ArcGIS Dashboards Blog

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The November 2024 update for ArcGIS Dashboards introduces several exciting enhancements, bug fixes, and performance improvements.

Tips for getting started with ArcGIS Dashboard's new Theme capability from a "professional dashboard builder".

Over the last few releases, ArcGIS Dashboards has made some changes to how data visualizations work behind-the-scenes. With the June 2024 release, that effort will be completed, meaning we will have set ArcGIS Dashboards up to bring far more chart types and features than ever before to users. 

Read more to check out what's new and how you might be impacted. 

(June 2024) 

Tips and tricks for adding embedded content to your ArcGIS Dashboards from a professional dashboard builder.

With the June 2023 update of ArcGIS Dashboards, we’ve made map selection workflows much more intuitive for dashboard viewers. When layer actions are configured, users simply need to click a feature on the map to select it.

Here are the highlights of what's changed.

(last update Jun 22)

Creating feature sets with date fields has gotten easier in data expressions. No longer do you have to convert dates to EPOCH.

Learn when to use bar charts in your ArcGIS Dashboards, as well as best practices from a "professional dashboard builder". 

Do you have any "to do" dashboards in your organization? I do! These often come with a big indicator: items left to do. I like to use conditional formatting in those indicators to make getting to 0 more satisfying. It's a small thing, but it's surprising how often I hear about it from my users.

Judging by the feedback I receive, this is really all the people want.

Now, I get it. Most dashboards (especially public-facing ones) probably ought to be more professional. But if nobody's forcing you to make a dry and soulless infographic, why not loosen up a little?

Believe it or not, I actually got a feature request recently to take the emoji idea further: could I make the emoji change randomly?

Of course I can!

Get your indicator set up the way you want, and just slip this little bit of Arcade into your Advanced Formatting code block, adjusting the list of emojis to your liking:

var emojis = [
    '😻',
    '🏆',
    '🏅',
    '🥇',
    '🎉',
    '🥳',
    '🙌🏾',
    '🥂',
    '🎂',
    '🍾'
]

var emoji = emojis[Floor(Random() * (Count(emojis)-1))]

Then reference the emoji variable in the returned middleText property.

Here it is with a short refresh interval:

Now go make your dashboard a little more fun to look at!

Plus a custom linebreaking function for long strings!