{"id":269332,"date":"2019-10-09T14:32:54","date_gmt":"2019-10-09T21:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/?post_type=arcwatch&p=269332"},"modified":"2019-10-16T16:27:52","modified_gmt":"2019-10-16T23:27:52","slug":"learn-to-configure-and-use-attachment-viewer","status":"publish","type":"arcwatch","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcwatch\/learn-to-configure-and-use-attachment-viewer","title":{"rendered":"Learn to Configure and Use Attachment Viewer"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1172,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"sync_status":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","castos_file_data":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10392],"tags":[163382,371072],"arcwatch_issues":[381692],"class_list":["post-269332","arcwatch","type-arcwatch","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arcgis-online","tag-arcgis-online","tag-configurable-web-apps","arcwatch_issues-november-2019","arcwatch_sections-the-tip"],"acf":{"short_description":"In this tip, you will learn how to use the Attachment Viewer configurable app template to view photos and other feature attachments. ","pdf":{"host_remotely":false,"file":"","file_url":""},"flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"Attachments\u00a0are files or images that have been added to feature layers in a variety of different ways. Attachments are typically photographs captured using apps such as Collector for ArcGIS<\/a>, Survey123 for ArcGIS<\/a>, and ArcGIS QuickCapture<\/a>. Photos and other documents also can be added using ArcGIS Pro or Map Viewer. Attachments differ from links in that the documents are stored within the feature itself.\r\n\r\nBelow you will see an example of a feature that has multiple attachments: three JPG files, a PowerPoint presentation, a Word document, and a PDF file."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":269382,"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"In this tip, you will learn how to use the Attachment Viewer configurable app template currently available in ArcGIS Online<\/a> and coming soon to ArcGIS Enterprise<\/a>. Attachment Viewer gives you the ability to view photos and other feature attachments in the feature layer. The app gives you the ability to organize and access non-spatial items like PDFs, photos, and PowerPoint presentations from a feature\u2014be it a point, line, or polygon\u2014that you already have collected using field apps like Collector for ArcGIS<\/a>. Attachment Viewer has three main sections:\r\n\r\nA\u2014Main stage. This is where photos and other images are displayed, along with videos and animated GIF files. Arrows at the bottom of the main stage allow viewers to browse multiple attachments.\r\n\r\nB\u2014Map. This is where the map is displayed. Pan and zoom to click on other features to view their attachments.\r\n\r\nC\u2014Pop-up information panel. It displays the layer pop-up's contents, including additional attachments if present."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":269412,"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"Configure Attachment Viewer<\/strong>\r\n\r\nTo see what you can do with the Attachment Viewer, open this sample map<\/a> and sign in to your ArcGIS Online account.\r\n\r\nStep 1:<\/strong> Save, share, and click CREATE A WEB APP."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":269422,"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":269432,"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":269442,"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"Step 2:<\/strong> Select Attachment Viewer, then click CREATE A WEB APP.\r\n\r\nIn the Create a New Web App gallery, select Attachment Viewer. Click the Explore\/Summarize Data tab to locate it or use Search."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":269472,"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"After selecting it, click CREATE WEB APP."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":269482,"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"Add a title; tags; and, optionally, a summary. Click Done to open the configuration panel.\r\n\r\nStep 3:<\/strong> Configure the app.\r\n\r\nThe configuration panel provides three tabs used to configure the app: General, Options, and Search.\r\n\r\nMake changes to tabs <\/strong>\r\n\r\nFor the configured\u00a0Attachment Viewer example app<\/a>,\u00a0the following settings were made. Click the tab image at the top of the app to view the entire tab.\r\n\r\nGeneral\u00a0tab<\/strong>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":269502,"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"