topic Re: Time-Aware Web Maps: Show features progressively settings not saving in ArcGIS Online Questions

Time-Aware Web Maps: Show features progressively settings not saving

SaraJL — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 17:23:13 GMT

Hello everyone -

I'm curious if anyone else is having this problem! I have reached out to Tech Support, and they are still working on it.

If you create a time-ware Web Map - I've been encountering that if I set the timebar to "show features progressively" and the save the map and make it public, it will automatically revert back to time intervals instead of progressive. This shows up with both Chrome and Microsoft Edge.

I've managed to reproduce it with feature layers that I just created as well as data that I already had in the system that worked previously.

If it DOES work for some, please let me know - I'm trying not to freak out about it as I have 2 massive classes on Thursday that are creating time-aware maps and I usually need this function (if it doesn't work, I'll figure something out)

Thank you!

Re: Time-Aware Web Maps: Show features progressively settings not saving

ZaraMatheson — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 17:45:51 GMT

Hi Sara, Thanks for reporting. This does look like a bug and we are investigating. In the mean time, if you choose Play from position saved with the map as the Playback position, it should save the progressive mode.

Re: Time-Aware Web Maps: Show features progressively settings not saving

SaraJL — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 18:37:35 GMT

That worked! Thank you thank you so much for the help!

Re: Time-Aware Web Maps: Show features progressively settings not saving

AJM — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 14:12:15 GMT

@ZaraMatheson I am having similar issues. It will work ok in the web map, but in Experience Builder it defaults to the time interval length, in my case 1 year. No matter what I try it will not show the whole timeframe on initial load. I have tried both synchronized and custom time setting in the Experience Builder widget settings with no luck.

Re: Time-Aware Web Maps: Show features progressively settings not saving

ZaraMatheson — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 15:46:31 GMT

Hi Sara, Just a note that this should be fixed altogether in Map Viewer now.

Re: Time-Aware Web Maps: Show features progressively settings not saving

ZaraMatheson — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 15:47:59 GMT

Hi! This is likely an unrelated issue, but I will pass it along to the Experience Builder team. Can you share some more details about the steps you are taking and the issue you are seeing?

Re: Time-Aware Web Maps: Show features progressively settings not saving

AJM — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 16:11:31 GMT

When I open the web map the time slider is full.

But when I open the dashboard it only show the first year.

If I use the custom time settings in the widget it will display however much is set for the length of one step. In this example 25 years.

It will not show the whole timeframe no matter what I have the settings set to.

Re: Time-Aware Web Maps: Show features progressively settings not saving

Jianxia — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 17:13:08 GMT

@AJM, thanks for letting us know the issue related to Experience Builder. We are investigating it.

Re: Time-Aware Web Maps: Show features progressively settings not saving

SaraJL — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 18:00:56 GMT

@ZaraMatheson I just tested this and it works! Thank you again for the quick fix!

Re: Time-Aware Web Maps: Show features progressively settings not saving

TonghuiMing — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 01:48:24 GMT

@AJM, do you have the web map and ExB app that we can investigate? This seems to be related to the configuration or data, and I cannot reproduce the issue using my own layer:

In ExB - either map widget or web map as data source show the same time extent as your settings

Also, you said "when opening the dashboard", what does this dashboard refer to?

Re: Time-Aware Web Maps: Show features progressively settings not saving

AJM — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 12:02:45 GMT

Yes here is the Experience ( which I referred to as the dashboard in the last post)

https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/6dcc5d61cea4482483dba6fc3a1f5f66/

and the webmap https://sccfgis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/mapviewer/index.html?webmap=1446fd59a3524ab0b093049f58f83de1

time22 is the time field.

Re: Time-Aware Web Maps: Show features progressively settings not saving

TonghuiMing — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 03:02:10 GMT

Hi @AJM,

Thanks for providing the sample app. Even though I cannot access the layers in your web map, per our investigation, your case seems to be another topic - ExB does not yet support the "Playback Position" that you can configure and then take effect in MV. This is logged as one support ticket (ENH-000168985), and there are some related posts:

https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-experience-builder-questions/time-slider-playback-position/m-p/1453702#M12569

https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-experience-builder-ideas/feature-request-enhancements-for-timeline-widget/idc-p/1604533#M3955

https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-experience-builder-ideas/set-start-playback-position-in-timeline-widget/idi-p/1632428

Let me know if it is not your case. Thanks for bringing this up.

Re: Time-Aware Web Maps: Show features progressively settings not saving

TonghuiMing — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 08:35:41 GMT

@AJM

The capability of honoring or customizing the playback position saved with the web map has been supported in the latest AGOL 2026 Feb release. Let me know if you encounter any other issues with it. Thanks.

Re: Time-Aware Web Maps: Show features progressively settings not saving

AJM — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 20:23:30 GMT

So far it seem to be working ! Thanks