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Loaded shapefile but no features showing

JessicaKnight1 — Wed, 29 Apr 2015 18:59:05 GMT

I have put a shapefile into a geodatabase and uploaded it to My Content. When I add it to the map, nothing shows up. At first I thought that maybe the projection was wrong or something. But if I open the table, there is nothing there. It works fine in ArcMap and if I download the .gdb from AGOL, it loads up with no issues in ArcMap as well. I have uploaded other data with no problems before. Any thoughts as to what's happening?

Re: Loaded shapefile but no features showing

JakeSkinner — Wed, 29 Apr 2015 19:03:41 GMT

Hi Jessica,

Can you describe your workflow? For example, are you uploading the feature class as a feature service by going to File > Share As > Service in ArcMap?

Re: Loaded shapefile but no features showing

JessicaKnight1 — Wed, 29 Apr 2015 19:18:04 GMT

I am going into My Content in AGOL and selecting Add Item->From Computer and uploading.

Re: Loaded shapefile but no features showing

TimWitt2 — Wed, 29 Apr 2015 19:20:59 GMT

Jessica,

You would have to go through ArcGIS Desktop to upload data as a feature service. Open a MXD add the data you would like to upload. Click on File -> Share as -> Service -> Publish a service.

That would be the best way.

Tim

Re: Loaded shapefile but no features showing

TimWitt2 — Wed, 29 Apr 2015 19:24:58 GMT

Check here under "Publish from ArcMap" to see detailed instructions:

Publish features—ArcGIS Online Help | ArcGIS

Re: Loaded shapefile but no features showing

BenGrod — Wed, 29 Apr 2015 19:26:18 GMT

Jessica, when you upload a GDB in that manner AGOL will not be able to view it in a web map. That method is good for storing and sharing a GDB with others but not viewing its contents within an AGOL webmap. Jake and Tim's suggestion of sharing the content through ArcMap as a service is the correct workflow to get the content to AGOL so that you can view and edit in a web map. In short, if you open the GDB in ArcMap, sign in to AGOL (File - Sign In), then share the service (File - Share As - Service) the contents of your ArcMap document (GDB) will be published to AGOL.

Re: Loaded shapefile but no features showing

KellyGerrow — Thu, 30 Apr 2015 16:55:01 GMT

Hi Jessica,

Have you published the uploaded geodatabase into a Feature Service?

In order to access the uploaded data it will need to be published as a feature layer, which can then be viewed in the map viewer.

This documentation: Publish features—ArcGIS Online Help | ArcGIS explains the publishing workflow for geodatabases added to 'My Content' directly. Publishing the geodatabase to online through ArcMap will also result in a feature layer being published.

After the feature layer is published, you can add the layer to the web map.

Cheers,

Kelly

Re: Loaded shapefile but no features showing

JessicaKnight1 — Mon, 04 May 2015 13:21:08 GMT

Still having the same issue, even publishing the feature layer through ArcMap. I can see the layer in the thumbnail preview but when I add it to the map, nothing shows up and no features are shown in the attribute table.

I've put up other data layers with no problems at all.

Re: Loaded shapefile but no features showing

faiz_ur_rehmanfaiz — Mon, 04 May 2015 13:23:26 GMT

you have to draw features manually,

If there are already feature then just select projection.

Re: Loaded shapefile but no features showing

TimWitt2 — Mon, 04 May 2015 13:23:27 GMT

Maybe something is corrupted in the data? Did you try and run the following?

ArcGIS Desktop

Re: Loaded shapefile but no features showing

JakeSkinner — Mon, 04 May 2015 13:26:09 GMT

Before uploading the data to ArcGIS Online through ArcMap, try setting the data frame projection to Web Mercator (auxiliary sphere). This could possibly be a projection issue Ex:

Also, any chance you could zip and upload the geodatabase to this thread?

Re: Loaded shapefile but no features showing

JessicaKnight1 — Mon, 04 May 2015 17:16:32 GMT

Changed the coordinate system. Still no dice.

So let me explain the layer I am trying to upload. I have a bunch of raster layers I want to upload, but I want them to be easier to use in AGOL. So I did a Raster to Polygon in ArcMap. I can upload the Raster to Polygon result with no problem, but its too many items for AGOL to handle well. So I decided to do a Dissolve and try again. The dissolve layer is the one that doesn't seem to want to upload. It ends up being only 2 or 3 features in ArcMap. But none are showing up in AGOL after uploading. I can download the layer and it works in ArcMap just fine.

Re: Loaded shapefile but no features showing

BenGrod — Mon, 04 May 2015 18:07:46 GMT

Can you share the feature so we can help further? Perhaps zip it, load the zipped file separately, and share it to the public.

Re: Loaded shapefile but no features showing

JessicaKnight1 — Fri, 08 May 2015 14:15:18 GMT

What do I need to do to get the file to everyone here?

Re: Loaded shapefile but no features showing

JakeSkinner — Fri, 08 May 2015 14:24:58 GMT

You can zip the data and upload it as an attachment. To do this:

1. Click 'Reply'

2. 'Use advanced editor' at the top right

3. Click 'Attach' at the bottom right

Re: Loaded shapefile but no features showing

RebeccaStrauch__GISP — Fri, 08 May 2015 14:49:20 GMT

To add to Jake's instructions....if you don't see the advanced editor option, you might be trying to reply from within geonet's email. Click on the topic name at the top to open the topic direct, and the option should be available.

Re: Loaded shapefile but no features showing

JessicaKnight1 — Fri, 08 May 2015 15:42:05 GMT

I've tried uploading through shapefiles and a geodatabase. I have a zipped shapefile attached. I just tried again to upload it via ArcMap and getting the same results. I see the file fine in the thumbnail but nothing shows up in an actual map. It zooms to the correct spot and everything. But no features are loaded. Again, I've put other files on AGOL with no problems at all. So I'm a bit puzzled on this one.

Re: Loaded shapefile but no features showing

JessicaKnight1 — Fri, 08 May 2015 20:22:18 GMT

I made another post with the file. Any help would be much appreciated.

Re: Loaded shapefile but no features showing

KellyGerrow — Fri, 08 May 2015 21:01:24 GMT

Hi Jessica,

Thanks for uploading your shapefile. After a quick glance, it appears that this data has a lot of vertices for the polygons, 3591158 vertices for one feature and and 3189855 for the other. The following blog mentions some considerations when working with data with too many vertices and strategies to reduce this:

Dicing Godzillas (features with too many vertices) | ArcGIS Blog

Please try reducing the amount of vertices and then re-adding and publishing the data.

Please let me know if you have any questions,

Kelly

Re: Loaded shapefile but no features showing

BenGrod — Mon, 11 May 2015 17:56:35 GMT

Hi Jessica,

Kelly Gerrow is right on the money. The size and vertices per feature within your dataset appear to be your issue. I tested Kelly's theory by dicing your NCSW feature to no more than 250,000 vertices per polygon and republishing to AGOL as a feature service. The diced feature loaded and drew but was still incomplete. It didn't appear to load the entire state based on the draw results. Also, it took a long time to draw so 250,000 vertices is still too many. I suggest following Kelly's suggesting of dicing the feature but set the maximum vertices at 100,000 or even less. You may have to do trial and error unless someone specifically knows the max vertices count that AGOL supports. Also, a second consideration might be publishing the feature as a tile service instead of a feature service. This of course depends on your desired end use though to me it looks like it would just be a display layer since it is based on a raster output? Hope this helps and good luck.