Form 'Save to Layer' Where is the form actually being stored?

[Sean_Haile]

In Field Maps Designer, we can now save forms to the layer, rather than in the web map. Where are these forms actually being stored? I don't see them in the layer definition JSON of the hosted feature service. When they are stored with the web map, they can be found in the web map's JSON.

[RhettZufelt]

It appears as if they are saved in the JSON for the hosted feature layer in the data section under "formInfo".

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[Sean_Haile]

Thanks for the reply. Yes, I can now see that in the JSON when using the AGOL Assistant. I didn't see that section when looking at the layer definition JSON from the Admin REST endpoint of the service, which is where I was previously looking. I've used both AGOL Assistant and the hosted layer's Admin REST endpoint's /updateDefinition capability to update layer definitions on hosted services, so I wonder why the JSON representation is different between AGOL Assistant and the service's Admin REST endpoint? 

[Sean_Haile]

I'm now trying to update the the service's JSON's formInfo section via ArcGIS Python API, I've determine how to retrieve the information, but not clear how to update it. It's not a part of the layer definition, so using that method doesn't seem to be appropriate.

[WillAnderson]

Yup. Ambiguity here is what prevents me from spending the time to build a complex, logic-based form and deploying it. Need better way of seeing forms in the GUI, not buried in the JSON.

[SeanBabcock22]

Does anyone know why the templates information is NOT being transferred with the "forms info" when copying it to a new map? I can't seem to find it anywhere else in the JSON so I'm worried there isn't a way to transfer them. This also results in the options for my radio buttons to be missing. I have the same symbology and fields across maps. Any ideas or suggestions to get the templates transferred would be great! 

[JasperRomero]

Hi Sean, 

Did you ever get an answer to this, or figure out how to transfer forms between layers with the same fields? Trying to accomplish something similar now.

Thank you!