{"id":812831,"date":"2020-05-21T19:13:45","date_gmt":"2020-05-22T02:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=812831"},"modified":"2020-05-22T09:12:47","modified_gmt":"2020-05-22T16:12:47","slug":"use-collaboration-to-support-an-aec-pds","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-enterprise\/aec\/use-collaboration-to-support-an-aec-pds","title":{"rendered":"Use collaboration to support an AEC Project Delivery Subscription"},"author":25481,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[615021,37511],"tags":[310972,42301,42641,34201,638201],"industry":[],"product":[36571,36551],"class_list":["post-812831","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aec","category-sharing-collaboration","tag-aec","tag-arcgis-enterprise","tag-arcgis-online","tag-distributed-collaboration","tag-project-delivery","product-arcgis-enterprise","product-arcgis-online"],"acf":{"short_description":"Use an AEC Project Delivery Subscription to serve as a publication and collaboration environment between you and your customers. ","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

What is an AEC Project Delivery Subscription?<\/b><\/h3>\n

In the past, there have been some challenges with collaborating and getting deliverables from AEC firms to their clients. ASP licensing was previously available, but that requires firms to take on the security of accessing data and its associated liability. There are also multi-tenant agreements that allow you to deliver COTS applications to customers, but it takes time and money to get all the necessary contracts signed. There\u2019s a lot of risk in governing one environment containing sensitive data for many customers.<\/p>\n

An AEC Project Delivery subscription can provide an isolated ArcGIS Online organization that allows you to manage the GIS collaboration environment for a project. Leveraging your existing ArcGIS Enterprise or ArcGIS Online deployment and adding a Project Delivery Subscription allows you and your customers to work together in sync throughout the project lifecycle. These environments seamlessly integrate with your current GIS workflows and processes.<\/p>\n

Each Project Delivery Subscription consists of an ArcGIS Online subscription, an ArcGIS Hub Basic site, and two Creator user type licenses, each with 500 service credits. One license should be kept within the AEC user group and the other can be given to the customer. Additional users (or user types) \u00a0can be added at standard ArcGIS Online user license pricing.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

About using distributed collaboration for an AEC Project Delivery Subscription<\/strong><\/h3>\n

For your customers to securely access your data and deliverables via an ArcGIS Online Project Delivery Subscription, you must publish the content directly to ArcGIS Online or copy it to ArcGIS Online via distributed collaboration<\/a>. Collaboration allows you to share and sync data between ArcGIS Enterprise and ArcGIS Online, as well as ArcGIS Enterprise to ArcGIS Enterprise. While there is an option to sync data from Enterprise to ArcGIS Online by referencing the Enterprise item, your customers cannot view it because they don\u2019t have credentials to your internal ArcGIS Enterprise portal . For this reason, you must sync content to ArcGIS Online by copying it, not by creating an item that references your internal portal.<\/p>\n

In the collaboration, either environment can be the source of the replication, but the destination cannot edit the data from the source. It is essentially, a one-way editing workflow. Edits made to a feature service by the source owner can be synchronized, one way, to receiving participants.<\/p>\n

