Story Map Crowdsource App Auto Refresh Data

[FinnianO_Connor]

Is there a way to auto refresh the data collected through a Crowdsource app? I've gone to the underlying web map and set the refresh interval as per https://doc.arcgis.com/en/arcgis-online/create-maps/set-refresh-interval.htm. The data in the web map refreshes when a user submits a photo, however the crowdsource app wont update until the map zoom level changes (zoom out all the way and then new data displays).

Cheers,

Finnian

[AdrianWelsh]

Finnian,

I would almost guess that is by design. Though, I would be curious to see if there is a way to auto-refresh this.

[StephenSylvia · Accepted solution]

No, in the beta version, the Crowdsource story map does not read the refresh interval at this time. It has a custom implantation of the feature service layer so we can symbolize it with clusters. Currently, it will only update when you pan/zoom the map, add a new point, or review (approve/reject) a point in builder. We'll add this to our list of requested enhancements for a future update.

[FinnianO_Connor]

Thanks for the reply Stephen. Will look forward to this being added in the future. The crowdsource story map is great, what I want to do is display it on a wall-mounted screen in the office or at conferences so everyone can see new data coming in - this is where the auto-refresh would be needed.

[AmyRoust]

Thanks for this post, as it helped with a different question I had. I am testing a crowdsourced story map right now and had a colleague submit an entry. When I went to review it, I could not see it in the Review settings, even with "All Contributions" selected. As it turns out, the available submissions are dependent upon the current extent; if I wasn't zoomed out far enough to see the point added by my colleague, it wasn't available to review. Zooming out until I could see all points resolved that issue.

It would be great in a future release if you could list all of the new contributions regardless of where they were placed on the map. Had I not realized this limitation, I might have missed someone's submission!