topic Re: Only some records from a shapefile will upload to ArcGIS Online? in ArcGIS Online Questions

Only some records from a shapefile will upload to ArcGIS Online?

CoreyWills — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 14:03:48 GMT

I'm trying to upload a shapefile with 552 records to ArcGIS Online, but for some reason only 10 records will upload. I've tried it multiple times and it's the same (seemingly random) records each time. Has anyone else had this issue? What did you do about it? I'm very new to this, so I'm hoping I'm just missing something that can be easily fixed.

Thanks!

Re: Only some records from a shapefile will upload to ArcGIS Online?

Anonymous User — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 16:49:24 GMT

Hey Corey,

How are you adding this data to ArcGIS Online? Are you getting this issue with every shapefile or is the problem with just this one in particular?

This article might be helpful depending on your specific situation - Problem: Receiving errors when uploading a shapefile to ArcGIS Online, Business Analyst Online, or Community Analyst

Re: Only some records from a shapefile will upload to ArcGIS Online?

BenTurrell — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 22:49:09 GMT

Hey Corey Wills‌,

Looking at your map it looks like there are more than 10 records. The legend tool will only show 10 features but we can check if more data has been upload.

To see what data has been uploaded we can use the Attribute table. To see the attribute table

click on the content tab
then mouse over your layer and select the show table button

You will see a table popup that will show all the features you have.

Happy to discuss further if you need more help.

Thanks,

Ben

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Re: Only some records from a shapefile will upload to ArcGIS Online?

CoreyWills — Fri, 20 Mar 2020 00:35:37 GMT

Thanks, Ben! You're right - the records did upload. Do you know how I get them all to show on the map? There are 551 records in total and they should fill in the entire colored area, but it looks like on about 40 of those records are showing on the map. Good to know about the legend limit - is there a possible way around that?

Best,

Corey

Re: Only some records from a shapefile will upload to ArcGIS Online?

CoreyWills — Fri, 20 Mar 2020 00:40:07 GMT

Hi Will,

Thanks for your response! I'm only getting this issue with this shapefile. The poster below pointed out that all records uploaded, but just aren't showing. Do you know how to make all of the records show?

While we're on the subject (this is a bit of a tangent but still relates to uploads), do you by any chance know how to get around the 1,000 record upload limit? I'm trying to upload a shapefile which has 1,000+ records with no luck.

Best,

Corey

Re: Only some records from a shapefile will upload to ArcGIS Online?

BenTurrell — Sun, 22 Mar 2020 22:08:35 GMT

Corey Wills‌,

If you have a look at this page about ArcGIS Online styles you will find that you can have up to 200 unique values but it reuses the same 10 colours: Style categories—ArcGIS Online Help | Documentation

If you swap to displaying by location only and set a common symbol you should be able to see all of them.

Thanks,

Ben

Re: Only some records from a shapefile will upload to ArcGIS Online?

BenTurrell — Sun, 22 Mar 2020 22:11:07 GMT

Corey Wills‌,

You should be able to upload more than 1000+ features. Have you tried using the Add Item button in ArcGIS Online?

If you click on Add Item while in the contents tab, then the From Your Computer Button. You will be prompted for a zip file or csv and you can upload that way.

Thanks,

Ben

Re: Only some records from a shapefile will upload to ArcGIS Online?

CoreyWills — Wed, 22 Apr 2020 22:40:05 GMT

You're right - thanks Ben! Do you know if there's any way to show more than 200 values? I want to display every municipality in SW PA and there are definitely over 200. I only have a student license - do you know if a different kind of license would allow for more values to be shown?

Re: Only some records from a shapefile will upload to ArcGIS Online?

BenTurrell — Wed, 22 Apr 2020 23:31:02 GMT

Corey Wills‌,

Glad the answer helped. I would recommend displaying the 200 features using the location only. Having 200 locations with different colors will make looking up what color relates to what municipality a real pain! Normally I would just use popups to allow people to interogate the data and get any information they need. Here is a rough example:

You can even use the configurable app called Media Map so that it displays it on mouse over rather than click and have the details in a pane off to the side!

Happy to discuss further if you have any other questions.

Thanks,

Ben

Re: Only some records from a shapefile will upload to ArcGIS Online?

CoreyWills — Mon, 25 May 2020 16:07:21 GMT

Hi Ben,

Thanks, and sorry for the late response! I was able to upload the shapefile I needed and can see that it is in the My Contents section, but I can neither preview it nor add it to my AGOL map. Is this an issue you've run into and if so, do you know what might be happening here?

Best,

Corey

Re: Only some records from a shapefile will upload to ArcGIS Online?

BenTurrell — Tue, 02 Jun 2020 00:07:51 GMT

Hey Corey Wills‌,

How did you upload the shapefile? Did you add it to a map or did you do the upload through My Contents -> Add Item?

If you can send a screen shot of the my contents and the shapefiles item page it would help out!

Thanks,

Ben

Re: Only some records from a shapefile will upload to ArcGIS Online?

CoreyWills — Sat, 06 Jun 2020 21:01:40 GMT

Hi Ben,

I used Content -> Add Item -> From Computer -> Choose File. I've tried it with both a shapefile and a layer package and they will upload, but I can't access the files or even view them when trying to add them to a map:

Any idea what might be happening? As always, thanks for your help!

Best,

Corey

Re: Only some records from a shapefile will upload to ArcGIS Online?

BenTurrell — Tue, 09 Jun 2020 22:51:42 GMT

Hey Corey Wills‌,

Next to the title in your contents pane it shows what type of items they are. You are looking for Hosted Feature Layers or Feature Layer and you will be able to add it to your map. When you upload a shapefile you should see a tick box that says publish this file as a hosted layer. If you tick that and then try and add it to the map you should be good to go!

Thanks,

Ben

Re: Only some records from a shapefile will upload to ArcGIS Online?

CoreyWills — Fri, 12 Jun 2020 21:55:10 GMT

Hi Ben,

Thanks so much! That button did not appear for me at first - I had to contact my school's ArcGIS administrator and be added to their organization in order to publish a file as a hosted layer. But after that, it worked perfectly!

Thanks again,

Corey