The steps that follow will help you set up and configure a collaboration between an AEC firm\u2019s ArcGIS Enterprise deployment and its ArcGIS Online subscription. Once the data has been published and copied to ArcGIS Online, it can be shared further to the Project Delivery Subscription.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":861441,"id":861441,"title":"Internal Collaboration","filename":"DC_BlogGraphic.png","filesize":37225,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DC_BlogGraphic.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-enterprise\/aec\/use-collaboration-to-support-an-aec-pds\/dc_bloggraphic","alt":"It's possible to set up a trusted connection between your ArcGIS Enterprise deployment and your ArcGIS Online organization.","author":"25481","description":"","caption":"Collaboration between your ArcGIS Enterprise deployment and ArcGIS Online organization.","name":"dc_bloggraphic","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":812831,"date":"2020-05-13 16:53:01","modified":"2020-05-13 16:54:37","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":711,"height":344,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DC_BlogGraphic-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DC_BlogGraphic.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":224,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DC_BlogGraphic.png","medium_large-width":711,"medium_large-height":344,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DC_BlogGraphic.png","large-width":711,"large-height":344,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DC_BlogGraphic.png","1536x1536-width":711,"1536x1536-height":344,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DC_BlogGraphic.png","2048x2048-width":711,"2048x2048-height":344,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DC_BlogGraphic.png","card_image-width":711,"card_image-height":344,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DC_BlogGraphic.png","wide_image-width":711,"wide_image-height":344}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Once the project data has been copied via collaboration to ArcGIS Online, it can then be shared with your customer (the AEC Project Delivery Subscription<\/a> organization) through group sharing<\/a>. You can invite users from an external organization into a group containing your project deliverables.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":861461,"id":861461,"title":"Project Delivery Workflow","filename":"PDS_BlogGraphic.png","filesize":30194,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/PDS_BlogGraphic.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-enterprise\/aec\/use-collaboration-to-support-an-aec-pds\/pds_bloggraphic","alt":"Once data has been copied to ArcGIS Online, it can be securely accessed by your client.","author":"25481","description":"","caption":"Data copied via collaboration can be shared with the Project Delivery Subscription.","name":"pds_bloggraphic","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":812831,"date":"2020-05-13 16:57:00","modified":"2020-05-13 16:57:50","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":1069,"height":325,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/PDS_BlogGraphic-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/PDS_BlogGraphic.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":141,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/PDS_BlogGraphic.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":233,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/PDS_BlogGraphic.png","large-width":1069,"large-height":325,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/PDS_BlogGraphic.png","1536x1536-width":1069,"1536x1536-height":325,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/PDS_BlogGraphic.png","2048x2048-width":1069,"2048x2048-height":325,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/PDS_BlogGraphic-826x251.png","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":251,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/PDS_BlogGraphic.png","wide_image-width":1069,"wide_image-height":325}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Using collaboration hosts and workspaces<\/strong><\/h3>\n

When setting up a collaboration between ArcGIS Enterprise and ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Online is always the host and ArcGIS Enterprise is the guest. This means the collaboration is initiated from within your ArcGIS Online organization. The collaboration you create can support multiple workspaces. You can have one collaboration between your ArcGIS Online organization and Enterprise portal and at least one workspace for every AEC Project Delivery Subscription you want to send data to. You can have multiple workspaces in a single collaboration, and each independent workspace is set to send, receive, or send and receive<\/a> between ArcGIS Enterprise and ArcGIS Online. Before you can create a collaboration or workspace, it\u2019s recommended that you name and create the groups you will need.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Create groups in ArcGIS Enterprise to support a Project Delivery Subscription<\/strong><\/h3>\n

At a glance, you\u2019ll need to be able to see a group\u2019s name and know its role in the project delivery workflow. It\u2019s recommended that you include the project name and intended audience in the title. Below, you will use Project X as an example in the creation of the following groups.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":862471,"id":862471,"title":"PDS_BlogGraphicFull","filename":"PDS_BlogGraphicFull.png","filesize":95875,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/PDS_BlogGraphicFull.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-enterprise\/aec\/use-collaboration-to-support-an-aec-pds\/pds_bloggraphicfull","alt":"Use collaboration to synchronize data between your Enterprise deployment and ArcGIS Online organization. Once it's in ArcGIS Online, it can easily be shared with your client via a Project Delivery Subscription.","author":"25481","description":"","caption":"Use collaboration to support an AEC Project Delivery Subscription.","name":"pds_bloggraphicfull","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":812831,"date":"2020-05-14 18:41:42","modified":"2020-05-14 18:43:01","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":1246,"height":585,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/PDS_BlogGraphicFull-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/PDS_BlogGraphicFull.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":218,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/PDS_BlogGraphicFull.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":361,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/PDS_BlogGraphicFull.png","large-width":1246,"large-height":585,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/PDS_BlogGraphicFull.png","1536x1536-width":1246,"1536x1536-height":585,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/PDS_BlogGraphicFull.png","2048x2048-width":1246,"2048x2048-height":585,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/PDS_BlogGraphicFull-826x388.png","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":388,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/PDS_BlogGraphicFull.png","wide_image-width":1246,"wide_image-height":585}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Project X to Online – In ArcGIS Enterprise, this group is connected to the collaboration you are about to set up. This group is for sending and receiving content to and from your firm\u2019s ArcGIS Online organization. Anything placed in the group is synced to ArcGIS Online (there are some limitations<\/a>).<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Create groups in your ArcGIS Online organization to support a Project Delivery Subscription<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Project X to Enterprise (internal) \u2013 When you set up the collaboration, you choose a group that will send content to ArcGIS Enterprise as well as receive content from ArcGIS Enterprise, both via one-way data copy. Some items cannot be copied from Enterprise to ArcGIS Online, such as map and image services. Those items are shared by reference instead and still require ArcGIS Enterprise credentials to access. Read the distributed collaboration FAQ<\/a> for details about what cannot be synced from ArcGIS Online to Enterprise. You can still place non-compatible items in the group, but they won\u2019t be shared outside your organization.<\/p>\n

