{"id":383552,"date":"2018-12-19T07:00:36","date_gmt":"2018-12-19T15:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=383552"},"modified":"2020-01-03T09:41:40","modified_gmt":"2020-01-03T17:41:40","slug":"make-your-work-easy-to-find-understand-and-use-by-others","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/data-management\/make-your-work-easy-to-find-understand-and-use-by-others","title":{"rendered":"Make your work easy to find, understand, and use by others"},"author":7121,"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],"tags":[284662,29901,27771],"industry":[],"product":[36551],"class_list":["post-383552","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-data-management","tag-content-items","tag-documentation","tag-metadata","product-arcgis-online"],"acf":{"short_description":"Some simple ways to take your Item's Details Page from empty to complete and increase the visibility of your items.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>You\u2019ve put the finishing touches on your layer, web map, or configurable app.\u00a0 You\u2019re ready to share it with the world, right?\u00a0 Well\u2026maybe, if you\u2019ve been updating your item\u2019s Details Page as you\u2019ve been working.\u00a0 If you\u2019re like me, you leave this important step until the end.\u00a0 If you\u2019re reading this wondering, \u201cItem Details Page, what\u2019s that?\u201d then this blog post is for you!<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h1>What is an Item Details Page?<\/h1>\n<p>The Item Details Page is the place where you let other ArcGIS users know what your item is all about. The title, the summary, and the description all answer the question of \u201cwhat is this?\u201d in progressively more descriptive ways.\u00a0 The Item Details Page is also the place to provide the source, the terms of use, any data footnotes or field definitions, and general metadata that would be hidden when viewing the item.<\/p>\n<p>ArcGIS Online provides some basic guidance on the page with the scoring bar.\u00a0 Rather than specific numbers, the scoring bar simply displays progress on a spectrum from low to high.\u00a0 If your page is scoring on the low side, there are suggestions for top improvements listed.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":383562,"id":383562,"title":"ItemInformationScoring","filename":"ItemInformationScoring.png","filesize":5295,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/12\/ItemInformationScoring.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/data-management\/make-your-work-easy-to-find-understand-and-use-by-others\/iteminformationscoring","alt":"Comparing two scoring bars (found on Item Details page). On top, item information is low-to-medium. Below, item information is high.","author":"7121","description":"","caption":"","name":"iteminformationscoring","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":383552,"date":"2018-12-17 23:54:15","modified":"2019-04-12 20:01:31","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":375,"height":334,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/12\/ItemInformationScoring-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/12\/ItemInformationScoring-300x267.png","medium-width":293,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/12\/ItemInformationScoring.png","medium_large-width":375,"medium_large-height":334,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/12\/ItemInformationScoring.png","large-width":375,"large-height":334,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/12\/ItemInformationScoring.png","1536x1536-width":375,"1536x1536-height":334,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/12\/ItemInformationScoring.png","2048x2048-width":375,"2048x2048-height":334,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/12\/ItemInformationScoring.png","card_image-width":375,"card_image-height":334,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/12\/ItemInformationScoring.png","wide_image-width":375,"wide_image-height":334}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h1>Why Document Your Item?<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>Your coworkers &amp; external users who use your item will thank you! A complete Item Details Page makes your work easy to find, understand, and use by others.<\/li>\n<li>It makes your item more credible.<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s required when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/a-simple-checklist-for-nominating-your-maps-and-apps-into-the-living-atlas\/\">nominating to ArcGIS Living Atlas<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>It makes your web map social-media-ready with title, thumbnail, &amp; summary. For example, when I shared this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/webmap\/viewer.html?webmap=66f16e8f4b12476c8f5983bdd7cbd4fa\">web map of children\u2019s living arrangements<\/a> on Twitter, Twitter picked up the title, image, and blurb right from my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=66f16e8f4b12476c8f5983bdd7cbd4fa\">Item\u2019s Details Page<\/a>:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":383572,"id":383572,"title":"SocialMedia","filename":"SocialMedia.png","filesize":23177,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/12\/SocialMedia.