Check out this ArcGIS Blog about Distributed Collaboration
Sharing content between ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Enterprise just got better with the June 2017 and 10.5.1 releases. Prior to these recent releases, it was possible to reference and use layers that were hosted in ArcGIS Enterprise and ArcGIS Online using web maps and apps in the other environment. With distributed collaboration, it is now possible to maintain a synchronized copy of feature layers and web maps between an ArcGIS Online organization and an ArcGIS Enterprise deployment through a trusted relationship. This brand-new functionality spans across two separate Web GIS environments, and will be illustrated in a two-part blog series outlining two basic scenarios for collaboration between ArcGIS Enterprise and ArcGIS Online, as well as some tips and tricks to take advantage of this new feature.
Two public environments are used for the scenarios in the collaboration blog series. The environments are accessible to the public because readers of the series will need to view the samples. For this reason, use your imagination and pretend the ArcGIS Enterprise deployment and applications hosted on https://pm.demo.geocloud.com are internal applications that only the employees of Geocloud County, working within their network, can use.
Note. Thanks to Chesterfield County for having this data available on their open data site
In this first part of the blog series, we describe a data publication workflow scenario. To make it easier to follow along, the ArcGIS Enterprise deployment will be referred to as the Geocloud Deployment (screen images will have a purple border) and the ArcGIS Online organization will be referred to as the Showcase Organization (screen images will have a blue border).
Data publication workflow for Geocloud County Parks and Recreation data
Scenario: The Geocloud County Parks and Recreation department manages 17 feature layers of parks data. The layers are used to create web mapping products for the website, as well as to manage maintenance and infrastructure data. Of the 17 layers, 8 layers are used to create public apps that the community uses for navigation and information about Geocloud County Parks and Recreation. The rest of the layers are used by internal staff to determine maintenance areas and track light inspections and lawn mowing schedules. The Parks and Recreation department maintains all of their data with the rest of the county in their ArcGIS Enterprise deployment, Geocloud Deployment. They want to use their ArcGIS Online Showcase Organization for their public maps so they don’t have to manage the infrastructure or scalability for their public data. They want to maintain the data in a single location for both environments. Geocloud County is using distributed collaboration to meet the needs of their data environments.
Below are 7 steps for setting up a distributed collaboration between the Geocloud Deployment and the Showcase Organization.
Wait for the synchronization interval to pass and view the edits to the feature layer in the Showcase Organization application. Note: The synchronization interval for the example is set to 1 hour on the hour for display purposes. Add the trail line and look for it in the Online application once the hour passes.
Benefits of the collaboration workflow
Three main benefits of this workflow are as follows:
Test out this workflow and functionality through the Early Adopters Community.
Part 2: Coming soon
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