Configure My Neighborhood Services

My Neighborhood Services can be used to share information about available facilities and services in a community.

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

Load data from a shapefile

My Neighborhood Services can be used to share information about available facilities and services in a community. 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.

To load data from a shapefile , complete the following steps:

1. Create a .zip file of your shapefile.
2. Sign in to your ArcGIS organization and browse to the EmergencyResponseFacilities feature layer.
3. From the item page, click Update Data.
4. Follow the steps in the Update data wizard to load your data.

Tip:

For more information about uploading data, see Manage hosted feature layers—Append data to layers.

5. Repeat these steps to load data into the GovernmentFacilities, LandmarkFacilities, MailShippingFacilities, MedicalFacilities, ParkRecreationFacitilies, and TransportationFacilities feature 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 widgets in this controller 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 World Route Service. This service requires subscriber access because it consumes credits. See Configure ArcGIS Living Atlas content to enable access to premium content.

Learn more about credit usage when creating simple routes