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copy map with all form settings as template

GISTeam4 — Tue, 19 Apr 2022 08:12:25 GMT

In order to quickly reproduce settings for use in field maps it would be helpfull if a web map could be saved as a template for use in other similar projects. For example; for inspection of trees a field maps map is made with certain forms, domains and conditional formatting. For another project, the same inspection is done.

It would save a lot of time if one could make one (empty dataset) field maps map with all settings, which then can be duplicated to enable datacollection in an identical way for subsequent projects

Re: copy map with all form settings as template

DougBrowning — Tue, 19 Apr 2022 18:23:45 GMT

I would love this as well. We build out 12 states and it is all day of manual clicking.

Have you at AGOL Assistant? https://ago-assistant.esri.com/

Also script can do it but it has been a bit unreliable.

account = 'https://www.arcgis.com' # AGOL/Portal url # using Pro instead ##username = 'yourusername' # AGOL Username ##password = 'yourpassword' # AGOL password webmap_id_source = '13a149de6659bc68' # 32-character id of web map with the source layer webmap_id_target = '9f5d4d3574af2' # 32-character id of web map with the target laye ############################################################################################## ### EXECUTE ### #Import from arcgis.gis import GIS from arcgis.mapping import WebMap import sys print("Starting") # Check layers names and web maps are not identical if webmap_id_source == webmap_id_target and copy_popup_from_this_layer == paste_popup_to_this_layer: sys.exit("Script cancelled: Source and Target layers have the same name and are within the same web map. Please rename one layer before continuing") #Connect to GIS #gis = GIS(account,username, password) gis = GIS('pro') source_webmap = gis.content.get(webmap_id_source) target_webmap = gis.content.get(webmap_id_target) # Get a list of layers in both web maps web_map_obj_source = WebMap(source_webmap) web_map_obj_target = WebMap(target_webmap) layers_sourceWM = web_map_obj_source.layers layers_targetWM = web_map_obj_target.layers # Loop through all the source layers and copy to the matching targets for sourceLayer in layers_sourceWM: found = 0 for targetLayer in layers_targetWM: if targetLayer.title == sourceLayer.title: targetLayer.update({'popupInfo':sourceLayer.popupInfo}) targetLayer.update({'showLabels':sourceLayer.showLabels}) #targetLayer.update({'labelingInfo':sourceLayer.labelingInfo}) found += 1 if found == 0: print("Warning did not find layer " + sourceLayer.title + " in the target map") elif found > 1: print("Warning found the source layer " + sourceLayer.title + " " + str(found) + " times in the target map") else: print("Copied " + sourceLayer.title) # Update/save webmap web_map_obj_target.update() print("Finished")

Re: copy map with all form settings as template

Sietse_de_Haan — Wed, 13 Jul 2022 09:09:05 GMT

This is possible by using a arcgis notebook within arcgis online.

Send a DM if you need help with this.

Re: copy map with all form settings as template

RichardHowe — Fri, 03 Mar 2023 09:55:31 GMT

This idea is absolutely key. The amount of hours my team spends recreating similar field maps and feature layers for different projects and having to go through all the settings again is incredible.

I'm currently writing a (very complicated) python script to try and do it, but surely this is something ESRI could provide at the click of a button.

"Clone Webmap Template" or something similar.

Input would be an existing configured webmap and output would ask for a "New name" and then create a new map containing blank cloned copies of all the feature layers within that map.

Re: copy map with all form settings as template

JocelynWhite — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 15:47:15 GMT

I'm assuming this has not been resolved yet? I'm getting really tired of having to rebuild 126 questions with drop-down options each time I go to a new community for sewer mapping.

Re: copy map with all form settings as template

JamesPoeschel — Fri, 24 May 2024 16:16:38 GMT

This would also save me countless hours of work. I really hope this gets implemented.

Re: copy map with all form settings as template

LanSong — Fri, 24 May 2024 18:55:15 GMT

I love this idea which will be super helpful for avoiding duplicate effort.

Re: copy map with all form settings as template

Sietse_de_Haan — Mon, 27 May 2024 06:58:29 GMT

@JamesPoeschel @LanSong

It is already possible by using an ArcGIS Online Notebook. I can send you a copy if you like.

Re: copy map with all form settings as template

JamesPoeschel — Tue, 28 May 2024 12:52:47 GMT

@Sietse_de_Haan Please do! I keep getting errors with the code posted above.