Please include the "Add Data" Widget that is available in ArcGIS Web AppBuilder to ArcGIS Experience Builder.
Yes Please! That is really important and necessary! @TimAlbert
Agree. This widget is necessary.
This widget in necessary for us to move to EB
Actually, not only "Add Data" feature
all other functionalities already in Arc WebMap Application are all important and we hope they can all be available in EB (Experience Builder).
Could really use the "add data" widget. I'm supporting a large community of users that would like to see this functionality in experience builder. How soon is it expected?
Yes please, this would really help one of our workflows. Any indication of when this is to be expected?
Thank you,
Heather.
My organization needs this add data widget, and when a shapefile is added we need the ability to change the symbology color and fill transparency. We are in environmental consulting and we need to be able to input the project area, so we can compare it to the environmental resources in the area.
I'm just getting into EB and finding that almost none of the functionality from Web App Builder exists in EB. How can this be if EB is meant o replace WAB?
One more vote for this. I see it's listed in the roadmap documentation as long term, but it seems like something that should be prioritized.
It's 2022 and still needed. Trying to convince my organization that the web-app-builder is old technology, no longer updated, and shouldn't be use; then in the same breath, explain why the experience builder doesn't have nearly as many features years after release.
Experience Builder team: please add the Add Data widget! I also agree this is very necessary, esp. as I had no choice but to migrate to EB from Web AppBuilder
I really don't understand why this isn't yet a function in Experience Builder. Why do we have the ability to click on a feature in the map and pull it into Survey123, but we don't have the ability to add data to the map? It really limits the usefulness of the Survey123 / Experience Builder integration.
Hi Experience Builder Dev Team,
It would be incredibly helpful if someone on your team could respond to this thread with both an explanation as to why this isn't implemented yet (there must be a legitimate reason) and when it is intended to be added to the mix.
That would help a lot of us to plan when we can start to really implement this great tool.
Thanks,
Kevin
Experience Builder Dev Team -- Can you please tell us what the status is of getting the Add Data widget added to EB? I know this inquiry has been made several times but we'd appreciate some communication. Thanks!
@Jianxia
Agreed, this is a core function that should be included in the EB system, not sure why it's getting no responses on ETAs which is super frustrating
@Jianxia -- many folks on this thread have requested feedback from Esri re: availability of the Add Data widget. As you can see it is quite a popular request. Can you please fill us in and let us know what's what. Thank you!
@USLEOperations and all, thanks for sharing your thoughts!
Per discussion with the team, adding data in ExB would be a little more complicated than that in WAB. As ExB supports both map centric and non-map centric workflows, when data is added on the fly, how other widgets like List should behave? Team is doing the research holistically. Any feedback from you is more than welcome.
While I think it would be excellent to have some of the other widgets communicate with user-added data; I really do think that the minimum viable product here is being able to drop said data onto a map in the same manner as the WAB widget.
For my organization, it is a low bar to entry to utilize our standard web maps as an ad hoc viewer. That way, when anyone receives a KMZ or shapefile, they can quickly look at it. While we have an enterprise license agreement, many organizations operate on the a la carte model.
Allowing users to quickly visualize and explore data within the ExB solves the need for either using the outdated WAB, or teaching a variety of users how to operate a desktop product just to view a piece of data for a few minutes as part of context/understanding/research.
While I appreciate wanting to fully integrate it into all the possibilities that ExB has to offer, the reality for users, is that we're missing a huge piece of functionality in the interim-- --I'm honestly surprised the conversation is just now happening?
@feralcatcolonist_old - I completely agree that this is a core requirement to adoption for many, if not most applications of ExB that include a map.
@Jianxia - First off - thank you and your team again for all the hard work in creating such a great product. I, for one, both recognize and appreciate how much you have put into making this the best it can be and shepherding it's continuous improvement. I also appreciate how difficult it must be to incorporate this given all the ways the data that is added COULD be used. However, I am wondering if there is a way to release a version in the near term that at least makes the Add Data Tool it act as it does in WAB. I believe that in WAB, using the Add Data adds the data to the map widget, the Attribute table, is available as an input to Analysis and is usable in the Select widget. There may be others.
But, at the moment, there are no Analysis or Select Widgets in ExB. The ExB Table tool does not dynamically add data (like WAB does) but it would be good if a layer added by the Add Data widget is added to any tables.
I think if you could solve adding the Add Data tool with the functionality of adding a layer to the map and adding it to the Table widget, then MANY of your users would be very happy.
What does the rest of the crowd think? Is that a good start?
@Jianxia - Hope to see you again at the UC. I'll be sure to stop by and chat again.
I am in 100% agreement with @feralcatcolonist_old and @KevinMWright13 .
When I started work on the GIS platform which is now playing a vital role in our business, I initially developed it in Web AppBuilder and the Add Data widget was incredibly useful, become a need rather than a want. Having been forced to migrate the GIS platform to Experience Builder, it was a bit of a heartache to see the Add Data widget become unavailable. In my experience, I do not see the need to integrate the Add Data widgets with others at this time (if anything, maybe the Table widget, but that would be a nicety).
At a minimum, it would be essential to be able to import GeoJSON, KML/KMZ, and GPX files. We deal with these often.
On another note, in regard to tables and exporting selected features to GeoJSON, it would be quite helpful if the ability to export a selected feature in a table to KML was also provided, as some of our engineering applications deal only with KML. thanks!
@feralcatcolonist_old @KevinMWright13 @USLEOperations, Thank you for your inputs and sharing your workflows. We will keep you updated.
Our organization also needs this feature added to EB. Our clients need to be able to add Shapefile, Feature Class, and/or KML/KMZ files to be able to visualize there data in relation to data already within the web map. Our use case does not require any function with widgets at this time. Please try to add the basic ability to add data to visualize point, polygon, and line features.
Thanks
My organization needs the add data widget in EB too. We have to use WAB developer with a custom widget that allows grouping of layers so that we can have both grouped layers and add data. This is a huge pain to do and host on the server. If EB had the add data widget our life would be much easier.
This capability is needed. Some sort of splash screen detailing WAB capabilities not supported by EB might be helpful. It is a little frustrating to start on an app in EB only to find out WAB should have been used. Perhaps adding the ability to launch WAB from the new Map Viewer would also be helpful. I resisted switching to the new Map Viewer; however, the ability to create group layers sold me on the new viewer.
Another vote in agreement for this! Please esri 🙂
This is getting frustrating. Our organization is also so keen to move on to using experience builder from web app builder and the fact that one of the most important widgets still is not available is ridiculous. This isn't good enough ESRI with the amount of resources you have.
@JosephZebrowski , you can find a glance of WAB widget migration status in the community.
Currently the team is doing research on the Add Data widget. Will keep you updated once an estimated timeline is available. Thanks for your patience.
Another vote from me. Yes please ESRI, having this widget prioritized would be great.
I agree with @macands_admin. If Esri intends for the community to migrate to Experience Builder from Web AppBuilder, they need to make ALL of the widgets which are available in WAB to EB. This is incredibly, incredibly frustrating
Also, as long as Esri is taking a look at the Add Data Widget; I'd love to get some functionality for adding .dwg data per this request:
https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-online-ideas/add-data-widget-wab-add-cad-dwg-files/idi-p/927708
For my organization, it would allow non-GIS users to help screen .dwg data submitted by applicants/contractors in a web format instead of needing to install and license ArcGIS Pro on their machines.
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