More transparent/informative messages when packaging has "Failed" for offline map areas in ArcGIS Field Maps

GregShepherdson — Thu, 19 May 2022 02:27:19 GMT

Currently, if there is any offline incompatibility in a web map, then packaging an offline map area will fail with the simple message "Failed"

This can occur even if your web map and layers are supposedly approved/enabled for offline use

A user can investigate this uninformative error further by following the steps, outlined in the following troubleshooting blog, to the packaging job results on the server: https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-field-maps-blog/offline-packaging-quot-failed-quot-how-to-attain/bc-p/1168551#M109

However, the 'Manage Areas' window would be much improved, if the 'Failed' message provided transparency on which layer caused the failure. (i.e. revealing the results of the packaging job)

This would at least allow the end-user to understand which layer they need to investigate when troubleshooting failed offline map areas.

The 'Failed' message can occur for a variety of reasons. Here are some examples:

in ArcGIS Enterprise portal: if we are using the default basemaps (non export-enabled) or if we are using ArcGIS Online basemaps "For Export" but haven't stored credentials with the service
if our feature layer was published with a GDA94 coordinate system, but uses the "GDA 1994 to WGS 1984 2" transformation instead of the "GDA 1994 to WGS 1984" transformation
if there is a tile layer in the web map that does not fall within the extent of the defined offline map area
if the same feature layer is added to the web map more than once (use view layers instead)

Re: More transparent/informative messages when packaging has "Failed" for offline map areas in ArcGIS Field Maps

RobertThomas3 — Tue, 12 Jul 2022 20:08:12 GMT

This absolutely should be implemented. Another reason it can fail: the layer is created from a 3D shapefile but one of the points is lacking an elevation. There's no indication of a problem when it's turned into a hosted feature layer, and the points display fine on the online map, but it causes creation of offline areas to fail if it includes one of those points.

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More transparent/informative messages when packaging has "Failed" for offline map areas in ArcGIS Field Maps

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