in the Map and not in EB but I have no clue at this point. I did see one example of this and the area outside of Layer#1 was grayed out and I would be great with that, just don't know how to do it.

Terry

I am including a map I saw that had this functionality. I did reach out but have not gotten a response as of yet, so I wanted to see if anyone here had any ideas.

Re: Near Me Widget question #2

VenkataKondepati — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 23:38:23 GMT

Easiest (no-code): use Zone Lookup Instant App

Web map with Layer#1 (territory) + Layer#2 (targets).
Zone Lookup → set Zone layer = Layer#1, “Layers to show in zone” = Layer#2.
Turn on “Mask outside zone / gray out outside” and “Show message when address not in a zone.”
Result: users click/tap; if outside territory → friendly “not a valid location” message.

Experience Builder (Near Me) setup

Keep Near Me searching Layer#2.
Add a Query (or Filter) against Layer#1 that runs on map click (point buffer = 0) with Intersects.
If the Query returns 0 features, show an Alert/Text (“Outside territory”) and don’t run Near Me.
If ≥1, let Near Me execute; optionally add a mask layer in the web map (big rectangle minus territories) to gray out outside.

Re: Near Me Widget question #2

TerrySteege — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 17:52:51 GMT

Thank you so much @VenkataKondepati for your reply, unfortunately I have to use the "Experience Builder (Near Me) setup" as I have other functions the Near Me widget preforms for the end user.

I do have the Near me looking at Layer#2
To clarify, I need to add a Query Widget to the project correct, or is that a SQL query I build in the Map's Action - Message action - Add a trigger section?
To make a "map click" event happen, would that be a trigger or an Arcade script. Sorry I am pretty new to this and have had to muddle along to get this far.
Thank you I was able to get the Mask layer to work so that helps too.

Re: Near Me Widget question #2

AzizaParveen1 — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 17:46:15 GMT

Hi @TerrySteege

If I understand your workflow correctly, you are looking to get results from Layer 2 that are intersected with Layer 1.

For example, I have a School district layer and a school layer. I would like to find all the schools within a particular school district.

In this type scenario, you can use multiple options, I have mentioned just two in here but you can also accomplish the same workflow using Filter, Query, List and other widgets as @VenkataKondepati mentioned.

Run Near Me when a feature is selected on the map

Add Near Me,
Add a Proximity analysis on School layer.
Change default buffer distance to 0
From General tab, add some transparency to the sketch color
Click on the map widget and from the action tab
Add a trigger > Record selection changes > Near me > Set location
Save and publish.
Now launch the app and Click on a School District in the map and notice that Near Me run the analysis on School layer.
Example app: https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/09cea0a9538f42ab9d41001c51a05b88?draft=true

Search a School district in the search widget and return all the schools within that district

Add Near Me,
Add a Proximity analysis on School layer.
Change default buffer distance to 0
From General tab, add some transparency to the sketch color
Add search widget
Configure search widget to search on School district layer only
Expand search Results section and make sure Auto select the first result is checked.
Click on the Action tab of the Search widget
And in the Record selection changes message action, click Add action > Near me >Set location.
Save and publish.
Now search for Indian Prairie School District 204 in the search widget and notice that Near Me returns schools that are within the Indian Prairie School District.
Example app: https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/a2ec5a30877640bc8489210e62c71cdb?draft=true

Re: Near Me Widget question #2

Slamon — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 17:58:10 GMT

So am I reading this right that after all this time, Esri failed to make the near me widget work like the Situational Awareness widget it replaced?