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/data-management\/make-your-work-easy-to-find-understand-and-use-by-others\/socialmedia","alt":"Web map shared on Twitter. Shows one benefit of documenting items: Twitter is using web map\u2019s title, image, and blurb.","author":"7121","description":"","caption":"","name":"socialmedia","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":383552,"date":"2018-12-17 23:55:12","modified":"2019-04-12 20:01:58","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":646,"height":275,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/12\/SocialMedia-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/12\/SocialMedia-300x128.png","medium-width":300,"medium-height":128,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/12\/SocialMedia.png","medium_large-width":646,"medium_large-height":275,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/12\/SocialMedia.png","large-width":646,"large-height":275,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/12\/SocialMedia.png","1536x1536-width":646,"1536x1536-height":275,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/12\/SocialMedia.png","2048x2048-width":646,"2048x2048-height":275,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/12\/SocialMedia.png","card_image-width":646,"card_image-height":275,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/12\/SocialMedia.png","wide_image-width":646,"wide_image-height":275}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h1>Six Tips to Document Your Item<\/h1>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Document as you work.<\/strong> It\u2019s part of the process when publishing a layer or web map from Pro, as you\u2019re prompted for the basics such as title, tags, and summary before your item even exists in ArcGIS Online.\u00a0 Similarly, when creating a new item or adding an item from your computer, you are prompted for tags and a summary.\u00a0 Skipping this step in the moment might be quick in the short-run, but filling it out will help you avoid having to go back and do it.\u00a0 If you\u2019re unsure of what your final title or summary will be, that\u2019s okay!\u00a0 You can always edit it later.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cite the original data source in the Credits (Attribution) section. <\/strong>Be a responsible data user and give credit where credit is due.\u00a0 Doing this makes your item look more trustworthy.\u00a0 Providing a link to the original data source in the Description could inspire other users who want to build on your work.\u00a0 Besides, including the source is easy points to get that scale bar towards the High end!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Think of someone who comes across your item online.<\/strong> What information would you need to tell them if you were briefing them about your work?\u00a0 Why is this item valuable to them?\u00a0 Is there jargon or acronyms that are obvious to you that may not be so obvious to a more lay audience?\u00a0 Any acronyms that can be spelled out somewhere in the Description?\u00a0 Any field definitions or data footnotes that should be communicated?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Choose <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/uncategorized\/using-tags-effectively\/\"><strong>effective tags<\/strong><\/a><strong> that make your item discoverable. <\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>What question does your item answer? This can be a great place to start thinking about tags. For example, if my map shows the <a href=\"https:\/\/urbanobservatory.maps.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=bff958dc716f4aba8f34d842ba37e558\">teen employment rate<\/a>, then it answers questions about youth, the workforce, labor supply, and even policy\u2026all great tags!<\/li>\n<li>There might be reasons to use the geography level, such as \u201ccensus tracts\u201d or \u201ccounties\u201d, as tags. Similarly, there might be a reason to include the source as a tag.\u00a0 In the teen employment example, \u201cAmerican Community Survey\u201d is used as a tag, but depending on the source of the data used, this could be NOAA, FEMA, CDC, etc.<\/li>\n<li>Review any tags that have been automatically generated. If you\u2019ve performed analysis or enrichment, you will have automatically generated tags such as \u201canalysis result\u201d or \u201cenriched layer.\u201d\u00a0 These are often helpful to the map author, but not so much the viewer of the final web map or app.\u00a0 Delete as appropriate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Take the time to make a <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/uncategorized\/put-your-best-thumbnail-forward\/\"><strong>nice thumbnail<\/strong><\/a>, especially for your top-tier content that you share publicly.\u00a0 A picture is worth a thousand words, right?\u00a0 For best results, the thumbnail should be 600 x 400 px.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Use markup, formatting, indentation, color, and images to your advantage.<\/strong> It\u2019s easy to change the color of text in the Description so that it can match your legend, or even add images.\u00a0 Let\u2019s look at some examples:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Web Maps<\/h3>\n<p>This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/webmap\/viewer.html?webmap=66f16e8f4b12476c8f5983bdd7cbd4fa\">web map of Children\u2019s Living Arrangements<\/a> displays the predominant type of family by state, county, and tract.