Project X Working (internal) \u2013 This working group is for sharing in-progress maps and apps with your colleagues as a part of their production and design process. You can share configurable apps that contain data from your hosted feature layers, public data, and anything copied or referenced from your Enterprise collaboration. Any work done solely by the AEC firm should be shared here. If a user needs to access an item that is referenced instead of copied, that user must be a member of both ArcGIS Enterprise and ArcGIS Online.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"sidebar","content":"

Note<\/strong>:<\/u> When\u00a0creating a cross-organizational sharing group<\/a>, such as the groups mentioned above and below, ensure that the group members can only update their own items<\/strong> option is selected for the last group setting (default setting). If the setting is changed to All Items<\/strong>, group members can update feature layers and web maps regardless of the item settings. Only organizational members can join groups with this capability, sometimes called an update capability group. You cannot invite users from another organization to a group if members can update all items, and this setting cannot be changed after the group is created. Don\u2019t change this default setting if you want to invite members from another organization to the group.<\/p>\n","image_reference":false,"layout":"standard","image_reference_figure":"","snippet":"","spotlight_name":"","section_title":"","position":"Right","spotlight_image":false},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Project X Field Workers (for optional client editing) \u2013 If any editing needs to be done by the client, a separate group should be created for that. Remember that an ArcGIS Online user cannot edit data copied from the collaboration, however, data copied from ArcGIS Enterprise can be used as an operational layer<\/a> or for analysis in all your maps and apps. Share the appropriate ArcGIS Survey123 forms and ArcGIS Collector web maps, and invite users from the AEC Project Delivery Subscription to become members of this optional group.<\/p>\n

Project X Deliverables (read-only client deliverables) \u2013 This group is for sharing any deliverables with your customer such as data, progress maps, and status updates, but it can also include ArcGIS Dashboards, Web Apps, ArcGIS Hubs, and StoryMaps.<\/p>\n

Set up a distributed collaboration between your ArcGIS Online organization and your ArcGIS Enterprise portal<\/strong><\/h2>\n

You will now establish the trusted connection between your ArcGIS Enterprise portal and ArcGIS Online organization. First, sign in to ArcGIS Online as an administrator. Collaborations between ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Enterprise are initiated from ArcGIS Online. Next, click the Organization<\/strong> tab > Edit Settings > Collaborations > Create Collaboration<\/strong>.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":862531,"id":862531,"title":"01_CreateCollaboration02","filename":"01_CreateCollaboration02.png","filesize":36997,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01_CreateCollaboration02.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-enterprise\/aec\/use-collaboration-to-support-an-aec-pds\/01_createcollaboration02","alt":"Only a user with administrative privileges can create a collaboration.","author":"25481","description":"","caption":"","name":"01_createcollaboration02","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":812831,"date":"2020-05-14 19:01:15","modified":"2020-05-14 19:31:20","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":1607,"height":920,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01_CreateCollaboration02-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01_CreateCollaboration02.png","medium-width":456,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01_CreateCollaboration02.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":440,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01_CreateCollaboration02.png","large-width":1607,"large-height":920,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01_CreateCollaboration02-1536x879.png","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":879,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01_CreateCollaboration02.png","2048x2048-width":1607,"2048x2048-height":920,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01_CreateCollaboration02-812x465.png","card_image-width":812,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01_CreateCollaboration02.png","wide_image-width":1607,"wide_image-height":920}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

