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How to access a group shared Feature Layer in a public shared web map via WAB Application?

AndrewHayden1 — Thu, 07 Mar 2019 18:49:06 GMT

I'm working on a WAB app that is using a web map that I have shared with everyone. The web map contains a feature layer that I have only shared with a particular group, which I have made myself a member of. When I launch the application locally (via WAB), the web map is automatically added and includes the feature layer (I assume it's using ADFS?). If I take myself out of the group and launch the application locally, I get a dialog that says the layer cannot be added to the map (I'd like this dialog to just not appear at all but that's further down the road). I am not prompted to sign in to ArcGIS Online to access the item, I just click "ok" and the map ends up loading without that layer.

When I deploy the application to a web server and run it, I am prompted to sign in to access the item on ArcGIS Online whether I am in the group or not. I've tried every variation of username/password I can think of and I can not figure out what username and password it is looking for. It seems that it should be the same credentials that are used when I use ADFS to log in to ArcGIS Online? Anyway, I basically can only "cancel" and then all the layers except for the group shared layer load up.

Am I missing a step somewhere? I have set up a proxy and believe I have it working. Not sure if I might need to register the app in AGOL? Not sure what the serverURL might have to look like, in proxy.config, if I need to use a proxy. I'd appreciate any thoughts or links that I might refer to that might help me move along or better understand this.

Re: How to access a group shared Feature Layer in a public shared web map via WAB Application?

BirajaNayak — Wed, 20 Mar 2019 21:58:55 GMT

Hi Andrew,

Please use .net proxy which will help to access secure layers.

Here is the blog link to help you to add proxy on your application:

https://community.esri.com/groups/technical-support/blog/2015/10/28/setting-up-a-proxy-with-web-appbuilder-for-arcgis-developer-edition

Thanks,

Biraja

Re: How to access a group shared Feature Layer in a public shared web map via WAB Application?

AndrewHayden1 — Tue, 02 Apr 2019 20:25:25 GMT

Thanks Biraja.

I had set up .net proxy and had registered the application at developers.arcgis.com. My issue initially was that I was trying to use the application's AGOL itemId for the appId attribute in the WAB application config.json.

App configuration—Web AppBuilder for ArcGIS (Developer Edition) | ArcGIS for Developers

I was further confused because I had registered the application at developers.arcgis.com and didn't notice getting an appId but rather I got a ClientID. When I used the ClientID in the appId section of the application config.json, things worked as expected.

I later noticed in AGOL, when looking at the registered info for the application in application setting, that the appID in AGOL is the same as the ClientID at developers.arcgis.com. I didn't realize appID and ClientID are the same in this context.

I still wasn't able to find a username/password combination that worked so I contacted support. After a bit of troubleshooting with them, we learned the username is case sensitive.