topic Re: Export Data option is not available in ArcGIS Online Questions

Export Data option is not available

KelaineRavdin — Fri, 03 Jan 2025 16:06:15 GMT

In a Web Map in ArcGIS online, I have added several filters to a layer with the goal of creating a random sample of street segments. I want to create a layer that includes ONLY those selected street segments, so that there is a permanent list of the random sample and it can't get messed up by adjusting filters, etc.

If I've understood how this should work (i.e., according to ChatGPT), there should be an option under the menu for that layer within the Web Map that includes "Export Data." But it isn't there.

Some things I have verified:

--My organization is the owner of the original layer.

--I am the administrator of the account.

--It is a hosted feature layer.

--For the feature layer, edting is enabled.

--And I have enabled the option to allow other users to save a copy.

Grateful for any suggestions on why the Export Data option isn't available OR other ways to get those random segments pulled into a shareable file of some sort of their own.

Re: Export Data option is not available

RichardHowe — Fri, 03 Jan 2025 16:13:26 GMT

I would suggest that creating a view of the hosted feature layer is the way you want to go. Any construct within a webmap is by definition temporary and dependent on the webmap itself. If somebody deleted it then your item would be gone.

Go to the hosted feature layer you want to create your subset from and click "create view layer" and follow the instructions through. It will create a subset that is intrinsically linked back to the parent layer, but filtered in the way you define

Re: Export Data option is not available

KelaineRavdin — Fri, 03 Jan 2025 17:15:31 GMT

Thanks! I'll explore that a little. I think I figured the thing I needed to do was use the Extract Data tool and create a shapefile I can share.

Would still like to understand why I didn't get an "Export data" option in the Layer options menu, but the urgency is gone...

Re: Export Data option is not available

EmilyGeo — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 21:17:55 GMT

Hi @KelaineRavdin

ChatGPT led you astray. 'Export data' does not appear in the Layer options menu in Map Viewer.

However, (when export is enabled) Export Data does appear on the item details page for the feature layer. Here you can download the layer, then you could re-publish a new copy and make any desired changes such as deleting features so that this layer contains a random subset of features for your project.