topic Re: interactive filter template in ArcGIS Online Questions

interactive filter template

JerryGarcia1 — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 13:22:20 GMT

I am trying to use the interactive filter template and having some issues. I created a filter and checked the ???ask for values box??? but when I try to make a web applications from the resulting map using the filter template I get a ???Web map does not contain any interactive filters.??? Am I missing something?

There are so many possibilities with this template, really looking forward to using it.

Re: interactive filter template

GeorgeHaskett — Wed, 01 May 2013 20:39:09 GMT

Jerry,

Where you able to get the 'Interactive Filters' to work for you?
They seem to be misleading to say the least. I am trying to do the same thing as you, and end up with the same error when trying to use my filters (value based) in the Filter web app template.

Any suggestons from what you have learned and attepmted thus far?

Haskett

Re: interactive filter template

JerryGarcia1 — Thu, 09 May 2013 12:45:30 GMT

I have not got it to work yet so I have been teaching myself the flex api and there is a widget that is similar to the apply filter.

It would be great if someone from esri could explain what the problem is. Are we setting up the template wrong or is there a problem with the template?

Re: interactive filter template

IanWittenmyer — Thu, 09 May 2013 19:36:55 GMT

Hi Jerry and George,

I was able to set up a simple map with an interactive filter and then successfully publish the filter template.

Here is a map with a simple interactive filter, does this work for you with the filter template?
http://www.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?webmap=e831b2eb141b4c70a50db2222a8ea865

Can you provide some additional information to help me understand your workflow?
Are you working with a public account or within an organization?
Are up publishing the app via arcgis.com or are you downloading and configuring the app locally?
What browser are you using?
Is your feature service hosted on arcgis.com or via an arcgis server?
How complex is the filter you are creating, can you share your webmap with me?

Re: interactive filter template

JerryGarcia1 — Fri, 10 May 2013 10:19:43 GMT

It does work.

I am using an organization account.

I publish the map service to our server and then bring it into AGOL. It is a map service not a feature service, do you think that is the issue? I can set up an interactive filter with the map service it is just when I publish it using the filter template, it still has the �??Web map does not contain any interactive filters". The city I work for has not provided room yet on our SDE for publishing feature services.

I use firefox and internet explorer as my browsers.

Re: interactive filter template

IanWittenmyer — Fri, 10 May 2013 18:43:54 GMT

It does work.

I am using an organization account.

I publish the map service to our server and then bring it into AGOL. It is a map service not a feature service, do you think that is the issue? I can set up an interactive filter with the map service it is just when I publish it using the filter template, it still has the �??Web map does not contain any interactive filters". The city I work for has not provided room yet on our SDE for publishing feature services.

I use firefox and internet explorer as my browsers.

It should work with a map service or a feature service. I'm having a hard time reproducing it on my end, would it be possible for you to share the map publicly so i can try working with it, or you can invite me to join the org then remove my account after we figure out the problem, or even send me the map service url and i'll see if i can get it working with your service.

Re: interactive filter template

JerryGarcia1 — Tue, 14 May 2013 12:49:12 GMT

I can't share the maps since the data is on our sandbox behind a firewall. They can only be viewed by other city employees.

Re: interactive filter template

IanWittenmyer — Wed, 15 May 2013 16:57:42 GMT

Attached are some screenshots I took for setting up the interactive filter and steps for how to use the developer tools to check the web map JSON to see if it contains a filter when launching the web app.

Let me know if this helps with setting up the filter and if your web map JSON indicates that the filter exists.

If it doesn't help with setting up the filter, can you provide the steps used to create the filter and possibly a screen shot of what the filter looks like in arcgis.com?

Also, since access to your data is restricted you could also check the developer tools for any error messages indicating that the resource with the filter is not accessible. If it ends up being a security issue then you might consider downloading the template and hosting it locally within your sandbox instead of publishing as hosted it on arcgis.com

Re: interactive filter template

JerryGarcia1 — Fri, 17 May 2013 15:33:36 GMT

Thanks for looking into this Ian.

I created a filter and checked the "ask for values" box and filled out like you explained. I then reopened the dialog box hit the edit button and the "ask for values" box is unchecked. I did this several times with several maps and the same thing happens.

Re: interactive filter template

JerryGarcia1 — Mon, 20 May 2013 18:49:22 GMT

I got it to work. Thanks for your help Ian.

Re: interactive filter template

CarolineVallieres — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 19:50:37 GMT

I am trying to use the interactive web map but I cant seem to export my filters from the online map to the app. Can anyone guide me in how to create an interactive filter?

Thanks

Re: interactive filter template

CaraMayo2 — Thu, 25 Jan 2018 17:48:01 GMT

Hi Ian Wittenmyer‌,

I'm also have trouble with the filter template. I've attached a document with an image of the problem.

I want the user to be able to filter through any Fiscal Year in the web app, but when I set up the expression and click, "Ask for values", I can't save my edits. My web map is hosted from ArcGIS Pro as a feature service and there are only 7 values to choose from. Do you know why it's not letting me apply interactive filters?

Thanks!

Re: interactive filter template

IanWittenmyer — Thu, 25 Jan 2018 18:13:08 GMT

HI Cara, based on your screenshot it looks like the 'apply filter button' isn't active because you still need to populate the 'Prompt' and 'Hint' values. these are used to provide the end user with guidance on how to change the values in the filter

here is an example using that filter

https://www.arcgis.com/apps/InteractiveFilter/index.html?appid=55699f2e78ca4d1aaacfbd5e8d8cb304

Re: interactive filter template

CaraMayo2 — Thu, 25 Jan 2018 18:15:21 GMT

Oh wow, that was simple. Thank you for your help!

Re: interactive filter template

IanWittenmyer — Thu, 25 Jan 2018 18:37:10 GMT

Sure no problem. I'll see if we can modify the UI to make it more clear that those are required.

Re: interactive filter template

CaraMayo2 — Thu, 25 Jan 2018 21:01:05 GMT

Ian Wittenmyer‌ Thanks! I think that would be helpful. On another note, is there a way to add an "All' category to the filter? I'm not finding any options that would allow me to say, Find locations from all Fiscal Years and Habitat Type is Mangrove (or something like that).

Thanks!

Re: interactive filter template

IanWittenmyer — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 19:02:47 GMT

Hi Cara, sorry for the slow response on this. One strategy for this would be to do something like in this example where I have set the year field to be a range between two values. If your goal is to show all years by default you could have the filter show dates between the first and last fiscal year. If your goal is to show one year, you could set the start and end year to be the same value. Either way you should provide some hint text to assist users in exploring the data. In this case, I created the Year filter first and then type (in this case Fujita Scale) second. This text is all defined within the map viewer when you are creating the filter.

You can also provide more custom text within the app above the filter settings. in this example built using the filter above, you can see the default text "Filter the layer by specifying values." In this example 2, I've authored some additional helper text add added it via the Filter Text dialog within the app configuration panel.

let me know if you have any questions.

Ian

Re: interactive filter template

CaraMayo2 — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 17:59:14 GMT

Thank you for these suggestions! They are very helpful