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":383672,"id":383672,"title":"children's_living_arrangements_map","filename":"childrens_living_arrangements_map.png","filesize":305747,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/12\/childrens_living_arrangements_map.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/data-management\/make-your-work-easy-to-find-understand-and-use-by-others\/childrens_living_arrangements_map","alt":"Screenshot of web map of Children\u2019s Living Arrangements zoomed to Washington, DC. Goldenrod tracts indicate predominance of children in Married Couple Families.","author":"7121","description":"","caption":"","name":"childrens_living_arrangements_map","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":383552,"date":"2018-12-18 00:04:28","modified":"2019-04-12 20:02:46","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":1909,"height":1020,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/12\/childrens_living_arrangements_map-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/12\/childrens_living_arrangements_map-300x160.png","medium-width":300,"medium-height":160,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/12\/childrens_living_arrangements_map-768x410.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":410,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/12\/childrens_living_arrangements_map-1024x547.png","large-width":1024,"large-height":547,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/12\/childrens_living_arrangements_map.png","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":821,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/12\/childrens_living_arrangements_map.png","2048x2048-width":1909,"2048x2048-height":1020,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/12\/childrens_living_arrangements_map-826x441.png","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":441,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/12\/childrens_living_arrangements_map.png","wide_image-width":1909,"wide_image-height":1020}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/webmap\/viewer.html?webmap=66f16e8f4b12476c8f5983bdd7cbd4fa"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>By taking a screenshot of this map with an open pop-up, hosting it as an image, and using it within <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=66f16e8f4b12476c8f5983bdd7cbd4fa\">the Description<\/a>, we communicate the legend and the pop-up information at the same time:<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":383682,"id":383682,"title":"children's_living_arrangements_details","filename":"childrens_living_arrangements_details.png","filesize":101199,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/12\/childrens_living_arrangements_details.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/data-management\/make-your-work-easy-to-find-understand-and-use-by-others\/childrens_living_arrangements_details","alt":"Item Details page (Overview tab) of web map \u201cWhat are Children\u2019s Living Arrangements?\u201d with a picture of the map in the Description.","author":"7121","description":"","caption":"","name":"childrens_living_arrangements_details","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":383552,"date":"2018-12-18 00:05:00","modified":"2019-04-12 20:03:37","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":1168,"height":1051,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/12\/childrens_living_arrangements_details-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/12\/childrens_living_arrangements_details-300x270.png","medium-width":290,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/12\/childrens_living_arrangements_details-768x691.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":691,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/12\/childrens_living_arrangements_details-1024x921.png","large-width":1024,"large-height":921,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/12\/childrens_living_arrangements_details.png","1536x1536-width":1168,"1536x1536-height":1051,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/12\/childrens_living_arrangements_details.png","2048x2048-width":1168,"2048x2048-height":1051,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/12\/childrens_living_arrangements_details-517x465.png","card_image-width":517,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/12\/childrens_living_arrangements_details.png","wide_image-width":1168,"wide_image-height":1051}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=66f16e8f4b12476c8f5983bdd7cbd4fa"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h3>Apps and Story Maps<\/h3>\n<p>This tabbed map series of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/MapSeries\/index.html?appid=bb9ea6df4e7e417b953219db1b366db0\">Occupations Vulnerable to Extreme Heat<\/a> shows four different categories of workers, one tab for each, and then a final predominance map showing all four.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":383692,"id":383692,"title":"Occupations_app","filename":"Occupations_app.png","filesize":172620,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Occupations_app.