topic Displaying Nested Related Records in ArcGIS Web AppBuilder Questions

Displaying Nested Related Records

DannyHatcher — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:27:05 GMT

I have a feature class with nested related records like so: FeatureClass-->Table1-->Table2. If I click on a feature and select 'show related records' I'll get an attribute table tab with results from Table1. If I then select a record from that Table 1 tab and try to show related records the option is always disabled (greyed out). If I open attributes for Table1 via the layer list however this will work correctly for the same record (ie. I can select that record in the tab and then choose 'show related records' and get a tab for Table2 with any records related to the selected item in Table1).

This seems to definitely be a bug. Any ideas on how to get around this or get it fixed?

Re: Displaying Nested Related Records

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:46:01 GMT

Danny,

I would say that it is a currently unsupported feature. Have you logged this with tech support?

Re: Displaying Nested Related Records

DannyHatcher — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:49:08 GMT

Robert,

No, I'm not sure how to do that.

Re: Displaying Nested Related Records

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:56:21 GMT

Danny,

Sorry, I assumed an esri employee would know that. All you need to do is call 1-888-377-4575 and choose the technical support option.

Re: Displaying Nested Related Records

XanderBakker — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:15:54 GMT

As Robert Scheitlin, GISP mentioned, currently only relationshipclasses for the first level are support in WAB. You can access them through REST, but the widgets in WAB wont show them.

We had a simular case and had to reduce the relationshipclasses to a single level (some attributes were added to the featureclass and the rest in the 1:M related table).

There are some other restrictions when consulting related features. From a selection of the table you wont be able to show the related features or filter features based on a selection from the related table. To mimic this functionality we tested converting the table to featureclass (using the label points of the related polygons). Far from optimal, but could be an option in some cases.

Re: Displaying Nested Related Records

DannyHatcher — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:23:52 GMT

Ouch. No I rarely have the need to contact support directly. I emailed support. Hopefully this will be something they are willing to work on. Better support for related workflows would be really nice.

Re: Displaying Nested Related Records

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:29:56 GMT

Danny,

I did not mean my reply to be taken in a negative way (sometimes non-verbal communication can be tricky in the way it is received).

Re: Displaying Nested Related Records

TimMinter — Fri, 13 May 2016 16:11:54 GMT

It appears to me that the Esri web world is still pretty flat from a schema perspective. I'm hopeful that with the build-out of ArcGIS API for JavaScript 4.0, Esri's web tools will be able to make full use of its native data structure - the geodatabase.

Until then, I'm having to do the same thing you are - flatten out our data via a crazed Rube Goldberg ETL process in order to enable staff who are authorities for information to keep their info up to date and let other staff make use of that info.

happy Friday,

tim

Re: Displaying Nested Related Records

JackZHANG — Thu, 15 Sep 2016 01:34:05 GMT

hi Xander, so just wondering if ESRI has plan in next 12 months to enhance ArcGIS Online or WAB so it can show nested relationship. thanks.

Re: Displaying Nested Related Records

XanderBakker — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 01:32:31 GMT

That is a goog question. Unfortunately, I do not know if this being considered. I will cc dlaw-esristaff who might be able to provide you with an answer.

Re: Displaying Nested Related Records

LemaoWu — Sun, 18 Sep 2016 06:53:41 GMT

We have a plan to show related records (incl. nested related records) on the map pop-up direclty besides the current in Attribute Table widget. It should be in the year-end release of 2016.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Re: Displaying Nested Related Records

XanderBakker — Sun, 18 Sep 2016 19:50:32 GMT

Thanks LWu-esristaff . Would be create to enable hyperlinks too in both if a field contains a URL.

Re: Displaying Nested Related Records

LemaoWu — Tue, 20 Sep 2016 08:31:40 GMT

Xander, This would be supported. Thanks.

Re: Displaying Nested Related Records

sethdocherty — Thu, 26 Jan 2017 18:55:55 GMT

HeyLemao Wu‌, I was wondering if any there is any more news on nested relationships within WAB? It looks like WAB for portal still does not see nest relationships.

For my specific case, I'm clicking on a parcel feature and accessing related table features through the popup. (Related features open up in the attribute table). My goal is to dig down two tables deep to access information in table 2: Feature Class -> Table 1 -> Table 2

Re: Displaying Nested Related Records

LemaoWu — Fri, 03 Feb 2017 07:25:23 GMT

Hi Seth, The enhancement is available in Web AppBuilder Online version (Dec. 2016) and Developer Edition 2.3. For Portal, it will be in Portal 10.5.1.

Re: Displaying Nested Related Records

BillSpiking__GISP — Thu, 10 Aug 2017 15:23:30 GMT

Hello,

Can you tell me if editing nested related tables is supported in the latest version of WAB online version?

Thank you,

Bill