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Enhanced Search Widget for FlexViewer 2.1

RobertScheitlin__GISP

All Here is my next widget in the FlexViewer 2.1 series

Special thanks to Erwan Caradec for contributing to this code.

The Enhanced Search Widget extends the standard search widget with a floating data grid and a new spatial query w/buffering.

http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=5d4995ccdb99429185dfd8d8fb2a513e

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WendyWallace1

Great widget Robert!!!

Just wondering why when I do a text search - it's looking for my coded domains (#'s)
and show up as numbers instead of the actual values?
The identify widget works correctly - returns the values (text instead of the coded domain #'s).
I'm just not sure if it's the swf or xml that sets this?

Thanks for a great export tool as well!!

RobertScheitlin__GISP

Robert,

You are running into a very common issue with any attempt to globalize measurements and get accurate results. The best thing to do is use a UTM 1983 zone that is specific to your area of concern and that will provide you the best results.

RobertWetmore

Thank You, this is a very powerful widget.

The buffering works great but I can�??t seem to get the units to work out correctly. Through trial and error I found that entering a buffer distance of 40 meters = 100 feet on my map. Measuring with the draw widget confirms this. Changing the bufferunit from UNIT_METER to UNIT_FOOT I get a buffer of about 76 feet when I enter 100 feet. Changing the spatialReference from 4326 to 3857 (operational layer) or 102100 (base maps) makes no difference. Is there a configuration that I am missing?

deleted-user-RjoC4IOGTpoH

Good Morning Robert,
Hope your weekend went well.

I have a question for a probable enhancement in the future (if possible).
Would it be possible for the data grid to show the sum of user defined column(s)?
The user would add sum="true" or something to that effect for each field that needs to be totaled.

We have users constantly selecting features that include lengths, square yards, etc. that need a quick total. Currently they need to export to Excel each time.

Your contributions are always appreciated.

Nestor.

deleted-user-RjoC4IOGTpoH

Nestor,

I definetly did not expect someone to use
<fields all="true" gridfield="true"></fields>
So as you can tell this does not work. I will look at getting this fixed in the next version.

I did not see any other way to include those fields in the datagrid so I took a shot.
Otherwise, Thank You for the great enhancements.

Nestor.

RobertScheitlin__GISP

Nestor,

I definetly did not expect someone to use

<fields all="true" gridfield="true"></fields>

So as you can tell this does not work. I will look at getting this fixed in the next version.

deleted-user-RjoC4IOGTpoH

Another set of great enhancements Robert. Much appreciated.

I have the following code trying to get all the fields for a layer with no luck:

<layer>
   <name>Foreclosures September 2010</name>
   <url>http://gissrv1/ArcGIS/rest/services/StrategicPlanning/MapServer/1</url&gt;
   <expression useforspatial="true">gis.DBO.AddressMaster.PCN LIKE '%[value]%'</expression>
   <textsearchlabel>Search by PCN Number [Example: 73414404010850000]:</textsearchlabel>
   <graphicalsearchlabel>Use one of the graphical search tools to select features</graphicalsearchlabel>
   <spatialsearchlayer>true</spatialsearchlayer>
   <spatialrelationlayer>true</spatialrelationlayer>
   <titlefield>gis.DBO.AddressMaster.PCN</titlefield>
   <linkfield></linkfield>
   <fields all="true" gridfield="true"></fields>
   <zoomscale>4800</zoomscale>
</layer>

It only displays the title name. Shouldn't that return all the fields without having to specify the individual field names?

Thanks ....

RobertScheitlin__GISP

All,

The requested enhancements and some minor bug fixes are done in this latest version 2.1.3.

PLEASE PAY ATTENTION to the IMPORTANT configuration changes.pdf
in this new version as some changes to the structure of the eSearchWidget.xml have been made and copying and pasting your older version will cause errors.

RobertScheitlin__GISP

Guys,

This is going to become a seriously complicated widget... But these enhancements are now on the list for next version.

RobertWetmore

- like in your identifyWidget, coul'd you add hyperlink prefix/suffix and icon field/prefix/suffix ?

I agree!

Nice work Robert.

ErwanCaradec

Hi robert, this is really a nice job !
Much thanks for having merged my code to your wonderfull enhanced version. I'm currently testing it on my local Network.

