What's new in this release

The workflows available in ArcGIS Enterprise on Kubernetes are described below and links to information about specific functionality are provided. For a list of issues that were addressed at this release, see Release notes.

Product highlights

• ArcGIS Enterprise on Kubernetes is now supported on Rancher Kubernetes Engine (RKE and RKE2).
• ArcGIS Indoors is now supported in ArcGIS Enterprise on Kubernetes. Indoors allows you to create and manage floor plan data and share floor-aware maps and services.
• You can federate an ArcGIS Workflow Manager Server site with ArcGIS Enterprise on Kubernetes. When doing so, you must specify its server function accordingly from the ArcGIS Enterprise Administrator API.
• Extend map and image services with service object extensions (SOEs).
• With additional licensing, you can add the following premium capabilities to extend the functionality of your organization:
  • Image hosting - your organization can share imagery within the organization or to other users.
  • Raster analytics - Access raster analysis tools in Map Viewer to process imagery layers for deep learning, multidimensional analysis, and terrain analysis.

Organization administration

• Show curated featured content on the Gallery page. The gallery displays the selected group's featured items in the same order they appear on the Overview tab of the group page.
• Delete organization members to transfer the deleted member's content and groups to another member during the delete member process.
• Configure for your organization to use the new ISO 19115-3 XML Schema Implementation metadata style.
• Organization webhooks now support event triggers for adding, deleting, or updating comments on portal items or requesting to join a group.
• Monitor the health of your organization by creating and reviewing health check reports in ArcGIS Enterprise Manager.
• When creating an organization, you can configure the object store with cloud-native storage from several supported service providers.
• Add a raster store to your organization and update the credentials of object stores configured with cloud service providers from ArcGIS Enterprise Manager.
• Set node affinity and tolerations for system and service deployments from the ArcGIS Enterprise Administrator API to maximize resources without impacting other critical workloads. See what's new for details about creating and modifying relevant placement policies.
• Set a log retention policy from the ArcGIS Enterprise Administrator API to preserve the logs for a number of days that you specify. See Settings (Logs) for details.
• Use volume configurations and templates to provide additional data or resources to service deployments. See what's new in the ArcGIS Enterprise Administrator API.

Mapping and visualization

• Analysis tools are now available in Map Viewer.
• Upload .gif, .jpg, .png, and .svg images to use as symbols when styling a layer or creating a sketch in Map Viewer.
• Create groups to add detail and context to the map legend when styling a feature layer by type using unique symbols in Map Viewer. For example, if your map shows crimes by type—arson, assault, theft, burglary, and so on—you can organize these into groups, such as violent crimes and nonviolent crimes, and have the groups reflected in the legend. You can now also merge, move, and apply a color ramp to multiple categories at the same time.
• Configure and view related records through pop-ups in Map Viewer.
• Add related records when configuring forms for attribute editing in Map Viewer. Attribute values for the related records can be updated and added as needed during feature editing.
• Add one or more images to your map in Map Viewer by creating media layers. When you create a media layer, you place and position an image in a desired geographic location on top of the map's basemap. For example, you might want to visualize how a town has changed over time by switching between scanned images of historical maps and a current digital web map of the town.
• Map Viewer provides a new way to control the feature display order of overlapping features in layers with Types (unique symbols) or Predominant category styling applied. When you manually change the order of types in the list, you can now display overlapping features based on this order, with features in types that are higher in the list drawn on top of features in types that are lower in the list.
• Display scatter plot charts in Map Viewer with proportionally sized points. This is sometimes referred to as a bubble plot.
• An improved item browser in Map Viewer provides more relevant information when you search for and add layers to the map.
• Use the dimension slider to animate multidimensional imagery layers in Map Viewer. The dimension slider also allows you to manually select the desired time slice.
• Map Viewer now supports adding and configuring streaming feature layers.
• When working with a group layer in a map, display only one specific layer inside it without having to hide each of the other layers. This is particularly useful when a group layer contains a large number of layers.
• The Search tool in Map Viewer is now located on the map and can also be accessed using a keyboard shortcut—Alt+F on Microsoft Windows or Option+F on Mac.
• Map Viewer provides more information to web map owners and organization administrators for shared maps to help troubleshoot problems with the sharing settings that are configured for the layers in the map.

