topic Re: Hide time in Table widget in ArcGIS Experience Builder Questions

Hide time in Table widget

AmyRoust — Wed, 16 Feb 2022 17:47:33 GMT

I'm using the Table widget in Experience Builder (the online version, not developer edition). My date fields are displaying the time, and I'm wondering if there is a way to hide that? Time is irrelevant for this dataset - they just need to track the date.

Re: Hide time in Table widget

ShengdiZhang — Thu, 17 Feb 2022 01:39:00 GMT

Hi @AmyRoust ，

You can hide fields in the table widget settings.

Uncheck unnecessary fields to hide them at runtime.

Regards,

Shengdi

Re: Hide time in Table widget

AmyRoust — Thu, 17 Feb 2022 14:23:22 GMT

@ShengdiZhang - that won't resolve my problem. I'm asking about hiding the time in a date/time field. I don't want to hide the entire field, but rather just the time. (See screenshot in original post.)

Re: Hide time in Table widget

ShengdiZhang — Fri, 18 Feb 2022 05:46:36 GMT

@AmyRoust Sorry, I misunderstood your question.

If you just want to hide the time but keep the date, you can open your map in the new Map Viewer.

Select the layer, click on "Configure fields", and then select the field Last Invoice Date. Disable the "Show time" option, and you can see that only a date remains in the field.

Re: Hide time in Table widget

AmyRoust — Fri, 18 Feb 2022 15:04:40 GMT

Thank you, @ShengdiZhang . Unfortunately, the table widget in Experience Builder does not honor that setting. I already have the time suppressed in the Map Viewer, but it still displays in the table widget.

Re: Hide time in Table widget

KristinThorpe1 — Wed, 30 Mar 2022 15:38:27 GMT

Hi @AmyRoust! I am having the same exact problem. I've formatted the field to not show time everywhere I can think, but Experience Builder still shows the time. The only other place the time is visible is in the Content > Item Details > Data. The Table Widget must pull directly from the data source and ignore all formatting done in Map Viewer (even though the widget data is sourced from the map which is formatted correctly).

Have you found a solution to your problem?

Re: Hide time in Table widget

AmyRoust — Wed, 30 Mar 2022 15:44:38 GMT

Unfortunately, I have not found a solution. I prefer to use the Edit widget when I am updating that dataset because of that specific issue, but my end user manages the entire program and sometimes needs to update several sites at once. I submitted an ArcGIS Idea yesterday that included this request.

https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-experience-builder-ideas/tablet-widget-add-quot-update-quot-button-and/idi-p/1159092

Re: Hide time in Table widget

MichaelDerevnin — Thu, 23 Jun 2022 16:33:30 GMT

Any updates on that? I'm trying to migrate from WAB to Experience Builder...

Re: Hide time in Table widget

AmyRoust — Thu, 23 Jun 2022 16:46:52 GMT

I just checked the site that I had the issue on - the table is still displaying times and I don't see a button to suppress that or honor the SmartForms settings. As far as I know, this enhancement has not been implemented.

Re: Hide time in Table widget

Andrus_Nicholas — Mon, 03 Oct 2022 17:03:47 GMT

It appears this issue has not been resolved.

Re: Hide time in Table widget

BrittanyBurson — Tue, 11 Oct 2022 17:49:26 GMT

Hi @ShengdiZhang I see the same behavior with the Timeline widget.

Time setting not honored via Map Viewer. Is there another way to disable the Times and show dates only?

Re: Hide time in Table widget

TonghuiMing — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 03:29:29 GMT

@BrittanyBurson - The timeline does not have anything to do with popup settings, it is specifically related to temporal settings inside your Map Viewer - two different things.

However, the behavior you mentioned is somehow valid and we will take a look to evaluate if there is any room for enhancement. In the meantime, I suggest you go with Esri Support or create another separate post for the sake of tracking. Thanks.

Re: Hide time in Table widget

ZachBodenner — Tue, 14 Mar 2023 18:57:12 GMT

Amy, did you make an official enhancement request or another post as @TonghuiMing suggested? I am running into the same issue; my end user wasn't able to save changes in a date field without entering a time as well, even though all other places the referenced dataset appears has the time toggled off. Not a big deal as they can just enter a time, but I'd prefer to just not see it at all, same as you.

Re: Hide time in Table widget

AmyRoust — Tue, 14 Mar 2023 19:06:53 GMT

I did make an enhancement request, but I made the mistake of putting two requests in one Idea: https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-experience-builder-ideas/tablet-widget-add-quot-update-quot-button-and/idi-p/1159092. I really ought to split them into two different ideas, per Esri's instructions.

Re: Hide time in Table widget

Tiff — Mon, 25 Sep 2023 19:50:47 GMT

Hello @ShengdiZhang I wanted to follow up on this question. As @AmyRoust mentioned the Experience Builder table widget does not reflect the settings in Map Viewer. The time still shows but we would like to be able to hide it in the table.

Re: Hide time in Table widget

JulioGarrido — Mon, 30 Oct 2023 16:57:59 GMT

OK... Here we are almost two years after this discussion started and ESRI has not resolved what seems to be a simple issue. The simple solutions are to either honor the map layers settings or have a checkbox/slider disabling the time from showing. Not only is it affecting the tables, but also the edit function. So frustrating sometimes.

Re: Hide time in Table widget

Tiff — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 12:22:48 GMT

Hi @JulioGarrido, I agree. I have many layers with date fields that only need the date in the table and the time cannot be removed. Esri released new ArcGIS Online date types for Date, Time only, etc. but it is so new (AND requires you to create totally new fields) that I would rather have a solution in Experience Builder and Instant Apps to honor map layer settings.

Sidenote, you may be able to bypass the editor issue by configuring the Smart Forms in Map Viewer for date only. However, that only works for editing and does not resolve the Table issue.

Re: Hide time in Table widget

JulioGarrido — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 19:27:30 GMT

Hi Tiff,

I created the form using Field Maps and disabled the time. However, ExB still shows the time in the editor as well.

Earlier today, I talked with ESRI Support and they see it is an issue. Especially after they saw the date/time in the form and the map were both set to DATE. Hopefully, they can find something, or report it as a bug so it can be fixed.

Re: Hide time in Table widget

Tiff — Fri, 03 Nov 2023 18:12:18 GMT

Great, thanks for the update @JulioGarrido. I am not currently able to submit anything to esri support so appreciate that you did. Hopefully that can be resolved soon to only include dates in the table.

Re: Hide time in Table widget

Adam_Bourque — Tue, 14 Nov 2023 14:33:40 GMT

@JulioGarrido yeah unfortunately still the same.. unfortunate because it messes up exports to excel as well retaining the time. Surprised this has gone so long without a fix..