Latest Contributions by KristenWobbe

The Geoportal Server 1.2.7 "What's New" documentation describes the "Geoportal Search" and "AddToMap" widgets, and says to copy them to \\WebAppBuilderForArcGIS\client\stemapp\widgets folder.  Where do I get them from in order to copy them there? ... View more

Over the course of this year requests for a PRINT WIDGET in the ArcGIS Online off-the-shelf apps have been reaching my desk more and more.  This goes beyond the PRINT WIDGET offered in Web AppBuilder which is great if you have planned ahead, and for example you know that you are creating an app for a customer who knows they will need the capability to print a quick map to take to the field that day, etc.  It actually comes up more commonly where an app has already been created such as a Story Map to share with the public, or for presentation to a Manager, and the first thing the manager wants to do is PRINT it so they can share the idea with other managers or staff persons at a meeting.  We are currently using the out-of-the box apps and widgets, not downloading and customizing AGOL apps, and are NOT re-hosting customized apps in our own web-enabled environment.  (We want to avoid some of the issues that would come with managing new versions, and updating customized web apps that have been downloaded and re-hosted.)  In the case described above, the PRINT WIDGET in Web AppBuilder does NOT meet the need!  It would be most beneficial for the broad majority of staff-users within our organization to have a PRINT WIDGET included in the off-the-shelf AGOL web apps (i.e. Story Maps, Crowd source, Map Viewer, etc). Thank you for your consideration of this idea! Cheers,...~Kris ... View more

I was wondering if there has been any progress made, or plans for a fix, regarding the ESRI verified bug for "setting a data source from a mapped letter drive (G:\) to a UNC path?"  This is problematic for our workflow for creating GIS web services and this bug gives me grief at times in doing the preliminary work of setting up my MXD for creating a map service.  Due to the workflow used for our ArcGIS Server environment, I get alerted that the data will be copied to the server if we don't use the UNC paths.  It would be both helpful and awesome if ESRI provided a fix in future versions of ArcMap for this bug.    Here's the details of the verified bug: Bug BUG-000096779 Synopsis In ArcMap 10.3.1 and later, when setting a data source from a mapped drive to a UNC path, the path change is not reflected in the Layer Properties or the Table of Contents. Thank you for providing this forum for new ideas and for your consideration of my idea!  ...~Kris ... View more

I was wondering if there has been any progress made, or plans for a fix, regarding the ESRI verified bug for "setting a data source from a mapped letter drive (G:\) to a UNC path?"  This is problematic for our workflow for creating GIS web services and this bug gives me grief at times in doing the preliminary work of setting up my MXD for creating a map service.  Due to the workflow used for our ArcGIS Server environment, I get alerted that the data will be copied to the server if we don't use the UNC paths.  It would be both helpful and awesome if ESRI provided a fix in future versions of ArcMap for this bug.    Here's the details of the verified bug: Bug BUG-000096779 Synopsis In ArcMap 10.3.1 and later, when setting a data source from a mapped drive to a UNC path, the path change is not reflected in the Layer Properties or the Table of Contents. Thank you for providing this forum for new ideas and for your consideration of my idea!  ...~Kris ... View more

It would be helpful if the "View Status" page in ArcGIS Online for Organizations could be added to a custom role.  Currently, I think that only the "Administrator role" can view the "View Status" page.  Within our organization it would helpful if we could allow some of the other "Leads" to view the statistics found there.  Also it doesn't appear there is any information presented there that shouldn't be seen by staff with other roles if it were opened up more broadly.  It raises some concerns that the "Admin role" could become a bottleneck for inquiries, and staff requests for information.  I read through the ESRI Help for "View Status" http://doc.arcgis.com/en/arcgis-online/administer/view-status.htm, but did not find anywhere in there that it was available to anyone except staff with the "Admin role".   Thanks for your consideration of this idea.  ...~Kris ... View more

