topic Re: Smart Editor time tracking. in ArcGIS Web AppBuilder Questions

Smart Editor time tracking.

LefterisKoumis — Fri, 04 Feb 2022 17:58:46 GMT

I am using WAB 2.23.

I noticed that the web map is tracking the time in addition to the user's login and date. However, in the Smart Editor widget, when you look at the attribute table (AT) it displays only the user's login and date. How can we get the time to be displayed as well like the web map's AT?

Re: Smart Editor time tracking.

AlixVezina — Fri, 04 Feb 2022 18:06:21 GMT

Hi @LefterisKoumis , please could you share some screenshots to illustrate what you are looking for? Thank you!

Re: Smart Editor time tracking.

LefterisKoumis — Fri, 04 Feb 2022 18:21:15 GMT

Sure. Here you go. Thanks.

This is from the AT in WAB

This is the AT from the web map with the timestamp as well.

Re: Smart Editor time tracking.

AlixVezina — Fri, 04 Feb 2022 19:34:48 GMT

@LefterisKoumis I am trying to see if I can reproduce this, a few more questions:

- Are you in ArcGIS Online or Portal (what version?)

- How was the feature service created and published?

- Where does the Smart Editor widget fit into your workflow and how do you see it affecting the timestamp?

Thank you!

Re: Smart Editor time tracking.

LefterisKoumis — Fri, 04 Feb 2022 19:53:09 GMT

Hello Alix.

Here are my responses:

- Are you in ArcGIS Online or Portal (what version?)

Portal, version 10.8.1

- How was the feature service created and published?

Used ArcGIS Pro (2.8.4) and enable data editor, Created Offline Service Definition file, then in ArcGIS Server Manager used the file to publish map service with enabled feature service. Then, I created a web map and added the feature layer.

- Where does the Smart Editor widget fit into your workflow and how do you see it affecting the timestamp?

I created a WAB with the web map using the developers version, added the Smart editor and authentication. Users after they login to the Organization they can edit features on the feature service. Everything works great, except the AT does not display the timestamp (see screenshots attached in previous posting). However, if I access the web map I can see the timestamp of the editing done on the WAB.

Thank you.

Re: Smart Editor time tracking.

AlixVezina — Sat, 05 Feb 2022 00:33:05 GMT

I have compared the attribute tables for one of the feature services I've published to my own Portal, and I am also seeing the same thing:

In the web map classic, in the table for a given layer, I can see the timestamps:

But when I look at the attribute table from the Attribute Table widget for that same layer in Web AppBuilder, the timestamp is missing and the date format is different.

@Wei_Ying Do you know if this is a known limitation for the Attribute Table widget?

Re: Smart Editor time tracking.

LefterisKoumis — Tue, 08 Feb 2022 19:03:52 GMT

@WeiYing1 Can you explain the discrepancy between the AT of the portal and WAB? Thanks.

Re: Smart Editor time tracking.

Wei_Ying — Tue, 08 Feb 2022 20:38:21 GMT

Hi @LefterisKoumis , this is a bug in Attribute Table of WAB, and we will try to fix that as early as we can.
The fix will come to new release of ArcGIS Online/ Dev edition or Portal 11+ . But for any released portal in your case 10.8.1, if you would like a fix, you can request a hot fix.

Re: Smart Editor time tracking.

LefterisKoumis — Tue, 08 Feb 2022 20:52:11 GMT

Thank you. How do I request a hot fix?

Re: Smart Editor time tracking.

AlixVezina — Sat, 12 Feb 2022 00:27:35 GMT

I believe you can contact Esri support or talk to your account manager.

Re: Smart Editor time tracking.

TianWen — Mon, 28 Feb 2022 03:40:26 GMT

As I investigate the issue with the team, this is not really a bug. Those automatically generated date fields do not contain format information initially. So the attribute table widget, which gets undefined format, cannot display the fields properly.

Try set the format for those date fields in map viewer and save the map. You'll find the AT is all good.

Let me know if you need further assistance.

Re: Smart Editor time tracking.

LefterisKoumis — Fri, 04 Mar 2022 17:18:06 GMT

Sorry, but this response doesn't make sense. If the screenshots on the earlier posts by me and another ESRI staff shows that the timestamp is already present, doesn't it means that the fields are already configured to show timestamp on the web map? Just to verify of what I am saying here are two screenshots from the webmap attribute config.

Re: Smart Editor time tracking.

ahargreaves_FW — Fri, 01 Apr 2022 18:52:12 GMT

I have my webmap set up to display the created date from a related AT, yet the Smart Editor widget is failing to even show these fields as "Display only" in it's config panel...

I'm on WAB v2.22 using a 10.6.1 portal

Re: Smart Editor time tracking.

AlixVezina — Tue, 05 Apr 2022 16:37:12 GMT

Hi @ahargreaves_FW ,

System fields such as the Editor Tracking fields, the Object ID and Global ID fields are not set to be displayed in the Smart Editor since these fields are read-only.

Since this is an editing focused tool we are only displaying those fields that can be edited, while read-only fields are available in the map pop-up and the Attribute Table widget.

Those system fields can still be used when configuring Smart and Attribute Actions in the widget so you can grab those system generated values and write them into editable fields.

Re: Smart Editor time tracking.

ahargreaves_FW — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 12:51:37 GMT

Hello @AlixVezina ,

Sorry if I wasn't clear but I only ever want to DISPLAY System fields such as the Editor Tracking fields to help a user identify which related record is the most recent. Without being able to see these it's impossible to know which related record is the most recent and have its editable fields edited.

Re: Smart Editor time tracking.

AlixVezina — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 13:00:46 GMT

@ahargreaves_FW Thank you for sharing your use case, we will consider this as an enhancement request.

Re: Smart Editor time tracking.

AlixVezina — Fri, 08 Apr 2022 15:33:23 GMT

Hi @ahargreaves_FW , we have evaluated what changes would need to be made to be able to display the Editor Tracking fields in the Smart Editor, and it would require more extensive core changes that we will not be able to make at this time. Nonetheless, there is a workaround that I hope may fit your needs.

Your should be able to enable 'Show when last edited' from webmap pop-up configuration:

The Editor tracking information will be shown in the widget as bellow:

Re: Smart Editor time tracking.

TianWen — Thu, 14 Apr 2022 03:04:52 GMT

Map viewer will display the default format if there is no format information. But the information is not actually included in the data unless you make it saved in Map Viewer. If by any chance, you want exactly the default format, try setting it to another value, save it, then change the format to the default one and save the data again. Hope it helps!