topic Re: WAB - Feature Search in ArcGIS Web AppBuilder Questions

WAB - Feature Search

StanMcShinsky — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 17:17:29 GMT

In the latest release of AGOL (March 2015) the documentation for whats new Web AppBuilder for ArcGIS | ArcGIS has

Support for feature search based on search configuration in web map.

How do I configure/enable that?

Is that different than just creating a composite locator for the geocode widget?

(note: this is not yet implemented for the developer version)

Thanks,

Stan

Re: WAB - Feature Search

KellyHutchins — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 17:24:00 GMT

Stan,

You configure the search settings in the web map item in ArcGIS Online. Here's some info from the Online help showing how to do this:

Configure feature search—ArcGIS Online Help | ArcGIS

Edited to fix invalid link to help topic.

Re: WAB - Feature Search

StanMcShinsky — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 17:46:44 GMT

Kelly,

Thank you Kelly. The link you provided is for dev. Here is the link that we can all access.

Configure feature search—ArcGIS Online Help | ArcGIS

I followed those instructions. If there are more than one search that I set up then it creates a drop down list of the different search options. Is there a way to combine them into one so that a user can search for multiple features with out having to change the search option from the drop down?

Re: WAB - Feature Search

KellyHutchins — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 17:54:52 GMT

Sorry about the dev link - glad you were able to find the correct one. I'm not aware of a way to combine all the searches into one with the current widget used by the WAB. There is a new widget that will be available in the Esri JSAPI called the Search widget and that widget has an all option that will search all specified searches. Here's an example of how that works - expand the search button and select the all option and notice that when you type in a search string results from all specified locators/layers are returned.

http://www.arcgis.com/apps/MapTools/index.html?webmap=24e01ef45d40423f95300ad2abc5038a

Re: WAB - Feature Search

StanMcShinsky — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 18:03:49 GMT

Kelly,

I really like that widget. Will it be available soon for Web Appbuilder?

Re: WAB - Feature Search

KellyHutchins — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 18:06:50 GMT

I'm sure it will be included in a future release but I don't know the time-frame. Jianxia Song do you know?

Re: WAB - Feature Search

Jianxia — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 18:35:20 GMT

We plan to wrap jsapi search dijit in the next release.

Re: WAB - Feature Search

StanMcShinsky — Tue, 14 Apr 2015 21:33:28 GMT

Kelly Hutchins or Jianxia Song,

When I enable the search by layer in AGOL I can only search by one field per layer. Is this normal? How do I get around this?

-Stan

Re: WAB - Feature Search

KellyHutchins — Tue, 14 Apr 2015 21:39:01 GMT

Stan McShinsky when you configure the search in Online, using the current release, you are correct its only one field per layer. In order to search more you'd have to add the layer multiple times and configure each.

However if you use the new Search widget, available in some of the templates like the Basic Viewer and with the ArcGIS API for JavaScript, you are able to configure more than one search field per layer.

Re: WAB - Feature Search

StanMcShinsky — Tue, 14 Apr 2015 21:43:29 GMT

Thanks for the quick response Kelly,

I would really like to see this in AGOL so it can be used in Web Appbuilder.

Re: WAB - Feature Search

KellyHutchins — Tue, 14 Apr 2015 21:48:08 GMT

The templates that use the search widget provide a configuration experience that lets you choose the layer and field(s) you want to search as an alternative to configuring the search using the item in ArcGIS Online.

Based on the earlier comment from Jianxia Song the WAB will include the search widget at the next release. At that point I assume you'll be able to configure the search layers and fields from within the WAB like we currently do in the templates but Jianxia Song would need to confirm that.

Re: WAB - Feature Search

MichaelVolz — Tue, 14 Apr 2015 21:56:48 GMT

Kelly:

Where on this app can I find the Search widget?

Re: WAB - Feature Search

Jianxia — Tue, 14 Apr 2015 21:57:33 GMT

Web AppBuilder will add search widget in the coming AGOL update in July. It allows you to configure the layers and fields to search the features and places as Kelly mentioned in the thread.

Thanks,

Jianxia

Re: WAB - Feature Search

StanMcShinsky — Tue, 14 Apr 2015 22:02:09 GMT

Perfect! Thanks again for both your help.

-Stan

Re: WAB - Feature Search

MattiasEkström — Thu, 16 Apr 2015 10:03:03 GMT

The new search widget sounds great! Exactly what I'm missing in the current version of WAB. I assume it will be possible to disable the default geodcoder? Will it be possible to configure the widget to search layers that are not added to the current web map? I would really like to be able to do this (or to be able to hide those layers completely to the end user from the layerlist, legend and other widgets).

Re: WAB - Feature Search

Jianxia — Thu, 16 Apr 2015 17:36:40 GMT

The coming search widget in Web AppBuilder consists of two parts: geocoder and searchable layers. For the former, you can replace the default geocoder with yours or remove it. For the latter, you can search layers within the map, from the layers in My Content, or from ArcGIS server rest endpoint.

Layerlist/Legend by default only displays the layers from map content. Unlike query widget, there is no option to add the result as operational layer in search widget, therefore the searchable layers from ArcGIS Server services or My content are not shown in other widgets.

Thanks,

Jianxia

Re: WAB - Feature Search

StuartGrey1 — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 00:12:36 GMT

I too cannot find the search widget? Kelly Hutchins

Re: WAB - Feature Search

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 00:24:13 GMT

Michael Volz and Stuart Grey,

The Search Dijit that is be discussed in this thread is a JS API dijit and has NOT been added to the Web AppBuilder yet. See Jianxia's post above saying that it will be added in the next release.

Here is the link to the JS API search dijit:

Search | API Reference | ArcGIS API for JavaScript

Re: WAB - Feature Search

StuartGrey1 — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 01:27:59 GMT

Hi Robert Scheitlin, GISP,

Thanks for the reply and the link to the API search dijit. I think what Michael and I were referring too was the link that Kelly provided does not include the search as per her post, it's just a standard search without the 'ALL' option.

I believe that this is what the search will behave like after the next release? Live Site: ArcGIS API for JavaScript | Search widget with multiple sources

Re: WAB - Feature Search

StanMcShinsky — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 13:29:11 GMT

Stuart,

You are right. You can set up feature search already but you can not set it up yet for "all" or multiple searches on the same feature class. Once the new widget comes out those things should be included.

-Stan