Copy Features for Experience Builder
Real-world Problem: First responders are working on an Urban Search & Rescue team during a tornado or flooding event. To organize their search operations, they use a Web App Builder product called Intel Manager within SAR Common Operating Platform (SARCOP) to quickly create search segments and monitor what has been searched. By using Copy Features, they can copy and create a new feature of a selection of Census Block Groups to create one or more search segments. Below is a screenshot of the Smart Editor widget with Web App Builder and a user is using the "Copy by lasso" method to select multiple Census Block Groups to copy.
In the next screenshot, the user created features from the copied Census Block Groups into a new layer called Search Segments.
As we are migrating this project to Experience Builder, this workflow is disrupted because Experience Builder does not offer the ability to Copy Features. Copy Features within the Smart Editor Widget of Web App Builder is a significant workflow for our users. The ability to quickly select multiple features from one layer and then create a new feature to a different layer is critical for our apps that we are migrating to Experience Builder. This workflow is performed during no-notice disaster events, sometimes on tablets on phones so we hope to make this process as simple as possible for our users, rather than needing to use a separate app.
Audience: First Responders, Urban Search & Rescue Team Members.
Technical Problem: Experience Builder does not offer the ability to Copy Features.
Solution: Ability to Copy Features within Experience Builder, similar to the Smart Editor widget from Web App Builder.
Hi all,
Copy and Paste in now available in Experience Builder in ArcGIS Online. It will also be available in Enterprise 12.1 which is targeted for May 2026. You can find it in the Edit widget, when using "Interact with a Map widget" Mode. The option is at the bottom of the Content panel, as part of the Advanced editing tools.