Seasons Greetings for 2015! Has there been any progress made in discussions between the Geoportal Server Team and the Web App Builder Team in adding the Geoportal Search Widget as a configurable app to Web App Builder? It makes so much sense for these two ESRI Teams to work together and add an app developed by another ESRI Team to Web App Builder to provide functionality that does not currently exist to Web App Builder.  The Geoportal Search Widget allows for search and discovery of GIS resources like data, metadata, map services, etc.  Then when a map services is discovered it includes the capability to "Add-to-Map" for quick mash-up and display of map services. There is some very useful programming behind the Geoportal Search Widget that could benefit the broader GIS Community, and take note the code behind this widget is pretty sophisticated and not easily reproduced or replicated.   For non-developers it would be most useful to add the Geoportal Server Search Widget as a configurable app to Web App Builder so it an be easily added to your viewer of choice, as downloading, developing, and hosting is not always an option for some users. Does anyone from the ESRI Geoportal Team (Marten) or from the Web App Builder Team have an update to share from the November meeting where this issue was discussed? Curious minds would like to know from Rainy Portland, OR! Cheers!   Kris ... View more

The target for this request is the Geoportal Server Team.  With the release of Geoportal Server version 1.2.4 one of the items described as "What's New" was an "initial sample integration of Apache SOLR to enable faceting a catalog and distributing an index."  When our Bureau stood up the new version of Geoportal 1.2.4, we also stood up an instance of Geoportal Facets customization (GFC).  Our instance of GFC through testing proved promising but it's still sitting there and has not been developed or integrated with our working solution.  Recent ESRI presentations have indicated increased support for this is "Farther Down the Road" and I would like to see ESRI provide more support for this product which leverages the Apache SOLR index taking it beyond a sample customization to a more full blown integration option for Geoportal Server.  When tested GFC seemed to provide a much faster Search and Discovery for an improved user experience.  The architecture can be found on the Geoportal Facets page in GitHub (https://github.com/Esri/geoportal-server/wiki/Geoportal-Facets) and is described as: "You can see that solr is deployed separately from the Esri Geoportal Server, and maintains a separate lucene index. Records can be pushed into this index from the Esri Geoportal Server or from other systems. The Custom solr UI exposes the solr index; this UI can be placed into the Esri Geoportal Server page structure, or can be maintained outside of the Esri Geoportal Server." It would be really helpful if ESRI could build upon the best practice for deployment of the custom SOLR user interface, or integration with Geoportal Server page structure, so this could be leveraged toward a more out-of-the-box functionality, with less emphasis on the need for a developer's role or networking with other users who have taken a deeper dive in implementing this promising component.   ... View more

The target for this request is the Geoportal Server Team.  With the release of Geoportal Server version 1.2.4 one of the items described as "What's New" was an "initial sample integration of Apache SOLR to enable faceting a catalog and distributing an index."  When our Bureau stood up the new version of Geoportal 1.2.4, we also stood up an instance of Geoportal Facets customization (GFC).  Our instance of GFC through testing proved promising but it's still sitting there and has not been developed or integrated with our working solution.  Recent ESRI presentations have indicated increased support for this is "Farther Down the Road" and I would like to see ESRI provide more support for this product which leverages the Apache SOLR index taking it beyond a sample customization to a more full blown integration option for Geoportal Server.  When tested GFC seemed to provide a much faster Search and Discovery for an improved user experience.  The architecture can be found on the Geoportal Facets page in GitHub (https://github.com/Esri/geoportal-server/wiki/Geoportal-Facets) and is described as: "You can see that solr is deployed separately from the Esri Geoportal Server, and maintains a separate lucene index. Records can be pushed into this index from the Esri Geoportal Server or from other systems. The Custom solr UI exposes the solr index; this UI can be placed into the Esri Geoportal Server page structure, or can be maintained outside of the Esri Geoportal Server." It would be really helpful if ESRI could build upon the best practice for deployment of the custom SOLR user interface, or integration with Geoportal Server page structure, so this could be leveraged toward a more out-of-the-box functionality, with less emphasis on the need for a developer's role or networking with other users who have taken a deeper dive in implementing this promising component.   ... View more

