1. Get started

  2.  Welcome
  3.  Get started
  4.  Run as a Windows service
  5.  Build your first app
  6.  Requirements
  7.  Accessibility support
  8.  Development overview
  9.  About release versions
  10.  What's new
  11.  Frequently asked questions
  12. Working with apps

  13.  Home page
  14.  Create or import an app
  15.  Edit and launch an app
  16.  Choose a theme
  17.  Select a map or scene
  18.  Add widgets
  19.  Widgets overview
  20.  Configure app attributes
  21.  Preview apps on smaller screens
  22.  Export as a template
  23.  Edit or preview template
  24.  Use URL parameters
  25.  Upgrade apps
  26. Configure 2D widgets

  27.  About widget
  28.  Add Data widget
  29.  Analysis widget
  30.  Attribute Table widget
  31.  Batch Attribute Editor widget
  32.  Basemap Gallery widget
  33.  Bookmark widget
  34.  Business Analyst widget
  35.  Chart widget
  36.  Controller widget
  37.  Coordinate widget
  38.  Coordinate Conversion widget
  39.  Cost Analysis widget
  40.  Data Aggregation widget
  41.  Directions widget
  42.  Distance and Direction widget
  43.  District Lookup widget
  44.  Draw widget
  45.  Edit widget
  46.  Emergency Response Guide widget
  47.  Extent Navigate widget
  48.  Filter widget
  49.  Full Screen widget
  50.  Geocoder widget
  51.  GeoLookup widget
  52.  Geoprocessing widget
  53.  Grid Overlay widget
  54.  Gridded Reference Graphic widget
  55.  Group Filter widget
  56.  Image Measurement widget
  57.  Home Button widget
  58.  Incident Analysis widget
  59.  Infographic widget
  60.  Info Summary widget
  61.  Layer List widget
  62.  Legend widget
  63.  Measurement widget
  64.  My Location widget
  65.  Near Me widget
  66.  Network Trace widget
  67.  Oblique Viewer widget
  68.  Overview Map widget
  69.  Parcel Drafter widget
  70.  Print widget
  71.  Public Notification widget
  72.  Query widget
  73.  Related Table Charts widget
  74.  Report Feature widget
  75.  Reviewer Dashboard widget
  76.  Scalebar widget
  77.  Screening widget
  78.  Search widget
  79.  Select widget
  80.  Share widget
  81.  Situation Awareness widget
  82.  Smart Editor widget
  83.  Splash widget
  84.  Stream widget
  85.  Suitability Modeler widget
  86.  Summary widget
  87.  Swipe widget
  88.  Threat Analysis widget
  89.  Time Slider widget
  90.  Visibility widget
  91.  Zoom Slider widget
  92. Configure 3D widgets

  93.  3DFx widget
  94.  About widget
  95.  Basemap Gallery widget
  96.  Compass widget
  97.  Coordinate widget
  98.  Daylight widget
  99.  Full Screen widget
  100.  Home Button widget
  101.  Layer List widget
  102.  Legend widget
  103.  Measurement widget
  104.  My Location widget
  105.  Navigate widget
  106.  Search widget
  107.  Share widget
  108.  Slides widget
  109.  Splash widget
  110.  Zoom Slider widget
  111. Widget development

  112.  Get started
  113.  Naming conventions
  114.  In-panel and off-panel widgets
  115.  Deploy your widget
  116.  Required files
  117.  Widget manifest
  118.  Extend BaseWidget
  119.  Required properties
  120.  Define the template
  121.  Configure the Demo widget
  122.  Add i18n support
  123.  Make widgets user-friendly
  124.  Build your first app
  125.  Communication to app container
  126.  Widget properties
  127.  Make widgets responsive
  128.  Communication between widgets
  129.  Dojo dijit
  130.  Make widgets configurable in builder
  131.  Make widgets backward compatible
  132.  Create a controller widget
  133.  Widget life cycle
  134.  Add help for your widget
  135.  Create a feature action in your widget
  136.  Provide and consume data sources in widgets
  137.  Best practices for unit testing
  138. Theme development

  139.  Theme elements
  140.  Create a theme
  141. 3D development

  142.  3D development guide
  143. Sample code

  144.  Create a custom in-panel widget
  145.  Create a ListView widget
  146.  Create a custom widget using the Report dijit
  147.  Create a new theme
  148.  Create a new style for a theme
  149.  Create a new default layout
  150.  Create a nondefault layout
  151.  Create a new panel
  152.  Create a new layout widget
  153.  Create a controller widget
  154.  Create a feature action in your widget
  155.  Send a layer to the Attribute Table widget
  156.  Open multiple widgets simultaneously
  157.  Use other libraries
  158.  Change the URL of ArcGIS API for JavaScript
  159. Deployment

