{"id":1488982,"date":"2022-02-23T08:02:09","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T16:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=1488982"},"modified":"2022-04-12T16:36:47","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T23:36:47","slug":"improved-sharing-workflow-in-arcgis-urban-february-2022","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/urban\/announcements\/improved-sharing-workflow-in-arcgis-urban-february-2022","title":{"rendered":"Improved sharing workflow in ArcGIS Urban (February 2022)"},"author":7671,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[37101],"tags":[],"industry":[],"product":[409602],"class_list":["post-1488982","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","product-urban"],"acf":{"short_description":"We simplified the workflow to make plans and projects public in the February 2022 release of ArcGIS Urban by using the sharing capabilities.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

In <\/span>the<\/span> February 2022 release of ArcGIS Urban, we have <\/span>simplif<\/span>ied<\/span> and improv<\/span>ed<\/span> how cities can share plans and projects with stakeholders and the public. To sum it up: t<\/span>he publishing workflow <\/span>was<\/span> replaced<\/span> with the sharing capabilities of ArcGIS Online. <\/span>In t<\/span>his blog post <\/span>we <\/span>will explain how the improved <\/span>sharing<\/span> workflow in Urban compares to the <\/span>previous<\/span> publishing workflow<\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Making urban design scenarios<\/a> available to stakeholders or the public is a common workflow that we have supported since the first release in 2019. The previous versions of Urban supported this workflow by publishing a plan or a project with its scenarios to the Urban Model. As a next step, the Urban Model could then be shared with stakeholders or the public so they could access the published plans and projects. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Improved sharing workflow<\/h2>\n

One problem with the publishing workflow was that each public project or plan existed twice in two separate databases \u2013 in the urban design database (an ArcGIS Online item storing a single design plan or project) as well as in the urban database (an ArcGIS Online item storing all public plans and projects). T<\/span>his caused unnecessary duplication of data<\/strong> and led to a visual overlap in the overview, e.g., for public and design projects. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1490802,"id":1490802,"title":"Projects-visual-overlap","filename":"Projects-visual-overlap.png","filesize":471734,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Projects-visual-overlap.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/urban\/announcements\/improved-sharing-workflow-in-arcgis-urban-february-2022\/projects-visual-overlap","alt":"urban projects visual overlap","author":"7671","description":"","caption":"Visual overlap of the design and public version of the same project. ","name":"projects-visual-overlap","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1488982,"date":"2022-02-23 15:33:50","modified":"2022-02-23 15:34:12","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":2074,"height":1236,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Projects-visual-overlap-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Projects-visual-overlap.png","medium-width":438,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Projects-visual-overlap.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":458,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Projects-visual-overlap.png","large-width":1812,"large-height":1080,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Projects-visual-overlap-1536x915.png","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":915,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Projects-visual-overlap-2048x1221.png","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":1221,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Projects-visual-overlap-780x465.png","card_image-width":780,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Projects-visual-overlap-1812x1080.png","wide_image-width":1812,"wide_image-height":1080}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Additionally, the urban design database itself could also be shared with the public through the well-known ArcGIS Online sharing capabilities<\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This duplication of functionality<\/strong> confused many users and was a source of bugs in the development of the application. That\u2019s why we simplified this workflow for the February 2022 release to one single method. It is all called <\/span>sharing<\/span><\/b> from now on and only uses the ArcGIS Online sharing capabilities under the hood.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Publishing – old workflow<\/h2>\n

