Making changes to arcade in online version vs offline version

[elpinguino]

Hi there,

Just wanted quick confirmation on this.

There's a few changes we want to make to arcade expression in pop-ups. The team works offline and online. They're always out in the field, so it's hard to gather all the devices, make the changes, do the offline testing etc, so I want to line up all our ducks as much as possible prior to finding a date where we actually repackage the offline area.

If I make the arcade expression changes in the pop-ups (online version only) while the team is out in the field (some working offline some working online) will that cause any sync errors?

I won't be repackaging with the new arcade until I know everyone's out of the field and all data synced up. I understand that means anyone working offline at the moment won't see the new arcade just yet.

The areas affected would be arcade in the pop-up and a new attribute expression in the pop-up.

If I can make those changes in advance in the actual maps that'll get me ahead for downloading and offline testing.

[DavidSolari · Accepted solution]

Changes to maps shouldn't cause any issues with the offline copy, the crews will just have to wait until they download new areas to get the new maps. The only real issue is if you change the services the maps reference, then fix it in the new map, those offline areas will probably break if you do that.

[LindsayRaabe_FPCWA]

Can confirm what @DavidSolari has said. You can change the arcade coding in the popups, labels, etc as much as you like. Those changes will display on newly opened online maps instantly, but will only appear in offline maps after the repackaging and will not affect existing offline copies. Even adding new feature services won't cause any issues. It's only if the schema of or sharing/access to an existing feature service changes that an offline map may then fail to sync. 

[elpinguino]

Thanks @DavidSolari and @LindsayRaabe_FPCWA for your replies. Will go ahead with making my changes then. Didn't realise adding a new feature service wouldn't cause issues. That's a good one to know.