Add addtional field to hosted feature service that is part of a joined feature layer view

[Sven_Harpering]

Hi,

we got a question from one of our customers. The customers has two hosted services. One table and feature service. The customer used the tool "Join Features" in ArcGIS Online with the option to create a layer view as an result.

The problem is that the customer now wants to add a field to one of the datasets and the "Add Field" button is not available. In our opionion this is correct so far, because there is this known limitation: 

• You cannot add fields to or delete fields from hosted feature layers that have a dependent joined feature layer view.

Is there any possible way to add a field without deleting the view? The problem is, if the customer deletes the view, he has to configure all applications again.

Best

Sven

[SaraSiskavich]

@Galen , I ended up deleting the offending hosted joined feature view, deleted it permanently out of the recycle bin, and recovered the ability to modify the data schema once again.  Did you ever figure out what was causing the persistent lock on your data? 

[WillyG]

I thought the recycle bin would be a solution to this as well. It's quite disappointing that there have been no updates to the joined view workflow since in was re released in June 2023 despite it being announced that schema updates would possible at the time. See here : https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis-online/data-management/join-us-in-welcoming-joined-... . Also see this thread on the issue. https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-online-ideas/allow-feature-services-with-joined-hosted-feature/...

[mikaël]

You can add a field to a hosted feature service that has views by modifying the sourceSchemaChangesAllowed and hasStaticData parameters. Do a quick search on this forum, you should find info on that!