I would have some suggestions :
- About Xander post for where clause of the spatial search, i'm 100% agree with you that where clause are for the advanced users. But a boolean parameter may coul'd be added in the config file for each layer to use or not the search text expression as where clause.
- like in your identifyWidget, coul'd you add hyperlink prefix/suffix and icon field/prefix/suffix ?
- for the frenchy users, coul'd you add a parameter for the csvSeparator because of the windows regional and language options 😉

Regards,
Erwan

SamBishop

Robert everything looks fine if i explicitly define an alias attribute on a hyperlink field e.g. alias="Link". Without this, the column name displayed on the grid is not the 'default' column alias and the hyperlinkaliastext is ignored. Hope this is helpful.

deleted-user-RjoC4IOGTpoH

Nestor,

I can not explain this odd behavior but would ask that you test this using the default searchWidget and see if the results are the same. The one thing I will say is that the reason I created the enhanced Search Widget is because I wanted a way to get more results back about a parcel without having a huge info popup. So you might want to limit the info popup to a more limited amount of data and just have the grid display all the rest.

It works fine with the default search. I will do like you say and trim down the results for the info popup.

Thanks !!

JohnGregorovic

Works great, I am using the compiled version and I've had no problems.

RobertScheitlin__GISP

Nestor,

I can not explain this odd behavior but would ask that you test this using the default searchWidget and see if the results are the same. The one thing I will say is that the reason I created the enhanced Search Widget is because I wanted a way to get more results back about a parcel without having a huge info popup. So you might want to limit the info popup to a more limited amount of data and just have the grid display all the rest.

deleted-user-RjoC4IOGTpoH

Nestor,

You are going to have to give so specifics on this... Are you using all the fields of your data by using
<fields all="true">
Can you provide some screen shots? As far as the hyperlink being a url that is underlined that is the default in FlexViewer 2.1 now.

Sure thing, here is the code:
[HTML]<layer>
   <name>Parcel Name</name>
   <url>http://gissrv1/ArcGIS/rest/services/Cadastral/MapServer/3</url>
   <expression>OWNERNAME1 LIKE '%[value]%'</expression>
   <textsearchlabel>Search by Owner Name [Example: Smith Robert; Smith]:</textsearchlabel>
   <graphicalsearchlabel>Use one of the graphical search tools to select features</graphicalsearchlabel>
    <fields all="false">
    <field name="PARID" gridfield="true"/>
    <field name="OWNERNAME1" gridfield="true"/>
    <field name="OWNERNAME2" gridfield="true"/>
    <field name="SITEADDR" gridfield="true"/>
    <field name="PROPUSE" gridfield="true"/>
    <field name="ACRES" gridfield="true"/>
    <field name="EXEMPTION" gridfield="true"/>
    <field name="PADDR1" gridfield="true" gridfieldonly="true"/>
    <field name="PADDR3" gridfield="true" gridfieldonly="true"/>
    <field name="YEAR_ADDED" gridfield="true"/>
    <field name="SALE_DATE" dateformat="MM/DD/YYYY" gridfield="true"/>
    <field name="BOOK" gridfield="true"/>
    <field name="PAGE" gridfield="true"/>
    <field name="ZIP1" gridfield="true" gridfieldonly="true"/>
    <field name="MUNI" gridfield="true" gridfieldonly="true"/>
    <field name="SUBDIVNAM" gridfield="true"/>
    <field name="PRICE" gridfield="true"/>
    <field name="TOTMRKTVAL" gridfield="true"/>
    <field name="ASSESSVAL" gridfield="true"/>
    <field name="LANDVAL" gridfield="true"/>
    <field name="IMPRV_MRKT" gridfield="true"/>
    <field name="TOTALVALUE" gridfield="true"/>
    <field name="TOTTAXVAL" gridfield="true"/>
    <field name="PAPA" alias="PAPA Website Link" hyperlinkgridfield="true" hyperlinkaliastext="Click Here For PAPA Website"/>
   </fields>
   <titlefield>PARID</titlefield>
   <linkfield>PAPA</linkfield>
   <zoomscale>4800</zoomscale>
</layer>[/HTML]

If you notice in the screenshot of the popup, all the values are good down to Improvement Value, then Total Value is missing, the first Total Taxable value is from some other row and then there is the correct Total Taxable value last.

