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Shared Update group does not allow user to Update View

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DataOfficer
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We have a series of hosted view layers which require their filters to be added/amended. Previously we have been able to share these layers in Shared Update groups to allow other users other than the item Owner to update the view (via SettingsUpdate View). However, today I have tried to repeat this process, and after clicking on Update View, the initial screen loads but the header ('1. Choose layers' and '2. Define view...') is greyed out, and none of the left-hand bar loads, meaning that the user cannot set or amend the view filters or fields. I have checked the user permissions, group and item settings and sharing and as far as I can tell, these are correct.

The Group settings are as follows:

Shared Update does not allow Update Shared Update.png

The user is a Creator type with the following role privileges:

Shared Update does not allow Update View_role.png

The item settings are as follows:
Shared Update does not allow Update View_view Settings.png

Here is an example of the greyed out view the user experiences:
Greyed out header and no left-hand barGreyed out header and no left-hand bar
If this is no longer supported, the only alternative I can think of is to reassign ownership of the layer to the user doing the editing. However from testing this it looks like I would have to also reassign ownership of the 'parent' layer and not just the view, which is far from ideal. The documentation doesn't provide much detail on this specific issue, so I'm hoping you knowledgeable folks might have some ideas.

P.S. can't log with support right now as My Esri is down at the time of writing this.

Many thanks.

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DataOfficer
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DataOfficer
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ESRI support have confirmed that this is expected behaviour for view layers. Only the owner of a hosted feature layer view or an administrator can define what fields or features are ...

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PeterKnoop
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@DataOfficer you might want to comment on, or kudo, the ArcGIS Online Idea for Groups Support for "Collaboration of Equals", which requests groups where group members are as equally privileged as the owner of an item. Being able to update views is a great example of use case that would benefit from a group that endowed everyone with the same privileges for items, regardless of ownership.