topic Re: Launch and zoom to a particular feature or coordinate in ArcGIS Viewer for Flex Questions

Launch and zoom to a particular feature or coordinate

GregSnelling — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 20:48:54 GMT

Does anyone have a way to open the flex viewer and have it automatically search and zoom to a feature? I'd like our IT staff to be able to launch our flex viewer from a property details web page and zoom to the subject parcel. Any ideas?

Re: Launch and zoom to a particular feature or coordinate

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 20:54:06 GMT

Greg,

Sure this ability is part of the eSearch. Url searches is covered in the Enhanced Search Widget URL Search Configuration.pdf.

Re: Launch and zoom to a particular feature or coordinate

GregSnelling — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 20:56:27 GMT

Thanks for the quick response Robert! I'll have a look at the documentation.

Re: Launch and zoom to a particular feature or coordinate

DerekHunter1 — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 21:56:23 GMT

Robert,

Have you been able to get the widget to pass the url parameters through (past login) to a secured service?

Re: Launch and zoom to a particular feature or coordinate

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Thu, 21 Aug 2014 02:31:25 GMT

Derek,

I have not tested a secure service search using eSearch but I will and let you know the results.

Re: Launch and zoom to a particular feature or coordinate

DerekHunter1 — Thu, 21 Aug 2014 04:12:32 GMT

Thanks as always Robert.

Re: Launch and zoom to a particular feature or coordinate

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Thu, 21 Aug 2014 17:49:37 GMT

Derek,

I just tested with a secure service and it woks fine after you log in (it completes the url search after login).

Re: Launch and zoom to a particular feature or coordinate

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Thu, 21 Aug 2014 17:52:43 GMT

Greg,

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Re: Launch and zoom to a particular feature or coordinate

DerekHunter1 — Fri, 22 Aug 2014 14:43:06 GMT

Thanks Robert. My issue was I am using a config named other the config.xml......./index.html?config=url_search_parameter_test.xml?esearch=CN-A&slayer=0&exprnum=0&showdatagrid=true. I assume the eseach parameter can't be preceded by any other paramter?

Re: Launch and zoom to a particular feature or coordinate

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Fri, 22 Aug 2014 14:58:29 GMT

Derek,

If you already have a url parameter in the url then you just use the & symbol not the ?

So here is how it works, the FIRST url parameter gets a ? and all subsequent parameters get a &

./index.html?config=url_search_parameter_test.xml&esearch=CN-A&slayer=0&exprnum=0&showdatagrid=true.

Re: Launch and zoom to a particular feature or coordinate

DerekHunter1 — Fri, 22 Aug 2014 16:07:19 GMT

duh. to much going on. sorry and thanks