Happy New Year! Here are features planned for 2023. Keep in mind that they are subject to change please.
Cheers,
Will the add data widget support KMZ/KML in 2023?
Hi, @Jianxia.
We have been waiting for URL parameters to be supported in ExB, having recently built a solution based on Web AppBuilder because it supports the parameters, and unfortunately knowing it would be retired soon. And here we are. We use the id, center, level, and showLayers URL parameters in WAB. Are you able to disclose a complete list of parameters that are planned to be supported, or whether or not these particular ones will be? This will help drive our migration schedule. Thanks!
Hi there, when do you plan to release the Q1 version?
Thanks for the update @Jianxia, it looks like Experience Builder development is really picking up steam!
I have spent a fair amount of time trying to figure out Experience Builder, and have found the existing online training sparce, even for organizations like me with online training included. I see full fledged two-day paid courses are coming later this year, but that will be financially out of reach for many people. Adoption of Experience Builder will be greatly accelerated, and with less grumbling if more free online training is made available for organizations with free online training, which I suspect is most users.
Hi @Jianxia , thanks again for the update. This morning I added five suggestions to the Experience Builder ideas page. but I wanted to summarize them here, in case you could shed some light on whether or not these ideas are already being considered, or have any other helpful suggestions.
Hi @Jianxia - Thanks for the roadmap and Q1 release.Excited for the BA widget to finally be out of beta and to include the workflow mode! After testing it out, I have a couple of comments.
Is there any plan or thought to be able to easily add google analytics to an experience builder app, similar to how we can currently do it in hub and story maps? Our management is pushing me to get some better analytics other than number of hits on the main app, and we do not have the ability to host a custom app where we can add google analytics to the html. We want to be able to get analytics on all of the pages within our exB as well.
Hi @Jianxia ,The Near Me super widget is due in Q2 - is that still on track and do you know yet when it will be released?Thanks,SarahCornwall Council
@Anonymous User, could you share the bug or case number from Esri Support regarding the custom road network service in the Directions widget?
@ClayDonaldsonSWCA Currently the Add Data widget supports adding KML layer via URL. If you want to upload KMZ/KML files, you may submit an enhancement request.
@KennyLohr1 The goal is to reach the parity of WAB App URL parameters in ExB at the end of this year. Thanks for sharing the URL parameters you are using in the WAB app. Your request has been added to the backlog.
@TomDuncanGIS, Thank you for letting us know. We are trying to come up more learn lessons. The following links may help get started:
Thanks for the roadmap. Looking forward to Batch Update.
@Jianxia thanks for the training and resources links. I have found many of those, but I had not see many others. I'm looking forward to release of the new training resources.
@TomDuncanGIS , thanks for sharing these ideas and summarize them! For ideas #1,3 4,5, they have been added to issues in the backlog. For #2 Open Feature Info Widget when selecting a map feature,Could you please clarify it a bit? Looks like you add the Feature Info widget to a Widget Controller and would like to have it open when a feature on the map is selected. Is that correct? Otherwise, you can add it outside the Widget Controller widget like a side panel so it opens all the time as shown below.
@Cathi_Balch , thanks for testing the BA widget. @FasilTiru, could you please look at these two issues mentioned below:
https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-experience-builder-blog/arcgis-experience-builder-2023-roadmap/bc-p/1270384
@LindaSlattery, your request to support google analytics has been added to a backlog issue. It is under the consideration of the development team. No timeline yet. Thanks for letting us know.
@SarahNoakes1, yes, the Near Me widget (beta) is on the track for the June release of Experience Builder in ArcGIS Online.
@HugoAlameda, your request for batch attribute editing has been added to a backlog issue. Thanks for letting us know.
@Cathi_Balch Thanks for the feedback.
1. We are aware of this bug and plan to fix it for the next release. When you use the BA widget, the sites you create are added to the map and that's why you see "unnamed layers" label in the legend and map layer list widgets.
2. We are also working on this feature for the next release. The BA widget will work with the Draw widget when you create polygon features or drop a point feature using the draw widget.
Fasil
BA Team
@Jianxia - thanks. where would I put an enhancement request to update the add data widget to have the same features as the web-app builder version? Losing kml support and the curated filter very much limits the usefulness of the widget for my organization.
