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Thanks Derek, It is helpful but I was really hoping Esri, or someone, could include the option to allow users to have the ability to highlight text and have the map change. Kind of like how it is set up the way users can highlight text to navigate to different portions of the map, but instead be able to swipe a layer in the map. Robert ... View more

It's the general refresh on the layers when you select the layer refresh option. I noticed it can only refresh at minimum of 10 seconds but I was wondering if there was a way to update it so that when the layers refreshed, they refreshed faster and more smoothly. Is there a way to accomplish this? If so, would you mind letting me know and if not then I'll wait and see if esri wouldn't mind working on improving it. ... View more

Thanks Derek, I wasn't sure which direction Esri was going with their online content and I wasn't sure if they were going to focus merely on one area or branch out into others. Do you also know if some of the story maps are also going to be getting updates. The reason being is because I am very interested to see if they could add some capabilities that I saw in other story maps, such as the swipe story map, and see if they could include that capability in the Story Map journal. I have looked into increasing its capabilities with a few custom additions that I also think would be nice to include. Here is an example of what I have done to the Story Map Journal in terms of custom edits. Hopefully Esri might consider increasing the capabilities of the story maps that they already have. https://cobbcountyga.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapJournal/index.html?appid=30bcfa4e641d410289021b8093486f83  If you wouldn't mind letting me know I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks, Robert ... View more

Thanks Nick, I haven't considered that but I will definitely keep that in mind. I tried the set of scripts that you sent me last time and for some reason, when I tested it, I didn't quite get what I was looking for. It didn't change the symbology when it was ran but I think I might have a solution that might allow me to combine parts of the scripts that were posted and see if I can manipulate the script so that only certain symbologies will be drawn so long as the certain conditions remain true. The one you sent about the due dates I think I can reconfigure to set certain boundaries without trying to run to many if then expressions. I will let you know if it works or not. The one you posted the first time worked really well and I think I can build on it and perhaps be able to define the criteria and have it symbolized accordingly. I will post on here if I run into any troubles or if I manage to get the scripts working. Here is the script that you sent me the first time that worked when I tested it. var Edited = Date($feature.EditDate); if(DateDiff(Now(), Edited, 'hours')<=2){   var Status = 'New'; } else if(DateDiff(Today(), Edited, 'days')>=0){   var Status = 'Old'; } else {   var Status = 'Current' } return Status So I think this script and parts of the other scripts might be enough for me to run multiple tests and see which other set of scripts should work. I think if I try to combine too many if else-if scenarios then either too many conditions might end up being met or too little. I will let you know if I manage to get it to work. Thanks for all your help. ... View more

Ok. I wasn't sure how the expressions would work if given those conditions. I guess it mostly has to do with my understanding of how the scripting would work. I thought about it some more this morning and realized the reason that I wasn't able to see anything when I changed the symbology using the scripts; I realized it was on the feature service that we haven't deployed yet but will hopefully get it deployed soon. I tried testing it and I didn't see the changes that I was looking for but then I realized I didn't leave the edits long enough to see any other changes. I'm going to try this again with the scripts but leave it overnight or two to allow the scripts to work. Thanks for your help. If I find something or some way that would account for time zone changes then I'll let you know. That could be something that could be looked into. Perhaps even something to account for daylight savings as well. ... View more

Oh ok. I was trying to set up the scenario so that anything under two hours would be symbolized as one color but the thing that I want sure I'd is if I wanted to stumble a statement similar to one below: Now() < x < EditDate I was looking to see if I could write a script so that the symbology would change for the in between condition while preserving the other conditions. I just don't want to write the script that ends up satisfying two arguments. If there is a way to achieve this without creating separate conditions that might be satisfied that either leaves a gap or overlaps because I'm not sure if there is or not. I'm looking to satisfy one set of conditions without overlapping or leaving a gap. Amy idea would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Robert ... View more

I tried using this script below but I cannot say for certain where I am going wrong. I tried modifying the script that you sent me earlier, but it only return two of the values. I will keep trying but if you manage to figure it out would you mind letting me know so I can work through and see where I was making mistakes. var Edited = Date($feature.EDITDATE); if(DateDiff(Edited, Now(), Hour(Now()-Edited<2))){ var Status = 'In Progress'; } else if(DateDiff(Today(), Edited, (Hour(Now())-Hour(Edited)>1<8))){ var status = 'Current'; } else if(DateDiff(Year(Edited), Year(Now()), 'years')<=1){ var status = 'Completed'; } else { (DateDiff(Year(Edited), Year(Now()), 'years')>1) var status = 'Not COmpleted'; } return status Thanks, Robert And to respond to your question about the parser I do not know. It is really confusing to debug, but hopefully Esri might find a solution for it. I can see where certain characters close and which ones do not but in either case it is a bit complicated. ... View more

Thanks Nick. I was trying to write an else if statement but because I don't fully understand the context of how these scripts are written, it makes it difficult to write. I thought I was writing it correctly because I wrote it as: if(DateDiff(Edited, Now(), Hour(Now()-Edited<2))){ var Status = 'In Progress'; } else { if(DateDiff(Today(), Edited, (Hour(Now())-Hour(Edited)>1<8)))} var status = 'Current'; } else { if(DateDiff(Year(Edited), Year(Edited),'years')=0) var status = 'Completed' } } } return Status I apparently was close but wasn't sure if the way I was writing it would even work. I had something written like this and it tested out correctly but then I changed something and couldn't get it back. So I will keep trying to see which script works. I am using the editor tracking date to see if we can use this kind of symbology to keep track of workers in real time. Thank you very much Nick. If do find one that works I will be sure to post it. Thanks, Robert ... View more

If i wanted to add a third condition such as the past hour or two in addition to the script above. How would I go about writing that. I tried a few things, one of them worked but when I tried adding a third, it didn't. Is there a way to write a script so that I can symbolize the past hour as one symbol, the current edit date as another, and then anything beyond the current edit date as another. Thanks, Robert ... View more

Thanks Nick. I was able to get it to work perfectly fine. I changed the $feature.Edited to $feature.EditDate which made the arcade script work with what I was looking to do. I tested to see if it works and so far it works the way I was hoping for. So thank you very much for your help. I tried several things and I wasn't sure what I was doing wrong since I am also new to this. I realized there are more capabilities for symbology than I thought otherwise, so I thought to look into it further. ... View more