topic Re: Moving web AppBuilder app from test to prod - external data source in Web AppBuilder Custom Widgets Questions

Moving web AppBuilder app from test to prod - external data source

OfraAinemer — Fri, 24 Aug 2018 18:02:36 GMT

Many times I move apps between environments, I update the web map id (config.json => itemid), and find-replace all rest url's (notepad++ is great for that).

Now I've used external data source in the app. These sources are from the same web map used in the app. I use them in InfoGraphic widgets#.

The migrated app shows "No data" for all these widgets.

What should I change in order to reconnect to the external data source?

I do not have dev edition in the production environment...

I'll appreciate any help.

Thanks
Ofra

Re: Moving web AppBuilder app from test to prod - external data source

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Fri, 24 Aug 2018 18:24:21 GMT

Ofra,

if you have updated the external data souces in the main config.json then you may need to update the apps/configs/Infographic/config__##.json file

Re: Moving web AppBuilder app from test to prod - external data source

OfraAinemer — Fri, 24 Aug 2018 22:02:18 GMT

Thanks Robert,

I've found in the main config file and the widgets config files something like LayerID~numbers

The layer Id is taken from the web map.

I've changed the layer id in all those config files to the same layer id I found in the new web map (using portal/sharing/rest/content/item/[webmapID]/data...).

I still get "no data".

Any thing else I should change?

Thanks

Ofra

Re: Moving web AppBuilder app from test to prod - external data source

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Mon, 27 Aug 2018 14:30:37 GMT

Ofra,

That is all that I am aware of.

Re: Moving web AppBuilder app from test to prod - external data source

OfraAinemer — Mon, 27 Aug 2018 18:55:54 GMT

Thanks.

At the end, I've installed the dev environment and put the app in it. When I've checked the external data source definition - everything reconnected and worked fine, without any change. Kind of "refresh".

Ofra