Make web editor available to Mobile Workers

[RichardHowe]

I can't see the rationale behind making the web editor only available to Creators and higher. Anyone with a Creator licence already has access to ArcGIS Pro where they can edit their data with the full suite of desktop tools. The real beneficiaries of Web Editor will be Mobile Workers who have been out in the field and are potentially limited by Field Maps editing tools, and wish to tidy up their data when they are back in the office.

The Creator licence type is there for those who wish to create actual content i.e. hosted feature layers, webmaps, dashboards etc. not for those who simply wish to edit existing data.

Please reconsider the restrictive licencing of what, on the the face of it, seems like a really useful addition!

[BlakeMorrison]

Esri keep implementing features promised and requested for ExB into Web Editor, which as discussed in this thread, everyone is confused about who is the target user audience. I get the feeling that Esri are going to turn around any second and say that they no longer plan to provide WAB -> ExB parity.

[Scott_Sambell]

So who is WebEditor intended for?  If you are a creator, you have access to Pro (which is not something you can even opt out of now!) Mobile workers need a desktop editor to enter data when they are in the office, on their computers.  WebEditor was the perfect solution. It was Field Maps in a browser. They loved it.  Now the only people that we know of that actually had a use for it can't access it anymore.  I can't think of one case where someone with an ArcPro licence would use WebEditor, but literally thousands of cases of everyday data editors who have been crying out for this tool. And then it got taken away from them.

The people at Esri who made this decision have obviously never met a Field Worker.

[LarryYoung]

@Scott_Sambell thanks for the feedback.  We are continuing to evaluate the licensing requirements for Web Editor, and will keep your comments in mind as we move forward.

Thanks, larry

[BlakeMorrison]

@LarryYoung, Scott actually had a question. I'm interested in the answer too.

Who is WebEditor intended for?

[LarryYoung]

Web Editor (WE) Is meant to be an easy to use editor for the web.  The functionality of WE will ultimately get close to the capabilities for editing in Pro, though we are not trying to replace it in that respect.

As such, WE is intended for subject matter experts all the way up to GIS professionals depending on the workflows they need to accomplish.

Map Viewer and Experience Builder are also viable editing alternatives on the web for simple editing workflows.  As mentioned, we continue to monitor the feedback on workflows users want to accomplish and how that fits into the user type model.

Thanks for the feedback.