Introduction to portal tools

This topic provides an overview of the tools and applications you can use to interact with contentContent is a collection of items in a portal that belong to a user, group, or organization.Learn more in a portalArcGIS portal, also known as a portal, is a website with applications and tools that can be used to create, manage, access, and share geospatial content and data. It supports security and authentication, developer credentials, content and data service management, user and group management, and site administration. A portal can be hosted in Esri's infrastructure or your own infrastructure.Learn more.

The portal allows a developer to manage and share geospatial content and services. You use the portal tools and applications to create and manage content. These tools and apps fall into the following categories:

• Developer credentials
• Mapping
• Content and data
• Administration

Developer credentials tool

Creating developer credentials is important for developers before starting any development projects. The developer credentials tool in a portalArcGIS portal, also known as a portal, is a website with applications and tools that can be used to create, manage, access, and share geospatial content and data. It supports security and authentication, developer credentials, content and data service management, user and group management, and site administration. A portal can be hosted in Esri's infrastructure or your own infrastructure.Learn more helps you create and define these credentials. Developer credentials is created for each application tailored to support the required authentication and functionality. This ensures secure and appropriate access to the necessary ArcGIS services for the application.

Mapping tools

Mapping tools in a portalArcGIS portal, also known as a portal, is a website with applications and tools that can be used to create, manage, access, and share geospatial content and data. It supports security and authentication, developer credentials, content and data service management, user and group management, and site administration. A portal can be hosted in Esri's infrastructure or your own infrastructure.Learn more enable the creation, visualization, analysis, and preparation of geospatial content for various applications. These tools allow users to save and manage content like web mapsA web map is a map stored as a JSON object that defines properties such as the basemap layer, data layers, layer styles, and pop-up styles. Its JSON structure is defined by the web map specification.Learn more, web scenesA web scene is a scene stored as a JSON object that defines properties such as the basemap layer, data layers, layer styles, and pop-up styles. Its JSON structure is defined by the web scene specification.Learn more, and hosted layersA hosted layer is an item in a portal that contains the properties and settings for a hosted data service or a layer in a hosted data service.Learn more in the portal.

The three mapping tools in a portal are:

• Map Viewer
• Scene Viewer
• Vector Tile Style Editor

Content and data management tools

Content and data management tools in a portal enable users to create and manage geospatial contentContent is a collection of items in a portal that belong to a user, group, or organization.Learn more for applications. These tools are located in the content manager page of your portal. Here are the tools categorized into content tools and data tools:

Content tools

• New item tool
• Developer credentials tool
• Feature layer tool
• Tile layer tool
• Locator tool

Data tools

• Import data tool
• Application tool
• URL tool

Portal administration tools

Your portal contains administration tools for configuring and managing your portal website. These tools allow you to configure and customize content in Home, Gallery, and Groups. Additionally, you can perform tasks such as managing user roles and permissions along with managing licenses for members in your organization.