Hello!
I'm trying to create an operations dashboard using the following map which I created from data from Revolutionary War veteran pensions from New Jersey:
https://njrgp.maps.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?webmap=c753176e9e5b4cc1a3bdc769bdb1bac0
I would like to create an operations dashboard which uses a list to cycle through the various soldier names, and when one is selected, all of the points, and the lines which connect the points are displayed.
On the map, I currently have two layers - one with the points with pop-up data, and a second layer with points-to-lines joining each of the points.
When I create a list in operations dashboard, it only asks for one layer to create the list from - so I can only have all of the points showing, or all of the lines showing. Not both.
How do I connect the layers so that, by selecting one name, I will only have all of the points and the lines connecting them associated with that one soldier appear?
Thank so much!
Jason Wickersty
Hi Jason,
FYI, the web map you referenced is prompting for a login to access and view.
> I would like to create an operations dashboard which uses a list to cycle through the various soldier names, and when one is selected, all of the points, and the lines which connect the points are displayed.
I'm not quite sure I completely understand your workflow, but you may want to try implementing this using Selectors. An end user could select a name, which could filter your 2 data layers.
Selectors—ArcGIS Dashboards | Documentation
> When I create a list in operations dashboard, it only asks for one layer to create the list from - so I can only have all of the points showing, or all of the lines showing. Not both.
This is expected behavior: a dashboard element can only have one input web layer.
Hope this helps,
Hi Derek!
Does this work better?
https://arcg.is/0WLmeb
Essentially, what I am trying to do is what the Tennessee State Library did with their Patriot Paths dashboard, tracing Revolutionary War veteran migrations. I have essentially all of the same type of data, but concerning New Jersey veterans.
https://www.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=32a9be43e2b44e00a67edfc5ac2b7227
I'm new to GIS - I have 20 years of Photoshop and Adobe product experience, and even with a long graphic design background, I'm having a hard time figuring out arcGIS. All I want to do is have a list of points and lines associated with a person's name, showing their migration from New Jersey to where they ended up applying for a Revolutionary pension in the 1830s.
What I managed to figure out was to create a table with lat/long data for each point, for each veteran. I then ran XY to line to create connecting lines.
The points are on one layer, the lines are on another.
I want to be able to have the points and lines on one layer so that I can cycle through them using a list selector in the operations dashboard, like the Tennessee example.
I cannot thank you enough for helping out, Derek.
Cheers!
Jason.
Hi Jason,
Welcome to the field of GIS.
> I want to be able to have the points and lines on one layer so that I can cycle through them using a list selector in the operations dashboard, like the Tennessee example.
Looking at the example, it looks like they're using a Category Selector - as I suggested in my previous post.
FYI, this is another good resource for dashboards: https://community.esri.com/community/gis/applications/arcgis-dashboards/blog/2019/03/01/operations-d...
Hope this helps,