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