idea Support placeholders for map service and layer names in InfoTemplate and PopupTemplate in ArcGIS Web AppBuilder Ideas https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-web-appbuilder-ideas/support-placeholders-for-map-service-and-layer/idi-p/924737 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY>I'm using the JavaScript API to build customized functionality into a Web AppBuilder application. &nbsp;One feature we're using are map popups. &nbsp;The configuration data includes lists of fields to show in the popups for the various map service layers, along with titles for the popups. &nbsp;We're currently using placeholders in the title of the popup so that we can include attribute data from the feature in the popup.<BR /><BR />Some of our data is pretty dense, so when popups are opened, they often contain many features. &nbsp;The user can click on the arrows in the title bar to step through the set of located features. &nbsp;The title region and the table of field values displayed in the popup change according to the current feature. &nbsp;<BR /><BR />We have had requests to include the name of the map service and the name of the sublayer within the map service where the current feature was located. &nbsp;At present the only apparent way to achieve this is to use the InfoTemplate and a custom function. &nbsp;Within the custom function we can get to the layer name and attribute values. &nbsp;But this seems to be a very heavy-handed way to get the layer name.<BR /><BR />Our suggestion is to have placeholders like {MAPSERVICE_NAME} and {LAYER_NAME} that could be used (at minimum) in the title, similar to how we can currently use placeholders to include attribute values for the feature in the title. &nbsp;This would allow developers to easily include the map service and layer names without the overhead of developing a custom function that would build the HTML for the popup content.<BR /><BR />Thanks for considering this option!<BR /><BR />Gary Sinner<BR />petroWEB<BR /><BR /><BR />&nbsp; <!-- content transformation source ID: 087E0000000kB88 --> </BODY></HTML> Thu, 07 Jan 2016 23:49:04 GMT GarySinner 2016-01-07T23:49:04Z Support placeholders for map service and layer names in InfoTemplate and PopupTemplate https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-web-appbuilder-ideas/support-placeholders-for-map-service-and-layer/idi-p/924737 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY>I'm using the JavaScript API to build customized functionality into a Web AppBuilder application. &nbsp;One feature we're using are map popups. &nbsp;The configuration data includes lists of fields to show in the popups for the various map service layers, along with titles for the popups. &nbsp;We're currently using placeholders in the title of the popup so that we can include attribute data from the feature in the popup.<BR /><BR />Some of our data is pretty dense, so when popups are opened, they often contain many features. &nbsp;The user can click on the arrows in the title bar to step through the set of located features. &nbsp;The title region and the table of field values displayed in the popup change according to the current feature. &nbsp;<BR /><BR />We have had requests to include the name of the map service and the name of the sublayer within the map service where the current feature was located. &nbsp;At present the only apparent way to achieve this is to use the InfoTemplate and a custom function. &nbsp;Within the custom function we can get to the layer name and attribute values. &nbsp;But this seems to be a very heavy-handed way to get the layer name.<BR /><BR />Our suggestion is to have placeholders like {MAPSERVICE_NAME} and {LAYER_NAME} that could be used (at minimum) in the title, similar to how we can currently use placeholders to include attribute values for the feature in the title. &nbsp;This would allow developers to easily include the map service and layer names without the overhead of developing a custom function that would build the HTML for the popup content.<BR /><BR />Thanks for considering this option!<BR /><BR />Gary Sinner<BR />petroWEB<BR /><BR /><BR />&nbsp; <!-- content transformation source ID: 087E0000000kB88 --> </BODY></HTML> Thu, 07 Jan 2016 23:49:04 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-web-appbuilder-ideas/support-placeholders-for-map-service-and-layer/idi-p/924737 GarySinner 2016-01-07T23:49:04Z