Add "Everyone with link" can view, sharing option (Portals & ArcGis Online)

[NickJones8]

Add: "Everyone with link" option for sharing - Content would not be searchable, or indexed for *everyone* to find like normal "everyone" permissons, but if a visitor has the link provided by the content owner, they could view in the same fashion as the current "everyone" settings. This could go for files, maps, apps, data, etc. This is a feature currently standard within Youtube, and Google docs, where the users of the internet can not search for, or resolve the desired content, but can get to it if they have the direct link generated by content owner. 

[JohnMDye]

I agree it would be valuable to have some kind of semi-public sharing option where the content item in question was not indexed for search results. This is especially true so long as the draconian Named User Licensing model is in play.

[ThomasEdghill]

Thank you for posting this idea, I've gone ahead and marked it as "Reviewed."

I'd like to understand some more about this request from an ArcGIS Enterprise context. With ArcGIS Enterprise, sharing with "Everyone" is dependent on the network which ArcGIS Enterprise is connected to - if it's an internal network with no external connections allowed, sharing with "Everyone" will still be restricted by the network architecture and no external connections can view the content.

So with that in mind, would ArcGIS Enterprise users still be interested in using functionality such as a Shared Link? If so, how would it be used which differs from Sharing with "Everyone" and using the URL for the item? 

[NickJones8]

Thanks for your response. From the enterprise standpoint, speaking of an internal company network at a company that is not all GIS folks, there is probably not the structured permissions, groups, and user levels applied to everyone as there may be in a company that dels with GIS mainly. So you will have a lot of folks that might just be random adhoc viewers, need access to directed contend on a case by case basis to review, present, etc. In these cases there may also be times when the content being shared is not for everyone's consumption even though on the same network, but would be advantageous to be shared at the "anyone with link can view" level. 

[ThomasEdghill]

Thank you for the reply, Nick. This context is helpful and makes sense to me.

If any other Enterprise users want to share their insight on how this functionality would be beneficial for them, please continue to post here in the comments! 

[JohnMDye]

Nick pretty much nailed it. There needs to be a way to make content accessible by anyone without necessarily having to let everyone know its out there.

[RyanHildebrand2]

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DO THIS!