Latest Contributions by BrianFausel

Cool, thanks. I'll check it out next time I need to do a domain update. ... View more

I attempted a similar thing and also ran into problems. I don't think table joins work from ArcGIS Server map services in AGOL. The 2 options I was able to get working were: 1) Create a geodatabase spatial view and/or 2) permanently append the attributes into a single feature class (create and then regularly update a publication layer). ... View more

If your feature service has lots of attachments (GDB exceeds 2GB), you can try downloading it through the method described at this link.  This was a problem we encountered recently.  If you don't have attachments, then tech support is the way to go. ... View more

Somewhat related requests: 1) It would be cool if you could make a selection (possibly appear in the layer attribute table) by interactively clicking on the chart segments.   2) It would be really nice if the color symbology of the Pie Chart Infographic (and any other ones with colors) could automatically match the web map layer symbology, if the same attribute is used for both. Right now, the pie chart color symbology doesn't even stay consistent as you zoom in/out and the category field visibilities change. ... View more

Somewhat related requests: 1) It would be cool if you could make a selection (possibly appear in the layer attribute table) by interactively clicking on the chart segments.   2) It would be really nice if the color symbology of the Pie Chart Infographic (and any other ones with colors) could automatically match the web map layer symbology, if the same attribute is used for both. Right now, the pie chart color symbology doesn't even stay consistent as you zoom in/out and the category field visibilities change. ... View more

You can add new domain values to a hosted feature service via the "Solutions Deployment Tool" in Pro. While there, you can even move the values up/down in the list. That said, any re-arrangements you do in Pro do not translate to the AGOL hosted feature service, and all new values appear at the bottom of the list. This becomes an issue for field crew working with the domain dropdowns in Collector. Yes - they can type and search for values, which is probably a good idea when the list has dozens or hundreds of values.  But when a list is small (say 10 domain values), it can be easier to select from the dropdown rather than typing. ... View more

The Solutions Deployment tool works great to create new domain values in an AGOL-hosted feature service. One *MAJOR* thing it is lacking: there is no way to sort the AGOL-hosted domain values, so new entries always show up at the bottom of the list. ... View more

It would be really nice if the LGIM was still published as a complete data model that could be examined in a geodatabase, even as more components shift to AGOL-only.  The Solutions Deployment Tool in Pro works really well if you don't have to modify the table schema and don't have existing data to contend with.  However, it is easier to use a geodatabase as a reference if you have large amounts of schema changes and/or legacy data to import...At least until I learn more about the data management tools in Pro (or as more tools are developed). Here is a quick example of a dilemma I recently encountered with the Solutions Deployment tool as compared to using the local GDB schema: We had to extend the "Owned By" domain to include more entities than the LGIM includes after the feature services were created.  "Private", "Other" and "Our Agency" are the defaults -- we had to add other local government and utility units to the domain. When you use the Solutions Deployment Tool in Pro, numerous hosted feature services are automatically created in AGOL - we tested Poles, Streetlights, Signals, and Signal Control Boxes -- this created 4 hosted feature services. If you want to modify the "Owned By" domain, you have to do it for each of the feature services using the Solutions Deployment tool.  Back in the geodatabase world: you only had to modify the domain once, it updated for all layers, and then you published from there to AGOL. Sidenote: There appears to be no way to sort domain values in AGOL at this time.  This was possible with ArcCatalog and geodatabase. We have been using the LGIM model as a starting point for most new layers.  That said, many of the new solutions are simply using the modern Esri COTS apps (Collector, Explorer, Web AppBuilder, etc) rather than the individual custom web apps / MXDs that were used when the LGIM was started. Therefore I can see why the underlying data model is less important.  But we would still find the full LGIM model useful, provided we can easily decipher their design in a geodatabase. ... View more

Something like this already exists in the "Situation Awareness" widget, and I also think it would be very helpful in the Draw Widget.   In the SA widget, you can "Save" your buffer to a hosted feature service: When you hit save, the buffer is stored in a polygon feature service that is hosted in our AGOL account. For this to work in the Draw widget, I would suspect you would need one of each type of feature service (point, line, poly, anno). ... View more

I'd be interested in any responses to this question as well.  This might need to be added as an "Idea."  You can control the zoom scale if the feature service referenced by the search is a Point.  But not if it is a Line or Polygon. ... View more

This would be a *HUGE* help -- it seems like I have to rebuild AGOL web maps every time the underlying feature service (and registered ArcGIS Server "map image layer" services) are changed in any significant way - layers added, rearranged, etc. Back in the Flex Viewer days the layer IDs were handled in the "Config.xml" and various widget .xml files, so it was relatively easy to account for the changes.  Now that it is done in the web map, it seems like those controls are more "concealed" and harder to control unless you are willing to edit the JSON.  Also, the ArcMap data frame property "Allow assignment of unique numeric IDs for map service publishing" doesn't seem to help for some schema changes. ... View more