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Add a filter widget to ArcGIS Field Maps

Rose_Geater — Wed, 03 Mar 2021 14:50:11 GMT

Add a configurable filter widget to ArcGIS Field Maps, much like the filter widget in Web AppBuilder.

ArcGIS Field Maps is commonly used where users collect additional information on, or collect a related record against an existing feature. It would be really useful to be able to filter between different attributes on those layers, e.g. for priority points. Symbolising according to the feature works only when a few distinct attributes need highlighting. For anything more, different field maps need to be created with the different filters set as default. This can lead to having to manage, maintain and download multiple maps. If the user could filter on attributes of a layer from a single map this would be really useful.

Re: Add a filter widget to ArcGIS Field Maps

DougBrowning — Wed, 03 Mar 2021 16:04:07 GMT

Yes and yes please. This actually gets asked for a lot. I have talked with the team directly on it even.

We need it so a contractor can filter out and see just their points. We have many contractors so I cannot make a map for all of them.

https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-collector-ideas/configure-filters-or-searches-in-collector/idi-p/924507

Going back to 2016

https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-collector-ideas/filter-fields-on-feature-layer-directly-in-collector/idi-p/951376

There are some posts on early adopter also I think.

thanks for considering!

Re: Add a filter widget to ArcGIS Field Maps

ElleniFRogers — Wed, 03 Mar 2021 16:47:07 GMT

Massively needed in the Utility and Telecom domain. A key use case is being able to filter assets based on certain material types for example.

Re: Add a filter widget to ArcGIS Field Maps

Anonymous User — Thu, 03 Jun 2021 15:10:54 GMT

Please create a filter feature. Our field users could use to target seed collection for certain species of prairie plants for restoration projects.

Re: Add a filter widget to ArcGIS Field Maps

StefanBrandt — Thu, 17 Jun 2021 07:57:25 GMT

I don't have much to add to what has already been said.

A feature like this would be much appreciated.

Re: Add a filter widget to ArcGIS Field Maps

MatthewFogarty — Mon, 21 Jun 2021 22:32:56 GMT

+1 - Please add this functionality! I manage assets for a tree company and it would be fantastic to be able to filter by species/dbh etc in the field maps application.

Re: Add a filter widget to ArcGIS Field Maps

LianneStewart_AI — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 21:19:31 GMT

This would be very helpful. Similar to the Web App Filters.

Re: Add a filter widget to ArcGIS Field Maps

MarkEastwood — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 17:50:28 GMT

This would help us out a lot.

Our users constantly ask for this functionality.

Re: Add a filter widget to ArcGIS Field Maps

MArreguin — Mon, 30 Aug 2021 17:50:03 GMT

Please, please add this functionality. I'm coming from the utility asset management domain.

Re: Add a filter widget to ArcGIS Field Maps

GayleNeufeld — Mon, 30 Aug 2021 22:08:46 GMT

I've been asking for this for 2 years (with Collector). I'm very disappointed that this very basic functionality hasn't been included in Field Maps. We end up having hundreds of overlapping polygons on each iPad, and we work offline for days or weeks at a time without any access to WIFI. Without the ability to filter by attribute we find that the Esri field data collection apps are unusable for us.

Re: Add a filter widget to ArcGIS Field Maps

MatthewFogarty — Mon, 30 Aug 2021 22:29:30 GMT

Seems like low hanging fruit to me!

Re: Add a filter widget to ArcGIS Field Maps

DougBrowning — Mon, 30 Aug 2021 23:02:30 GMT

I was on a call last week and asked Jeff for this directly again. He seemed to recall me asking but it sounded like they still have not looked at it. I agree 5 years+ for a simple add that is requested a lot seems like a long time. You could all try emailing him at
Jeff Shaner jshaner@esri.com

Re: Add a filter widget to ArcGIS Field Maps

JustinCahoon1 — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 14:31:50 GMT

This needs to be an option. Please consider!

Re: Add a filter widget to ArcGIS Field Maps

MattHowe — Mon, 13 Sep 2021 13:22:22 GMT

Yes please!

Re: Add a filter widget to ArcGIS Field Maps

BrittanyBurson — Thu, 16 Sep 2021 17:19:27 GMT

This would be extremely helpful. If my user wants to filter by Priority for example, I have to have copies of the layer filtered for each Priority so they can be turned on or off. Please consider a filter so this can be done properly in the app with a single layer.

Re: Add a filter widget to ArcGIS Field Maps

GuyWeerasingheAWE — Tue, 02 Nov 2021 03:52:50 GMT

Agreed - we have field collectors who would like to be able to filter their data according to year of observation or even species observed in the field.

Re: Add a filter widget to ArcGIS Field Maps

DougBrowning — Tue, 02 Nov 2021 13:23:32 GMT

The latest idea I gave them was to setup the filter just like the search does. Select a layer and a field. If it could then turn this to a drop down box..

Re: Add a filter widget to ArcGIS Field Maps

TamT — Thu, 11 Nov 2021 13:19:48 GMT

The suggestion of DougBrowning with the drop box would be an excellent solution. To have the possibility to filter data would be highly appreciated. Should work also offline and also for non spacial table data.

Re: Add a filter widget to ArcGIS Field Maps

Brian_Bishop — Thu, 18 Nov 2021 19:53:24 GMT

We really need this, especially because you can't have the same feature service in a map twice if you want to take the map offline. I have features that my field staff are editing that need to be symbolized by their status field, but they also need to be able to find specific features by another attribute. The features need to all be in a single dataset for other reasons, so I'm stuck either coming up with an incredibly convoluted symbology based on two attributes with many possible values (more than a hundred possible combinations), not being able to work offline (due to having the same feature in the map twice, to symbolize using different fields) or only being able to set up searching. Searching for features is not as good as filtering.

Re: Add a filter widget to ArcGIS Field Maps

DougBrowning — Fri, 19 Nov 2021 00:20:18 GMT

Ops Dashboard has it also - in fact it can do multiple

It would be the coolest add to Field Maps ever. Has @JeffShaner seen this post yet. I talked to him on it directly once.

Thanks!