topic customization of esearch widget in Web AppBuilder Custom Widgets Questions

customization of esearch widget

deepthip — Mon, 16 May 2016 11:06:26 GMT

hi,

I am trying to customize the esearch widget according to my requirement

1. can i know how to add a confirm button in the results prompt in the esearch widget. so that when the confirm button is clicked the result set should be saved in the service that is used.

2. what files need to be edited in the esearch.zip for the above mentioned requirement?

Re: customization of esearch widget

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Mon, 16 May 2016 13:20:13 GMT

Deepthi,

I am not sure I understand your question.

so that when the confirm button is clicked the result set should be saved in the service that is used

Are you saying that your layer will be a FeatureServer (that allows editing) and you want to save the results as new features in the FeatureServer service layer?...

Re: customization of esearch widget

deepthip — Mon, 16 May 2016 16:26:45 GMT

yes, i need to save the fields of the result in the feature service server database

Re: customization of esearch widget

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Mon, 16 May 2016 16:33:44 GMT

Deepthi,

I am not sure I can help with this. Have you searched the JS API forums on adding features using FeatureLayer.applyEdits method?

Re: customization of esearch widget

deepthip — Mon, 16 May 2016 16:39:47 GMT

no, can i get the link for that to refer

Re: customization of esearch widget

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Mon, 16 May 2016 17:19:43 GMT

Deepthi,

Here is the JS API documentation link for that method:

FeatureLayer | API Reference | ArcGIS API for JavaScript | applyEdits

Re: customization of esearch widget

deepthip — Tue, 17 May 2016 04:16:06 GMT

can u let me know what files of the esearch.zip folder need to edited to get the button functionality done

Re: customization of esearch widget

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Tue, 17 May 2016 12:08:25 GMT

Uday,

The file would be the Widget.js and probably the _drawResults function.

Re: customization of esearch widget

deepthip — Tue, 17 May 2016 15:52:09 GMT

Am new to arcgis.. Can u tell the flow of execution(starting from which file it starts and next through which file it continues) of the eSearch widget if u can. Thanks in Advance.

Re: customization of esearch widget

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Tue, 17 May 2016 16:11:02 GMT

Deepthi,

You may be in over your head. The eSearch is a complex widget with many code paths and customizable features which make the code even more complex. The Widget.js is over 2800 lines of code, it would not be practical from me to explain the flow of the widget, but the basics are:

When the user does a by value search the search button is clicked and the onSearch function is called. The onSearch method calls the search function which calls the _onSearchFinish function, which calls the _drawResults function.