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Enhanced Search Widget for FlexViewer 2.1

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 21:13:34 GMT

All Here is my next widget in the FlexViewer 2.1 series

Special thanks to Erwan Caradec for contributing to this code.

The Enhanced Search Widget extends the standard search widget with a floating data grid and a new spatial query w/buffering.

http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=5d4995ccdb99429185dfd8d8fb2a513e

Re: Enhanced Search Widget for FlexViewer 2.1

MikeHargreaves — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 22:36:30 GMT

Thanks Robert. I tried the compiled version, and I'm finding that the results have no fields displaying. If I use the gridfield and gridfieldonly attributes, they seem to behave properly when I open the grid. If I put in a titlefield, then that will display in the results... Any ideas?

Re: Enhanced Search Widget for FlexViewer 2.1

MikeHargreaves — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 22:47:09 GMT

In addition, when I tried to do a spatial search, I got the following error...

SecurityError: Error #2048: Security sandbox violation: http://agsmaps.ci.santa-rosa.ca.us/flexviewer/index.swf cannot load data from http://gis.calhouncounty.org/arcgis2/rest/services/Geometry/GeometryServer/buffer.

Re: Enhanced Search Widget for FlexViewer 2.1

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 01:38:35 GMT

Mike,

Can you provide me with more details on your configuration? Maybe provide me with the whole layer configuration like in this example

<layer>
   <name>Traffic Cameras</name>
   <url>http://sampleserver1.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/Louisville/LOJIC_PublicSafety_Louisville/MapServer/2</url>
   <expression>upper(DESCRIPTION) LIKE upper('[value]%')</expression>
   <textsearchlabel>Search Traffic Cameras by Location... [ Example: I-71 ]</textsearchlabel>
   <graphicalsearchlabel>Use one of the graphical search tools to select Traffic Cameras</graphicalsearchlabel>
   <spatialsearchlabel>Select the two layers for spatial query</spatialsearchlabel>
   <spatialsearchlayer>true</spatialsearchlayer>
   <spatialrelationlayer>true</spatialrelationlayer>
   <fields all="false">
    <field name="DESCRIPTION" alias="Description" gridfield="true" />
    <field name="URL" alias="Show Image" hyperlinkgridfield="true" hyperlinkaliastext="Get Traffic Image"/>
    <field name="ONLINE" alias="Online" gridfield="true" gridfieldonly="true"/>
    <field name="LAST_UPDATED" alias="Last Updated" gridfield="true" gridfieldonly="true"/>
   </fields>
   <titlefield>DESCRIPTION</titlefield>
   <linkfield>URL</linkfield>
   <zoomscale>5000</zoomscale>
  </layer>

As far as the spatial query error that is a simple fix that I will change in the download for others but you can fix that easily by replace my servers url with a esri server url

Find the line in the SearchWidget.xml that has the geometryService and put this

<geometryservice>http://sampleserver3.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/Geometry/GeometryServer</geometryservice>

Re: Enhanced Search Widget for FlexViewer 2.1

philippschnetzer — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 12:05:13 GMT

thank you!! now I can stop my frivolous attempt to update the Parcel Notification Widget to work in 2.1....because that was not going so well....

Only one issue I am having...when I click the 'Use existing Draw Widget Graphics' a response comes 'There are no graphics currently available'. And also I am missing the icon for that but that's not an issue.

I did add graphicsLayer.id = "myGraLay";, and graphicsLayer.name = "myGraLay"; to the drawwidget.mxml (at line 246).

thanks again, and Erwan Caradec as well, for this powerful addition - this is the kind of tool that makes a map analytical!!

Re: Enhanced Search Widget for FlexViewer 2.1

SamBishop — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 01:38:38 GMT

Robert / Erwan - nice looking widget. But am I right in thinking that the default search tool automatically displays a field's alias in the search tool widget? You only need define an alias attribute if you want to override the field alias. From my perspective it would be useful if your enhanced search widget could replicate this in the results grid.

Also I'm only seeing the contents of the <titlefield> tag in the search widget itself...

