Latest Contributions by JamesCrandall

‎04-05-2019

Any obvious reason why a dissolve of selected polygons (by way of geometryEngine.union()) is creating slivers in between the coincident input polygons? dissolveSelectedPolygons: function () { var graphicsToDissolve = this.parcelLayer.getSelectedFeatures(), geometriesToDissolve = []; geometriesToDissolve.push(this.clientSideScratchLayer.graphics[0].geometry); var newGeometry = geometryEngine.union(geometriesToDissolve); this.clientSideScratchLayer.clear(); this.clientSideScratchLayer.add(this.createGraphicFromGeometry(newGeometry)); } ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

‎04-05-2019

Ok thank you! Unfortunately, we've moved away from embedding the viewer app and consolidated into a single webmap. The app that it is embedded is already deployed into dev/test/prod versions and would be a major change to implement. Thanks again!

‎04-03-2019

We're using url parameters for feature searches on an embedded webmap that works great to zoom into selected features. However we have a requirement to prohibit the popup from automatically displaying on found feature search results. Is it possible to prohibit the popup in a url parameter? We need the popup that is already configured for the layer, but it needs to not automatically show for search results. Thanks!

‎04-02-2019

Looking for validation or other ideas. I have a GP service that I'd like to throttle the total number of requests for every hour. My current solution simply writes to a text file registered on the AGS server site each time a request is made to it: Current Datetime Running Count So any subsequent request of the GP service it will get these from the text file and run a simple check/validation (Count vs. minutes passed since last time it was executed). It's all very simple in design and execution but I'd like to know if possible concurrency / collision issues would make this a bad approach. I could possibly migrate to a standard SQL Server table, but I'd prefer simplicity of the text file. Any input is appreciated.

‎03-28-2019

I've got most of it converted to meet our needs. We don't have ArcREST installed but I think I can still make it work all the same. I did notice that the mxd with a single polygon feature class with <1000 features takes a long time to generate a tpk. I know that outside of your implementation but, darn is that a long process! Last thing I need to get done is the final upload, but I'm able to download, unzip, re-zip, etc... just as your awesome script does! Thanks again for this! Also: just an FYI--- I'm loving the ability to open the survey from another app on the device, WITH parameters and values! This means we can open the correct survey from out other app (that has the business data) with fields pre-populated. This is incredibly valuable!

‎03-28-2019

Does this method work for .tpk's loaded in the media folder? Our tpk basemaps will be updated frequently and would like to use this method to update the published survey. Currently, I'm manually running the Desktop Toolbox on an .mxd with an SDE feature class loaded, copying the output to the media folder of the survey and then publishing from Connect. It'd be great to just write a .py script to programmatically do the above and setup a task to run on a timed interval. Thanks!

‎03-27-2019

Thank you so much for the detailed information, Philip. Very informative and useful!

‎03-27-2019

Is there any other utility or external process we can develop to perform that delete of the existing survey?

‎03-27-2019

When installing Survey123 v3.3.64 from the app store I get a message "this version of survey123 for arcgis is not compatible with this device" and it will install a previous version. Device: iPad Version: 10.3.3 (14G60) Model: MD511LL/A Is this a simple iOS update required on this device or is it a full incompatibility problem? Thanks for any info!

‎03-26-2019

I think my WiFi connection died during the download is the reason. I was able to reconnect and download an updated public survey with about 250mb worth of tpk's. I can deal with the aerial imagery caches but I'm unsure about a decent solution to providing offline features. That is, I can use ArcGIS Desktop to load .mxd's with various view extents of an SDE feature class and then generate individual tpk's for each one and add them to the media folder prior to publishing the survey. However, what if that feature class is updated often? I'm unsure how to make the most current state available for downloading of the survey prior to going disconnected.

‎03-26-2019

What is an expected download time for a public survey with about 500mb worth of .tpk that is opened on a mobile device via url? I'm going on 1hr so far in the "downloading" dialog on an ios device and I'm not sure if it's failed, hung up or just taking a long time. Follow up: Is there any way to cancel this download? With our public survey we'd like to publish with prepared .tpk's of aerial imagery and a single SDE feature class. I'm struggling to come up with a good workflow and set of tpk's that balance resolution with size/download times.

‎03-25-2019

Any update on ability to overwrite without having users manually delete existing surveys to see updated versions?

‎03-25-2019

Looks like cascading selects and external choices may get close to meeting my requirement. https://community.esri.com/groups/survey123/blog/2015/10/22/cascading-selects-and-external-selects I'll edit this post with any solution I may come up with. Edit: Initial attempt seems to satisfy the requirement and I'll be able to automate updating the itemsets.csv with another process to maintain current values. Last problem: After a survey has been republished (with updated external list items), the user cannot simply re-download the survey and they must first delete the current version first prior to downloading again (via url link provided). This is a strange workflow and seems excessive to place that burden on users. Is this normal to have to delete existing surveys to see updated versions? Any way around having to delete or can it be done programmatically somehow?

‎03-25-2019

Is there any way to use a calculation to pull values from a dynamically generated csv after a survey has been downloaded to the device for use in a select_one choic list? We have an external program/process that could update a csv source file that we include in the media folder prior to publishing the survey and interested to know of any way to utilize the values in that csv as a source to a select_one drop down. Any info is much appreciated! My csv of values contained in the media folder looks like this: The survey's XLSForm looks like this: I want to populate select_one activityLogId with the dalList (or some similar type of approach!)

‎03-20-2019

Score! Thanks so much for the example!

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Latest Contributions by JamesCrandall

geometryEngine.union creates slivers

Re: Search layer result: prohibit popup

Search layer result: prohibit popup

Throttle a Geoprocessing Service

Re: Updating the media folder of a Survey123 Form item

Re: Updating the media folder of a Survey123 Form item

Re: Version not compatible with this device

Re: Can't overwrite existing public survey on app via link

Version not compatible with this device

Re: Expected download times (.tpk)

Expected download times (.tpk)

Re: Can't overwrite existing public survey on app via link

Re: Dynamic select_one choice lists?

Dynamic select_one choice lists?

Re: geoshape type

Re: Proper REST query for epoch

iterate hosted (AGOL) table attributes

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