My team is preparing for transitioning our ArcGIS ecosystem from a model where one person is solely in charge of the geodatabase/map, to where we would like to have multiple people be able to make edits to the attribute tables and map. I understand that typically you would use a web map in AGOL to allow multiple people to view and edit the map via hosted feature layers, but we use selection layers often as a tool to make various maps for training courses at our outdoor research facility, and selection layers are not supported in a web maps. As of right now it is my understanding that in order for another user to make edits to the map they would have to download the project package from AGOL, open it in ArcGIS Pro, make their edits, save everything, re-package the map into a project package, and upload the newly updated project package on AGOL. Also this would restrict work to only computers that have ArcGIS Pro installed on them. Are there any workflows that avoid this process of downloading/uploading files? We make updates to our attribute tables very frequently, so having to download/package/upload every time we make a change would be very inconvenient and difficult for us. Our ideal solution is to be able to make a live version of our map that allows multiple users (granted permission within our group) to view and make edits to the map in AGOL with the ability to query attribute tables in the web map viewer. I am not sure what of this is actually possible, I would still consider myself an amateur GIS user. I do not have much formal GIS training and most everything I've been able to accomplish in the ESRI ecosystem has been through forums and self-education.
As far as solutions go, if the only option is to make a web map, is there an alternative to creating selection layers that are compatible with AGOL/web maps?
I am our current GIS person and am trying to set up our systems to make the transition to the new person as smooth as possible. Thank you for any insight you have on this situation!
