topic Re: Feature Service is editable in Explorer online, but on ArcGIS Online in ArcGIS Online Questions

Feature Service is editable in Explorer online, but on ArcGIS Online

AllenRisley — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 23:19:10 GMT

I'm working with an electoral politics class at our university that wants to have an electoral vote map that can be edited by students. I created a feature service by uploading a zipped shapefile directly into my ArcGIS Online account. My account is attached to the university's organizational account. I modified the settings for the feature service to make it editable.

The feature service *can* be edited if you add it to a map in ArcGIS Explorer Online. However, if you use ArcGIS Online ("My Map") to create your map, the feature service *cannot* be edited. The URL for the feature service is: http://services.arcgis.com/uEH09Hfm70zI2ZxR/arcgis/rest/services/USA_States_Electoral_Votes/FeatureServer/0

Can you help me figure out if there is a step I am missing in setting this up?

Thanks,

Allen Risley
Academic Technology Support
California State University San Marcos

Re: Feature Service is editable in Explorer online, but on ArcGIS Online

MikeMinami — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 02:40:04 GMT

I am able to edit the attributes of your service. However, it looks like you've disabled geometry edits, if that's what you're looking for.

You've also found a bug in explorer Online. It gives the impression that you can edit the geometry of features, and the display will reflect it, but the edit is actually not persisted in the feature service.

Bottom line, if you want to edit the geometry in this feature service, you need to enable it. Choose the option to "Add, update, and delete features"

Thanks,

Mike

Re: Feature Service is editable in Explorer online, but on ArcGIS Online

AllenRisley — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 19:00:47 GMT

I don't want users to be able to edit the geometry - I only want them to be able to edit the attributes. For example, change the value in the 2012_Vote field from blank to "Obama" or "Romney".

It works properly in Explorer Online, but does not work in the regular map function on ArcGIS Online. That's what I'm trying to get help with.

Thanks!

Allen

Re: Feature Service is editable in Explorer online, but on ArcGIS Online

MikeMinami — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 19:55:19 GMT

If you defined a popup on the layer while the layer was non-editable, the popup saved the fact that the attributes are not editable. I wouldn't necessarily call this a bug, but it is an issue that we'll need to look at.

For the layer you want to edit the attributes of, configure the popup again. Do you see a Configure Attributes button? If so, click it and you should be able to allow edits on the particular fields.

If you don't see the configure attributes button, it means you previously defined a popup that isn't a simple list of attributes. In order to edit, you sort of need to use a simple list of attributes. In this case, remove the popup and configure it again. You should now not see any options besides a simple list of attributes. I don't think you need to, but you can click the configure attributes button and make sure the fields are editable.

Thanks,

Mike