Scott,
Then you could not sync it in Collector, and even if I created another app to get feedback or just have them send me paper, having no editable layers would
prevent the use of Collector altogether.
Really, I just want them to have one editable layer for redlining stuff and I’ll take a look at that and edit the GIS data. You need at least one editable layer
to use Collector, and if you are using it with ArcGIS Online, you can make some of the layers read only. But if you are using Portal and Collector in a disconnected state, you have to make all of the layers editable, so Esri tells me.
Nicholas A. McNamara, GISP
GIS Coordinator
South Norwalk
Electric and
Water
Phone: (203) 866-4446 ext. 2035
Fax: (203) 854-0609
Nick
From: Scott Sharlow [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2014 12:45 PM
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Subject: RE: Collector Offline Users
What if you put the data you want the folks to edit in a database that is not within the ArcGIS umbrella? Keep the “shape” away from the “data” and join it
back later.
Scott Sharlow
Information Systems Director
Town of Bloomfield, CT
800 Bloomfield Avenue
Bloomfield, CT 06002
860-769-3539
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Yes as far as the background maps go, but there are assets that are there for reference that need to be able to be queried, but not edited. For example, we
may want them to do hydrant inspection, but not edit the hydrant information itself, or the mains that they are connected to.
Nick
From: Meghan McGaffin [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2014 12:35 PM
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Subject: RE: Collector Offline Users
Can you use one of the pre-canned background maps so you don’t have editable layers other than what they’re collecting? If you submit your basemap data to
the Community Basemaps program you would have a background map that you trust.
Meg McGaffin
GIS Analyst
City of Milford CT
70 West River St
Milford, CT 06460
203-783-3393
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Subject: [CTGIS-L] Collector Offline Users
I wonder if anyone who knows about collector knows of a workaround for this.
Right now, if you want to use Collector in an offline mode, Esri told me you have to allow all layers to be editable. The way it is, your field crews can accidentally (or intentionally)
destroy data and bypass the normal QA/QC process and GIS editors. There needs to be the ability to only allow layers to be edited that we want to be edited, while leaving other layers for query purposes only.
Is it possible to block editing on some layers when the user tries to sync edits back up to the server, while allowing edits in the Collector app just to satisfy it? I just want to have one
layer for redlining, where the user will make notes and they can be synced back up with the server. Maybe something we can do on the SQL side of things or in ArcGIS Server or something? I’m open to any workaround, otherwise it looks like the app is a dealbreaker
for us using mobile, because there really are no other good disconnected options.
Nicholas A. McNamara, GISP
GIS Coordinator
South Norwalk
Electric and
Water
Phone: (203) 866-4446 ext. 2035
Fax: (203) 854-0609
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