Use the content page to access, organize, browse, search, and work with content on the website. The content page is organized by tabs that allow you to browse and work with your own content (My Content), items you've marked as favorites (My Favorites), content shared with you through groups (My Groups), and content from your organization (My Organization. Each tab allows you to browse and search for content in a focused way. The tabs you see, as well as some of the information and options on the tabs, depend on your ArcGIS account type (organizational or public), whether you are signed in, and your privileges.
Another way to find and work with content is using the website search at the top of the site. Use the website search to perform a broader search for items in your organization.
You can also use content categories and advanced search to organize and find content.
Icons next to items on your content page tell you at a glance who can access your items and which groups they have been shared with, if any. Items that were received from a collaboration are also indicated with a collaboration badge.
Browse content
Click Content at the top of the website to browse items using the My Content, My Favorites, My Groups, and My Organization tabs.
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- You must have privileges to create content or own items to see the My Content tab.
When browsing content using the content page tabs, you can do any of the following to help you explore and find items:
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Display items in different ways using the view menu.
Sort items using the available sort options (and reverse the sort order as needed).
Preview the sublayers and tables in a feature layer by clicking the down arrow beside the item type. You can then expand the individual sublayers or tables to see the fields they contain and click the More Options button
to view details about the sublayer or table, open it in Map Viewer, and so on.Limit the display to items that interest you using the filters on the side of the page. For example, on most of the content page tabs, you can filter by item type, date modified, date created, tags, and how the item was shared. The Item Type filter has additional filters to further refine the results.
To find items by location, use the Location filter. You can specify any of the following to find relevant items in your organization: places such as cities, counties, countries, and administrative boundaries; regions; and longitude and latitude coordinates. If your organization has multiple locators configured, choose the one you want to use to find items.
To find items that have been marked as authoritative or deprecated in your organization, use the Status filter.
If your organization is participating in a distributed collaboration and you have the appropriate privileges, you can use the Collaboration filter to only show collaborated content.
If your portal administrator configured categories, you can also use the Categories filter on the My Content and My Organization tabs to find items. For groups that have group categories configured, group members can use these categories to filter group content from the My Groups tab.
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When searching for apps, you can use the Developer credentials filter to narrow your search to registered apps only.
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Active filters are shown at the top of the results page. Click the x next to a filter to clear it. To clear all active filters at once, click Clear filters.
- Explore content shared with you through a specific group by selecting the group on the My Groups tab.
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You can also view items shared with a specific group using the Content tab on the group page.
Search content
To search for specific items, you can type English search keywords in the focused search box on any of the tabs on the content page. Only content relevant to that tab is displayed. For example, you can search only your favorite items using the focused search box on the My Favorites tab. To narrow your search results, use the filters on the side of the page. Use the view option buttons to change the way the results are displayed, and sort the items as needed.
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The Search using related terms item setting is enabled by default. Search results will include all items that contain the search term in the title or tags and any items that contain tags with related terms. For more information, see Configure items.
If you'd rather search the entire website instead of searching using the tabs on the content page, use the search box at the top of the site to find maps, layers, apps, scenes, tools, files, and groups. Type keywords in the search box and choose the type of items you're looking for from the search drop-down menu, for example, Search for Apps. A list of relevant results appears. If you don't see the result you expect, do any of the following to narrow or broaden your search results:
To further refine your search results, use the filters on the side of the page. For example, you can filter by item type, date modified, date created, tags, and how the item was shared. The Item Type filter has additional filters to further refine the results.
To find items by location, use the Location filter. You can specify any of the following to find relevant items in your organization: places such as cities, counties, countries, and administrative boundaries; regions; and longitude and latitude coordinates. If your organization has multiple locators configured, choose the one you want to use to find items.
To find items that have been marked as authoritative or deprecated in your organization, use the Status filter.
If your organization is participating in a distributed collaboration and you have the appropriate privileges, you can use the Collaboration filter to only show collaborated content.
If your portal administrator configured categories, you can also use the Categories filter on the My Content and My Organization tabs to find items. For groups that have group categories configured, group members can use these categories to filter group content from the My Groups tab.
Tip:
When searching for apps, you can use the Developer credentials filter to narrow your search to registered apps only.
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Active filters are shown at the top of the results page. Click the x next to a filter to clear it. To clear all active filters at once, click Clear filters.
- Sort search results using the available sort options (and reverse the sort order as needed).
- Try an advanced keyword search to further refine your results.
Work with content
When you discover items by browsing and searching the content page and tabs or using the website search at the top of the site, you can view and access information about the items and work with them in various ways. For example, you can see an item's thumbnail, read a short summary about the item, or open its item page to see more details, quickly see who owns the item and how many times it's been viewed, and open the item.
Do any of the following to work with items from the content page:
- Click a thumbnail image to open the item in the most appropriate app. For example, when you click a map thumbnail, it opens in the specified primary map viewer; when you click a web app thumbnail, its website opens.
- Click the More Options button to select where the item opens. For example, you could choose to open a feature layer in Scene Viewer instead of Map Viewer.
- To open the item page and see details about an item, click the item title or click the More Options button and click View item details.
- Click the owner name to learn about the author of the item. The profile includes links to the user's public items and groups.
- If you have privileges to create content, you can add items or add apps.
- If your portal administrator configured categories for the portal, you can categorize items.
Preview the sublayers and tables in a feature layer by clicking the down arrow beside the item type. You can then expand the individual sublayers or tables to see the fields they contain and click the More Options button
to view details about the sublayer or table, open it in Map Viewer, and so on.- If you own an item, you can delete it.
- If you have privileges to reassign ownership or are an organization administrator, you can assign an item to a different owner.
- You can move items that you own to a different folder. Administrators can move items that are owned by other users.
- To filter content by folder name on the My Content tab, type the name of the folder in the search box above your folders. Click the x to clear the filter.
- To share an item, select the item and click Share. Your privileges determine whether you are allowed to share the item and with whom you are allowed to share it.
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To select an item in table view, check the box next to the item. To select an item in list view or grid view, check the box in the upper left corner of the thumbnail.