https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-field-maps-questions/csv-coded-value-choice-lists-for-view-layers/m-p/1243485#M5079 <P>As many of you know managing feature layer domains is a major time suck and tedious if you stick with a supported work flow.&nbsp; You can spend hours populating and organizing coded values using the AGOL UI.&nbsp; We have to maintain lists of pesticide applicators for ten or more contract crews that collect pesticide application data using Field Maps.&nbsp; So you can imagine how excited I was when ESRI announced that choice lists can be managed via the Field Maps web app form builder by uploading a CSV.&nbsp; I optimistically assumed that this improvement was about to eliminate our domain management issues.&nbsp; I was dismayed when I learned that choice lists can not be managed for view layers and can only be applied to hosted feature layers.&nbsp; We exclusively use view layers for field data collection to limit what features can be added, deleted and updated by field users.&nbsp; After further investigation I found that editing the choice list in the Field Maps Web app actually modifies the field's coded value domain.&nbsp; This was surprising since Field Maps form elements and associated settings are stored as part of the Web Map (as far as I am aware). This important fact is omitted from the documentation.&nbsp; &nbsp;</P><P>It would be great if choice lists (and the coded value domain) could be managed for view layers.&nbsp; It wouldn't be as odd as modifying the source data's domains since you can maintain different coded values for view layers already.&nbsp;</P> Thu, 22 Dec 2022 23:41:27 GMT JCooley_ClackamasSWCD 2022-12-22T23:41:27Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-field-maps-questions/csv-coded-value-choice-lists-for-view-layers/m-p/1243485#M5079 <P>As many of you know managing feature layer domains is a major time suck and tedious if you stick with a supported work flow.&nbsp; You can spend hours populating and organizing coded values using the AGOL UI.&nbsp; We have to maintain lists of pesticide applicators for ten or more contract crews that collect pesticide application data using Field Maps.&nbsp; So you can imagine how excited I was when ESRI announced that choice lists can be managed via the Field Maps web app form builder by uploading a CSV.&nbsp; I optimistically assumed that this improvement was about to eliminate our domain management issues.&nbsp; I was dismayed when I learned that choice lists can not be managed for view layers and can only be applied to hosted feature layers.&nbsp; We exclusively use view layers for field data collection to limit what features can be added, deleted and updated by field users.&nbsp; After further investigation I found that editing the choice list in the Field Maps Web app actually modifies the field's coded value domain.&nbsp; This was surprising since Field Maps form elements and associated settings are stored as part of the Web Map (as far as I am aware). This important fact is omitted from the documentation.&nbsp; &nbsp;</P><P>It would be great if choice lists (and the coded value domain) could be managed for view layers.&nbsp; It wouldn't be as odd as modifying the source data's domains since you can maintain different coded values for view layers already.&nbsp;</P> Thu, 22 Dec 2022 23:41:27 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-field-maps-questions/csv-coded-value-choice-lists-for-view-layers/m-p/1243485#M5079 JCooley_ClackamasSWCD 2022-12-22T23:41:27Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-field-maps-questions/csv-coded-value-choice-lists-for-view-layers/m-p/1244023#M5088 <P>I started using python code from <A href="https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-online-questions/sort-coded-value-domains-arcgis-online/td-p/674424" target="_self">here</A> to update/change my Domains on hosted feauture layers.&nbsp; Works well, and lets me pick the order of the domains in the drop downs.</P><P>I run it from a Notebook to make it easy.&nbsp; Just copy/paste the "new" domain list (update_dict) in the order I want into the update_dict cell, then run.&nbsp; Will completely replace the domain for the field specifiec with the new list.</P><P>I maintain a separate notebook for each field I have Domains on to make it easy.</P><P>Also, not sure if it would break anything, and would need to test, but it appears as if you can change the domains for a hosted feature layer and any views of that layer independantly.</P><P>R_</P> Wed, 28 Dec 2022 17:26:25 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-field-maps-questions/csv-coded-value-choice-lists-for-view-layers/m-p/1244023#M5088 RhettZufelt 2022-12-28T17:26:25Z