Latest Contributions by PeterKnoop

One way to solicit feedback from external collaborators on a StoryMap is to send them the URL to the story, along with login credentials for a temporary account on the organization hosting the story. If a collaborator happens to be logged into their own, different ArcGIS Online organization in their browser, and they click on the link to open the story, then they are directed to the generic "Hmm... there seems to be an issue" page. Users often do not understand the "issue" is that the account they are already logged into does not have permission to view the story. (They can -- but typically don't know to -- use an incognito/private browser window or logout of their account first, and then open the link.) Perhaps when a logged-in user visits a StoryMap URL to which they do not have access, then the system could provide that information clearly as the error message, and guidance on how to potentially resolve the issue. For example, it could let the user know that "Your account does not have permission to access to this story," and offer the user an option to login with different credentials or switch accounts. ... View more

ArcGIS Pro supports exporting a map as a PDF with some interactivity. While a capability like that it Pro would not support all of the great ways one can interact with a map in StoryMaps, it would serve well when the interactivity requirements are simple. For example, when presenting a set of features with popups for a reader to explore embedded in a story. In a PDF reader, like Adobe Acrobat, a person would be able to read the story, and interact with the map by selecting features and viewing their attributes, and seeing the feature highlighted on the map. For example, in this map of trees in a city park, exported from Pro, a user can browse the list of trees and select one to view its attributes and its location on the map.  While our user interest in this capability is for StoryMaps, I'm sure it would be a welcome addition to the Map Viewer as well, and I would guess it would have to be implemented in Online first, so available broadly, including to StoryMaps?   ... View more

When a user has taken their Pro Named User license offline, it would be helpful for administrators to be able to determine what machine they did so on. This is needed when the user is seeking guidance on figuring out on what machine they checked out there license. Currently you can go to Organization --> Licenses --> ArcGIS Pro --> View license activity, search for a user, and see that they have a disconnected license. It also shows the day on which they did it. It would be helpful to have the time displayed as well when trying to figure things out. I would also like to see the machine alias of the machine to which they checked out the license displayed here. This Idea would be even better paired with Use machine name as the default workstation alias in ArcGIS Pro to make it easier to track down which machine is involved, as the autogenerated aliases are not always that helpful in identifying an actual machine. ... View more