Here is one of my layers:

<layer>
  <name>GCR - Geological Conservation Review Site</name>
  <url>http://uk-abz-app10/ArcGIS/rest/services/env/envtest/MapServer/1</url>
  <expression>UPPER("NAME") LIKE UPPER('%[value]%')</expression>
  <textsearchlabel>Enter a GCR Review Site Name:</textsearchlabel>
  <graphicalsearchlabel>Select a search tool:</graphicalsearchlabel>
  <spatialsearchlabel>Select the two layers for spatial query</spatialsearchlabel>
  <spatialsearchlayer>true</spatialsearchlayer>
  <spatialrelationlayer>true</spatialrelationlayer>
  <titlefield>NAME</titlefield>
  <linkfield>CODELINK</linkfield>
  <fields all="false">
    <field name="CODE" alias="Code" gridfield="true"/>
    <field name="NAME" alias="Name" gridfield="true"/>
    <field name="COUNTRY" alias="Country" gridfield="true"/>
    <field name="BLOCK" alias="Block" gridfield="true"/>
    <field name="LOCAL_AUTH" alias="Local Authority" gridfield="true"/>
    <field name="GRID_REF" alias="Grid Ref." gridfield="true"/>
    <field name="EASTING" alias="Easting" gridfield="true"/>
    <field name="NORTHING" alias="Northing" gridfield="true"/>
    <field name="CODELINK" alias="Link" hyperlinkgridfield="true" hyperlinkaliastext="Link to JNCC data"/>
  </fields>
</layer>

Many thanks
Sam

Re: Enhanced Search Widget for FlexViewer 2.1

AlexJones — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 14:31:54 GMT

Thank you! I will keep my eyes out for the updated code. Please let me know if you need another person to test it out.

Re: Enhanced Search Widget for FlexViewer 2.1

MikeHargreaves — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 14:56:32 GMT

Thanks Robert - I had just assumed the Geometry service was burried in the code without looking more closely at the xml file. Here is my version:

<layers>
<layer>
            <name>Addresses</name>
            <url>http://agsmaps.ci.santa-rosa.ca.us/ArcGIS/rest/services/MiscLayersExt/MapServer/4</url>
            <expression>FullAddr LIKE '%[value]%'</expression>
            <textsearchlabel>Search by Address [ Example: 100 Santa Rosa Ave ]:</textsearchlabel>
            <graphicalsearchlabel>Use one of the graphical search tools to select Addresses</graphicalsearchlabel>
   <spatialsearchlabel>Select the two layers for spatial query</spatialsearchlabel>
   <spatialsearchlayer>true</spatialsearchlayer>
   <spatialrelationlayer>true</spatialrelationlayer>
            <titlefield>ASMT</titlefield>
            <linkfield></linkfield>
            <fields all="false">
    <field name="FullAddr" alias="Address"/>
            </fields>
        </layer>
<layer>
            <name>Landmarks</name>
            <url>http://agsmaps.ci.santa-rosa.ca.us/ArcGIS/rest/services/MiscLayersExt/MapServer/8</url>
            <expression>NAME LIKE '%[value]%'</expression>
            <textsearchlabel>Search by Name [ Example: school ]:</textsearchlabel>
            <graphicalsearchlabel>Use one of the graphical search tools to select landmarks</graphicalsearchlabel>
   <spatialsearchlabel>Select the two layers for spatial query</spatialsearchlabel>
   <spatialsearchlayer>true</spatialsearchlayer>
   <spatialrelationlayer>true</spatialrelationlayer>
            <titlefield>ASMT</titlefield>
            <linkfield>URL</linkfield>
            <fields all="false">
    <field name="NAME" alias="Name"/>
    <field name="TYPE" alias="Type"/>
    <field name="URL" alias="Link"/>
            </fields>
        </layer>
<layer>
            <name>Parcels</name>
            <url>http://agsmaps.ci.santa-rosa.ca.us/ArcGIS/rest/services/Parcels/MapServer/0</url>
            <expression>ASMT LIKE '[value]%'</expression>
            <textsearchlabel>Search by APN [ Example: 009191021 ]:</textsearchlabel>
            <graphicalsearchlabel>Use one of the graphical search tools to select parcels</graphicalsearchlabel>
   <spatialsearchlabel>Select the two layers for spatial query</spatialsearchlabel>
   <spatialsearchlayer>true</spatialsearchlayer>
   <spatialrelationlayer>true</spatialrelationlayer>
            <titlefield></titlefield>
            <linkfield></linkfield>
            <fields all="false">
    <field name="ASMT" alias="APN" gridfield="true" gridfieldonly="false"/>
    <field name="SITUS_ADDRESS" alias="Address" gridfield="true" gridfieldonly="false"/>
            </fields>
        </layer>
</layers>

Re: Enhanced Search Widget for FlexViewer 2.1

LeeAllen — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 15:08:32 GMT

Robert / Erwan - nice looking widget. But am I right in thinking that the default search tool automatically displays a field's alias in the search tool widget? You only need define an alias attribute if you want to override the field alias. From my perspective it would be useful if your enhanced search widget could replicate this in the results grid.