I want to submit a request to have the ESRI Web App Builder Team add the "Geoportal Search Widget" to the offerings of configurable apps available out-of-the-box through Web App Builder.  It would be most beneficial to have this widget included so it could be easily added to viewers such as the ArcGIS Online (AGOL) viewer, or the Geocortex HTML5 viewer (offered by Latitude Geographics an ESRI Business Partner). Background info: The Geoportal Search Widget developed by the ESRI Geoportal Team has provided some great functionality to the FLEX viewer integrated with Geoportal Server. This widget could be added to Web App Builder!  It offers two levels of functionality that the Web App Builder Widgets have not addressed and currently do not offer.      1. Geoportal Search Widget enables search and discovery of map services ("Live Maps and Services") providing a list of search results.      2. A link is provided in the search results for the map services discovered and "Add to Map" is offered in the form of a search result link, which allows for the map service to be easily added to the viewer allowing the user to mash-up the services quickly and easily to create a web map. It would be greatly beneficial on the user-end if these two ESRI Teams could work together to offer the Geoportal Search widget in Web App Builder as an off-the-shelf configurable app. ... View more

I want to submit a request to have the ESRI Web App Builder Team add the "Geoportal Search Widget" to the offerings of configurable apps available out-of-the-box through Web App Builder.  It would be most beneficial to have this widget included so it could be easily added to viewers such as the ArcGIS Online (AGOL) viewer, or the Geocortex HTML5 viewer (offered by Latitude Geographics an ESRI Business Partner). Background info: The Geoportal Search Widget developed by the ESRI Geoportal Team has provided some great functionality to the FLEX viewer integrated with Geoportal Server. This widget could be added to Web App Builder!  It offers two levels of functionality that the Web App Builder Widgets have not addressed and currently do not offer.      1. Geoportal Search Widget enables search and discovery of map services ("Live Maps and Services") providing a list of search results.      2. A link is provided in the search results for the map services discovered and "Add to Map" is offered in the form of a search result link, which allows for the map service to be easily added to the viewer allowing the user to mash-up the services quickly and easily to create a web map. It would be greatly beneficial on the user-end if these two ESRI Teams could work together to offer the Geoportal Search widget in Web App Builder as an off-the-shelf configurable app. ... View more

The ArcGIS Online for Organizations Story Map App is a great way to communicate information in a map centric way.  I would love to see ESRI add a few new items to their list of enhancments that I think could be easily delivered through the off-the-shelf Story Map App.   I'm aware of the following needed enhancements in my Organization:   1) Add the ability to have a larger logo; to support a "standard logo" to the header settings (i.e. the official sized Agency logo icon for meeting Agency Web standards). 2) Add the capability to choose which side to display the logo on. 3) Also allow for easily adding a custom Agency banner. 4) Add the Flickr & YouTube icons to the header and allow for adding the URL to the Agency Flickr and YouTube sites (i.e. YOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/user/myagency, FLICKR: www.flickr.com/photos/myagency)   I think these changes make a lot of sense for everyone, not just my Organization.   Also considering the fact that ESRI has moved to the "AGOL for Organizations model" I had considered asking them to allow for my Agency to download a Story Map App, customize it, and then have ESRI rehost the App on my Organization's site as a Template that all Staff could use, rather then begin the pattern of having to download and host all Apps we want to make a minor customization to ourselves.  This could pose a problem in the future supporting new version upgrades if we had to go this route of download and hosting Apps.    Generally, I think the changes that would benefit my Organization are enhancements whose time has come for everyone.  It would be great if ESRI could make these additions, with no programming required on the part of the User, by just making all that part of the default off-the-shelf Story Map App! Thanks for your consideration of these requested enhancments! ... View more

Tags and Title are required entries to save a web map in AGOL and Portal.  It should be easy to extend the code behind that functionality to require filling out the rest of the fields in the Item Description (Item Details).  I would like to see the Item Description be a required entry to eliminate the ability to save web maps, services, or apps without a description.  Forcing these items to be filled in before enabling the save, will help eliminate the lack of documentation describing an item.  This will encourage best practices and stop bad habits (of not providing a description of the GIS resource) before they get started. Even better if you make this functionality something an organization can enable if they choose! ... View more