https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-online-ideas/allow-feature-layer-views-to-retain-table/idi-p/1647819 <P>I have several feature view layers in ArcGIS Online shared publicly through ArcGIS Hub.</P><P>Periodic updates require us to update the source by swapping it with another hosted feature layer using this process:&nbsp;<A href="https://doc.arcgis.com/en/arcgis-online/manage-data/swap-view-source.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Swap the source of a hosted feature layer view—ArcGIS Online Help | Documentation</A>.</P><P>I have made some improvements to the view layer by adding the following configurations to the table view:</P><UL><LI>field aliases</LI><LI>field descriptions</LI><LI>field value types</LI></UL><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Attribute table in ArcGIS Online" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/140075i0FD318FE814BB48E/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="attribute table in agol.png" alt="Attribute table in ArcGIS Online" /><span class="lia-inline-image-caption" onclick="event.preventDefault();">Attribute table in ArcGIS Online</span></span></P><P><STRONG>When swapping the source with a newly published hosted feature layer, these configurations are lost.</STRONG> The view seems to take on the configurations of the new source layer. I would prefer to keep the configurations applied to the view layer since it gets updated regularly.</P><P><EM><STRONG>IDEA:</STRONG> Is it possible to enable an option to retain these edits to the attribute table on the view layer, even when the source layer is swapped?</EM></P> Tue, 09 Sep 2025 03:27:49 GMT Y_Maree 2025-09-09T03:27:49Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-online-ideas/allow-feature-layer-views-to-retain-table/idi-p/1647819 <P>I have several feature view layers in ArcGIS Online shared publicly through ArcGIS Hub.</P><P>Periodic updates require us to update the source by swapping it with another hosted feature layer using this process:&nbsp;<A href="https://doc.arcgis.com/en/arcgis-online/manage-data/swap-view-source.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Swap the source of a hosted feature layer view—ArcGIS Online Help | Documentation</A>.</P><P>I have made some improvements to the view layer by adding the following configurations to the table view:</P><UL><LI>field aliases</LI><LI>field descriptions</LI><LI>field value types</LI></UL><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Attribute table in ArcGIS Online" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/140075i0FD318FE814BB48E/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="attribute table in agol.png" alt="Attribute table in ArcGIS Online" /><span class="lia-inline-image-caption" onclick="event.preventDefault();">Attribute table in ArcGIS Online</span></span></P><P><STRONG>When swapping the source with a newly published hosted feature layer, these configurations are lost.</STRONG> The view seems to take on the configurations of the new source layer. I would prefer to keep the configurations applied to the view layer since it gets updated regularly.</P><P><EM><STRONG>IDEA:</STRONG> Is it possible to enable an option to retain these edits to the attribute table on the view layer, even when the source layer is swapped?</EM></P> Tue, 09 Sep 2025 03:27:49 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-online-ideas/allow-feature-layer-views-to-retain-table/idi-p/1647819 Y_Maree 2025-09-09T03:27:49Z