Viewing Word/PDF documents in Field maps

LouiseHarris1 — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 10:29:37 GMT

I am working on a Field Maps project and the field workers need to be able to click on the map at the site they visit and open up a link to one or more procedure documents (Word/PDF). How can I enable this in Field Maps? Do the documents need to be uploaded to AGOL in order to create links to them? It will need to work offline as well.

Thanks

Re: Viewing Word/PDF documents in Field maps

DanielFox1 — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 15:18:32 GMT

Hi @LouiseHarris1

I feel as though you will need to sideload the pdfs. I have not tried this before but I think this workflow should be able to help

To make documents accessible offline, you’ll need to sideload them onto the mobile devices and link to them locally.

1. Prepare the Documents
• Convert Word docs to PDFs (Field Maps handles them better).
• Name them clearly (e.g.Procedure_SiteA.pdf).
2. Sideload to Devices
• Place the PDFs in a known folder on each device (e.g. /Documents/FieldProcedures)
• You can use mobile device management (MDM) tools or manually copy them.
3. Create Local File Paths
• In your feature layer, add a field like LocalDocPath.
• Populate it with the local path, e.g. file:///storage/emulated/0/Documents/FieldProcedures/Procedure_SiteA.pdf (Android) or file:///var/mobile/Documents/FieldProcedures/Procedure_SiteA.pdf(iOS).

4. Configure Popups
• In Field Maps Designer, configure the popup to show the field as a clickable link.
• Use Arcade or HTML formatting if needed to make it user-friendly.
5. Test Offline
• Download the map area for offline use.
• Open Field Maps, tap a feature, and verify the link opens the local document.

I appreciate that this post is old now but incase you are still looking at this workflow as a potential solution for any of your projects. I hope this works for you or is some help.

Online is obviously different

• Upload the documents to ArcGIS Online (AGOL) as items.
• Get the item URLs and store them in a field (e.g. DocumentLink ) in your feature layer.
• Configure the popup in Field Maps to show the link

Re: Viewing Word/PDF documents in Field maps

LouiseHarris1 — Fri, 05 Sep 2025 08:02:10 GMT

Thank you

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