I am past the point of frustration.
I am trying to provide GIS support to a class at my university that is creating a food source map. I have created a map and shared it to the class group. (Actually, I have no shared it to "Everyone" in order to make it easier to get help). Here is the map: http://csusm-gis-lab.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=c982294b84c740879da7a3fa857e1f5c
The map contains a series of feature services. The students in the class are supposed to click on the markers on the map (food stores), click on "Edit" and then enter data into several blank fields (ratings of the amount and quality of types of food in the stores). For some feature services the "Edit" prompt appears, for others it does not. I need help figuring out why or why not.
I created the feature services by importing CSV files into the map, saving the layers, then publishing the layers as feature services. I have shared the layers and feature services to the class group. I have gone into the details for each feature service and chose to make the service editable. I have enabled editing on the layers in the map. I have deleted the original imported layer and then "Added" the feature service. Still I get some that work and some that do not.
Help?!?
Eureka! The Oceanside layer that was added to the map was *not* a feature service - it was a "feature collection". When I publish the saved data layers to feature services ArcGIS Online also creates an item called a "feature collection". Each published data layer has two items listed in "My Content" - a "feature service" and a "feature collection". Both items have the same name and are listed as type "Feature Layer", but they have different properties when you choose to view the item details. This becomes very confusing when you are trying to edit the feature service/layer/collection and add it to a map.
I am now going back into "My Content" to rename the feature collections so as to lessen the confusion (for me).
Thanks for your help. I'm still not sure if the students can edit the feature service data. But I think I'm getting closer.