Ideas for Arc XP

Adding custom fields to output types.

Just as you can add custom fields to features, I would love to see the same thing for output types. An example:

We have a global variable on our page called "section." This is used by 3rd party scripts that help us track what category of pages our users most visit. This variable can be one of 6 options, and if the spelling is incorrect on the option you place in that variable, it won't work. We are currently adding this data in as meta data, but this could be prone to spelling mistakes, or set up the user to forget to add the information at all, which would throw off our analytics immensely.

If instead the user can choose from a dropdown list of choices when creating their page, it reduces the chance of them making a mistake, and we can make that field required so they can't publish the page until an option is chosen.

  • Guest
  • May 21 2018
  • Future consideration
Categories New Functionality
I need it... Week
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  • Tania Lee commented
    December 11, 2019 22:54

    We will consider the pain points you described here for future meta-data UI updates.