The previous version of Urban supported the following workflow to make projects or plans available to the public:<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1490812,"id":1490812,"title":"publishing-workflow","filename":"publishing-workflow-e1645632499369.png","filesize":77372,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/02\/publishing-workflow-e1645632499369.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/urban\/announcements\/improved-sharing-workflow-in-arcgis-urban-february-2022\/publishing-workflow","alt":"publishing workflow","author":"7671","description":"","caption":"","name":"publishing-workflow","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1488982,"date":"2022-02-23 15:36:03","modified":"2022-02-23 15:36:32","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":823,"height":126,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/02\/publishing-workflow-213x196.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":196,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/02\/publishing-workflow-e1645632499369.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":71,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/02\/publishing-workflow-e1645632499369.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":118,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/02\/publishing-workflow-e1645632499369.png","large-width":823,"large-height":126,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/02\/publishing-workflow-e1645632499369.png","1536x1536-width":823,"1536x1536-height":126,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/02\/publishing-workflow-e1645632499369.png","2048x2048-width":823,"2048x2048-height":126,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/02\/publishing-workflow-826x126.png","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":126,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/02\/publishing-workflow-e1645632499369.png","wide_image-width":823,"wide_image-height":126}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

    \n
  1. Design a plan\/project.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Share the plan\/project with a group or individual users for internal feedback.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Publish the plan\/project to the Urban Model (urban database).<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Share the Urban Model with everybody for public feedback.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    To update the plan\/project for the public you had to perform the following steps:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1491002,"id":1491002,"title":"update-design-workflow-v1","filename":"update-design-workflow-v1-1-e1645633401280.png","filesize":41256,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/02\/update-design-workflow-v1-1-e1645633401280.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/urban\/announcements\/improved-sharing-workflow-in-arcgis-urban-february-2022\/update-design-workflow-v1-2","alt":"update design publishing","author":"7671","description":"","caption":"","name":"update-design-workflow-v1-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1488982,"date":"2022-02-23 16:22:56","modified":"2022-02-23 16:23:11","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":384,"height":140,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/02\/update-design-workflow-v1-1-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/02\/update-design-workflow-v1-1-e1645633401280.png","medium-width":384,"medium-height":140,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/02\/update-design-workflow-v1-1-e1645633401280.png","medium_large-width":384,"medium_large-height":140,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/02\/update-design-workflow-v1-1-e1645633401280.png","large-width":384,"large-height":140,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/02\/update-design-workflow-v1-1-e1645633401280.png","1536x1536-width":384,"1536x1536-height":140,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/02\/update-design-workflow-v1-1-e1645633401280.png","2048x2048-width":384,"2048x2048-height":140,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/02\/update-design-workflow-v1-1-826x301.png","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":301,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/02\/update-design-workflow-v1-1-e1645633401280.png","wide_image-width":384,"wide_image-height":140}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

      \n
    1. Update the design plan\/project.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
    2. Publish the plan\/project to the Urban Model.
      \nThis overwrites the previously published public plan\/project.<\/em><\/span>\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

       <\/p>\n

      Sharing – new workflow<\/h2>\n

      In the new workflow, we have removed the publishing step. For the new workflow we use the sharing capabilities in ArcGIS Online \u2013 both for internal & external sharing.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

      So, to make projects or plans available to the public, you can simply use sharing now:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1490832,"id":1490832,"title":"sharing-workflow","filename":"sharing-workflow-e1645632522111.png","filesize":63075,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/02\/sharing-workflow-e1645632522111.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/urban\/announcements\/improved-sharing-workflow-in-arcgis-urban-february-2022\/sharing-workflow","alt":"sharing workflow","author":"7671","description":"","caption":"","name":"sharing-workflow","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1488982,"date":"2022-02-23 15:40:01","modified":"2022-02-23 15:41:26","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":611,"height":126,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/02\/sharing-workflow-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/02\/sharing-workflow-e1645632522111.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":96,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/02\/sharing-workflow-e1645632522111.png","medium_large-width":611,"medium_large-height":126,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/02\/sharing-workflow-e1645632522111.png","large-width":611,"large-height":126,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/02\/sharing-workflow-e1645632522111.png","1536x1536-width":611,"1536x1536-height":126,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/02\/sharing-workflow-e1645632522111.png","2048x2048-width":611,"2048x2048-height":126,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/02\/sharing-workflow-826x170.png","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":170,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/02\/sharing-workflow-e1645632522111.png","wide_image-width":611,"wide_image-height":126}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

        \n
      1. Design a plan\/project.<\/span><\/li>\n
      2. Share the plan\/project.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\n