Attribute fields change order in offline map area

[GayleNeufeld]

I finally have my offline map areas working properly, after several versions and over an hour on the phone with Esri tech support.  It's been a bit of a nightmare.  While I'm happy that we seem to be able to use field maps, I noticed that the attribute fields are in a different order in the offline map area than they are in the attribute table.  The order they are now in is not in the direction of flow for our work.  Has this happened to anybody else?  Any ideas on how to change the order in the offline map area?

[RhettZufelt]

Are you talking about the order of the fields in the form when you add a new feature in Field Maps?  If so, in the Field Maps web app, you can arrange the order of the fields in the form to whatever you want and will be represented in the field maps app.

If you have already downloaded an offline area, you will have to remove and re-download the offline area to the device for these changes to be reflected.

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[GayleNeufeld]

I used a hosted feature layer and not a form because we have thousands of items in our drop down menus.  It was better to use the domain to do it than type in thousands of options.  The order was fine until I made a copy of the feature layer yesterday, which I did with Esri tech support because the offline map areas wouldn't download for some users.  It's a mess.

[RhettZufelt · Accepted solution]

Guess I'm confused as to what you are refereing to then.  "Where" are the attributes in a different order?

If you are not using forms, then I assume you are just using Field maps for a map, and not for data collection. 

If so, you must be refereing to the order of the popups.  The popup (and form) order can be changed and saved in the map viewer web app.

However, you are talking about domains and drop downs, which seem to suggest you are collecting data with Field Map app.   Without a Form, Field Maps app doesn't show any attributes and only lets you collect the geometry of a feature.

Suspect maybe you conveted the popups to a form (default option in  Form Config if form doesn't exist) and didn't realize it.  Open the map in map viewer (not classic) and click the Form Config button (as in image below) and see what it shows.  This is the order of fields when you add/edit a feature with Field Maps app.  (Forms will automatically use domains as drop down if it exists on a field.)

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[GayleNeufeld]

I've been thinking about this because other folks mentioned forms as well.  It's possible I used the form to order the attributes several months ago when I first made the app and just forgot I did it.  The form config in map view shows the fields in the order of the attribute table.  When I added that to  Forms when I opened it in field maps in AGOL, it changed the order to alphabetical.  But I was able to change the order there, and it works.  Thank you for your help!

[DougBrowning]

I think it used to use the order and setting of the map in map viewer classic but now it seems to reset with the new Fields Map config map thing to alpha.  Just based on what I have seen and read.  I wish it would use the settings from the map as default instead of having us change this all twice now.  Esp since New Map Viewer still has a long way to go before it catches up to the old map viewer.  Mostly for me is still no related table support in attribute tables.

thanks

[GayleNeufeld]

I hear you Doug.  ESRI has a habit of pushing out new products before they are ready, and my job is harder because of it.

[ThomasHamill]

I'm seeing neither the Popup Config nor the Form Config buttons when I go into the Visualization menu of the feature layer properties.  Did this feature get rolled back?

I'm trying to modify the layer configuration to set a permanent field ordering for the editing pop-up in Field Maps (and prevent the fields from resorting alphabetically when a user clicks to edit a feature).  Can I do this through the Visualization menu of the feature layer properties or does it need to be configured elsewhere?

[RhettZufelt]

You can set the fields/order/default popups in the visualization tab that 'should' be honored when you add that feature class to a map viewer (won't change the settings of this layer that is already added to a map).

However,  the forms are set in the Map with either new map viewer, or Field Maps Designer.  Also, any popup changes in the "Map" will override any setting in the visualization tab of the feature service details.

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