topic Re: Transparency settings from Map Viewer not honored in Field Maps - Enterprise 11.1 in ArcGIS Field Maps Questions

Transparency settings from Map Viewer not honored in Field Maps - Enterprise 11.1

marksm_macomb — Thu, 18 May 2023 15:46:36 GMT

Hello,

I have a weird situation where the symbology I set in Map Viewer is not being honored in the Field Maps app. We recently upgraded to Enterprise 11.1 and I'm running Field Maps on Android (app version 23.1.1).

I am using an Arcade expression to drive symbology, and Transparency is set to 0% (should be totally solid) at both the layer level and symbology level.

How it looks in Map Viewer:

How it looks in Field Maps:

Is this a possible bug or is there a workaround? Thanks!

Re: Transparency settings from Map Viewer not honored in Field Maps - Enterprise 11.1

GIS_Fox — Fri, 19 May 2023 16:06:43 GMT

Hey @marksm_macomb , we've had the exact same issue happen between Field Maps, Experience Builder, and AGOL over the past two weeks. We've got ticket open with ESRI and are checking through possible causes or bugs but no answer yet. Probably not a bad idea to open one as well so they are aware of it in case it's more than just our two orgs experiencing this.

Best,

Re: Transparency settings from Map Viewer not honored in Field Maps - Enterprise 11.1

Galen — Mon, 12 May 2025 23:03:04 GMT

Did you find any solution for this? My Field Maps exhibit a similar behavior, but only during and after editing (adding a new feature, editing an existing feature). Once the user starts editing, all of the other features turn ~40% transparent, while the edited or new feature stays opaque. Upon submit, all features have transparency. Backing out and coming back in, or syncing for offline maps does not "re-opaquify" the features. Only when you load another map, then come back, do you see opaque features.

ChatGPT said that Field Maps sets all features other than the one you're editing to partly transparent to emphasize your edit, but I haven't found any documentation that supports this.

My data is on ArcGIS Online, I'm running Field Maps on Android. I am also using an Arcade expression to drive symbology. Transparency on the symbols is all zero for fill, and the layer has zero% on transparency setting. Feature Service visualization tab does not include any transparency either.