By default, content you add to the portal is only accessible to you. Your maps, apps, and data are not available to others—for example, they do not appear in search results and aren't part of any group. Depending on your sharing privileges, you can share it with others. You have several options for sharing your items:
- Everyone—Sharing with everyone makes your item public; anybody who has access to the portal website can find and use it, and group owners can include it in their group content.
- Your portal—To ensure only members of your portal have access to an item, you can share it with just your portal.
- Groups—If you are a member of a group, you can share your item with that group. Sharing with specific groups restricts access to a smaller, more focused set of people.
- Groups and your portal or everyone—You can share an item with a larger audience (everyone or your portal) and also share it with a specific group. This allows you to categorize your item as especially relevant to a particular group while still making it available to others in your organization.
You can also share public items you don't own through links and email. If you are a group owner, you can share public items to your group. The following sections explain how to share your items.
Share item with a group
You can keep your item semiprivate by sharing it only with a group or groups you belong to. When you share an item with a group, you allow other members of the group to access the item.
For some groups, you also have the option to allow other members of the group to update the item. This option is only available for groups created with the item update capability enabled. If you choose to share your item in this way, you remain the owner of the item. Other group members can update the item, including changing the item details or updating the content.
Note:
At this time, the item update capability is intended for use with item details and the contents of maps, configurable apps, and scenes. Currently, the presentation viewer and most ArcGIS apps do not support the item update capability. For example, members of a group created with this capability enabled can update the item details of a presentation shared with the group from My Content but cannot modify the presentation from within the viewer. Support will be added in future releases.
Allowing other members of a group to update your shared item is useful in many scenarios. For instance, this capability makes it easy for a team of shift workers to share responsibility for updating a critical web map—adding or removing layers, changing symbols, updating the map's description, and so on. Another common scenario is giving a team of editors the ability to edit a publicly visible hosted feature layer without enabling editing on the layer for everyone.
Tip:
To edit a hosted feature layer, open the layer's details and choose Open > Add layer to new map with full editing control.
- Verify that you are signed in and have privileges to share content with groups.
- Open My Content.
- Check the check box next to the title of the item you want to share.
You can share multiple items simultaneously by checking multiple titles, or you can share all the items in a folder simultaneously by checking the box next to Title.
- Click Share.
If you are a member of one or more groups that have the item update capability enabled, you will see two options: Access and Access and update capabilities. Choose Access if you want to share the item without allowing group members to update it. Choose Access and update capabilities to give group members the capability to update the item.
- On the pop-up that appears, check the box next to the group or groups you want to share the item with.
Note:
If you chose Access and update capabilities in the previous step, only groups created with the item update capability are listed.
Share item with everyone
Sharing an item with everyone makes it available to anybody who has access to the portal website. Public items can also be added to any group by that group's owner. If you want to link or embed your map in a website, be sure it's shared with everyone.
- Verify that you are signed in and have privileges to share content with the public.
- Open My Content.
- Check the check box next to the title of the item you want to share.
You can share multiple items simultaneously by checking multiple titles, or you can share all the items in a folder simultaneously by checking the box next to Title.
- Click Share and on the pop-up that appears, check Everyone (public).
Share your item with the portal
Share your items with the portal if you want all members of your portal organization to have access to it, but you do not want people who are not members of your portal to have access to it.
- Verify that you are signed in and have privileges to share content with the portal.
- Open My Content.
- Check the check box next to the title of the item you want to share.
You can share multiple items simultaneously by checking multiple titles, or you can share all the items in a folder simultaneously by checking the box next to Title.
- Click the Share button.
- On the Share window that appears, check the box next to the name of your portal and click OK.
Share item with everyone and a group
Consider sharing an item with everyone and a group when you want everyone to have access to your item, but you also want to highlight the content within a group setting. This is especially appropriate for focused group work where all members benefit from seeing a list of specific content they can use for collaboration and exchange. For example, as a fire agency that produces burn maps, you want the general public to find and view the maps, but you also want members in the fire agency group to use the maps as templates for creating their own local versions.
Share your item with your portal and a group
Share your item with your portal and a group if you want only members of your organization to have access to it, but you also want to highlight the content for a specific group. For example, as a risk management analyst for an insurance company, you need to share certain items you create with all members of your organization but cannot allow nonmembers to have access to them. You might also want to share the items with a group comprised of the other risk management analysts to make the items easier for them to find.
Share public item you don't own
You can share other people's public items you've discovered on the website. For example, you can share a public map by posting it on a social networking site, sending an email with a link, or embedding it in a website or blog. If you own a group, you can share public basemaps, apps, and other items to your group.