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See List of Web Maps a Feature Layer is Included in

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08-28-2025 07:10 AM
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JamesPoeschel
Frequent Contributor

The ability to see a list of web maps that a feature layer is included in would be helpful in several ways. One case would be when cleaning up / deleting data. For example, if you wanted to delete a feature layer it would be helpful to know if it was currently being used in a web map. Otherwise, it would get deleted and you may not realize that your public facing web map now has a missing data source for a layer. 

 

This information could be in the overview or in the usage tab. I imagine that there is a way to get a list using the REST API, and there is definitely a way in python. But I think this would be helpful often enough to justify having a quicker/more user-friendly way to get the list. 

2 Comments
DavidSolari

This would be a fantastic addition to both Online & Enterprise, my team always has to check this info during maintenance and few of us know the API well enough to avoid cracking maps open and enumerating the layers by hand.

Nick_Creedon

Check out my post: https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-online-ideas/a-tool-to-find-quot-all-quot-web-maps-a-feature/id... 

It would be great if ArcGIS Online had this functionality built into it.

I havn't touched this script in a while; it has worked for me before.

FYI: I think it could fail if you renamed a layer in a webmap.