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Edit Tool in Web AppBuilder

JoeFlannery — Mon, 29 Sep 2014 13:56:03 GMT

It appears that the Edit Tool in a Web AppBuilder map does not work with a feature service from ArcGIS for Server. A "hosted" feature service from within AGOL works just fine. Will the final release of WAB allow ArcGIS for Server Feature Service editing?

P.S. I love the Cut/Split and Union capability in the Edit tools! Bravo!

Re: Edit Tool in Web AppBuilder

Anonymous User — Sat, 04 Oct 2014 00:52:21 GMT

When you click on the edit button (or Edit Layers tab, depending on what theme you're using), is your list of editable features in reverse order compared to the legend or layers list tab? I don't see anywhere to change the order of the editable features.

Re: Edit Tool in Web AppBuilder

JoeFlannery — Sun, 05 Oct 2014 13:20:59 GMT

Ben:

I see the same behavior - Edit layers are in reverse order of the Table of Contents Layer List.

Re: Edit Tool in Web AppBuilder

JoeFlannery — Sun, 05 Oct 2014 13:59:14 GMT

MY MISTAKE!

I added features services from ArcGIS for Server (AGS) into my map that feeds the Web AppBuilder (WAB) app. I then forgot to go back into the WAB Edit Widget and "Configure" the new feature services to be Editable. So, to be clear, Feature Services from AGS can be edited via a WAB map app.

Re: Edit Tool in Web AppBuilder

VenusScott — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 14:20:45 GMT

Unless they are "secured" feature services. I've just reported a "bug" regarding "secured" feature services on AGS and the AGOL WAB tool. Support confirmed my findings.

Re: Edit Tool in Web AppBuilder

JoeFlannery — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 15:45:26 GMT

Venus:

I'm not sure of your workflow, but I am using "secured" features services from our ArcGIS for Server in my Web AppBuilder map.

My workflow is as follows:

Add a secure feature service to "My Content" in AGOL. Make sure to "Store" the UN/PW with the service.
Create and Save a new map in AGOL that includes your secure feature service.
Share the map and feature service with a Group
In the new map, use the "Share" then "Make a Web Application" options to build your Web AppBuilder map.
Configure your Web AppBuilder map making sure to enable editing as I discuss in an earlier posting in this thread.
Save and use the web map app.

Re: Edit Tool in Web AppBuilder

VenusScott — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 15:51:11 GMT

I should have clarified this more. I am using a secured feature services hosted on our AGS and not on AGOL.

What's really strange about this is I can use the same secured feature service and any other AGOL "template" application just fine, just not the WAB.

Re: Edit Tool in Web AppBuilder

BrendanWalashek — Fri, 31 Oct 2014 17:01:47 GMT

I am having the same issue. In the WAB configuration window for the Edit Widget, the editable Feature Service I have running under my AGS just does NOT show up as an option to choose in the Edit Widget Config.

I followed the "Joe Flannery" workflow above, but still no dice. Any ideas to try?

Re: Edit Tool in Web AppBuilder

VenusScott — Mon, 03 Nov 2014 15:45:49 GMT

Yes there is a work around! ESRI logged the bug as [BUG-000082858: When using a secure service with Web AppBuilder, receive the message “Unable to access the authentication service” whenever credentials are provided during the configuration phase].

The work around is "When using either Chrome or Firefox, if you navigate to the REST endpoint of your secure service and sign in with your credentials, the service will display if you return to configure Web AppBuilder. Therefore, If you are still planning on working with Web AppBuilder, I suggest testing this workaround. "

Hope this helps until they resolve the issue.

Re: Edit Tool in Web AppBuilder

Anonymous User — Tue, 11 Nov 2014 02:01:43 GMT

Any else having issues with all of your layers loading in the Edit widget? It only displays the layers that all together make up the width of your screen, so if I were to scroll down in the list of templates (see images below) none would appear past the initial 12 or so layers, which the width of my screen can display without scrolling down. You can see that it doesn't even show the symbology for Culverts. That whole side panel for the Edit widget is buggy.

Re: Edit Tool in Web AppBuilder

TobiasFimpel1 — Tue, 11 Nov 2014 03:25:46 GMT

Interesting, and thanks for posting the workaround @Venus Scott. I did not run into any issue with AGS security running ArcGIS Server 10.1 SP1 with AD as identity store. I agree that the editor widget design is far from perfect. I have had most luck with the theme shown below (I think it's called the "foldable" theme.)

Re: Edit Tool in Web AppBuilder

Anonymous User — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 00:20:33 GMT

My issue is odd. I've been back and forth with Esri and they are able to load all of my features in any Edit Widget, but they don't know why I can't. As far as I can tell there are two ways in which you can access a Widget within WAB. One is through the buttons that overlay the map itself, such as these buttons:

These buttons open up a pop-up that is small and if I have my Edit Widget setup through one of these buttons ALL of my 19 features are displayed in it. However, the other way to setup a Widget is in one the tabs in either WAB theme, like this:

The pop-up window(panel) with these tabs is set to bigger dimensions by default and the only layers that load for me are those you see in the screenshot in my earlier post. It only displays features that add up to the width of my screen. I've tried dozens of things to fix this. Maybe I can go in and change the size of the feature template symbols displayed in the Edit Widget.

Re: Edit Tool in Web AppBuilder

VenusScott — Thu, 20 Nov 2014 16:31:04 GMT

Please keep us informed on any resolution! Very interesting.

Re: Edit Tool in Web AppBuilder

Anonymous User — Thu, 20 Nov 2014 17:38:31 GMT

I found out that edit feature templates all load for me in a WAB app that started from AGOL, but not in the developer edition. Esri closed the case because the AGOL version works fine for me, not sure what's going to happen in the Developer edition though and I don't know if anyone else but me is encountering this issue. If I want to setup the Edit widget as a tab in a Developer edition WAB app I just have to go into the apps config.json and change the height of the Edit widget window. Not ideal, but its the only way all the features will display. Maybe I should completely re-install Beta 3 on our server.

The Esri support guy also told me this about the final release: 'The final release should be around the release of 10.3, as that's when it will be included in Portal for ArcGIS. The developers edition will be final as well as the version from ArcGIS Online.'

Re: Edit Tool in Web AppBuilder

ECSGIS — Tue, 28 Jul 2015 14:33:38 GMT

Joe

You reference storing the UN/PW with the service. How do you do that? We use secured services and it seems a pain to have to login to AGOL AND AGS.

Re: Edit Tool in Web AppBuilder

JoeFlannery — Thu, 30 Jul 2015 20:45:24 GMT

ECS GIS:

We use enterprise logins to access AGOL. We are using SAML/ADFS. Therefore, Active Directory is our Identity Store. AD Security Groups are setup on ArcGIS for Server that are then respected in AGOL.

Re: Edit Tool in Web AppBuilder

CameronJohnsen — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 21:25:57 GMT

Is anyone else having issues editing feature services that are symbolized using unique values? Only one of my templates works the other two will show up in the edit widget but will not draw and pop up to edit attributes.