single-click map selection to update widgets

[KevinMcMaster2]

@DerekLaw  I’m trying to enable Dashboard map-click functionality where when a user clicks on a feature in a map, the widgets in the dashboard update to reflect that selection. Currently, just getting a pop-up (with no widget update) when a feature is clicked on. I know that if I enable the “selection” action, then the user is presented with a non-intuitive selection tool they have to use to select a feature (which then updates the widgets), but that seems really kludge.

I’ve run into this request multiple times for various clients, and usually end up using pick-lists and dropdowns to force a single selection, but it really shouldn’t be that complicated. See a couple of non-Esri solutions that intuitively do what I’m trying to do:

https://capitalprojects.seattle.gov/

https://capitalplanning.nyc.gov/facilities

Thank you!

[patrickb]

With the June 2023 update of ArcGIS Dashboards (approx. June 14), we will make map selection workflows more intuitive. When layer actions are configured, dashboard users simply need to click a feature on the map to select it. There will no longer the requirement to activate a selection tool or to choose a layer when features from more than one layer are selected. The new click-it-to-select-it behavior is automatically enabled when layer actions are configured. If you (as the dashboard author) prefer giving your users the choice to select multiple features within a certain area, you have the option to add a rectangle selection tool to your map. To preserve the built-in map navigation (such as pan), this tool must be activated by the user before each rectangle is drawn on the map. Other new/improved functionality includes using the Shift key to add to a selection, and clicking an empty space on the map will clear the selection.

[TanGnar]

YOOOO! This is awesome news! 

[wayfaringrob]

That is a great solution. Thank you for the update. Looking forward to it.

[KevinMcMaster2]

@patrickb this is excellent news, and I'm guessing so that I don't have to corner you at Esri UC like I did at Dev summit 😉 Thank you and the team's hard work on improving this functionality! 

Kevin

[patrickb]

Please review that what's new documentation for the June 2023 release of ArcGIS Dashboards.  

See also community blog post by Dashboards team member @FriederikeAlschner  

[KevinMcMaster2]

@patrickb the layer action functionality works really well in the desktop view, but unless I'm missing a step, it doesn't seem to be available for mobile view maps? Is that on the roadmap?