Latest Contributions by FranklinAlexander

‎10-28-2025

I have to say that I had envisioned that setting the location would become an option (button) in the actual widget, not another action item to be configured from another widget. I don't really see this as an improvement since I could do the same thing with the Search widget, but the using the Search widget is actually better because I can at least add it in such a way that it looks like its part of the Near Me widget. The only way a user is going to know that they can click the 'My Location' button in the map to find features near whatever layer the Near Me widget is connected to is if you tell them. Don't really understand why setting the user location can't just be a part of the widget. Here is one of my first customizations in WAB before I even knew what I was doing: The version in the above image makes so much more sense to me because it's straight forward and doesn't leave the end user guessing. Will probably go back to using the Search widget because it gives the user a choice between searching from a typed address or their location. And I almost forget, the maps 'My Location' tool zooms all the way in to the users location, then has to zoom out to the extent of the Near Me results. The zoom action for the map's Location tool needs to be turned off when it is the trigger for the Near Me widget.

‎10-28-2025

In the latest Experience Builder update, Esri touted the addition of the 'Use Current Location' option for the Near Me widget. I knew that this was in the works, but had envisioned that this would become an option (button) in the actual widget, not another action item to be configured from another widget. I don't really see this as an improvement since I could do the same thing with the Search widget, but the using the Search widget is actually better because I can at least add it in such a way that it looks like its part of the Near Me widget. The only way a user is going to know that they can click the 'My Location' button in the map to find features near whatever layer the Near Me widget is connected to is if you tell them. Don't really understand why Esri can't just make this a part of the widget. Here is one of my first customizations in WAB before I even knew what I was doing: The version in the above image makes so much more sense to me because it's straight forward and doesn't leave the end user guessing. Will probably go back to using the Search widget because it gives the user a choice between searching from a typed address or their location. And I almost forget, the maps 'My Location' tool zooms all the way in to the users location, then has to zoom out to the extent of the Near Me results. The zoom action for the map's Location tool needs to be turned off when it is the trigger for the Near Me widget.

‎10-14-2025

Yes, that is the direction of the relationship and I did it that way because I thought it made more sense. The Customer Info table contains unique records and the property boundary layer can contain many records for a customer. Having said that, the relationship seems to be working in the map viewer. The relationships are showing up in the tables and I am able to click on the related 'Records' link from the Customer Info table and see the related boundary records as well as create new and/or edit them for the selected Customer ID. For this workflow, the relationship is established between the selected Customer ID (record) and the new boundary feature. I will try and reverse the relationship and see if that makes any difference or adds any functionality. Eventually, we want to be able to copy features from a parcel database and paste them into the property boundaries layer when this functionality is available in the map viewer. If copy/paste is an available option from the workflow as described above, then there is no issue. If, however, it is not an available option it would be necessary to add the feature by editing the boundary layer directly (meaning no relationship will be established), therefore may be necessary to manually input the Customer ID for the new feature. In this scenario, the Customer ID field would need to be editable. 🙂

‎10-13-2025

Hi @bbollin, thanks for the assist. Here is the relationship info: The boundaries layer and the Customer table have GlobalIDs, but are not being used as a primary/foreign key, nor do I wish to do so. I did finally figure out that I could just select the 'Records' link for the record in the Customer Info table that I wish to relate to the new property boundary, then select 'Create record' in the Property boundaries panel that opens. This even autofills the CustID, so no need to manually input anything! There are scenarios, however, where a boundary is created when no customer record yet exists. I kind of solved this by creating a new customer record and leaving the rest of the form blank to be filled out at a later date. Now there is a new customer (at least a new CustID) that I can attach the new boundary to. I think this might be a good solution, but I am assisting other staff with this, so it will be up to them to decide if it works for their needs. I am still a little confused about the CustID field being disabled, would like to know if this is a default behavior or if I am missing something. Could come up again down the road!

‎10-10-2025

Yes, agree 100%. The collapse button should be as configurable as any other button with option for text and/or icon. I sometimes use the collapsible panel for app info so I set it to expand by default. If the collapse button was able to provide some content info to the user it could stay hidden until needed.

‎10-10-2025

I have a super frustrating issue with a hosted feature layer and at this point am assuming that this is a bug in the Map Viewer Editor. I have a Web Map with a map service created specifically for testing purposes that contains a polygon layer and a table with a relationship class. The CustID field in the polygon layer is the foreign key and is also the field that needs to be populated when a new feature is created. This should not automatically disable editing for the field. When I add a new feature to the polygon layer however, the CustID field in the Editor is disabled for editing, but I AM able to edit the field from the attribute table. This leads me to believe that the issue is with the form and not the layer settings. In the Form config for the layer, the field shows up as Read-only and Editing is apparently disabled in the field settings: The problem is that I am unsure of what field settings this message is referring to. The field settings in the layer details seems to indicate that the field is editable: Also, the field is not Read Only when published. The box is unchecked in the layer field properties: One more thing of note is that the Details page for the layer does not have a Settings tab for some reason, which would be the only other way I know of to alter the edit settings for the layer: <------------- No Settings Tab At this point I could have saved a lot of time by just scrapping the map service and creating a new one, but I would like to understand what I am missing first, if anything.

