topic Re: Unable to Edit Map Tour Category Items in ArcGIS Online Questions

Unable to Edit Map Tour Category Items

SBBIntern — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 17:59:17 GMT

Hello,

I am using a Map Tour for the first time in my StoryMap that I am creating. It is a Grid Categorized tour and I want to be able to write a description within each individual item, but it will not let me.

For example, I have the towns in my county separated into 3 separate categories, "A", "B", and "C", but I want to write a description for each town, attach URLs, attach media, etc. but I can't even type even though I was able to before. I'm looking for a solution to this, maybe I made the feature layer incorrectly? Do I have to write the description within the table of the feature layer? This is my first time posting here so any assistance is greatly appreciated!

Thank you, Madyson

Re: Unable to Edit Map Tour Category Items

Laura — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 18:45:55 GMT

Description is coming from a field in your data. You can then go to the media tab to play around with attachments.

If you want to customize it more and write your own descriptions I would use a side car rather than a map tour.

Re: Unable to Edit Map Tour Category Items

SBBIntern — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 13:29:14 GMT

Thank you for your help, I was able to add the description field for now, I'm hoping I'll be able to write more in the future but that is something I will fiddle with later. As for adding in media, will I have to make a new Media field in the table, and then just attach links to the photos I want to add in? I'm not sure hoe to configure that since when I go to add a new field, my only options are String, Number, Date, or Global Identifier.
As for using the Side Car v. Map Tour, I am looking ability to toggle between the different places and allow users to compare what it says for their town versus another. The project I am working on is evaluating townships, so to be able to separate them by categories and for easy navigation between towns is vital .

Re: Unable to Edit Map Tour Category Items

Laura — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 15:11:26 GMT

You can add a text field and include a link for media or just enable attachments on your layer.