You can create a web app with a scene using ArcGIS Configurable Apps templates or Web AppBuilder. Different templates and Web AppBuilder offer various functionality, such as different layouts, color schemes, and tools. Start from Scene Viewer, the content page, or the item page. Choose either a template or Web AppBuilder, configure the components, and publish the app. As an alternative, you can download a template and deploy it to your own web server.
A published web app is based on a scene authored with Scene Viewer or ArcGIS Pro. Any changes the author makes to the scene, including its extent, layers, description, and other properties, are reflected in the web app. If a scene that was available to everyone in the organization is made private or deleted, the scene no longer appears in the app.
Create an app starting from Scene Viewer
To create an app starting from Scene Viewer, follow the steps below.
- Verify that you are signed in with privileges to create and share content.
- Open a saved scene in Scene Viewer and click Share
. You can only make an app with a scene that is shared. Note that both the scene and the layers in it must be shared. If the layers are not shared, you will be prompted to update the sharing status for layers before you can create an app.
- Click Create A Web App.
The Create a Web App window opens with two tabs: Templates and Web AppBuilder.
- To use Templates, do the following:
- Choose what you want the app to do.
- Click a template thumbnail to see a description of the template and access the Create a Web App button.
- Click Create a Web App to start configuring your app.
- Type a title, tags, and a summary for your app and choose the folder in which to save the app.
- Click Done to publish the app.
- Change any configurable components of the app, such as the theme, widgets, and miscellaneous items.
- Click Save when you are done configuring the app.
- To use Web AppBuilder, do the following:
- Click the Web AppBuilder tab.
- Type a title, tags, and a summary for your app.
- Choose the folder in which the app will be saved.
- Click Done to configure your app in Web AppBuilder.
Create an app starting from the content page
To create an app starting from the content page, follow the steps below.
- Verify that you are signed in with privileges to create content.
- On the My Content tab of the content page, click Create.
- To use an app template, click Using a Template and do the following:
- Choose the Display a Scene (3D) filter to see the apps that use a scene.
- Click a thumbnail to see a description of the app and access the Create Web App button.
- Click Create Web App to start configuring your app.
- Type a title, tags, and a summary for your app.
- If your portal administrator has set up content categories, click Assign Category and select up to 20 categories to help people find your app. You can also use the Filter categories box to narrow the list of categories.
- Optionally select a different folder in My Content in which to save your app.
- Click Done to publish the app.
Your app is published to the portal and an unshared item is added to My Content. To make your app accessible to others, you need to share it.
- Select a scene to use in the app and click Select.
- Change any other configurable components in the app, such as the theme, widgets, and miscellaneous items.
Note:
Your organization may have specified brand colors or a logo to apply to supported configurable web apps created by members of your organization. When you create a configurable app that supports these Shared Theme settings, the specified settings will be applied instead of the default theme of the app.
- Click Save to save your changes and click Close when you are finished configuring your app.
- To use Web AppBuilder, click Using the Web AppBuilder and do the following:
- Choose 3D.
- Type a title, tags, and a summary for the app.
- If your portal administrator has set up content categories, click Assign Category and select up to 20 categories to help people find your app. You can also use the Filter categories box to narrow the list of categories.
- Optionally select a different folder in My Content in which to save your app.
- Click OK to open Web AppBuilder and continue creating your app.
Create an app starting from the item page
To create an app starting from the item page of a scene, follow the steps below.
- Verify that you are signed in with privileges to create content.
- From the My Content tab of the content page, open the item page for the web scene you want to use to create an app.
- To create an app from a configurable template, click Create Web App > Using a Template and do the following:
- Choose a template.
- Click a thumbnail to see a description of the app and access the Create Web App button.
- Click Create Web App to start configuring your app.
- Type a title, tags, and a summary for the app.
- If your portal administrator has set up content categories, click Assign Category and select up to 20 categories to help people find your app. You can also use the Filter categories box to narrow the list of categories.
- Optionally select a different folder in My Content in which to save your app.
- Click Done to publish the app.
Your app is published to the portal and an unshared item is added to My Content. To make your app accessible to others, you need to share it.
- Change any other configurable components in the app, such as the theme, widgets, and miscellaneous items.
Note:
Your organization may have specified brand colors or a logo to apply to supported configurable web apps created by members of your organization. When you create a configurable app that supports these Shared Theme settings, the specified settings will be applied instead of the default theme of the app.
- Click Save to save your changes and click Close when you are finished configuring your app.
- To use Web AppBuilder, click Create App > Using the Web AppBuilder and do the following:
- Type a title, tags, and a summary for the app.
- If your portal administrator has set up content categories, click Assign Category and select up to 20 categories to help people find your app. You can also use the Filter categories box to narrow the list of categories.
- Optionally select a different folder in My Content in which to save your app.
- Click OK to open Web AppBuilder and continue creating your app.