Thank you @Jianxia looking forward to batch updating. It would definitely create efficiencies and it seems there's a need for it in various organizations.
When can we expect the next update not that we are past Q1 2023?
Hi @Jianxia
I will clarify my request to open the Feature Info widget when clicking on a feature on the map.
I am trying to replicate the behavior of the Instant App Sidebar template, which will open the sidebar to the Feature Info tool when clicking on a feature, regardless of whether the Sidebar is collapsed or currently displaying another tool. I find the behavior of the sidebar in the Instant App very user friendly and seamless, and it would be great if ExB could replicate it. One of the great features of the Sidebar is it opens the widgets full height and not over the map, so the user does not need to resize or move the widget window.
In ExB, I am using the Sidebar Template and have added a Section widget to the Sidebar. Within the Section widget I have added 12 views, one for each Tool I wish to add. I have added a tool widget to each view, one of which is the Feature Info widget. I have added a column next to the Section with 12 buttons that open each of the views. I prefer the look of buttons to the Views Navigation widget. It will be very common for a user to have a widget open other than the Feature Info, such as Layers or Legend, or perhaps even have the Sidebar closed. Then they may click on a feature on the map, expecting to see a pop-up. But no pop-up info will be visible unless the user clicks on the Feature Info button. This in not intuitive for the user. I would like the view to switch to the Feature Info widget when clicking on a map feature, not matter what widget is currently active, or if the Sidebar is currently closed.
Attached is a screen shot of a feature selected on the map while the Draw widget is active - note that no data is displayed.Selected Feature; Draw active
Then a screen shot after I clicked on the Data button, which opens the Feature Info widget.MapFeature after activating FeatureInfo
Thank you for the updates included in this thread. As with many other users, I'm a bit worried that EB widgets might not inherit all of the features present in their WAB counterparts.
Can you tell us if there will be similar functionality in the new Select widget as is present in WAB? For example, one of the most useful features to our institution is the ability to quickly sum field values in a selection, in our case Area (sq. ft). In addition to the ability to control selected layers, this requires both the add/remove selection functionality (using the "Ctrl" and "Shift" keys) for selecting multiple non-adjacent features, as well as the "Statistics" tool for quickly calculating averages and totals of a field. If this is not already planned for the new "Select" widget, I desperately hope that it can be added. The vast majority of what we are planning to use ArcGIS for hinges on some of these specific and very useful features that are present in WAB.
Thank you for your time and information.
We're really worried about this too @JDenham.
Some widgets appear as if they are complete and available in the functionality matrix (Functionality Matrix for Web AppBuilder and Experi... - Esri Community) when there is actually a lot of missing functionality within each of the widgets. You've highlighted some of the key features like attribute statistics in the attribute table, and showing the count of selected features in the select widget. I hope that these standard widgets are going to be improved, as well as new/missing widgets being developed.
Are there any plans to fix the issue where the Form Title doesn't transfer over to the data editor from the map? At the moment it defaults to ID which is a bit annoying
Hi @Jianxia,
You mentioned in a response above that there is no estimated timeline for group filtering. Is this because of technical issues or is it that other updates are higher priority?
Obviously everyone will argue that their own needs should be prioritised but this is a feature that's been requested in ArcGIS Ideas for 2 years now and the lack of it is meaning we can't use EB for a lot of our projects. Anything that uses related layers, which is a lot of our survey data from S123, is difficult to filter at the moment as you can't filter multiple layers based on a common field (unless you use multiple filters which looks terrible from a user experience). Is the prospect of adding additional layers to the filter or allowing filter actions to include the framework likely to be arriving this year?
Appreciate you get a lot of messages on here but any update on this would be very much appreciated.
Kind Regards
Anthony
Any idea when the Emergency Response Guide widget will be added to experience builder? It is currently only available in web appbuilder, which is not mobile friendly, and of course that is being retired next year.
Thanks!
Linda
are there any plans to enable the new Related Objects functionality in the Popups, in the Info Panels? So that we can build Info Panels that respect the Popup Arcade Expressions?
Cory
Hello, are there any plans to support custom widgets in ArcGIS Online?
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