Latest Contributions by AaronKoelker

Not sure if this should be a different idea or not -- but additionally to this idea, I would also really like to see custom icons for the Map Tours (same functionality that was just added to express maps) as well as being able to change the color of the numbers on the points for a guided tour. I'm currently working with a dark basemap and would like to use white icons, but the numbers on the stops are white by default and so you wouldn't be able to read them. Even just a toggle for white or black numbers, depending on which contrasts best. Thanks for all the great updates you've been putting out! ... View more

I saw that in a recent blog post as well - releasing March 30. Looking forward to that functionality! ... View more

I also think that this would be a nice option to have, for both aesthetic reasons and a better use of space on larger screens (less scrolling). Perhaps a new widget for a "Button Group"? It could have vertical stacking, horizontal placement, and maybe even a grid layout option for if there are many buttons.  The vertical stacking of subsequent buttons (the way it is now) is great for mobile and should probably stay like that, but horizontal and grid layouts that only appear when screen size allows would be wonderful.  Edit: I'll add that one of the most common criticisms we hear from our staff and readers for StoryMaps in general is the amount of scrolling involved. I don't always get it and people apparently have very different thresholds for what's considered too much scrolling, but we hear it a lot. The way buttons stack now isn't very space efficient on large screens, so any little thing to help reduce the amount of scrolling would be nice for those folks. ... View more

I'd also really like to see this functionality return. It's a very small nitpick, but I find myself clicking those icons over and over again - constantly forgetting that they do not link to the groups. Would be a nice quality of life enhancement. ... View more

Thanks, currently I'm trying to attempt something close to this workflow: https://support.esri.com/en/technical-article/000014520 and using a spatial join in the place of Step 4. It also uses the workflow you linked as one of the steps. I'll come back and update if it works.  ... View more

@Anonymous User That's great to hear. Thanks! ... View more

Our organization is eager to have this functionality as well. Hoping to have an update or news of an ETA soon. ... View more

Did you ever figure this issue out? I'm having the exact same problem trying to do a truncate and append. ... View more

Not sure if this is still the best place to bring it up, but I agree with Nick that a toggle option for having the slideshow play automatically on a loop would be very helpful in some instances. I really like how the Slideshow let's you queue up additional images/maps within the Story Map laterally that might only be supplementary to the main content, but I feel like there's a good chance a lot of users will scroll right through them without even realizing the extra content is even there. Having it loop on its own (a pause button would also be awesome in this case) might help alert people of that additional content.  -Aaron ... View more

One of our users has seen a similar issue as well recently, though they are on Collector Classic. Progress bar gets close to the end quickly and then stalls out before popping this error. Data is hitting an AGO proxy item for an ArcGIS Server REST service, has been working fine for a couple months now. -Aaron ... View more

Hey Ben, Thanks for the insight. The increase to the database size is what I'm most afraid of, I just have no idea how large of an increase it will be, or at what point I will start running into problems. Longer search times are never ideal, but acceptable if the alternative is no easy search function at all. To clarify, it's not so much that they need to find the documents; it's more that they want to use the documents to find the related spatial points, if that makes sense. For better context, the dataset is an inventory of all the different signs and exhibits found in state parks. Everything from trailheads and information kiosks, to descriptive text for museum exhibits and art pieces are included. They are capturing a lot of different type information and categories in other fields within the table, but the collection is so broad in terms of subject matter that types and categories can only account for so much. For example, they want to be able to say "Ok, do we have anything out there that mentions John D Rockefeller" (as a random, specific example), then do a search and find all the signs where the related doc might mention John D Rockefeller. Those results might have a sign type like "Museum Exhibit" and a topic of "Cultural - Historic Figure" or something, and could have a title like "American Entrepreneurs", but nothing as specific as a "John D Rockefeller" category. Yet there could be a dozen signs out there that mention him across the state park system. -Aaron ... View more