Configure My Neighborhood Services

In this topic, you will learn how to configure the My Neighborhood Services solution to meet specific needs in your organization.

Load data

My Neighborhood Services can be used to share information about available facilities and services in a community. In some cases, you may have this information in ArcGIS or another business system already.

Review the layers provided with the solution and determine what source data you would like to load. Then, load your existing data into the layers provided with the ArcGIS Solution before sharing the maps or applications.

Once you have determined what source data must be loaded, complete the data-loading workflows below.

Load data from a shapefile

Data for EmergencyResponseFacilities, GovernmentFacilities, LandmarkFacilities, MailShippingFacilities, MedicalFacilities, ParkRecreationFacitilies, and TransportationFacilities can be loaded from a shapefile by following the steps below:

1. Create a .zip file of your shapefile.
2. In your ArcGIS organization, browse to the feature layer you want to populate.
3. On the feature layer item details page, click Update Data and select Append Data to Layer.
4. Under Filename, click Choose File.
5. Browse to your .zip file and click Open.
6. Under Contents, select Shapefile.
7. Click Upload and Continue.
8. Choose the layer into which you want to load data and the layer that contains the updated data.
9. Uncheck Update existing features.
10. Click Show field matching and map the fields between the two layers.
11. Click Apply Updates.

Tip:

To make additional updates to a hosted feature layer, see Append data to layers.

Configure directions

Follow the steps below to connect to a routing service and configure the widget to enable directions in the app.

Configure widget

To configure an app to use routes and provide directions, complete the following steps:

1. Sign in to your ArcGIS organization and browse to the ArcGIS Web AppBuilder app.
2. Open the item page and click Edit Application.
3. Click the Widget tab and click Set the widget in this controler to open the page for an in-panel widget.
4. Hover over the Near Me widget and click the Configure this widget button to open the widget configuration window.
5. Check the Enable Directions check box if it is not checked.
6. Click the Direction Settings tab, click Set, and choose a routing service.
7. Click Next and choose one or more route layers, click OK, and click OK again.
8. Save the app and share it with everyone.
9. Open the app.

Esri premium content

The app draws routes and provides directions using the ArcGIS Online World Route Service. This service requires subscriber access because it consumes credits. See Configure Living Atlas content to enable access to premium content.

Learn more about credit usage when creating simple routes