{"id":75751,"date":"2017-02-28T11:35:24","date_gmt":"2017-02-28T11:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/uncategorized\/use-the-time-aware-template-to-show-live-forecast-data\/"},"modified":"2018-03-26T21:12:13","modified_gmt":"2018-03-26T21:12:13","slug":"use-the-time-aware-template-to-show-live-forecast-data","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/sharing-collaboration\/sharing-collaboration\/use-the-time-aware-template-to-show-live-forecast-data","title":{"rendered":"Use the Time Aware Template to Show Live Forecast Data"},"author":6941,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[37511],"tags":[33101,33071,27591],"industry":[],"product":[36821,36551],"class_list":["post-75751","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sharing-collaboration","tag-cats","tag-march-2017-release","tag-time-aware","product-configurable-apps","product-arcgis-online"],"acf":{"short_description":"With the March update to ArcGIS Online, the Time Aware configurable app template will support live forecast data.\u00a0 The Time Aware app dy...","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>With the March update to ArcGIS Online, the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.esri.com\/esri\/arcgis\/2016\/07\/27\/using-time-aware-app-template\/\" target=\"_blank\">Time Aware configurable app template<\/a> will support live forecast data.\u00a0 The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=b70d83ba89db4f8a97427ee237a1e60c\" target=\"_blank\">Time Aware<\/a> app dynamically shows changes in data through time.\u00a0 It supports static and live data while adding support for live future or forecast data.\u00a0 Enabling the forecast option sets the start point for the application to the time the app is opened and moves the time extent forward instead of backward. This is especially useful for predictive weather and climate live data feeds.\u00a0 This blog shows how to configure the future or forecast option. For a complete overview of configuring live data options visit this <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.esri.com\/esri\/arcgis\/2017\/01\/19\/live-data-options-with-the-time-aware-template\/\" target=\"_blank\">blog post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To set now (or when the application is opened) as the start time of your time slider, select the new forecast option located on the top of the Live Data Option tab in the configuration panel. This signifies your data contains future or forecast data.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/02\/config-panel.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-75072\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/02\/config-panel-300x293.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"293\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Example 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/sharedtheme.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/TimeAware\/index.html?appid=cde357a6bcb24afabcbbead03cb30350\" target=\"_blank\">Storm Watch 2017: SoCal Rain Forecast<\/a> app shows the precipitation forecast in Southern California over the next 72 hours. \u00a0Using the new forecast option, the app will set the start time to time it is opened or refreshed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/02\/wathergif.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-75243 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/02\/wathergif-300x156.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"156\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Example 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/webapps.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/TimeAware\/index.html?appid=dad1bc0fb7334683b0b006a649524505\" target=\"_blank\">Town Hall 2017<\/a> app shows the planned town hall meetings in 2017.\u00a0 Using the new forecast option, the app will show only future events.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/02\/townhall1.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-75239\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/02\/townhall1-300x156.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"156\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> The Town Hall 2017 app is using custom CSS to embed the slider into the legend.<\/p>\n<p>Steps to embed the slider:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>In the Time Aware template configuration panel 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