Item Page Information
Each item in ArcGIS Online includes an item page with a variety of information, actions, options, and settings organized by tab: Overview, Data, Visualization, Usage, and Settings. The tabs you see, as well as the options and information available on the tabs, depends on the item type, your privileges, and whether you are the item owner or administrator.
Item pages allow you to explore items in-depth in a variety of ways. For example, an interactive attribute table integrates related records and attachments, allowing you to navigate attribute data and view all aspects of a field together, including field values, summary statistics, and settings. Content creators and administrators can change an item’s settings without having to go to other places on the site. For example, you can configure an app from a scene on the Overview tab or edit app settings directly on the Settings tab. Feature layer styles, pop-ups, and other layer properties can be configured on the Visualization tab as an alternative to opening the layer in Map Viewer.
To access an item page, click Details under an item’s thumbnail or, from the gallery, hover over the thumbnail and click Details. If you own the item, you can access the item page through the My Content tab of the content page.
Viewing and Editing Overview Information
The Overview tab includes overview information about an item, such as a description, tags, data source information, creation date, size, sharing status, and whether the item has been designated authoritative or deprecated. It also includes a status bar and interactive checklist that help item owners and administrators provide more complete item information. Most of the information on the Overview tab can be edited by item owners, administrators, and others with the appropriate privileges. Others can use the overview information to help them better understand the item before using it.
The Overview tab also includes options to open, add to favorites, categorize the item, share the item, edit metadata, and add ratings and comments. Some types of item pages have additional options; for example, you can publish apps from the item page of configurable apps, update or download files such as comma-separated values (CSV) files, create an app from a web map or web scene, and export data from export-enabled hosted feature layers. If you have the correct privileges, you can publish maps and data as hosted web layers. Administrators and those with the correct privileges can also change the owner of an item in their organization.
Overview Information Fields
| Item Field | Item Description |
Title | The title is the name people see when they access the item and the name you see on the My Content tab on the content page. The title should represent what the item contains. |
Summary | This short description is returned in the results list when people search for content in the website. |
Description | People see this in-depth description of the item when they open the item page. |
Thumbnail Image | A thumbnail image is created by default when you add the item to the site. It appears in galleries, search results, contents, and the item page. You can create and load a different image if the default image does not convey the information you want. Click Edit Thumbnail to use a custom thumbnail for your item. |
Terms of Use | This section provides information about how the item can be used and by whom. For example, you might have a use constraint for a map layer that requires others to display copyright information on any screen capture that includes the layer. |
Metadata | If an organization has enabled metadata, a Metadata button appears on the Overview tab of the item pages. Initially, only the item owner and the administrator can see the button. Once the owner or administrator uses the Metadata button to access a built-in editor and include additional standards-based metadata, anyone with access to the item also sees the Metadata button and can use it to view the metadata in the metadata style configured by the organization. You will also see a Metadata link in the Layers list. The link allows the owner of the hosted feature layer or an administrator to add or edit metadata for the layer. For all other users, the link allows them to view the individual layer’s metadata in the metadata style configured by the organization. Similarly, if a table was published with metadata, you’ll see a Metadata link in the Tables list. If the organization disables metadata, the metadata is still part of the item and the layers, but you can no longer edit the metadata in ArcGIS Online. |
Item information | You can help others find, understand, and use your items by providing complete item information. The Item Information section helps item owners and administrators identify missing or incomplete item information and provides suggestions for improving it, such as adding more tags or a summary. Click the Top Improvement suggestion to go directly to the section where you’ll make the biggest impact, or click Learn more to make your way through a full interactive checklist of suggested improvements. As you make improvements, such as adding terms of use or making the description longer, the checklist tracks the sections you updated and the status bar changes to reflect your progress. |
Tags | Tags help people find your items when they initiate a search. The tags you specify should correspond to keywords you think people will use to search for your item. Organization members, those outside the organization, and public users can also use these tags to filter content when searching or browsing for items. Group members can use the Tags filter to find items shared with groups they belong to. |
Credits (Attributions) | Your item may contain data from different agencies or individuals. This is the place to give credit to the data providers. |
URL | You can copy and paste the URL of an app or ArcGIS Server layer and use it elsewhere. For example, developers might want to include the URL of a hosted web layer in apps they build. For image items that are shared with the public (everyone), the URL field can also be used to include the image in pop-ups. |
Content in this section was adapted from “Manage Data: Item Details” (ArcGIS.com)
