{"id":2481342,"date":"2024-09-06T13:05:18","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T20:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=2481342"},"modified":"2026-01-20T10:57:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T18:57:58","slug":"time-enable-a-layer-in-arcgis-online","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/time-enable-a-layer-in-arcgis-online","title":{"rendered":"Time-enable a layer in ArcGIS Online"},"author":5401,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[22941],"tags":[776542,33371,776552,25511,31591,27931],"industry":[],"product":[36551],"class_list":["post-2481342","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mapping","tag-date-fields","tag-map-viewer","tag-time-animation","tag-time-slider","tag-time-enabled","tag-video","product-arcgis-online"],"acf":{"short_description":"Learn how to enable time on a layer to visualize time-based data in Map Viewer.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>If you have spatial data that contains date fields, you can add it to your map in Map Viewer and animate it to see patterns or trends over time. 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