  160.  Deploy your app
  161.  Use proxy
  162.  Web-tier authentication
  163.  Custom widget and theme deployment
  164.  Upgrade custom widgets and themes
  165. Framework reference

  166.  CSS framework
  167.  FeatureActionManager class
  168.  FilterManager class
  169.  LayerInfo class
  170.  LayerInfos class
  171.  LayerNode class
  172.  LayerStructure class
  173.  PanelManager class
  174.  SelectionManager class
  175.  Utils class
  176.  WidgetManager class
  177. dijit

  178.  FeaturelayerChooserFromMap class
  179.  FeaturelayerServiceBrowser class
  180.  FeatureSetChooserForSingleLayer class
  181.  Filter class
  182.  ImageChooser class
  183.  ItemSelector class
  184.  LayerChooserFromMap class
  185.  RendererChooser class
  186.  Report class
  187.  SnapShot class
  188.  SymbolChooser class
  189. JSON reference

  190.  App configuration
  191.  Map configuration
  192.  Widget configuration
  193.  Widget pool configuration
  194.  Widget on-screen configuration
  195.  Panel configuration
  196.  Group configuration
  197.  DataSource configuration
  198.  About
  199.  Analysis
  200.  Attribute Table
  201.  Basemap Gallery
  202.  Bookmark
  203.  Chart
  204.  Coordinate
  205.  Directions
  206.  Draw
  207.  Edit
  208.  Full Screen
  209.  Geocoder
  210.  Geoprocessing
  211.  Controller
  212.  Home Button
  213.  Image Measurement
  214.  Infographic
  215.  Layer List
  216.  Legend
  217.  Loading Page
  218.  Measurement
  219.  My Location
  220.  Near Me
  221.  Oblique Viewer
  222.  Overview Map
  223.  Print
  224.  Query
  225.  Report Feature
  226.  Reviewer Dashboard
  227.  Scalebar
  228.  Search
  229.  Share
  230.  Splash
  231.  Stream
  232.  Swipe
  233.  Time Slider
  234.  Zoom Slider
  235. What's new archive

  236.  What's new in version 2.23
  237.  What's new in version 2.22
  238.  What's new in version 2.21
  239.  What's new in version 2.20
  240.  What's new in version 2.19
  241.  What's new in version 2.18
  242.  What's new in version 2.17
  243.  What's new in version 2.16
  244.  What's new in version 2.15
  245.  What's new in version 2.14
  246.  What's new in version 2.13
  247.  What's new in version 2.12
  248.  What's new in version 2.11
  249.  What's new in version 2.10
  250.  What's new in version 2.9
  251.  What's new in version 2.8
  252.  What's new in version 2.7
  253.  What's new in version 2.6
  254.  What's new in version 2.5
  255.  What's new in version 2.4
  256.  What's new in version 2.3
  257.  What's new in version 2.2
  258.  What's new in version 2.1
  259.  What's new in version 2.0
  260.  What's new in version 1.3
  261.  What's new in version 1.2
  262.  What's new in version 1.1

Parcel Drafter widget

Parcel Drafter is a configuration of ArcGIS Web AppBuilder that can be used by mapping technicians to enter metes and bounds descriptions and check for closure errors. Parcel Drafter is typically used by assessors and registrar of deeds to verify deeds and recorded documents, but it can also be used by surveyors and title companies to verify survey information prior to submission.

For information regarding the specific layer and map requirements, see the Parcel Drafter help.

Configure the Parcel Drafter widget

This widget can be set to open automatically when an app starts. Hover over the widget and click the Do not open this widget when the app starts button Do not open this widget when the app starts to change the setting to Open this widget automatically when the app starts. (For widgets that you need to add to the app first, you can turn on this option after configuring the widget.)

Steps:
  1. Hover over the widget and click the Configure this widget button Configure this widget to open the configuration window.
    NoteNote:

    If you need to add the widget to the app first, click a widget placeholder on the Widget tab. In the Choose Widget window that opens, select the widget and click OK.

  2. Optionally, click the Change widget icon button and replace it with your own image.

    A file explorer window appears, allowing you to select a local image file to use as the widget icon.

  3. On the Parcel Layers tab, select parcel layers by clicking Set.
  4. Click the Select Polygon Layer drop-down arrow and choose Parcels.

