What's new in users, groups, and items

Version Management Privilege

The version management privilege (features:user:manageVersions) has been added to the selection of User privileges that can be assigned to organization members through custom roles. Users assigned this privilege will have the ability to manage version locks as well as view, alter, delete, edit, reconcile, and post to all branch versions accessed through ArcGIS Server feature layers.

Help Base

Administrators, with the appropriate privileges, will be able to update the help source option for your organization. The helpBase property can be updated to determine whether the help is derived from a locally installed source or via the web help (https://enterprise.arcgis.com) when internet access is available. By default, helpBase is set to use the local, installed source. For more information on this property and how to update it, see Update portal.

New item types

• Web Experience Template—An experience template item that contains a pattern or blueprint of Web Experiences created from ArcGIS Experience Builder.
• Hub Initiative Template—A package of multiple Solutions oriented at a specific project or goal. This item type is only applicable to ArcGIS Online organizations
• Mission—A collection of portal items that provides a focused user experience when working with ArcGIS Mission.
• Link Chart—Visualizes ans performs link analysis using entities and relationships from a Knowledge Graph. This item type is only applicable to ArcGIS Enterprise and ArcGIS Pro.
• Knowledge Graph—Allows you to connect, open, and access graph data so that it can be used in Link Charts and maps. This item type is only applicable to ArcGIS Enterprise and ArcGIS Pro.
• Export Package—A package tat allows administrators or group owners to export a group, and its content, into a downloadable package.

New operations and resources

• Export Group Content allows administrators to extract all supported items, or a set of supported items, from a group and export them into an export package (.epk) that can be uploaded and have it's contents imported and published into another ArcGIS Enterprise organization's group.
• Import Group Content allows administrators to import items from an export package, which results from the Export operation, and adds all supported content items from the package to the selected group. When these items are added, their item IDs are maintained and associated URLs from the originating portal are swizzled in order to ensure they function in the new organization.

Updated operations and resources

• Servers and Server now support WorkflowManager as a server function value.
• Add Item and Publish Item have been updated to include the itemIdToCreate parameter.
• Publish Layers now includes the ability to set the syncItemInfo parameter.
• Users will now be able to set apps and add-on licenses for new member defaults through the Set User Default Settings operation.

Licensing updates

User type extensions provide members of your organization access to Utility Network and Parcel Fabric functionalities. The GIS Professional Standard and GIS Professional Advanced user types include both the Utility Network and Parcel Fabric extensions. The Parcel Fabric extension can be included as an add-on for user types with at least the capability to view and edit data such as Editor, Field Worker, Creator and GIS Professional Basic user types. The Utility Network extension is compatible with all user types. You can view a user's user type, user type extensions, and add-on applications through the User License Type and Provisioned Listings resources.

New member defaults

In June 2019 for ArcGIS Online, and starting at ArcGIS Enterprise 10.8, organizations now have the ability to set new member defaults for users who create their own built-in accounts, are added to the organization by an administrator, or are added through automatic account creation. Previously, new member defaults were set through the Portal Admin API or from the Roles tab in the Organization Settings of the portal. Now, new member defaults are configurable only from the Set User Default Settings operation or from the New Member Defaults tab in the Organization Settings of the portal.

New operations and resources

• Delete Service Proxy Config remove Viewer credentials saved on the collaboration workspace. These credentials will be removed from all services after the next synchronization.
• Organization Settings returns the portal's current configuration as it would be seen by the user.
• Set User Default Settings allows administrators to configure and edit their new member defaults.
• Update Organization Settings allows administrators to set and configure access notices and information banners.
• Update Service Proxy Config adds Viewer credentials to services copied by reference in distributed collaborations. This allows recipients to access the shared content without requiring credentials from the originating portal. Services shared before the credentials were set will be updated during the next synchronization to include this information.
• User Default Settings returns the organization's stored new member default settings.

New operations and resources

Beginning with 10.7.1, you can publish layers in bulk from a data store item in the Enterprise portal. The following operations allow you to manage layers published from your data store:

• Add to Server—Registers a data store to ArcGIS Server. This operation also allows you to bind your data store to an additional federated server or servers.
• All Datasets—Provides access to bulk publishing operations.
• Delete Layers—Deletes all layers published from the data store.
• Get Layers—Returns a list of layers published in bulk from a data store.
• Get Servers for Data Store—Returns a list of servers to which a given data store has been registered.
• Publish Layers—Publishes or syncs the datasets from a data store on ArcGIS Server, resulting in at least one layer per dataset.
• Refresh Server—Propagates changes from your data store registration information to ArcGIS Server.
• Remove from Server—Unregisters a specified data store from ArcGIS Server.
• Validate Datastore—Ensures that ArcGIS Server can connect and use the datasets stored in a given data store.

New operations and resources

At 10.7, ArcGIS Enterprise portals support webhooks. A webhook is a mechanism that allows an app to provide other apps with event-driven information. As a portal administrator, you can create, manage, and configure webhooks using the following operations:

• Activate Webhook—Restarts a deactivated webhook.
• Create Webhook—Allows portal administrators to create a webhook.
• Deactivate Webhook—Pauses a specified webhook.
• Delete Webhook—Deletes a specified webhook.
• List a Specific Webhook—Displays information for a specified webhook and provides access to various operations.
• Notification Status—Displays information regarding trigger events associated with a specified webhook.
• Update Settings—Adjusts several advanced parameters that apply to your webhooks.
• Update Webhook—Allows administrators to update previously configured webhook parameters.
• Webhook Settings—Displays advanced parameters that configure webhook connection behavior.

Distributed collaboration now supports the Pause and Resume operations. The Pause operation suspends a scheduled job for synchronized items in a collaboration workspace, and Resume restarts a scheduled job for synchronized items in a collaboration workspace.

Licensing updates

User types replace member levels as a flexible way to license capabilities and apps in ArcGIS Enterprise and ArcGIS Online. User types allow organizations to allocate identity, privileges, and apps to align with the needs of members. You can view a user's user type, as well as their add-on apps and app bundles, through the User License Type, Provisioned Listings, and User App Bundles resources.

Updated operations and resources

• The copyFeatureServiceData parameter in the Update Portal Group Link operation now supports hosted feature layer views.