5 – Updating Dashboard Source DataDerek Law, Product Manager - Apps
@GIS_Bandit
Topics
• Updating dashboard data sources• Hosted feature layer views
Authoring dashboards - high level workflow
data ArcGIS Dashboards
web mapweb layer
ArcGIS Online
ArcGIS Enterpriseor
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UPDATES
Data sources
• Use existing web layers from other organizations- Ready to use in dashboards- E.g., Johns Hopkins COVID-19 county level data
• Enable updates in the Map Viewer,- For web layer(s) in the web map
- Set refresh interval
Data sources
• Use your own health data- May require some data preprocessing
- CSV, MS Excel, Google Sheets, shapefiles, etc …- Upload into ArcGIS
- Create web layer
• You will need to apply data updates
Data sources
• Use your own health data- May require some data preprocessing
- CSV, MS Excel, Google Sheets, shapefiles, etc …- Upload into ArcGIS
- Create web layer
• You will need to apply data updates
- Survey123 for ArcGIS data (web layers)- In Map Viewer, set refresh interval on the data layer
Updating your data in ArcGIS Online
• 2 methods• Upload into ArcGIS Online → create web layers
- Overwrite – recreates web layer- Append – adds data to the web layer
- Match attribute fields
- No support for schema changes
• Use ArcGIS Pro (aka. ArcGIS Desktop) export to ArcGIS Online- Republish contents to overwrite web layer- Supports minor schema changes
- Item description, sharing and configuration settings
Similar user experience in ArcGIS Enterprise
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Dashboard deployment strategy
• Use case: actively updating data in a web layer (aka. feature layer)• Recommend use a hosted feature layer view in your dashboard
data web layer(feature layer)
ArcGIS Dashboards
web map
Dashboard deployment strategy
• Use case: actively updating data in a web layer (aka. feature layer)• Recommend use a hosted feature layer view in your dashboard
data ArcGIS Dashboards
web mapweb layer(feature layer)
feature layerview
Hosted feature layer views
• Enables a different view of data in a web layer- E.g., apply different settings, styles or filters
• Read only view• Create from a hosted feature layer (web layer)
- From its item page
• Updates made to the hosted feature layer will apply to the feature layer view• Learn more Create hosted feature layer views
Resources for updating data in ArcGIS Online
• ArcGIS Online help topic- Overwrite hosted feature layers- Append data to layers
• ArcGIS Pro help topic- Overwrite a web feature layer
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