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/data-management\/make-your-work-easy-to-find-understand-and-use-by-others\/occupations_app","alt":"Tabbed map series of Occupations Vulnerable to Extreme Heath. Shows entire United States at the County level.","author":"7121","description":"","caption":"","name":"occupations_app","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":383552,"date":"2018-12-18 00:05:21","modified":"2019-04-12 20:03:59","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":1491,"height":687,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Occupations_app-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Occupations_app-300x138.png","medium-width":300,"medium-height":138,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Occupations_app-768x354.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":354,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Occupations_app-1024x472.png","large-width":1024,"large-height":472,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Occupations_app.png","1536x1536-width":1491,"1536x1536-height":687,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Occupations_app.png","2048x2048-width":1491,"2048x2048-height":687,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Occupations_app-826x381.png","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":381,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Occupations_app.png","wide_image-width":1491,"wide_image-height":687}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/MapSeries\/index.html?appid=bb9ea6df4e7e417b953219db1b366db0"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/urbanobservatory.maps.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=bb9ea6df4e7e417b953219db1b366db0\">The app\u2019s Details Page<\/a> uses the same colors as the ones used in the map, and details about each occupation category with links to the authoritative source on occupation definitions.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":383702,"id":383702,"title":"occupations_details","filename":"occupations_details.png","filesize":66278,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/12\/occupations_details.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/data-management\/make-your-work-easy-to-find-understand-and-use-by-others\/occupations_details","alt":"Item Details page for the tabbed series web app \u201cOccupations Vulnerable to Extreme Heat?\u201d where colors of text match colors used in map.","author":"7121","description":"","caption":"","name":"occupations_details","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":383552,"date":"2018-12-18 00:05:47","modified":"2019-04-12 20:04:41","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":1307,"height":1056,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/12\/occupations_details-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/12\/occupations_details-300x242.png","medium-width":300,"medium-height":242,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/12\/occupations_details-768x621.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":621,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/12\/occupations_details-1024x827.png","large-width":1024,"large-height":827,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/12\/occupations_details.png","1536x1536-width":1307,"1536x1536-height":1056,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/12\/occupations_details.png","2048x2048-width":1307,"2048x2048-height":1056,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/12\/occupations_details-576x465.png","card_image-width":576,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/12\/occupations_details.png","wide_image-width":1307,"wide_image-height":1056}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/urbanobservatory.maps.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=bb9ea6df4e7e417b953219db1b366db0"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h1>Each and Every ArcGIS Online Item Has a Details Page<\/h1>\n<p>Layers, web maps, scenes, configurable apps, story maps, even tables and images that have been uploaded your ArcGIS account all have an Item Details page.\u00a0 A very common workflow is to first author a data layer, then create a web map from this layer, then display the web map along with some context in a configurable app or story map.\u00a0 The layer, the web map, and the app each have an item details page.\u00a0 Ideally, all are filled out, not just the app\u2019s!\u00a0 For example, <a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/en\/browse\/#d=2&amp;type=maps&amp;q=occupations%20vulnerable%20to%20extreme%20heat%20owner%3Adianaclavery_uo\">all five web map used<\/a> in the Occupations Vulnerable to Extreme Heat app all have their own fully-documented Item Details Page.\u00a0 This helps your app\u2019s building blocks &#8211; here, the layers and the web maps \u2013 to stand alone, which can be helpful when a colleague (or external GIS user) just wants to use one part of your app or story map.<\/p>\n<h1>More Reasons to Love the Item Details Page<\/h1>\n<p>Up until now, we\u2019ve discussed the Overview tab only.\u00a0 There\u2019s also a Usage tab where you can track the number of views your item is getting; a Settings tab where you can turn on delete protection, mark the status, set the extent, and more ways to control the user experience of your item; and for layers, a Data tab and Visualization tab so you can do some quick checks without having to open the layer in a map.\u00a0 All this metadata in the Item Details Page helps both you as the Item\u2019s creator and others as the Item\u2019s users to collaborate across the entire ArcGIS platform.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit the official help page: <a 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