Getting Technical – January 2026
Do you know how to export large feature services from ArcGIS Online seamlessly? Have you ever heard about ArcGIS Monitor? Curious about how to get started with ArcGIS Hub premium or workflows in ArcGIS Experience Builder? Did you know ArcGIS Desktop is retiring in March? We’ve rounded up answers to these and a few surprises in this month’s edition of Getting Technical. Dive in now.
Must Reads
We're starting 2026 with many great resources for you to dive into! Most importantly, we want you to know that ArcGIS Desktop is retiring on March 1, 2026. We highly suggest that you migrate to ArcGIS Pro to stay up to date on all the latest and greatest functionalities. Learn more about the importance of migrating by reading this blog: ArcGIS Desktop is retiring: it’s time to migrate to user types.
Classic Esri Story Maps retirement timeline
We also recommend reviewing the following blog about the retirement of Classic Esri StoryMaps. Once the classic Esri StoryMaps templates are gone, your stories will too! Read here: Plan your migration: classic Esri Story Maps retires in early 2026.
Blogs
Failure to export File Geodatabases with large domains in ArcGIS Online
Exporting large feature layers from ArcGIS Online can feel seamless—until you hit the dreaded “empty zip file” error. If you’ve struggled with exporting as File Geodatabases in ArcGIS Online, you’re not alone. In this blog, we break down why this happens and how to fix it with ArcGIS Pro.
What is ArcGIS Monitor? A beginner’s overview
Example of an ArcGIS Monitor Dashboard
If you’re currently using ArcGIS Enterprise in your day-to-day work and want a way to optimize your deployments performance and health, then this blog is for you. We cover the fundamentals of ArcGIS Monitor and explore the benefits you can achieve by integrating it into your ArcGIS Enterprise environment.
ArcGIS Hub Premium 101: Initiatives, projects and events
How ArcGIS Hub Community Organization interacts with the Employee Organization
Collaboration is at the heart of ArcGIS Hub Premium. Initiatives, projects and events give your community a clear way to participate, contribute and get involved. It’s a space where data, people and purpose come together. When your community can see real progress in real time, engagement stops being an aspiration and becomes a shared movement.
Instant Apps for engagement: collecting and managing public feedback – part 2
Example of an email prompt
This is Part 2 of Instant Apps for engagement: collecting and managing public feedback. Here we will configure an internal facing web map and the Manager Instant App so the reviewer can approve submitted records for public viewing and provide the option to respond to the public. You can reference the diagram at the end of the blog to better understand the internal and public components of the workflow.
View all additional blogs on the Esri Canada Blog site.
Videos
Theme creation in ArcGIS Experience Builder
Want to make your ArcGIS Experience Builder projects stand out? This video explores theme creation techniques to customize colors, layouts and styles, giving your maps and apps a professional and polished appearance.
Batch Editing in ArcGIS Experience Builder
Discover how to streamline your GIS workflows with Batch Editing in ArcGIS Experience Builder. Learn how to efficiently update multiple features simultaneously, improve data accuracy and save time with this powerful tool. Perfect for GIS professionals looking to enhance their web app editing capabilities.
Creating a Project in ArcGIS Hub
In this video, we'll walk you through how to create a project in ArcGIS Hub. Whether you're managing field work, tracking progress towards key goals or organizing collaborative community work, ArcGIS Hub projects help you stay organized and on track!
Working with advanced formatting in ArcGIS Experience Builder
Want to make your ArcGIS Experience Builder apps stand out? In this GeoSnap, we show you how to use advanced formatting to create dynamic content and styling with Arcade. These tips will help you customize widgets, lists and layouts for a polished, professional look.
Stay up to date on all our GeoSnaps by visiting the YouTube playlist.
Training
ArcGIS Experience Builder: Advanced Techniques
Take your web app-building skills to the next level
Get prepared to create engaging web applications that feature powerful functionality and a unified, modern user experience. This course teaches essential concepts and workflows that will enable you to build web apps infused with GIS content and capabilities without writing code. You will gain practice with ArcGIS Experience Builder interactive widgets, actions, pages and other features that will help your organization deliver GIS capabilities anywhere they are needed, while ensuring a seamless user experience across devices.
Esri Canada Seminars & Webinars
From Field to Office: Manage Tasks in ArcGIS Field Maps
February 26, 2026
ArcGIS Field Maps now includes powerful task management features that make it easier to coordinate and complete field assignments. In this webinar, you’ll learn how to create and configure tasks using Field Maps Designer, including setting up task forms, actions and app integrations. We’ll demonstrate advanced options like calculated expressions and conditional logic for smarter workflows. Finally, you’ll see how to assign, monitor and complete tasks in the Field Maps mobile app, ensuring your team stays connected and productive from office to field.
Missed last months recording? No problem, check out the recordings: View recorded seminars | View recorded webinars
Service Packs, Patches & Product Support Updates
Esri Support App
Download the Esri Support app to subscribe to important product updates and bug-related notifications. Also, try its newest feature – scan and solve error messages. You can also take advantage of Esri’s in-app generative AI chatbot to answer some of your questions. This Esri Support AI Chatbot can also be accessed on the Esri Support website.
ArcGIS Trust Center
Visit the ArcGIS Trust Center for critical security announcements and updates to privacy and compliance information.
ArcGIS Pro 3.6 Patch 1 (3.6.1)
ArcGIS Pro 3.6 Patch 1 (3.6.1) is now available for users to download from My Esri.
Portal for ArcGIS 11.3 Map Viewer HTTP/2 Patch
This patch resolves a defect in Map Viewer when HTTP/2 is enabled on Internet Information Services (IIS) and using a Chrome or Edge browser. A related defect, BUG-000177402, is resolved with the ArcGIS Web Adaptor (IIS) Stability Patch. As a best practice, clear the browser cache and re-launch the browser after installing the patch.
Migrating from ArcGIS Engine
ArcGIS Engine is scheduled for retirement on March 1, 2026. In this post, we will delve into deprecation specifics, the impending retirement of ArcGIS Engine, strategies for planning your migration and an introduction to one of the key migration routes leveraging ArcGIS Maps SDKs for Native Apps.
View all service packs and patches
Retiring Apps and Features
Below you’ll find more information about the upcoming retirement of several apps and features included in ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Enterprise.
Classic Esri Story Maps Is Planned to Retire in Q1 2026
To provide you with more time to migrate classic Esri Story Maps, the retirement date has been extended to Q1 2026. At that time, classic Esri Story Maps will be removed from ArcGIS Online, and any stories created with classic Esri Story Maps will no longer be available. For more information, read the retirement announcement and review the Classic Esri Story Maps Roadmap for Retirement blog.
Map Viewer Classic Is Planned to Retire in Q1 2026
Map Viewer Classic will be removed from ArcGIS Online upon retirement and can no longer be accessed. For more information, read the retirement announcement as well as the Map Viewer Classic Roadmap for Retirement blog.
ArcGIS Configurable Apps Is Planned to Retire in Q1 2026
To provide users with more time to migrate their applications, the retirement date for Configurable Apps has been extended-to Q1 2026. Apps built using Configurable Apps will no longer be accessible upon retirement. For more information, read the retirement announcement.
ArcGIS Web AppBuilder Is Planned to Retire in Q1 2026
You will not be able to create new apps or edit existing apps using ArcGIS Web AppBuilder after retirement. Apps will continue to work after retirement. However, we recommend you migrate your apps to ArcGIS Experience Builder as updates to browsers could introduce functional or security issues which will not be addressed by Esri. For more information, read the retirement announcement.