Latest Contributions by RupertEssinger

Hi Eric, that's not supported. You would have to duplicate the record so that there are two records, one for each of the tabs you want the place to appear under. This gets requested in terms of having an All tab in a Shortlist. But there may be cases where you want a place to appear in two (or more tabs): that's unusual for Shortlists and not supported in the design. Note that if you want some points or other features to appear on the map in all tabs but not as places in the tabs, you could add those into the web map used in your Shortlist as supporting layers. Rupert ... View more

Hi Amanda, 1. There's not a limit to the number of tabs but most Shortlists have no more than 6. 2. You can't create groups or subtabs inside tabs.  3. There's no limit to the number of places in a tab or across the whole Shortlist but more than 100 places in a tab is unusual. Rupert ... View more

To create a Shortlist with the ''As-Is" workflow so your Shortlist automatically reflects the data in a layer in a web map, you'd make a layer of point data that matches the Shortlist data schema (see FAQ about this), either a new dataset, or by adding fields to an existing dataset. To include an "All" tab in your Shortlist you would have to duplicate all the records in your layer and set the TAB_NAME field to "All" for all the duplicated places. So it isn't ideal because you'd have two records in your layer for each place instead of one. But the aim of the "As-Is" options is to let you incorporate GIS and database-driven workflows. So you may be able to automate this via scripting in Desktop so that your set of places gets copied to a new feature class, massaged to create the layer you'll be using in the web map, and then published. So from your GIS layer of CIPs in which updates are made, you could automatically generate another layer which assembles the data that will drive your Shortlist, including the duplication needed to get the desired "All" tab.  In this way, the duplication wouldn't be seen in the original layer in which you do the actual data maintenance. Rupert ... View more

To share a story map into a group, it is best to go to My Content in ArcGIS Online, click the check box next to your story map and then click the Share button. The dialog that appears will list the groups you have permission to share the story into. Help topic on that. Don't launch the Story Map Cascade Builder: that lets you configure/edit your story map, and lets you share it either to your organization or everyone, but in the Builder you can't share the story map to a group. You also can't share a story map to a group via My Stories. Rupert ... View more

Hi Scott Thanks for asking about those two prototype tour layouts again ("Bees" and "Species on the Brink") and thanks for your patience. There's also a third new prototype layout you may have seen, which we used for this tour of a Frank Lloyd Wright house: A tour of the Pope-Leighey House  The aim of all these new tour designs is to show larger photos and provide better caption handling, without overlapping the photos. These layouts aren't available for use yet. We are working on a new app that would at first incorporate one of these layouts, along with improvements and modifications, such as multiple pics per place, and eventually provide additional layout options. We don't have a release date for that app yet. We also want to overhaul and revamp the Tour building experience, and improve our mobile look and feel. In the meantime, if you have a tour project where you have a lot of descriptive text one option to look at is using our Story Map Shortlist app (for example see Boston Parks and Rec Design and Construction Projects. And if you also want to have multiple pictures per place, you could look at making a Story Map Journal with one section per place (for example, see Wellington's Treasured Spaces or Game of Thrones Locations in Northern Ireland). Using Map Journal in particular gives you lots of creative options because you can have unlimited text and pics per section, use different maps or layers in different sections, use Story Actions to highlight places on each map (like in Wellington's Treasured Spaces). etc. Rupert ... View more