‎09-25-2025

Ok, that makes perfect sense, thank you. It is confusing however that the tools show up in the toolbar when there is nothing selectable in the map. The problem is that they are selectable which gives a false impression that they are actually functional when there are no selectable graphics. It would alleviate confusion if Esri hid them or render them non-selectable until there are actually selectable graphics.

‎09-25-2025

I am developing an app in Experience Builder Developer version 1.17 and have added a Draw widget. The selection tools in the widget don't do anything and I need to know if this is a bug. The source web map and data are hosted on our Enterprise Portal and I am not finding any settings in the map service that would prevent feature selection. I read through the documentation and verified that there are no widget settings that I am missing that would affect the selection tools other than making sure the map widget is selected, which it is. Also, I can add the Selection widget to the map (as well as the map tool) and both work as expected, so I'm sure it's not the data. If I have to, I can add css properties to remove the elements and add the Select map tool, but would rather not unless it is in fact a bug.

‎09-19-2025

Ok, I finally figured it out. For some reason I had to go to the Details page and click the 'Configure' button. I don't have to do that for any other EB or WAB apps, so was just confused.

‎09-19-2025

@SteveCole , Yes, but the deadline isn't until the first quarter of next year and I am still able to edit other WAB apps. @bbollin. Haven't found a good solution editing the Web Map using the Map Viewer or the Web Editor. I tried to create a pseudo splash widget in the web map by 1st creating a feature layer in ArcPro (basically a polygon in shape of rectangle), added a label and published to ArcGIS Online. Then added the layer to the Web Map that my app is using. The problem I have now is there is no way to add a working hyperlink to the label. Unfortunately this is important because we need to re-direct traffic to the new application so there has to be a clickable link. Open to any other ideas.

‎09-18-2025

I have an old Web AppBuilder application that we are deprecating and would like to add a Splash Screen to direct traffic to a newer version of the app. The app was built in Web AppBuilder Online and about 2 months ago I made a copy of the app and added a Splash Widget to the copy. The changes were approved and now I need to apply the changes to the production app, but I do not get an option to edit the application. I am also not getting an option to edit the copy that I WAS able to edit as described above. I own both applications and I have editing permissions. I am able to edit all other applications, WAB and EB. Can anyone let me know what I might be missing??

‎09-18-2025

I have an old Web AppBuilder application that we are deprecating and would like to add a Splash Screen to direct traffic to a newer version of the app. The app was built in Web AppBuilder Online and about 2 months ago I made a copy of the app and added a Splash Widget to the copy. The changes were approved and now I need to apply the changes to the production app, but I do not get an option to edit the application. I am also not getting an option to edit the copy that I WAS able to edit as described above. I own both applications and I have editing permissions. I am able to edit all other applications, WAB and EB. Can anyone let me know what I might be missing??

‎06-30-2025

@Ke_Xu, I just wanted to make a suggestion regarding the 'Custom' filter. I think it is a good start, but for this to be a truly useful option I need to be able to control when the 'Operator' menu is shown. For instance, it is not always needed when filtering a text field where the user is simply selecting from a pre-determined set of values. I would, however, want the 'Operator' menu to be available when filtering by date or number. Also, as stated above, it should work with both single layer filters as well as group filters. Thanks, and I hope this makes sense!

‎06-30-2025

Hi @Ke_Xu , thanks for letting me know this. I do hope this functionality gets added in the not too distance future because currently there is not viable way to filter a date field since it is essential for the user to be able to select the type of operator when filtering by date. @ConorFlynn , The 'Custom' filter option only works when you select a layer, so it's not going to solve my problem since I need it to work with the group configuration.

‎06-26-2025

This is a serious limitation unless I am missing something. The WAB version allowed the user to select a Filter type, or operator, from a dropdown menu which is essential for filtering by date(s). I can't find a way to configure this in the EB version, so hopefully I am just overlooking something. In the Expression Builder, it is only possible to select a single operator for each Group Filter, which means I need to create a new filter for each operator type which means I would need to create up to 12 filters for a single field? Please tell me I am missing something!

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Latest Contributions by FranklinAlexander

Re: What is new in Near Me (October 2025 ArcGIS Online update)

A little disappointed with the latest Near Me widget update as it pertains to the use current location functionality

Re: Unable to enable editing for a field in Map Viewer

Re: Unable to enable editing for a field in Map Viewer

Re: Sidebar collapse button text and/or flash

Unable to enable editing for a field in Map Viewer

Re: Draw Widget Selection Tools Not Working

Draw Widget Selection Tools Not Working

Re: Unable to edit WAB online application

Re: Unable to edit WAB online application

Unable to edit Web AppBuilder Online application

Unable to edit WAB online application

Re: Group Filter does not allow for user to select an operator?

Re: Group Filter does not allow for user to select an operator?

Group Filter does not allow for user to select an operator?

A little disappointed with the latest Near Me widg...

Re: Unable to enable editing for a field in Map Vi...

Query widget menu will not populate

Is there a way to sort the Filter widget dropdown ...

Group Filter does not allow for user to select an ...

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