    By default, Select Related Line Layer automatically sets Lines as the default layer if the layer is in the map.

  5. Click OK.
  6. In the Select fields to store COGO values in parcel line layer settings, choose the Category field as the Line Type.

    Select fields to store COGO values

  7. Optionally, change the default Line Type value from Connection Line to Boundary Line.
  8. In the Select fields to store coordinate geometry information settings, choose corresponding fields to store coordinate geometry information.
  9. Optionally, on the Attribute Settings tab, change the layer and field aliases and choose attribute fields to display and edit at runtime.
    • Webmap Popup Settings—Provide users with the field settings from the web map’s configured pop-up.
    • Custom Settings—Choose which of the edit-enabled fields to display and edit at runtime. Optionally, change field aliases that appear in the widget.
      NoteNote:

      Only editable fields appear in Custom Settings.

  10. On the Advanced Settings tab, click Set and choose the layers you want to snap to by clicking and checking the box next to the Lines and Parcel layers.
  11. Click OK.
  12. Type the misclose distance in the Misclose Distance text box, and specify the units by clicking the drop-down arrow.
  13. Type the misclose ratio in the Misclose Ratio text box.
  14. Type the desired number of measurement units in the Snapping Tolerance text box.

    Snapping tolerance

  15. Click OK.
  16. Click the Attribute tab, and remove the subtitle.
  17. Save the app.
  18. Open your Parcel Drafter app.

Use the Parcel Drafter widget

To create a parcel, complete the following steps:

Steps:
  1. In the Parcel Drafter widget, click Start New Traverse.
  2. Click the Settings option and choose Direction or Angle Type, Direction or Angle Units, Distance and Length Units, Area Units, and Circular Curve Parameters from the drop-down list that best represent the units of the incoming document.
  3. Click the map to specify a starting point for the traverse.
    NoteNote:

    The Parcel Drafter widget in Parcel Drafter Solution uses different line categories to construct parcels. Connection lines (the ones that you're entering) and boundary lines are provided in the app. Connection lines are used to connect the starting point (or origin point) to the point of beginning (POB). Boundary lines are used to define actual parcel boundaries, so to calculate the misclose, use boundary lines instead of connection lines.

    The starting point can snap to points or vertices for the layers configured in the Snapping Layers setting in the Parcel Drafter widget configuration window.

  4. In the line template drop-down list, choose either Boundary or Connection as the line type of your parcel traverse leg.
  5. Type the dimensions of the parcel traverse in the Bearing, Length, and Radius text boxes.

    As you type in dimensions, the traverse lines are drawn on the map from the starting point. The last leg of the parcel traverse will close and snap to the starting point of the traverse if the starting and ending points of the traverse lie within the misclose distance, misclose ratio, and snapping tolerance specified in the Parcel Drafter widget configuration window.

    NoteNote:

    If the calculated misclose distance is less than the configured misclose distance, a warning icon appears to let the user know that the parcel will be automatically adjusted using the compass rule, so that they can adjust the parcel's length to avoid automatic adjustment.

    TipTip:

    To enter a bearing in degrees/minutes/seconds using quadrant bearing, type the values in one of the following formats: 20-25-25-3 (3 is the shortcut for the southwest quadrant), or S20-25-25W. When entering a bearing in decimal degrees, type the value in the following format: 90.4236. To enter tangent curves, type *tb in the Bearing text box or * to make the next line the same bearing as the previous. Traverse legs can be deleted and re-ordered in the grid.

  6. Optionally, enter the angle and scale during the traverse to rotate and scale new lines.
    TipTip:

    After entering the first line of the traverse (and rotation/scale values have not been specified), you can rotate the line to fit the underlying geometry (for example, section line, parcels, or other survey lines). All subsequent lines will be applied this rotation, but the records, bearings, and distances will be captured as entered.

    NoteNote:

    For basemaps that are not Web Mercator, the interactive rotation (drag to rotate) and scale change (drag to scale) operations are disabled. To change the scale and rotation, type values in the corresponding text boxes.

  7. Optionally, add configured field values for the new parcel.
  8. Click Save.

Edit a parcel

To edit a parcel, complete the following steps:

NoteNote:

To edit and close unclosed boundaries for parcels created by the widget, the parcel must have been created at 2.19 or later.

Steps:
  1. Open the Parcel Drafter app.
  2. In the Parcel Drafter widget, click Edit Traverse.
  3. Click an existing parcel and edit the traverse or attribute information.
    NoteNote:

    For an unclosed parcel, click any of its lines to select the unclosed boundaries for editing.

  4. Click Save.