Content refers to the maps, datasets, apps, documents, and other items that administrators, site creators, and core team members use as part of a site. The Content Library is where you can view a collection of all items shared to a site, including both public and private content (items shared only to the core team or Portal for ArcGIS Enterprise). Administrators and core team members can also use the content library to edit site content that is shared to the core team group or an additional update group that's shared with the site.
Note:
Items do not include images, videos, and external links, so you don't have to upload them to the portal or share them to groups. Instead, follow steps provided in Add text and images and Embed video, social media, and iframes if you want to share this type of content on a site.
What content can I share?
Sites for ArcGIS Enterprise supports items that can be shared to the portal.
How do I share content?
To add content to a site, you must use groups. Groups organize the content (items) you want to share, such as datasets, apps, or other sites and pages. Using the Group Manager, administrators, core team members and group owners can add groups of content to a site.
Where does content show up?
The Content Library is powered by groups added to the Groups Manager. Administrators and a site's core team members can add their own groups or use groups shared by the organization or the public.
Items belonging to a group shared with a site appear in the following places:
- A site's search results— When someone enters a search on a site's search bar, content belonging to groups shared with the site is visible to the audience with whom the item is shared (group members, the organization, or the public).
- The gallery, category, and search cards— Display individual items for users to explore right on a site or page, or choose an icon to visualize groups of related items by category (for example, hydrology, boundaries, or forestry). For more information, see Display apps, data, and web maps.
- An item's preview page— Items like datasets include a preview page so that users can learn more about a search result by exploring spatial data on a map and sorting its list of attributes. These pages also provide the option to download the item in supported formats and access its API.
View the content library
Follow these steps to view a site's content library and access the items you can edit.
- Sign in to Portal for ArcGIS.
- Click Manage on the Sites card on the Overview page.
- Open the site you want to work with.
- Click the site drop-down menu in the edit navigation bar and choose Content Library.
- View an item by clicking the item's name in the search result.
- If you have privileges to edit an item, click the edit button to the left of the page to go to the item's Overview page in portal. Here, you can edit the item's name, thumbnail, description, tags, and sharing controls.
Note:
By default, any member of a site's core team can edit an item they see in the content library if that item is shared to the core team group. To edit items belonging to other groups, a user must either be an administrator or group owner. Members of groups that have been configured with the update capability can also edit items.
Next steps
Follow this suggested workflow to add your own content to a site.
- Review a list of supported items.
- Follow best practices for preparing your data. This step is recommended if you plan to make different types of data available for download.
- Use groups manager to add content to your site.