Select to view content in your preferred language

Ability to Group tables like you can for layers

63
0
Wednesday
Status: Open
DougBrowning
MVP Esteemed Contributor

I asked this in person a few years ago now and they said it was and "easy add" but 2+ years later I am still not seeing it so starting a post.  It may have been @JonathanUihlein who I love talking to each year Dev Summit!

New Map Viewer

We can group layers which is nice esp on big maps.  Big use case is to have our Reference layers in a different group than our own data.

But you cannot group the tables section at all.  So it turns into a garbage pile fast.  Can we please add grouping to tables.  Most of our data is tables so we really need it.  In general we should be able to work with tables the same as layers at all times.

Even better would be to NOT separate tables into a different section than the layers.  I personally cannot think of a single use case where I would not want to see my layers and related tables all together in a nice neat group.  Our users are always having to go hunt around and complain about it daily.  Esp now that the Show Related Records button is gone (BTW bring that back ASAP) it is so hard for users.

Pro can now group layers and tables (which is sweet thanks) but even if we do this and publish Map Viewer just pulls them back apart.  Even in Pro tables are still stuck at the bottom which I also wish would fixed.

Why do we want tables and layers right next to each other - for related tables!  Esp with Survey123 if I have a main parent layer and then a related data of table from a repeat the user needs to somehow know which table matches the layer.  Now they have to go hunting down to the bottom, or worse go to a completely different map section and try and find it.  With several forms in one map this gets to be a lot of work flipping back and forth.

BTW I would love to be able to add other items in the map too like links to PDF help files.

DougBrowning_0-1749070380506.png

 

thanks a lot!