I'd like to know attachment of ArcGIS Online.

[竹元貴彦]

I'd like to know attachment of ArcGIS Online.

First, I know to attach zip file to geodatabase by using ArcMap or ArcPro.  

Then, I can upload this geodatabase on ArcGIS Online. In this case, the attached zip file is also uploaded on ArcGIS Online.

Therefore, if the file size of the zip file is very large, many cresits of ArcGIS Online are consumed.

The cresits is very expensive for me, so I don't want to use cresits as much as possible.

I have a question about attachment in order to reduce credit consumption.

Is it possible for us to save these zip file other than Arcgis Online, for example google drive, DropBox or amazon drive?

In other words, I'd like to attach zip file to point data of geodatabase in Arcgis Online, and at that time, I'd like to save the zip file in google drive, etc.

I don't want to put the zip file on Arcgis Online.

Please tell me the way to solve this attach problem.

[XanderBakker · Accepted solution]

First of all, there is a difference between feature service storage (2.4 credits pero 10 MB per month) and the storage of the attachments (1.2 credits per 1 GB per month). See: ArcGIS Online | Service Credits 

You can use a field with a hyperlink pointing to a dropbox or other location where the ZIP is stored. The end user will be able to download the ZIP using the link. What content do you have in the ZIP file? What will be the workflow for the end user to interact with this data?

Storing for instance photos as attachments in a hosted feature service, provides some additional functionality like showing the photo in a pop-up. There is not much functionality that can be provided with a ZIP file other than download the file. For this purpose the ZIP file does not have to reside in ArcGIS Online. 

[竹元貴彦]

Thank you for answering my question. I understand storage cost of ZIP is

cheap. And I can use hyperlink to store zip in other cloud.

I want to content excel, word, and pdf in the zip.

End user work flow is as following.

First, end user has surveyed same area for many years. At that time, end

user has driven a car, and taken time of its speed. The speed data has

been stored in excel format, word format, and pdf format. So, these data is

related each other. According to this situation, I think it is necessary to

manage these data all together. So I selected zip format.

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[XanderBakker]

You can also manage several attachments linked to the same feature. This way the items are not in a ZIP and can be managed more easily on a device, without the need to download the entire ZIP, decompress it and open the item one is interested in.

[竹元貴彦]

As a matter of fact, I can attach several files to the same feature.

However, if I don't use zip file, multiple files must have the same name.

For example, if key code of the feature is "A", word file name is A.docx,

excel file name is A.xlsx, and PDF file name is A.pdf because the file name

must be the same as the key code name. If other way exists, please tell me

the way.

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[竹元貴彦]

It should be noted I'm going to attach about three hundred files simultaneously by using geoprocessing named "Add Attachments" and "Generate Attachment Match Table". So I think it takes a time for me to make multiple key code for word, excel, and pdf. On the other hand, it is easy for me to make key code for ZIP file because the number of ZIP files is less than that of word, excel, and pdf.

[XanderBakker]

What you should think about is the workflow of the final user on the device he/she will be using. Is it better to use a ZIP just to maintain files together? Wouldn't it be easier to have each file linked to the feature and being able to open a separate file instead of downloading the ZIP and access the individual file?

[竹元貴彦]

I understood that the workflow of the final user is very important. So, I

consider attachment without ZIP file. It seems that it is easy for us to

attach multiple file simultaneously. Thank you.

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