3D GIS

• Snap to features while measuring in Scene Viewer.
• Voxel layers support pop-ups, and you can use the slice tool to explore voxel data further.
• Append custom request parameters for supported layers in Scene Viewer.
• Terrain is improved with enhanced shading and higher resolution for elevation.
• See high-quality visuals such as water reflections, better shading, and sharper labels automatically on all devices and in all ArcGIS web apps.
• Fine-tune the point density for a point cloud layer in Scene Viewer.

Analysis

Spatial analysis tools allow you to quantify patterns and relationships in data. You can browse or search for specific tools, set environment settings for an individual tool or a web map, and access a history showing which tools have been run, their results, the parameters used, and any errors or warnings. When you save your map, the tool history is saved with it, allowing others to view job details and reopen tool parameters when you share the map with them.

The feature tools you've been using in Map Viewer Classic are now available in Map Viewer. In addition, the Generate Tessellations tool now supports H3 binning.

Besides the feature tools, many raster tools are now added to Map Viewer and Map Viewer Classic in different analysis categories, including proximity, terrain, deep learning, and multidimensional analysis. You can also access more than 150 raster functions in Map Viewer Classic. Using these tools and raster functions, you can now summarize data, identify patterns, relationships, anomalies and trends; calculate distances and understand changes across landscapes.

Data management

• Export data from a hosted feature layer to a .kml file.
• The workflow to append data to or update data in a hosted feature layer or overwrite the contents of a hosted feature layer has been combined into one workflow that you access from the Overview tab of the layer's item page. The option to append data is now referred to as adding features.
• Create a joined hosted feature layer view to provide users with a single layer that presents dynamic data from two separate hosted feature or table layers.
• Options for managing map image layers and feature layers that reference registered data have been added to the Settings tab of the item details page. There are additional settings available for managing map image layers published with WCS, WFS, WMS, and KML enabled.
• Catalog layers and oriented imagery layers appear as specific feature layer sublayer types. On the Content tab, you can apply a filter to return feature layers that include these sublayer types.

Beta features

Details about beta features in this release are provided.

Consume new field data types

Four newly supported field data types are available as a beta feature in ArcGIS Enterprise 11.2. When published to or consumed in ArcGIS Enterprise 11.2, these field data types may not be feature complete and may have known performance or quality issues:

• Big integer
• Date only
• Time only
• Timestamp offset

See ArcGIS field data types for a description of each of these field data types. To see which types are supported in each database platform, see DBMS data types supported in ArcGIS.

To receive limited assistance with these features in ArcGIS Enterprise, and to leave feedback on their functionality, refer to their dedicated Esri Early Adopter Community (EAP) site. While in ArcGIS Enterprise beta, these features will not be supported by Esri Technical Support.

One-way feature service-to-feature service synchronization

Feature services support one-way feature service-to-feature service synchronization as a beta feature in this release. To learn more, see the workflow for using one-way sync in the ArcGIS REST API documentation.

Upload 3D models in web scenes

Uploading 3D models in web scenes is available as a beta feature in ArcGIS Enterprise 11.2. Once a 3D model is uploaded, it can be resized, rotated, and placed anywhere in the scene. The following 3D model formats are supported:

• COLLADA (.dae)
• Autodesk Filmbox (.fbx)
• Autodesk Drawing (.dwg))
• Industry Foundation Classes (.ifc)
• Universal Scene Description (.usdc and .usdz)
• Wavefront (.obj)
• GL Transmission Format (.gltf)
• Binary GL Transmission Format (.glb)

See Create features for instructions on how to upload 3D models to scenes.

Metadata editor

A new metadata editor is available as a beta feature in ArcGIS Enterprise 11.2. If organization administrators enable the beta metadata editor, an option is added to the Metadata button that allows members to edit an item's metadata in the metadata editor.

To learn more about the metadata editor, see View and edit metadata.

ArcGIS StoryMaps briefings

ArcGIS StoryMaps briefings are available as a beta feature in ArcGIS Enterprise 11.2. Briefings offer a slide-based output with securely integrated live maps and data from your organization. To access briefings, users must enable beta features within their ArcGIS StoryMaps organization settings.

To receive assistance with briefings in ArcGIS Enterprise, and to leave feedback on their functionality, refer to the ArcGIS StoryMaps Esri Community or use the in-app feedback form. While in ArcGIS Enterprise beta, briefings will not be supported by Esri Technical Support.

Retirement notice

Review the notice below and determine whether it impacts your organization's workflows.

CityEngine Web Viewer and CityEngine web scene

CityEngine Web Viewer and CityEngine web scene (.3ws) item type have been retired at this release.