idea Allow Same map to be shared from Excel as another map in ArcGIS for Office Ideas https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-for-office-ideas/allow-same-map-to-be-shared-from-excel-as-another/idi-p/947856 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I ran into a problem using Maps for Office. I successfully loaded up a map with 2 features on it into AGOL. For some reason the map on AGOL wouldn't load. Assuming it was because of strange characters in the naming of the features, I deleted the feature services and the map from AGOL.&nbsp;<BR />Now, whenever I open the Excel file, the map just says "Update Map" and "Update Layer". Since it was deleted on AGOL, if I hit either "Update" button, it fails.</P><P></P><P>As to the "idea", I'd suggest that the add-in, upon loading, should check to see that any layers or maps in the Excel project actually still exist in AGOL and update the buttons' functionality accordingly.</P><P></P><P>As an alternative, enable the add-in to use the same map to create a NEW map and/or NEW features even though they've already been shared up previously</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 21 Apr 2017 16:42:48 GMT RyanClose 2017-04-21T16:42:48Z Allow Same map to be shared from Excel as another map https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-for-office-ideas/allow-same-map-to-be-shared-from-excel-as-another/idi-p/947856 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I ran into a problem using Maps for Office. I successfully loaded up a map with 2 features on it into AGOL. For some reason the map on AGOL wouldn't load. Assuming it was because of strange characters in the naming of the features, I deleted the feature services and the map from AGOL.&nbsp;<BR />Now, whenever I open the Excel file, the map just says "Update Map" and "Update Layer". Since it was deleted on AGOL, if I hit either "Update" button, it fails.</P><P></P><P>As to the "idea", I'd suggest that the add-in, upon loading, should check to see that any layers or maps in the Excel project actually still exist in AGOL and update the buttons' functionality accordingly.</P><P></P><P>As an alternative, enable the add-in to use the same map to create a NEW map and/or NEW features even though they've already been shared up previously</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 21 Apr 2017 16:42:48 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-for-office-ideas/allow-same-map-to-be-shared-from-excel-as-another/idi-p/947856 RyanClose 2017-04-21T16:42:48Z