topic Re: Smart Edit Widget Copy Features in ArcGIS Web AppBuilder Questions

Smart Edit Widget Copy Features

AaronNash__GISP — Tue, 18 Jan 2022 17:21:35 GMT

Hi Everyone,

For what we are trying to do the smart edit widget also does everything, except when we try to copy polyline features it will only allow us to create a multipart polyline. Is there a way to copy features that are not multipart? If we have 5 polylines we would like to copy and append all 5.

any help would be appreciated

thanks in advance

Re: Smart Edit Widget Copy Features

AlixVezina — Tue, 18 Jan 2022 19:14:24 GMT

Hi @AaronNash__GISP ,

Usually the Smart Editor will only allow to create multi-part features when copying features if the target layer you are trying to copy these features into has any fields with only "unique" values allowed. Do any of your fields only allow for unique values (other than the system fields like GlobalID and ObjectID) in the target layer?

Re: Smart Edit Widget Copy Features

AaronNash__GISP — Tue, 18 Jan 2022 19:58:31 GMT

thanks for the response. It appeared to be an issue with the version we were using. I installed the WAB developer version in Enterprise 10.9.1 and the option was there.

Re: Smart Edit Widget Copy Features

AlixVezina — Tue, 18 Jan 2022 20:38:37 GMT

Ah yes it is possible this was due to an issue we have fixed in December, which occurs sometimes with services published from ArcGIS Pro.

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Re: Smart Edit Widget Copy Features

AaronNash__GISP — Tue, 18 Jan 2022 20:56:20 GMT

Hi, one last limitation we were wondering about. We were tested with unversioned data with the WAB builder Developer smart widget in ArcGIS Enterprise 10.9.1 and the create features button was there, we tried with a versioned feature service and the option disappeared. Is this correct that this option is unavailable with a versioned feature class?

thanks in advance

Re: Smart Edit Widget Copy Features

AlixVezina — Tue, 18 Jan 2022 21:46:27 GMT

Please could you share some screenshots to illustrate what you observe and what you would expect to see?

Re: Smart Edit Widget Copy Features

AaronNash__GISP — Tue, 18 Jan 2022 22:00:46 GMT

Hi, so in the below image there are 2 unversioned feature classes

when you copy feature with the unversioned feature class you get below.

This feature class is versioned in the database and stored in SDE.

when trying to copy features to this feature class the below image shows the behavior

Re: Smart Edit Widget Copy Features

AlixVezina — Tue, 18 Jan 2022 22:23:08 GMT

Thank you @AaronNash__GISP , detailed screenshots help! I need to review some of the logic and get back to you asap.

Re: Smart Edit Widget Copy Features

AlixVezina — Tue, 18 Jan 2022 23:24:49 GMT

The logic varies based on your feature geometries and if there are unique value fields in your target layer (the layer you are copying the selected feature-s into).

If your target layer has a field that only allows for unique values, then you will only be able to create one feature at the time.

In the case of a target point layer, since multi-part features cannot be created, you will be prompted to select only one feature. Multi-part features are only allowed for line and polygon layers. This is a known limitation for the copy capability.
For example below, the target is a points layer with a unique values field:
In the case of a target line or polygon layer (in your case above, it is a line layer - so this is your case), you will be prompted to create one feature or a multi-part feature from multiple features selected. In this case, only the "Create multi-part feature" button is shown if multiple features are selected (multiple checkboxes checked), and if 1 checkbox is checked then the "Create feature" button is shown.
For example below the target is line layer with a unique values field:

Here's an app with some example cases you can play around with: https://www.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=d719bd42e2864cb09d3e7add47e6bac2

Now, if there are no fields in your target layer that only allow for Unique values (excluding the system fields), then what you are seeing could be related to the issue I've mentioned in the comment above and then using the Smart Editor widget from the latest version of the Web AppBuilder Developer Edition 2.23 as a custom widget in your Portal would be a good workaround.

Re: Smart Edit Widget Copy Features

AaronNash__GISP — Wed, 19 Jan 2022 15:01:09 GMT

Hi, thank you for the detailed response. We are still unsure about the unique vs non-unique indexing and how it affects our workflow. We found that when you version a feature class it creates an additional unique spatial index. We deleted that spatial index in SQL and the create features button is available, we are unsure of the downstream issues this could create.

Re: Smart Edit Widget Copy Features

AlixVezina — Wed, 19 Jan 2022 16:23:25 GMT

I am not sure what the downstream issues of deleting the spatial index in SQL will be, but it is not recommended. Perhaps it would be better to resolve the issue from the Smart Editor's widget end?

I have a similar case example below, where I am editing a service with versioned data. As you can see the issue should be resolved in the latest version of the widget if you use the widget from the developer edition 2.23, while it is still present in Portal 10.9.1. You can add it to your portal as a custom widget: Add custom widgets—ArcGIS Web AppBuilder | Documentation for ArcGIS Enterprise

If the issue is still present with the latest version of the widget against your versioned service, then we would need to take a closer look at your data schema to better understand what is causing it. If that is the case please contact Esri Support so they can help narrow down the source of the issue. Thank you!

Re: Smart Edit Widget Copy Features

AaronNash__GISP — Wed, 19 Jan 2022 20:31:02 GMT

Thank you for the reply, so we are on the WAB Developer 2.23 version smart editor and did some testing to try and isolate the widget behavior, all data tested in this scenario is polylines and we are copying to a polyline feature class.

Create Features button present
- unversioned feature class
- unversioned feature class with globalID's
- versioned feature class without globalID's
Create features button NOT present
- versioned feature class with globalID's (this is the scenario we are trying to use)

We will create a support case with ESRI and see if we can find some additional troubleshooting steps.

Re: Smart Edit Widget Copy Features

AlixVezina — Wed, 19 Jan 2022 21:06:02 GMT

@AaronNash__GISP There may be one more hands-on workaround if you are willing to modify the code in the dev edition 2.23. The field tied to the unique index you have identified above would need to be skipped in the code. The change would need to be made in the Widget.js file in the section starting on line 8709, in the custom widget you will be importing to your Portal.

Re: Smart Edit Widget Copy Features

AaronNash__GISP — Thu, 20 Jan 2022 15:21:37 GMT

again, thank you very much for your help on this issue. We bypassed the validation code and were able to resolve our issue, the create feature button is now available on a polyline feature class that is versioned with globalIds. We will continue to test and see if any other issues persist.