 <\/p>\n

Step 1\u2013Name and describe your collaboration<\/h3>\n

It\u2019s recommended that you name it something relevant so others understand the purpose of the collaboration.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":868571,"id":868571,"title":"CreateCollaboration","filename":"CreateCollaboration.jpg","filesize":34956,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/CreateCollaboration.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-enterprise\/aec\/use-collaboration-to-support-an-aec-pds\/createcollaboration","alt":"Name your collaboration and give it a useful description.","author":"25481","description":"","caption":"","name":"createcollaboration","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":812831,"date":"2020-05-21 20:37:14","modified":"2020-05-21 20:37:18","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":797,"height":577,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/CreateCollaboration-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/CreateCollaboration.jpg","medium-width":361,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/CreateCollaboration.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":556,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/CreateCollaboration.jpg","large-width":797,"large-height":577,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/CreateCollaboration.jpg","1536x1536-width":797,"1536x1536-height":577,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/CreateCollaboration.jpg","2048x2048-width":797,"2048x2048-height":577,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/CreateCollaboration-642x465.jpg","card_image-width":642,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/CreateCollaboration.jpg","wide_image-width":797,"wide_image-height":577}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Step 2\u2013Name and describe your initial workspace<\/h3>\n

You can think of a workspace as a container for a project where your users send and receive data. Multiple workspaces can be created in a collaboration to help segment and organize your projects and open groups to collaborated content.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":868551,"id":868551,"title":"Use-collaboration-NameWorkspace01","filename":"Use-collaboration-NameWorkspace01.png","filesize":40103,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Use-collaboration-NameWorkspace01.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-enterprise\/aec\/use-collaboration-to-support-an-aec-pds\/use-collaboration-nameworkspace01","alt":"You collaboration can have many workspaces, so give it an intuitive name.","author":"25481","description":"","caption":"","name":"use-collaboration-nameworkspace01","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":812831,"date":"2020-05-21 20:32:05","modified":"2020-05-21 20:32:15","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":785,"height":574,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Use-collaboration-NameWorkspace01-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Use-collaboration-NameWorkspace01.png","medium-width":357,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Use-collaboration-NameWorkspace01.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":562,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Use-collaboration-NameWorkspace01.png","large-width":785,"large-height":574,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Use-collaboration-NameWorkspace01.png","1536x1536-width":785,"1536x1536-height":574,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Use-collaboration-NameWorkspace01.png","2048x2048-width":785,"2048x2048-height":574,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Use-collaboration-NameWorkspace01-636x465.png","card_image-width":636,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Use-collaboration-NameWorkspace01.png","wide_image-width":785,"wide_image-height":574}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Step 3\u2013Link a group to the workspace<\/h3>\n

Identify a group (new or existing) to link to that workspace. This is where members of your organization send and receive collaborated items. Any data shared to this group is synced to the guest (your ArcGIS Enterprise instance).<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":868611,"id":868611,"title":"Use-collaboration-choose-group","filename":"Use-collaboration-choose-group.jpg","filesize":26963,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Use-collaboration-choose-group.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-enterprise\/aec\/use-collaboration-to-support-an-aec-pds\/use-collaboration-choose-group","alt":"Choose a group to join to the workspace.","author":"25481","description":"","caption":"","name":"use-collaboration-choose-group","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":812831,"date":"2020-05-21 20:40:52","modified":"2020-05-21 20:41:15","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":784,"height":592,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Use-collaboration-choose-group-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Use-collaboration-choose-group.jpg","medium-width":346,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Use-collaboration-choose-group.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":580,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Use-collaboration-choose-group.jpg","large-width":784,"large-height":592,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Use-collaboration-choose-group.jpg","1536x1536-width":784,"1536x1536-height":592,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Use-collaboration-choose-group.jpg","2048x2048-width":784,"2048x2048-height":592,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Use-collaboration-choose-group-616x465.jpg","card_image-width":616,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Use-collaboration-choose-group.jpg","wide_image-width":784,"wide_image-height":592}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Step 4\u2013Decide how your feature layers will be shared<\/h3>\n

This next step determines how your organization will send feature layers to your guests: by reference or as copies. The guest will also make the same choice from their side.<\/p>\n