Learn how to configure the Protection Operations solution to meet specific needs in your organization.
Load data
Protection Operations can be used to track poaching or illegal activity and monitor the status of protection operations in and around protected areas. In some cases, you may already have this information in ArcGIS or another business 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 applications.
Once you have determined what source data must be loaded, complete the data loading workflow below.
Load data from a shapefile
Load data for ProtectionIncidents from a shapefile by completing the following steps:
- Create a .zip file of your shapefile.
- In your ArcGIS organization, browse to the feature layer you want to populate.
- On the feature layer item details page, click Update Data and select Append Data to Layer.
- Under Filename, click Choose File.
- Browse to your .zip file and click Open.
- Under Contents, select Shapefile.
- Click Upload and Continue.
- Choose the layer that you want to load data into and 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.