How this extremely basic quality of life feature has not been added yet is crazy. My organization doesn't even use AGOL much, but our directory is still cluttered because some dashboards and apps can contain 10-20 individual components. Having the ability to better sort that data is crucial.
Please, please, please add this functionality. Flat folder file structure is simply untenable for an organization with many detailed projects in AGOL!!!
It's especially confusing where you may have a test and production version of the same app, so you end up with folders called AppX - Test, AppX - Prod, AppY - Test, AppY - Prod, ect.
This is so important to get into not only AGOL but of course also the Portal.. Additionaly it should be possible not only in your content but also in Groups.
I'm amazed this hasn't been implemented yet. This idea is now well over 10 years old. I've added my kudos but given the length of time I suspect it may never be coming.
Is there an update on this? I have seen several other posts regarding subfolders but I think this is the original, or close to it. This one was submitted 12 years ago and would be extremely helpful in organizing content in both AGOL and Portal.
I did see a forum where too many folders bogs down the response time when loading content on these sites, but I would take slower load time for more organization capabilities!
No real update, but my organization asked about this and it turned out that there was never any formal enhancement request submitted for it, so we did one.
ENH-000181184- Provide the capability to allow folders to be placed within folders, like a desktop file structure, in ArcGIS Online.
What does the customer want?
The customer wants the capability to allow folders to be placed within folders, like a desktop file structure in ArcGIS Online. Currently, there is not a capability that allows this.
Why does the customer want this?
When a customer manages content in the environment, it is cumbersome once you get numerous amount of items, which includes folders. Having the ability to have nested folders even a few levels deep would make navigating content user-friendly.
The current workarounds of using the search function, categories, and various other filters are not as efficient nor user-friendly as navigating a folder structure such as a desktop file structure.
Providing this capability would benefit the customer and other organizations that use folders within such as nesting folders on a day-to-day basis.
I almost guarantee that there has been an enhancement logged. They have just been closed with "Not in product plan", and this one probably will be as well. When I asked an ESRI software engineer about this at the ESRI UC a few years back, their response was that due to the way the back end of AGOL/Portal works, it isn't feasible for them to implement multiple folder levels. They have allegedly looked into it due to the popularity of the request, but do not believe it is technically feasible to implement.
@AlfredBaldenweck - Perfect, I will inquire on our agencies behalf as well and maybe this will get more attention...finger's crossed! Hoping to go to the UC this upcoming year to ask.
@MDB_GIS - That seems strange that they wouldn't be able to do this since there are other cloud based software that has this ability already, and have map features. Laserfiche (records management software) comes to mind. Hoping to get to go to the UC this upcoming year so we can ask.
