Latest Contributions by MegHoole

The WAB text editor for the "About" Widget doesn't allow you to select an image and add a link to it.  Instead you have to do this via html.  It would be much faster for our members if they could add an image and have option to link the image to an URL that opens in a new window via a button in the text editor (rather than editing the html source). ... View more

We need a means by which administrators can control how much data members are able to store/host in ArcGIS Online.    This would help promote good data management habits and also prevent user's from hosting content beyond their $ budget means. Default allocation/limit of say 2 GB, with ability to increase as needed, or set to unlimited. ... View more

Admins need a way to control or limit access to use of the organization's credits by custom apps configured to use App login, or by WAB apps configured with Subscriber content access. Currently there appears to be a few situations where there is no way for an administrator to limit how many service credits an anonymous user may be given access to.  Custom apps can be developed to use App Logins (where a member's credit allocation has no effect on the number of credits that can be used by the app).  Web AppBuilder apps can be configured to provide Subscriber content access - where premium content will consume credits (again where a member's credit allocation has no effect on the number of credits that can be used by the app) Proposed solutions Add a role privilege that, when disabled, prevents members from registering apps that provide access to using premium content via App Login Add a role privilege that, when disabled, prevents users from configuring "Subscriber content access" in Web Appbuilder Enhance credit allocation to work with App logins Never allow unfettered access to an organization's AGO credit pool. ... View more

Workflow You want multiple layers in web map to point to one data layer in AGO, Each layer needs to be styled differently, but the item details page content is the same for each map layer (all pointing to one data layer in AGO) You don’t want make copies of the layer in the web map, then restyle the layer copies in the web map, because this is time consuming and you already have them styled in ArcMap. While creating a new layer from the hosted feature service or a new view from the hosted feature service would achieve the goal of having multiple layers pointing to the same hosted feature service, we still run into the problem of needing to do additional work of restyling the layers in AGO (we already have the styles done in ArcMap).  Additionally, new layers or views would also require maintenance of additional item details pages (more work we don't need or want to do). So from ArcMap you’re republishing the same data layers with different symbology.  You're essentially duplicating data layers in AGO just to achieve the goal of styling them differently – consequence is that you end up with redundant data (multiple instances of the same data as hosted feature services - requiring way more data storage and consuming more credits for storage, and you still end up with more item details pages to manage). I found a way to create a "layer" that does everything I want it to - but its rather complicated and requires accessing the drawingInfo from the hosted feature service's JSON (via admin page), copying the drawingInfo, and then modifying the JSON of the web map's operational layer's url, itemID, and adding layerDefinition and drawingInfo copied from the service's JSON (used AGO-Assistant for this).  This requires advanced knowledge.  But since, it is possible, how about creating a tool that makes it easy for the average AGO/ArcMap user to implement. (publish hosted feature service from arcmap, publish 2nd hosted feature service from arcmap (same data source but different style), add both to AGO web map and save, go to service URL admin page for 2nd service and copy drawingInfo, use AGO-Assistant to edit the web map JSON, find the 2nd layer and edit both the url and itemID to be same as 1st layer and then add layerDefinition and paste in drawingInfo, save JSON, refresh and test web map, delete the 2nd hosted feature service, refresh and test the web map again... should not get any errors, and should no longer be hosting 2 services with same data content, and should have symbology in 2nd layer derived from ArcMap). Proposed Solution: New layer tool for AGO user selects a layerfile from their pc or one uploaded to AGO - AGO reads the layerfile saved from ArcMap, to get the drawingInfo for the new "layer" user selects the data source - an existing AGO hosted feature service to use with the layer provide a warning if the data structure doesn't support the drawingInfo user chooses to add the layer to an existing web map (this option will use the source data's item detail page) or create a new item (a new item details page would be created) if user adds layer to an existing web map, they still get choice to create new layer item from web map. ... View more

We need to be able to allow anyone who has access to the item, to be able to download it directly from the item details page to their pc in any of the formats already supported (i.e. shapefile, geodatabase, geojson, csv....). From an item details/settings page, when the setting "Export Data - All others to export data to other formats" is enabled the export is limited to creating a new item in ArcGIS Online (organization subscription).  The user then needs to download the item from their AGO account to their pc, and may then need to go back to delete the item in AGO (unless they want to pay for data storage for a somewhat redundant item).  We want the public to be able to download data that has been shared to them. We'd prefer not to have to enable and manage an Open Data site. ... View more

Please make it easier to find groups by sorting the groups alphabetically in the Share popup window. ... View more