Downloading projects and operational map layers

Once your project administrator has created a mobile project, it can be shared to a mobile content server (installed within ArcGIS Server), ArcGIS Online, or Portal for ArcGIS for you to download from the field.

Note:

ArcGIS Online is secured using the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol, which means ArcGIS Online can be identified by a digital certificate issued by a certificate authority. Before you download your first project from ArcGIS Online, determine if you need to install the certificate. For details, see Importing and exporting certificates.

Whether you use a Windows Mobile device or a Windows device, downloading a mobile project involves two phases:

1. Downloading the mobile project.
2. Downloading the latest operational map layers from mobile services/hosted feature services included in the project. This step only occurs if your project contains mobile services and your project administrator did not package data when authoring the project, or if your project contains feature services. For details, see About data packaging.

The workflow in phase 1 is slightly different between the two applications and is discussed separately below. The process of downloading mobile map data is the same for the two applications.

Phase 1—downloading projects

Downloading projects using the ArcGIS application running on a Windows Mobile device

Steps:

1. On your Windows Mobile device, start the ArcGIS application. If this is your first time running the application, see Running the application for the first time.

   The Choose Project To Open page appears.

2. Before you download a project, verify and choose the project source by tapping Menu > Set Project Source.
   • To change a project source, tap another source, then enter the uniform resource locator (URL) if the source is Portal for ArcGIS or ArcGIS Server. Tap Next on the bottom right to log in.
   • To download a project from the selected source, tap Cancel on the bottom left to return to the Choose Project To Open page, then tap Menu > Download Project.
3. Tap Next to download.
   • If you set your project source as ArcGIS Online or Portal for ArcGIS, on the next page (the Groups page), select and tap a group from which to retrieve projects. The Projects page appears and you can tap a project to download it.
     Note:

     If you tap My Content on the Groups page, one extra page (the My Contents page) appears and shows a list of folders containing your content. Tap a folder to open the Projects page.

   • If you set your project source as ArcGIS Server, on the next page, you'll see a list of projects you can access.
4. Tap the project to start downloading.
   Note:

   The size of your project package and the speed of your network determines how much time it takes to complete the download process. Downloading a large project through a cellular network can be time consuming.

5. When the application finishes downloading the project, you might be prompted to download the latest data. Tap Yes and proceed to phase 2 to download data, or tap No to start your field work.

Downloading projects using the ArcGIS application running on a Windows device

Steps:

1. On your Windows device, start the ArcGIS application. If this is your first time running the application, see Running the application for the first time.
2. Before you download a project, verify and choose the project source by taping the upper left menu icon , then tap View and Manage Settings > Project Download Source.
3. Tap OK to return to the View and Manage Settings page and tap Back.
4. Navigate to the Open Project page and tap Download Project. Provide credentials if needed.
   • If you set your project source as ArcGIS Online or Portal for ArcGIS, on the next page (the Download Project page), select and tap a group from which to retrieve projects . The next page lists the projects that belong to that group. Tap one to download it.
     Note:

     If you tap My Content on the Download Project page, one additional page appears, and you need to tap a folder to open it, then choose the project you want.

   • If you set your project source as ArcGIS Server, on the next page (the Download Project page) you'll see a list of projects you can access.
5. Tap a project to start downloading.

   If you defined multiple project folders, the Choose Folder window appears. Tap one of the folders to start downloading the project.

6. When the application has downloaded the project, you might be prompted to download the latest data. Tap Yes and proceed to phase 2 to download data, or tap No to start your workflow immediately.

Phase 2—downloading operational map layers

When you open a project without packaged operational map data, you are prompted to download data.

Steps:

1. If the service or services from which you are downloading data are secured, you're prompted to enter credentials to connect to the service. Enter the credentials and tap OK.
   Note:

   The credentials you use to connect to a service can differ from the ones you use to connect to your project source in step 6 in the Downloading projects using the ArcGIS application running on a Windows device section. Depending on how your project administrator manages the data, operational map layers might be located on different secured ArcGIS Servers, ArcGIS Online for organizations, and/or Portal for ArcGIS; therefore, log in to each of them separately.

2. You might be asked to download the latest data. Tap Yes and read the next step. If you tap No, the application opens the project with any data that your project administrator has packaged for you; therefore, skip the rest of this section.
3. The Choose Layers page (Windows Mobile device) or the Download Data page (Windows device) shows a list of layers you can download. Check the names of the layer or layers to download, then tap Next.
4. If any of your map layers contain attachments, the Download Attachments page appears. Check the names of the layer or layers that have attachments you want to download and tap Next.
   Tip:

   During data synchronization, you can tap the Tasks button (Windows Mobile device) or the Back button (Windows device) to start your field work simultaneously.

   The following images show the two field applications when map layers and attachments have been successfully downloaded.

5. Tap OK to exit the download process and return to the task list page.