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It's easier than ever before to make meaningful maps quickly.

Typically the Feature Form widget is used within a side panel, like in this sample.

But what if you want a slightly different workflow where the user draws their boundary and then is prompted with a popup to fill out. We can combine the Sketch widget and the Feature Form widget within a Modal for that effect:

At first glance, the two look so familiar (at least to me).

Yet per the documentation:

A record set is of the 'dataset' parameter data type, is transportable, and supports the User defined value input mode for GP task settings.

The schema of a record set contains the definition of one or more fields:

When the model tool dialog box is opened, records and attributes can be entered.

A quick tour of using Feature Set and Record Set—Help | ArcGIS Desktop 

A Value Table is a parameter of a GP tool that uses a multicolumn table of the 'Value Tables', are non-transportable, and their Input mode will be fixed to Constant value for GP task settings.

The task will use the value you supplied for the parameter when you created the GP result.

it will not become a task parameter when the service is published.

If you need your client to enter values rather than using the constant value, you'll need to modify your model or script so that it uses other data types besides Value Table.

Input modes and parameter data types—Documentation | ArcGIS Enterprise 

Here are some links from my Proven Best Practices for GIS Leaders presentation:

• ArcGIS Solutions poster
• ArcGIS Solutions site
• David Moss's LinkedIn page
• David Moss's The GIS Management Blueprint presentation
• Bonneville, Co., ID Success Story
• Matt Lewin's LinkedIn page, Matt Lewin's articles on Esri Canada's website 
• Esri Canada's page on Location Intelligence
• City of Toronto's Corporate Geospatial Strategy & Roadmap
• York Region's Success Playbook
• Resources: McKinsey & Company, Forbes, The Enterprisers Project, MIT Technology Review, Harvard Business Review, Governing, Route Fifty, Inc., CIO WaterCooler, Bloomberg CityLab, Fast Company, Gartner, Govlaunch, CIO Review, Government Technology, Forrester, Govloop, Statescoop, National League of Cities, International City/County Management Association, National Association of Counties
• People to Follow: Jack Welch, W. Edwards Deming, Peter Drucker, Guy Kawasaki, Brian Solis, Timo Elliott, Nick Kittle, Paul Synnott
• How to develop soft skills - McKinsey & Company
• How to become a digital leader, regardless of your background - Forbes
• 5 flourishing & 5 fading IT careers - The Enterprisers Project
• GIS should be about digital transformation - Energy Central

The 2020 Virtual Esri International User Conference starts Monday, July 13, 2020.  I hope to virtually meet you there.  If you would like to connect, here are some opportunities:

• Incorporating Business Value in Your GIS Strategy - Streaming Live, Tuesday, July 14, 2020, 1:40 PM - 2:40 PM PDT
  • Aligning your GIS strategy with your Business goals and objectives will allow you to more effectively address the most pressing needs of your organization. But how do you do that? On top of this, business leaders don’t usually speak in the “language of GIS”, which challenges you to interpret business challenges, and translate them into GIS opportunities. This session will cover strategies for gaining leadership sponsorship, how to determine and measure the business value of your GIS, and considerations for how to communicate that value throughout your organization
• Two On-Demand Sessions:
  • Evangelizing GIS
    • Getting your workforce to adopt new technology and new workflows requires winning hearts and minds across the organization. Learn how the right communication strategy creates a common vision and momentum to accomplish positive change.
  • Communicating the Value of GIS in Your Organization: How to Measure Return on Investment
    • Understanding, documenting, and communicating the value GIS brings to your organization can be critical to your success. First, presenting the return on investment (ROI) from your programs’ and projects helps celebrate the success of the departments using GIS. This process oftentimes stimulates ideas across an organization as to the uses of spatial thinking and GIS technology. Secondly, it reinforces the investment in technology, people, and equipment to improve government services. Quantified ROI is good to have on hand during budgeting periods, too. Finally, measuring the real benefits of GIS can act as an accountability tool for yourself. It provides a self-check as to whether your program is in sync with or meeting organizational goals. This session will seek to provide guidance on documenting and reporting the business value of GIS. Topics will include Measuring the benefits of GIS; Calculation methods; Examples of success; and Techniques for communicating success.
• In the Expo - I will be working in the Esri Showcase at the Smarter Government Starts Here booth in the Executive Engagement & Public Policy section.  I am scheduled to be there the following days/times:
  • Monday, July 13, 2020, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM PDT & 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM PDT
  • Tuesday, July 14, 2020, 7:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT & 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM PDT
  • Wednesday, July 15, 2020, 7:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT & 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM PDT
• We can also connect using the Networking portion of the platform
• And of course I am available on LinkedIn and Twitter as well as here on GeoNet

Hope to "see" you there!