topic Re: Searching Features in ArcGIS Instant Apps Questions

Searching Features

MichaelBullington — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 19:27:49 GMT

Hi all, I'm new around here. I've configured a web app. My question is, can I allow users to search field data (feature data), in this case trail names) with the search feature?

I've seen this : Configure feature search—ArcGIS Online Help | ArcGIS -- but I do not have the "Find Locations" setting on the map in My Content or elsewhere. I'm not even sure if this is the correct approach.

Any help/direction would be most appreciated.

Re: Searching Features

JakeSkinner — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 19:50:52 GMT

Hi Mike,

Do you know if you are using an ArcGIS Online Organization account (you will see 'My Organization' on the top banner) or a ArcGIS Online personal account? If you have an Organization account I would recommend creating your web app using the Web AppBuilder. This will allow you to easily create and configure your web app to fit the needs you want.

Re: Searching Features

MichaelBullington — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 19:59:16 GMT

I am using ArcGIS Online with an Organization Account. I thought I was using the AppBuilder, which I launched from within the map itself (under my content I have a Web Map and a Web Mapping Application). Either way, it looks like I need to read the help section on the AppBuilder.

Thanks for the quick reply.

Re: Searching Features

JakeSkinner — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 20:09:38 GMT

Sounds like you may just need to configure the Search widget.

Re: Searching Features

MichaelBullington — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 16:55:52 GMT

Well, I've been about to set up a Featured Layer and configure the search widget. It works well when it works. I'm having hit and miss results with searching my featured layer. Trail names that are in the data (I've dbl-checked) are not being found. Some are. It seems like less than 50 percent of the trails are actually searchable.

Any idea as to why or suggestions?

Thanks for the help.

Re: Searching Features

JakeSkinner — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 17:42:12 GMT

I would have to take a look at the feature service. If you want to share it to a Group and invite my user account (jskinner_CountySandbox) I can take a look at it.

Re: Searching Features

MichaelBullington — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 17:51:44 GMT

Jake, I've invited you to a group that the app is shared with. Thank you.

Re: Searching Features

JakeSkinner — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 18:09:09 GMT

Can you share the feature service, too? I will need to take a look at that.

Re: Searching Features

MichaelBullington — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 18:33:42 GMT

I've shared the feature layer and the CSV file, too. Let me know if you need anything else.

Re: Searching Features

JakeSkinner — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 19:12:05 GMT

Taking a look at your web application, it appears to be working. The search is finding the Trails without an issue for me. Have you tried different browsers?

I also created a web app called 'NRT Trail Data Web Application' in the Group you invited me to.

Here is how I had the Search widget configured:

Re: Searching Features

MichaelBullington — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 19:47:00 GMT

Jake, thanks for taking the time on this. It's interesting, the search on your app works, but not all trails are on the map. In my app, for instance, there is a trail called the "Ridgeline Trail" in Eugene, Oregon. It is not in your app. It is also not in the featured layer (which makes sense, of course). It is in my csv file that the Featured Layer was created with.

I guess I'll start over and see if I can figure why the featured layer is missing data. If you have any suggestions, let me know.

The good news is that the search seems to be finding the data that is there.

Re: Searching Features

JakeSkinner — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 20:06:46 GMT

The issue is with the CSV. There were about 15 - 20 or so rows that had no coordinates for the Lat/Long fields. This was causing an issue when trying to create a feature service, only 400 features were created. I deleted these and then recreated the service and 1,220 features were created. You can take a look at the CSV and feature service (trails_updated) in the Group.

Re: Searching Features

MichaelBullington — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 16:16:44 GMT

Thanks again. The issue was in the data. Though, my initial confusion was that I was using a web map and not an application. So, a learning curve was taken and all is working well.