topic Simple custom widget example that interacts with a custom geoprocessing tool in Web AppBuilder Custom Widgets Questions

Simple custom widget example that interacts with a custom geoprocessing tool

RaynerHoward — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 14:35:54 GMT

Hello everyone. I've built and published a geoprocessing tool that lets an ArcMap user click somewhere near a line (route) and it generates a shapefile with calculated station & offset values. This is my first real foray into model builder and designing a GP tool to work with a custom in-panel WAB widget. Seems like I'm taking on a lot at once. So where does one start? I've looked at example custom widgets but they're either too complicated or they don't shake hands with a GP tool and display the calculated results. I'd like to create a very simple custom widget that prompts the user for a point (click on the WAB map) and it displays the station & offset information from the shapefile generated by the geoprocessing service.

I've gone through the instructions here: Create a custom in-panel widget—Web AppBuilder for ArcGIS (Developer Edition) | ArcGIS for Developers and checked out some of the custom widgets here: Web AppBuilder Widget Search

Is there a very simple custom widget out there that can interact with a geoprocessing service?

Re: Simple custom widget example that interacts with a custom geoprocessing tool

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 14:41:30 GMT

Rayner,

No there is not a simple custom widget out there for interacting with a GP service. But why are you not using the otb GeoProcessing widget in WAB?

Geoprocessing widget—Web AppBuilder for ArcGIS (Developer Edition) | ArcGIS for Developers

Re: Simple custom widget example that interacts with a custom geoprocessing tool

RaynerHoward — Wed, 27 Apr 2016 12:57:41 GMT

Thanks Robert. Didn't realize there was a geoprocessing widget in WAB. Figured I would have to create a custom widget from scratch.