topic Re: Feature Service- required fields in ArcGIS Online Questions

Feature Service- required fields

AaronWorthley1 — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:54:11 GMT

Is it possible to make some attribute fields in a hosted feature service required? Ideally I'd like to make this change to an already published service.

Re: Feature Service- required fields

MikeMinami — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 18:32:46 GMT

No. there is no way that I know of to do this. It's a good idea though.

Thanks,

Mike

Re: Feature Service- required fields

AaronWorthley1 — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 19:57:35 GMT

After some testing, it would appear that required fields (Null values not allowed) in a template feature class are not even honored when publishing as a hosted feature service.

Re: Feature Service- required fields

MikeMinami — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 21:08:27 GMT

No, there is nothing in the user experience that will test for null values, based on the field setting from the geodatabase that passed to the hosted feature service. However, as I understand it (I didn't test this), the database may reject creating a feature where fields have null values, but are set as not nullable. However, again, the user experience wouldn't trap any error and provide any user friendly interaction. My guess is (if this is in fact true) that the feature just wouldn't show up and the user would be left wondering what happened. This is just the state of where we are right now...

Thanks,

Mike

Re: Feature Service- required fields

JoshWhite — Wed, 23 Jul 2014 16:55:06 GMT

Mike,

This really needs to be a part of Collector. We need to be able to customize the experience to make this app the best. I typically use a Trimble for GPS collection and the software allows me to determine which fields are required and which are not. Of course this is independent of SDE but I would think that whether or not a field is nullable should have nothing to do with whether or not it is required in Collector. Of course, if a field in SDE does not allow null values then I could understand why this could be an issue not to require an entry. In that case, a default value could be created to keep this from being an issue. Just my two cents on the issue.

Re: Feature Service- required fields

MikeMinami — Wed, 23 Jul 2014 22:39:13 GMT

Yes, I agree that Collector should handle this better. Actually, all clients that edit the data should handle this. The only suggestion I have is that when you define the feature templates, you can specify a default value for required fields. At least then it would have a value.

In general, this is an area we're continuing to work on and it will get better.

Mike

Re: Feature Service- required fields

ANRGIS — Fri, 05 Jun 2015 13:58:26 GMT

http://ideas.arcgis.com/ideaView?id=087E0000000Cy5pIAC#sthash.ZAJP9DWV

Re: Feature Service- required fields

KATIEATKINSON — Wed, 06 Apr 2016 18:45:08 GMT

I am using my Enterprise Database so I can have domains. I am trying to publish a collector app however when it publishes is comes in empty and says it can not submit. What is the best format to have a collector apps data that allows domains. the File Geodatabase or the Enterprise Database.

Re: Feature Service- required fields

VenusScott — Fri, 08 Apr 2016 16:06:57 GMT

I use our Enterprise SDE with domains with no issues. The only difference I've found is in the Android vs. iOS. In the Android it goes from field to field as expected, in the iOS it skips the fields with domains and you have to go back to them to fill them out. Annoying...

Disclaimer:

Have not tried this offline. Have not tried this recently either.

Re: Feature Service- required fields

RickeyFight — Thu, 17 Oct 2019 17:01:40 GMT

Mike Minami‌ Is there a way to do this now?

Re: Feature Service- required fields

MikeMinami — Fri, 18 Oct 2019 15:05:30 GMT

Rickey Fite‌

You can add a "required" field by unchecking the "allows null values" option when creating the field. This option is available when there's no features in the layer. We don't show this option on layers with features because all records would violate the rule once the field gets created.

thanks,

Mike

Re: Feature Service- required fields

AndresCastillo — Wed, 23 Oct 2019 19:45:12 GMT

Hi,

I was able to resolve this in Web Appbuilder, using the Smart Editor Widget:

How to use Smart Editor to require user to populate field?