UPDATE (New Time): Esri UK Content change to HTTPS Only

IMPORTANT UPDATE. This change is now postponed until 11:30am on 1st of December 2020 (Please note the new time).

In previous articles we discussed the ArcGIS Online change to enforce HTTPS Only and how this may affect your ArcGIS Online organisation. This article explains what is happening to Esri UK content.

All of the Esri UK content is already accessible via HTTPS, as well as HTTP. At 11:30am on 1st of December 2020 (previously 11th November 2020) we will transition to providing content as HTTPS ONLY. If you are currently connecting to any of our services using HTTP you should start to update those links to HTTPS as soon as possible.

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ArcGIS Online HTTPS Only Enforcement

On the 8th of December 2020, ArcGIS Online will change to enforce HTTPS Only. This means HTTP support in ArcGIS Online will be discontinued and references to HTTP URLs will no longer work in ArcGIS Online. Some organisations activated before September 2018 still allow ArcGIS Online to communicate using HTTP access to content, such as web layers and images. 

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ArcGIS Online SAML Authentication update

ArcGIS Online has a new SAML signing and encryption certificate available, and the previous SAML signing and encryption certificate is due to expire on 5th December 2019.

Organisations using enterprise logins for ArcGIS Online with a SAML compliant Identity Provider (IDP) will need to re-register ArcGIS Online in your IDP before 5th December.

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Important changes in the ArcGIS Platform – what you need to know

ArcGIS Online uses TLS to communicate with the rest of the ArcGIS Platform. Today, it can use a few different versions (1.0, 1.1 and 1.2). But from April 16th 2019, for security reasons, ArcGIS Online will be updated so that it only supports TLS version 1.2.

Read this blog to find out what you need to do to ensure that any client application that communicates with ArcGIS Online will continue to work.

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URL query parameters in Web AppBuilder

URL parameters are dynamic values within the URL of a web map or app that perform pre-defined functionality,  such as zooming to fixed scales/locations or querying within layers.

This blog will focus on query based URL parameters in Web AppBuilder, and is applicable whether you are using ArcGIS Online, Portal for ArcGIS, or Web AppBuilder (Developer Edition).

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Using your own rasters with OS Open basemaps

With the release of the OS Open basemaps in ArcGIS Online, customers may wish to overlay their own raster tile layers on the basemaps. In some instances an error that the layer cannot be added to the map because it's coordinate system or tiling scheme can't be adjusted to align properly with the basemap.

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Improved support for transformations in ArcGIS Online

The July update of ArcGIS Online, combined with the 10.3.1 release of the ArcGIS Platform, has brought a number of new and improved features. This article describes the improvements to transformations in ArcGIS Online, which will be of particular relevance to many users in the UK and Ireland.
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Web AppBuilder for ArcGIS has arrived

Web AppBuilder for ArcGIS is a powerful new application builder included as part of ArcGIS Online and Portal for ArcGIS. This article explains the important differences between the standard Web AppBuilder for ArcGIS and the Web AppBuilder for ArcGIS (Developer Edition).
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Using OAuth2 App ID Authentication with ArcGIS Online Applications

When using OAuth2 App-ID authentication with ArcGIS Online Applications, it is worth noting that the Feature Services being consumed by the application must be owned by the application author (the creator of the token). If the Feature Services are not owned by the application author, or are only shared to the application author, the user will receive an error.
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How to create drop-down menus for populating attributes

Collector for ArcGIS is a new smartphone application that can be used with ArcGIS Online to collect data in the field. Setting up a feature service in ArcGIS Online and adding it to a webmap will allow users to begin to collect new features, populating fields with relevant data via a pop-up form. This article explains how you can setup a Feature Service to make this functionality available through a drop-down menu.
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A solution for ArcGIS Online Organization Not Found

The new version of ArcGIS Online was released last week (3rd July 2013). A handful of users have come across problems when trying to login to their Organization account (for example an error stating "Organization Not Found", or user roles appearing blank once logged in). These issues appear to be related to cached website pages and cookies being stored, referencing the old arcgis.com information.
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