topic Re: Custom Query on Selected Features in ArcGIS Web AppBuilder Questions

Custom Query on Selected Features

MikeMacRae — Mon, 29 Aug 2016 18:33:43 GMT

Hi folks,

I finally gained access to AGOL in my organization and I wanted to build an app with a custom tool. I'm used to developing in python quite often, but javascript is very new to me. I'm just wondering, at this point, what kind of objectivity I have access to using javascipt and web app builder. For example, I've been testing the 'Select' widget to make a spatial selection on a layer I've added. I'd like to be able to take the results of that selection and run a query on the attribute table of those selected features and then export/print/save to an excel spreadsheet. Does this sound doable? Any tips on where I'd start?

Re: Custom Query on Selected Features

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Mon, 29 Aug 2016 18:39:15 GMT

Mike,

If you are working with the AGOL version of WAB then customization is not a possibility. You will have to use WAB Dev if you are going to do any customization.

Re: Custom Query on Selected Features

MikeMacRae — Mon, 29 Aug 2016 18:40:19 GMT

Thanks Robert. Yes, I'm working with WAB Dev as we speak.

Re: Custom Query on Selected Features

XanderBakker — Mon, 29 Aug 2016 18:42:13 GMT

The space where you will want to look is: Web AppBuilder Custom Widgets‌

I will include 2 resources compiled by Rebecca Strauch, GISP that are very valuable:

Re: Custom Query on Selected Features

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Mon, 29 Aug 2016 18:50:02 GMT

Mike,

What you want to do is very possible but will likely be difficult for someone with no JS experience. The attribute widget does listen for selections that occur on a layer (so it does respond to selections using the select widget) and the AT widget does have the ability to export to a csv. So there may be no need for any custom development.

Re: Custom Query on Selected Features

der — Thu, 03 Oct 2024 19:25:56 GMT

Hi Mike,

I was wondering if you were able to accomplish this. I am looking to do something similar using Dynamic Text to return fields in features selected. Thanks in advance!