If I display more fields then I get more duplicates. Sometimes there are no duplicates, just the wrong value. Not consistant.

Ever see that before?

Screenshot.JPG

RobertScheitlin__GISP

Nestor,

You are going to have to give so specifics on this... Are you using all the fields of your data by using

<fields all="true">

Can you provide some screen shots? As far as the hyperlink being a url that is underlined that is the default in FlexViewer 2.1 now.

deleted-user-RjoC4IOGTpoH

Thanks for another great enhancement.

I am having some weird issues with the infopopup displaying the data.

For instance, if select a bunch of parcels, the data is displayed correctly in the results table and the datagrid, but in the infopopup, the data is displayed correctly most of the way down then the fields begin to display values from other rows in the datagrid. Sometimes the fields will be duplicated with different values.

In addition, the url link is displayed as an underlined url instead of and alias or an arrow.

Thanks ...

RobertScheitlin__GISP

Sam,

I am not seeing what you are then... if you go here

http://gis.calhouncounty.org/IdentExample/index.html?config=config-eSearch.xml

and choose Traffic Cameras from the text search combobox and type i-71 and then open the datagrid the hyperlink alias text of "Get Traffic Image" is displayed just like is setup in the xml file.

SamBishop

Thanks Robert. I'm not sure the latest release has fixed the missing hyperlinks totally - it doesn't look like the field alias is being displayed in the datagrid and the hyperlinkaliastext attribute is being ignored - I'm seeing "Get Hyperlink" instead. Also I have found that if gridfieldonly="false" is defined in the field tag the field is not shown in the search widget itself (not a huge issue as it is the default and deleting it makes things better again).

And thanks for all the work you are putting into this - it really is appreciated!

RobertScheitlin__GISP

Xander,

Those lines are for interaction between the Draw Widget and the Enhanced Search Widget. The line number that you place those on depends on whether or not you are using my enhanced draw widget or the standard esri one. If you are using my latest enhanced draw widget 2.1.1 than there is no need to do anything if you are using esri's then you need to put them in the DrawWidget.mxml in the init function right after

graphicsLayer = new GraphicsLayer;

xanderm

Makes sense.

One last question:

What line number do we add
graphicsLayer.name = "myGraLay";
graphicsLayer.id = "myGraLay";

What is this for?

Again, thanks and great work. It is much appreciated.

RobertScheitlin__GISP

Xander,

My thoughts on that is that a standard user is not likely to be using the spatial query. It is more for the advanced user and not limiting the where clause to something predefined is much more powerful.

xanderm

When applying a filter during a spatial search is it necessary to type in a valid query statement?

For example, I'd like to search for crimes in a particular ward. I have a WardID field with ward numbers. To apply the filter I must type WardID = 18 for the where statement.

Is it possible to configure a default in the config file so users would only have to enter a ward number?

RobertScheitlin__GISP

OK All,

Next version 2.1.2 is available and fixes all reported issues and now allows for numeric and currency formatting.

RobertScheitlin__GISP

Sam,

I am working on the issue you found. Fix one thing and break another (that's a programmer life).

RobertScheitlin__GISP

Philipp,

I just thought of what your issue might be and I believe I need to modify the code to make this more intuitive. You likely have more than one graphic drawn and that is the issue. Currently the widget only work with a single graphic drawn by the draw widget not multiple.

philippschnetzer

That's what I had...but copied and pasted what you just posted to make sure...still getting same result...??? Using your latest eSearch 2.1.1. At a loss. Thanks!

RobertScheitlin__GISP

Phillip,

I tested this with my enhanced draw widget... In the DrawWidget.mxml make use you have

graphicsLayer = new GraphicsLayer();
    graphicsLayer.id = "myGraLay";
    graphicsLayer.name = "myGraLay";
    graphicsLayer.addEventListener(GraphicEvent.GRAPHIC_ADD,addContextMenu);
    map.addLayer(graphicsLayer);

At the very beginning of the init function.

philippschnetzer

Is anyone having the issue I am?:

Clicking on the 'Use Existing Draw Widget Graphics' returns 'There are no graphics available'. I have included

graphicsLayer.name = "myGraLay";
graphicsLayer.id = "myGraLay";

in the DrawWidget.mxml, all the modules are loaded and I haven't made any other changes. I am using the enhanced Draw Widget also provided by Robert.

Thank you!

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