topic Re: Select Widget Better With Run-Time Data? in ArcGIS Experience Builder Questions

Select Widget Better With Run-Time Data?

JeffreyThompson2 — Thu, 19 Sep 2024 16:27:33 GMT

Question for the Build Team: Why are layers loaded at run-time though the Add Data Widget or a custom widget so much better in the Select Widget than layers loaded from the webmap? And can we match the capabilities to webmap loaded layers?

Layers loaded from the webmap are limited to a single pre-defined Attribute Selection, while run-time layers allow the user to build their own arbitrary SQL query.
Turning on Attribute Selection disables the Add to Selection, Remove From Selection and Subset Selection options from all layers unless the layers are added at run-time, then the Select Widget will do it. This allows for very complex selections to be made.

Re: Select Widget Better With Run-Time Data?

BrianLeroux — Thu, 19 Sep 2024 19:12:21 GMT

Thanks for pointing this out. Some functionality or lack there of is just baffling. I am very disappointed in the query widget it that their is no runtime user functionality and you can only use prebuilt queries.

Re: Select Widget Better With Run-Time Data?

Ke_Xu — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 12:33:31 GMT

Hi JeffreyThompson2,

Thanks for bringing up this.

For the first, we are considering this and will keep you updated. For the second, I will reply you later.

Thanks,

Re: Select Widget Better With Run-Time Data?

JeffreyThompson2 — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 15:17:51 GMT

When I brought this up, I was hoping you would make webmap loaded layers better, not make runtime layers worse.

I just found out that runtime layers no longer allow for both Attribute Selection and adding/removing/subsetting selections. I can confirm this in both 1.18 and 1.19.