How do you duplicate or copy a Map Journal?

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12-12-2014 05:39 AM
peterNOTMEknoop
Occasional Contributor

I want to duplicate one of my existing Map Journal to try out different things with it.  How do I save a copy of it?

Thanks!

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GregoryL_Azou
Occasional Contributor III

Hi,

There is no way to copy a Map Journal from Map Journal builder or ArcGIS Online yet.

We are working on adding that feature, it's high priority for our next release. Stay tuned!

In the meantime, here is the easiest way I know:

  • Open ArcGIS Online Assistant and sign-in
  • Click "I want to..." and then "Copy content"
  • In the popup, login with the same account
  • Find your item on the left side and drag and drop it to one of the box on the right side

copy.png

  • Go to ArcGIS Online > My content and open the new item (tips: using the modified column date sorting to find the new item easily)

mycontent.png

  • Notice that the id of your new item (in the browser URL bar) is not the same that the one in the item data URL (the id of the item data URL is still the id of the original Journal)

item-ids.png

  • Click the "EDIT" button
  • Edit the URL field by replacing the appid with the one from the URL bar

item-edit.png

  • Click SAVE

Your new Map Journal reference the same maps and medias.

Besides that everything is duplicated (narrative content, global settings, section configuration) so you can truly experiment.

Enjoy

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ElliottRobinson
New Contributor III

When you save your original map, a dialog box will appear that says "Application Successfully Saved."

Copy the http link under "How do I get back to the builder interface?"

Then navigate to your My Content list of folders etc. (http://egeo.maps.arcgis.com/home/content.html)

Click Add Item > An Application

Then paste your URL (the http link - it should like something like: http://bit.ly/8k2b4AsP ).

You will also have to fill in a title (this should be a different name to your original map e.g. Map2) and at least one tag.

Click My Content again (in the top title bar).

Voila!

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ElliottRobinson
New Contributor III

Ok, it seems that my idea above works, but only on the surface. The new "copies" are more like shortcuts to the original, so you would have to change the bitly to truly create a new application.

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GregoryL_Azou
Occasional Contributor III

Hi,

There is no way to copy a Map Journal from Map Journal builder or ArcGIS Online yet.

We are working on adding that feature, it's high priority for our next release. Stay tuned!

In the meantime, here is the easiest way I know:

  • Open ArcGIS Online Assistant and sign-in
  • Click "I want to..." and then "Copy content"
  • In the popup, login with the same account
  • Find your item on the left side and drag and drop it to one of the box on the right side

copy.png

  • Go to ArcGIS Online > My content and open the new item (tips: using the modified column date sorting to find the new item easily)

mycontent.png

  • Notice that the id of your new item (in the browser URL bar) is not the same that the one in the item data URL (the id of the item data URL is still the id of the original Journal)

item-ids.png

  • Click the "EDIT" button
  • Edit the URL field by replacing the appid with the one from the URL bar

item-edit.png

  • Click SAVE

Your new Map Journal reference the same maps and medias.

Besides that everything is duplicated (narrative content, global settings, section configuration) so you can truly experiment.

Enjoy

peterNOTMEknoop
Occasional Contributor

Thanks, Gregory!  That worked.

Is there a way to use the ArcGIS Online Assistant with enterprise logins?  I seem to only be able to login to Assistant using an ArcGIS Online account, which I've added to our organization.

GregoryL_Azou
Occasional Contributor III

You are welcome, sorry I'm not familiar with enterprise login, maybe ask a question on the GitHub repo Esri/ago-assistant · GitHub

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GregoryL_Azou
Occasional Contributor III

Peter,

The assistant should be updated later this month to support Enterprise login (cf. Copy Storymaps · Issue #60 · Esri/ago-assistant · GitHub))

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GüntherGrill
New Contributor III

This seems to work on the surface, but afterwards all layers that have been shared from outside arcgis online become inaccessible when I do it. Even trying to add new stories to the map doesn't work, all the content from outside arcgis online is inaccessible. I am getting the following error message:

Unable to establish a secure connection to the layer. The layer, DOF_LI_ONE, cannot be added to the map.

What could be the underlying cause? Everything works fine in the original story.

error.png

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GüntherGrill
New Contributor III

I found out why: When making the copy, the ArcGis Online Assistant automatically changes the URL of the App from HTTP:// to HTTPS://

After changing the URL back to HTTP everything works as expected.

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JosephKerski
Esri Notable Contributor

I am writing a blog post about this for the education community about this important topic - it will appear on http://edcommunity.esri.com/blog on Fri 22 Jan 2016.

--Joseph Kerski

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