{"id":267702,"date":"2018-07-06T13:05:58","date_gmt":"2018-07-06T20:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=267702"},"modified":"2019-05-30T08:26:06","modified_gmt":"2019-05-30T15:26:06","slug":"bring-your-data-closer-together-save-analysis-results-from-join-features-as-hosted-feature-layer-views","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/data-management\/bring-your-data-closer-together-save-analysis-results-from-join-features-as-hosted-feature-layer-views","title":{"rendered":"Bring your data closer together: Save analysis results from Join Features as Hosted Feature Layer Views"},"author":6981,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[23851,22941],"tags":[42641,103402],"industry":[],"product":[36551],"class_list":["post-267702","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-data-management","category-mapping","tag-arcgis-online","tag-whats-new-june-2018","product-arcgis-online"],"acf":{"short_description":"Wish you could have your Join Features results always stay up to date? Now you can when you save the results as a hosted feature layer view","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Joining data together to visualize and understand trends is nothing new for GIS savvy individuals. In fact, if you\u2019re following good database design you\u2019ll often find it handy to visualize information based on data in a related table like pumping test results from a hydrant inspection.<\/p>\n

For a while now, the Join Features <\/a>\u00a0analysis tool in ArcGIS Online has made it possible to join data together and create a new feature layer based on spatial or attribute relationships.\u00a0 This approach works great if you are working with data that is static and doesn\u2019t change.\u00a0 However, if you are working with data that is being modified or added to over time, that feature layer quickly becomes out of date and you need to periodically run the Join Features tool again to get the latest information. What you really need in this case is to combine some of the flexible functionality of hosted feature layer views with your joined data to create a dynamic up-to-date view of your related data.<\/p>\n

With the June release of ArcGIS Online, we\u2019re starting to introduce just that for some specific workflows within Join Features (more options will make their way into future releases).\u00a0 This new functionality is available if you are:<\/p>\n