topic Re: Custom Widget Not Available in WAB in Web AppBuilder Custom Widgets Questions

Custom Widget Not Available in WAB

JoshuaLapp — Wed, 18 Apr 2018 17:32:06 GMT

Hello all, I recently created an App Builder Extension in portal and I can't get it to show up as a widget in the portal Web App Builder. I am using Portal 10.6. Here were my steps:

1) copied the custom widget folder to a website hosted on IIS

2) added the custom widget into Portal clicking Add > an Application > Application Extension (App Builder)

3) shared the application extension with my group.

4) Created a new web mapping application.

The documentation states that custom widgets will show up in a tab titled "Custom Widgets" in the choose widget dialog box. This isn't happening. Any ideas?

Re: Custom Widget Not Available in WAB

deleted-user-bWhhezP4R-ec — Tue, 01 May 2018 18:27:55 GMT

Did ya figure it out?

Re: Custom Widget Not Available in WAB

DerekLaw — Tue, 01 May 2018 23:45:53 GMT

Hi Joshua & Cameron,

Some suggestions to help troubleshoot:

Q1) Did you verify that you referenced the URL path to a manifest file correctly? For example, <server.domain.com>/<my widget>/manifest.json.

Q2) The web server where the custom widget is hosted, has anonymous access been enabled? has a JSON handler been added? HTTPS and CORS been enabled?

Hope this helps,

Re: Custom Widget Not Available in WAB

Katie_Clark — Tue, 25 Feb 2020 18:34:28 GMT

Derek Law‌, I am having a similar issue. I am attempting to add a custom widget to my Portal's WAB for the first time. The widget is hosted on our web server and I added it as an Application Extension. It appears in the "Custom" widget section within the WAB interface, and I added it as a widget in the app configuration. The preview of the app shows the intended behavior of the widget. However, when you launch the application, it no longer appears.

Any idea what could be causing this behavior?

Thanks!

Re: Custom Widget Not Available in WAB

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Tue, 25 Feb 2020 19:36:12 GMT

Katherine,

What errors do you see in the browsers web console When you try and use the widget in your portal?

Re: Custom Widget Not Available in WAB

Katie_Clark — Wed, 26 Feb 2020 15:48:34 GMT

Hi Robert,

Thanks so much for your response. As I mentioned, I am still very new to this customization process so it turned out to be a rookie mistake. After looking at the web console I was able to see that the app was trying to reference the wrong manifest URL for the widget, since IT changed the directory structure on our web server. (the reason I didn't suspect this initially is because the widget was displaying and behaving normally in the "builder" view). I was able to correct the situation by re-adding the widget as an Application Extension and updating the URL.

As a side-note, a huge thank you for all the work that you've contributed to this community. The widget I was adding was the "Popup Panel" widget you created, and it's extremely useful. Resources like this are a huge help to someone like me who is just starting to explore the possibilities of customization, coming from a strictly "ArcGIS Online/Esri Hosted Services" environment.

Cheers,

Katherine

Re: Custom Widget Not Available in WAB

DerekLaw — Fri, 28 Feb 2020 05:30:32 GMT

Hi Katherine,

> ... it turned out to be a rookie mistake ... I was able to correct the situation by re-adding the widget as an Application Extension and updating the URL.

I'm glad to hear your issue is resolved.