Also I'm only seeing the contents of the <titlefield> tag in the search widget itself...

Sam

Getting same results. I need to show at least 2 to 3 fields in the search widget results (address, owner, parcel id) and have these in the data grid along with other fields. (BTW, thanks for this widget!)

Re: Enhanced Search Widget for FlexViewer 2.1

EricVenden — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 16:24:18 GMT

Nice work Robert,
It appears I am missing an image file...when I select the "Graphical Search" option. The far-left icon appears to missing? I believe I have installed the widget properly.

I have attached a screen shot.
Any help would be appreciated.

Re: Enhanced Search Widget for FlexViewer 2.1

LeeAllen — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 16:28:21 GMT

Nice work Robert,
It appears I am missing an image file...when I select the "Graphical Search" option. The far-left icon appears to missing? I believe I have installed the widget properly.

I have attached a screen shot.
Any help would be appreciated.

In the SearchWidget.mxml, line 1473 refers to "assets/images/i_draw_draw.png". You either have to change this to match the draw icon you are using (i_draw.png) or have an icon named i_draw_draw.png.

Re: Enhanced Search Widget for FlexViewer 2.1

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 18:55:13 GMT

All,

Just hang tight with all the issue you are having i.e. the missing png and the results only having the titleField. I have pulled this widget until I get these things fixed and will have a new version fixing all of these issues ASAP.

Re: Enhanced Search Widget for FlexViewer 2.1

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 19:48:52 GMT

All,

Let's try this again. Version 2.1.1

Here is what was done

* Fixes issue with Search Results not having all the specified fields
* Enhancement made to use fields alias if an alias is not specified in the SearchWidget.xml
* Enhancement made to use the dateformat attribute in the datagrid for date fields also
* Fixed integration issue with the draw widget
* Fixed the issue of the graphics not be clear from the screen when the widget is closed

Re: Enhanced Search Widget for FlexViewer 2.1

MikeHargreaves — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 22:21:15 GMT

Thanks Robert, seems to be working better now.

Re: Enhanced Search Widget for FlexViewer 2.1

AlexJones — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 01:38:41 GMT

Robert using the default config you posted am I correct in that it will not enter into this if statement? Line 1361.

if(!gridFields){
      showMessage("No Datagrid configured for this layer", false);
      return;
     }

It seems to open the datagrid for me even without grid fields defined.

If I check the length I can return the message. Might just be me, but I assume others might run into a similar issue.

if(gridFields.length == 0){...}

Awesome widget. Thanks again.

Re: Enhanced Search Widget for FlexViewer 2.1

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 22:35:38 GMT

Alex,

Thanks for that info. There was so much code to convert and create to get this widget converted to FlexViewer 2.1 and all Spark component and skins that I knew I would miss a couple of things. I will include that change in the next version that I am working on that allows for number and currency formatting of fields in addition to the date formatting.

Re: Enhanced Search Widget for FlexViewer 2.1

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 22:43:22 GMT

All,

Don't forget to rate and comment on this code here

http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=5d4995ccdb99429185dfd8d8fb2a513e

Re: Enhanced Search Widget for FlexViewer 2.1

SamBishop — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 08:35:58 GMT

Thanks for the updated version Robert. Field alias is now working great. Just noticed though that I'm not seeing my hyperlink field in the grid anymore - with or without <hyperlinkaliastext> defined. But it is in the .csv download (minus a column heading)...

Re: Enhanced Search Widget for FlexViewer 2.1

philippschnetzer — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 10:54:07 GMT

Is anyone having the issue I am?:

Clicking on the 'Use Existing Draw Widget Graphics' returns 'There are no graphics available'. I have included

graphicsLayer.name = "myGraLay";
graphicsLayer.id = "myGraLay";

in the DrawWidget.mxml, all the modules are loaded and I haven't made any other changes. I am using the enhanced Draw Widget also provided by Robert.

Thank you!

Re: Enhanced Search Widget for FlexViewer 2.1

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 01:38:43 GMT

Phillip,

I tested this with my enhanced draw widget... In the DrawWidget.mxml make use you have

graphicsLayer = new GraphicsLayer();
    graphicsLayer.id = "myGraLay";
    graphicsLayer.name = "myGraLay";
    graphicsLayer.addEventListener(GraphicEvent.GRAPHIC_ADD,addContextMenu);
    map.addLayer(graphicsLayer);

At the very beginning of the init function.