Allow aliases for Portal connections in Pro

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05-31-2018 11:24 AM
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UlfBecker
New Contributor III

Users with multiple Portal connections could quickly become confused and run into issues switching to the wrong connection before sharing services.  My assumption is that we are all stuck with a long URL and that after adding 3+ we begin to get confused.  Please consider allowing users to define an alias for each Portal connection defined in ArcGIS Pro.  This simple feature would go a long way to easing the lives of pro users. #esripug

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JohnMDye

I'm confused. I have multiple portal connections and can easily tell them apart. Are you in a scenario where your Portal URIs are very similar?

UlfBecker

I work for a large multi-national company.  Our servers use a non-descript naming convention that makes perfect sense to server support staff, but these mean very little to end-users that might one day be wanting to share local and regional content.

JonahLay

With ArcGIS Pro 3.0, your profile photo now displays in the application. While this may not meet the exact requirement request, adding a profile picture may help to differentiate between the different active portals.

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HollyTorpey_LSA

This is a great idea. We only have two, but it would be great to give them more meaningful names so that occasional users know which to choose.