Fire Hydrant Inspection can be used to inventory fire hydrants, update operational status on a regular schedule, and monitor the progress of fire personnel performing routine hydrant inspections.
In this topic, you'll learn how to configure the Fire Hydrant Inspection solution to meet specific needs in your organization.
Load data
In some cases, you may already have this information in ArcGIS or another mapping system. Review the layers provided with the solution and determine what source data you want to load. Then, load your existing data into the layers provided with the solution before sharing the maps or apps.
Once you have determined what source data must be loaded, complete one or more of the data loading workflows below.
Load data from a shapefile
Load data into the FireHydrants layer from a shapefile by completing the following steps:
- Create a .zip file of your shapefile.
- Sign in to your ArcGIS organization and browse to the feature layer you want to populate.
- Open the item page and click Update Data > Append Data to Layer.
- Click Choose File and browse to your .zip file, and click Open.
- Click Upload and Continue.
- Click Choose the layer to update drop-down arrow and choose the layer that contains the updated data.
- Uncheck Update existing features.
- Click Show field matching and map the fields between the two layers.
- Click Apply Updates.
Tip:
To make additional updates to a hosted feature layer, see Append data to layers.