Add a data layer to a map

Note:

Some workflows may require specific privileges. For more information about user types, roles, and privileges, see the Accounts topic.

Use Microsoft SharePoint data to add a spatially enabled data layer to an ArcGIS for SharePoint map.

See Maps and Data layers to learn about adding data to a map, and see Prepare data to learn how to configure data before you add it to a map.

ArcGIS for SharePoint works directly with an organization's SharePoint data, allowing you to use spatially enabled content (data with spatial information such as coordinates or Esri JSON geometry) that already exists as a SharePoint list and add it to the ArcGIS for SharePoint web part. Your organization's SharePoint data then becomes a layer on the map. For example, if you have a map of household income census data and a SharePoint list showing store locations and revenue, you can add the SharePoint data to the map to visualize and analyze spending trends.

If the SharePoint list does not include spatial information (such as coordinates), see Geocode in SharePoint using Microsoft Power Automate or Geocode SharePoint lists and document libraries.

Learn more about supported location types

To add spatially enabled data to a map, complete the following steps:

1. Activate edit mode for the ArcGIS web part.

   Only layers that are added while the ArcGIS for SharePoint web part is in edit mode are saved to the SharePoint page with the map.

2. From the map tools, click Layers .

   The Layers pane appears.

3. Click SharePoint.

   The Add from SharePoint pane appears, displaying available lists and document libraries in the current SharePoint site.

4. Search for a list to add by typing one or more keywords in the Search text box.
5. Click the Site picker button to change the current site, subsite, or hub site and browse its lists.
6. Click the Filter button and specify the filtering parameters for the results.

   Filter by item type or date modified. Click Clear filters to remove the filters.

7. Click the Sort button to sort the results alphabetically.
8. If available, click the carat next to a title to access all available views for a SharePoint list or document library.
9. Select the list or lists you want to add to your map.

   Note:

   To configure data and specify a list's location type, see Specify the location type.

   As you select a list or library, a layer containing the data is added to the map and the Layers list, and the map view zooms to display the full extent of the layer.
10. Click Done when you finish adding layers from SharePoint to return to the Layers list.