Hello All,
Hoping someone can point me towards the right resources, or provide a quick explanation, to help me understand what I'm missing here.
Context:
I am trying to develop a codebase for programmatic replication of various layer properties (e.g. symbology, popup configuration, forms) across different layers with the same fields. Example use cases include automating the production of Feature Layers for use in Field Maps surveys that will have the same forms and symbology each time a new survey layer is generated for periodically recurring surveys, and generating a set of web maps for Web Apps that have different features in each Layer but the same popup configuration for content display across layers (all layers will have the same fields).
The approach I am taking is to create python scripts using the ArcGIS API for python, and as I understand it my best bet for consistently replicating these properties is to pull the relevant piece of the JSON data from the "template" layer and apply it to the new "target" layer with the script. I set up some testing/development layers to play around with as I work out this functionality - here's where I'm getting confused:
Question:
In a single Map in ArcGIS Pro, I made two Point Feature Classes (Template Points and Target Points), then shared them to AGOL as a Web Layer. In my AGOL Content, I now have the hosted Feature Layer "Template Points", which contains the layers "Template Points" and "Target Points" (NOTE: Things get a little confusing now, as there is Template Points Feature Layer - Template Points layer, and Template Points Feature Layer - Target Points layer; certainly not best practice for naming/management but I don't think this is causing the issue). I set up a form and did some popup configuration in the Template Points layer, and saved them to the layer.
When I inspect the JSON Data of the Template Points Feature Service using ArcGIS Assistant, I expect to see the Template Points layer and the Target Points layer in the JSON data - the Feature Layer/Feature Service contain both of these sublayers when viewed in AGOL Content. However, while there are both a layer id 0 and id 1 in the JSON Data, neither one of them appears to be the Target Points layer. Under id 1, the form configuration and the title "Template Points - Template Points" are visible - but there is no title "Template Points - Target Points" anywhere in the form.
Where is the Target Points sublayer? What am I not understanding about the workflow or the data structure?
In the future, I can probably avoid this by sending the different layers (template vs. target) to different Feature Layers - but I really want to understand whatever I'm missing with the JSON data organization of these features.
Thanks in advance for any insights, sorry for the novel, hope everyone is having a good holiday season 🙂
