topic Re: Using Custom Widgets in AGOL and Portal in ArcGIS Web AppBuilder Questions

Using Custom Widgets in AGOL and Portal

RandallClark2 — Tue, 12 Apr 2016 00:42:50 GMT

So i know, or i think, that this has been asked many time before but i am still unclear as to if it is possible or not , especially since the release of 10.3 and now 10.4 but is there a way to use custom widgets that i make using WAB Dev or that others have made.

Really for the time i am interested in widget made by others.

Anyone care to enlighten me?

Re: Using Custom Widgets in AGOL and Portal

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Tue, 12 Apr 2016 12:05:11 GMT

Randall,

Currently it is not possible to add custom widgets to AGOL WAB or Portal WAB. The development team is working towards make this a possibility for Portal WAB though. If you want to use custom widget right now the only option is to use WAB Dev and host the app on your own web server or some web hosting service.

Re: Using Custom Widgets in AGOL and Portal

RandallClark2 — Tue, 12 Apr 2016 12:50:37 GMT

Hi Robert,

Thanks for the quick and concise response.

Obligatory follow up question 1:

Any idea when the Dev team plans to release a update that allows customs widgets to work with Portal WAB?

Re: Using Custom Widgets in AGOL and Portal

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Tue, 12 Apr 2016 13:04:37 GMT

No, All I got was that they are looking hard at it, but there was even hesitation to announce it at the Dev Summit.

Re: Using Custom Widgets in AGOL and Portal

AdrianWelsh — Tue, 12 Apr 2016 19:54:37 GMT

Robert, as a somewhat work around, could you kind of create your own geoprocessing tool on the desktop side, publish it, and then add it as a geoprocessing widget?

Re: Using Custom Widgets in AGOL and Portal

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Tue, 12 Apr 2016 20:08:47 GMT

Adrian,

Sure, if you can get what you want in a GP Service.

Re: Using Custom Widgets in AGOL and Portal

RandallClark2 — Tue, 12 Apr 2016 20:33:59 GMT

This is what i am trying to do...

But IMO making it easy to bring in custom widgets seems to be a no brainier. There are a lot of widgets out i would love to use. Roberts eSearch Widget comes to mind right away but since i dont have the background of access to the skills need to publish it to a web server and integrate in to my maps that way.. well i am just stuck.

ESRI hits it out of the park sometimes and other times just drops it...

Re: Using Custom Widgets in AGOL and Portal

RandallClark2 — Tue, 12 Apr 2016 20:41:06 GMT

So i am understanding this, WEB Dev is need to build apps and widgets but to use WEB Dev you need Portal or AGOL but once you make a Web App you cant not deploy it except to your own web server?

Follow up question, where would i look to learn the second part?

Re: Using Custom Widgets in AGOL and Portal

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Tue, 12 Apr 2016 21:07:01 GMT

Randall,

You got it. The second part of deploying your app to your own web server is pretty standard IT stuff so you may want to involve your IT guys. But if you are just wanting to learn it yourself then then look at this pdf from Tapas. Start at page 227 but the whole pdf will probably be useful.

http://www.tapasdas.com/WABv2.pdf

Re: Using Custom Widgets in AGOL and Portal

RandallClark2 — Tue, 12 Apr 2016 22:04:18 GMT

"want to involve your IT guys"

haha ahh thats pretty much me...everything we are doing from setting up Sever to configuring public access to service to install Portal is all new to the IT department here. Plus its just quicker and faster if i do it myself sometimes.

Thanks for link

Re: Using Custom Widgets in AGOL and Portal

RebeccaStrauch__GISP — Wed, 13 Apr 2016 05:03:43 GMT

Randall, personally, I find the best way to learn something like WAB developer edition, and to see what it can do, is to just start playing with it. Since you can do so for basically no money, (testing, learning, but not for work or profit), the only thing it costs is time. Even with the developer edition, you can do a lot, including using many of the custom widgets, without even having to dig into code. The .pdf by TAPAS DAS that Robert Scheitlin, GISP pointed out has great info.

For or a list of most, if not all of the custom widgets that people have shared, you can check out my blog Web AppBuilder Developer Edition - Customization Resource List

to to get a free developer license including a limit AGOL developer site, go to ArcGIS for Developers

when it it comes to deploying, you can test much of this by setting up IIS on your local desktop, but once you are wanting to deploy you would want to use a server with security, etc.

Re: Using Custom Widgets in AGOL and Portal

KathleenWallis — Wed, 13 Apr 2016 06:33:53 GMT

Ain't that the truth. My IT department has no clue.

Re: Using Custom Widgets in AGOL and Portal

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Wed, 13 Apr 2016 13:03:32 GMT

Even if your IT people do not know GIS. They will know simple IT stuff like deploying a webpage to a web server though.

Re: Using Custom Widgets in AGOL and Portal

RandallClark2 — Wed, 13 Apr 2016 16:03:42 GMT

Hi Rebecca,

i agree. probably most of everything i have learned has been just by playing with the software. Really its just been a matter of trying to prioritize everything the i need to learn.

Program and development has been on that list but i am realizing that i mighty need to bump it up and make it my focus for the year.

I figure it will help prevent the problems (or at least limit them) that i am currently running in to.

And now, since i know it needs to be done, its really trying to figure where to start.

I think figuring out how to deploy Web Apps and widgets on my websever would be a good place to start since i can then at least start using the ones that other people have made in my maps.

Re: Using Custom Widgets in AGOL and Portal

KathleenWallis — Thu, 14 Apr 2016 22:40:58 GMT

Randall - Please go through the pdf found at the link below.
Robert Scheitlin has developed many custom widgets. Read the tapasdas pdf at the link above in Rebecca's message. So the answer is yes. If you
download the WAB developer's addition you can then incorporate custom widgets. It is all in the pdf.

Katy

Re: Using Custom Widgets in AGOL and Portal

JeffPace — Thu, 11 May 2017 13:48:01 GMT

Robert,

Is there any update on this at 10.5 or 10.6? Can we add custom widgets to Portal?

Re: Using Custom Widgets in AGOL and Portal

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Thu, 11 May 2017 13:50:20 GMT

Jeff,

No for 10.5, but I have not heard yet if it will make 10.6.

Re: Using Custom Widgets in AGOL and Portal

JeffPace — Thu, 11 May 2017 14:24:48 GMT

Thats a huge bummer. We purchased /acquired a few widgets (Pictometry, etc.) and not being able to use those in a template is a major issue.

Re: Using Custom Widgets in AGOL and Portal

DerekLaw — Fri, 12 May 2017 07:27:48 GMT

Hi Jeff,

FYI, support for custom widgets for Web AppBuilder embedded in Portal for ArcGIS will be supported in the 10.5.1 release. This is the next ArcGIS release, targeted for UC timeframe.

Hope this helps,

Re: Using Custom Widgets in AGOL and Portal

RichardHughes2 — Thu, 01 Jun 2017 20:04:00 GMT

Hi Derek,

Is the functionality to modify the popup for the results layer in the Query widget (just an example) in Portal embedded WAB something that will be possible?

Do you know how to get the popup for the results to be identical to the popup for the layer in the webmap? We are receiving complaints that the results popup does not show the links that we created for the layer.