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Save maps

In ArcGIS Maps for Fabric, you save maps in the following scenarios:

  • To open ArcGIS Maps for Fabric and create a map.

  • To update a map you or someone else within your organization owns and save the changes.

  • To save changes to a map you created in memory by clicking the New map button New map on the ribbon menu in ArcGIS Maps for Fabric.

  • To create a copy of a map you or someone else within your organization owns. You might do this if you created a map to use as a template that contains the basemap and initial settings you commonly use.

In all these scenarios, your Microsoft Fabric workspace role must be Contributor or higher. Individuals with the user role of Viewer can only view maps.

Create a new map

When you open ArcGIS Maps for Fabric, you must create a New ArcGIS web map.

  1. Click the ArcGIS Maps for Fabric workload icon from the Workloads menu or the New item menu in Microsoft Fabric.

  2. Enter a Name for your ArcGIS web map in the New ArcGIS web map window.

    Tip:

    You can edit the map title and description by clicking Settings settings on the ribbon menu.

  3. Enter a Location where you would like to save your ArcGIS web map. Optionally, click Expand Expand to see all the workspaces you can access.

This automatically saves your map to the location you choose. You are the owner of the ArcGIS web map.

Create a new map from within the ArcGIS Maps for Fabric workload

To create a new map from within ArcGIS Maps for Fabric, complete the following steps:

  1. Open ArcGIS Maps for Fabric and sign in to your ArcGIS organizational account.

  2. On the ribbon menu, click New map New map. The New ArcGIS web map window appears.

  3. Choose a new Name for your map and select a Location to save your ArcGIS web map.

    Tip:

    You can edit the map title and description by clicking Settings settings on the ribbon menu.

  4. Click Create.

Save changes to an existing map

To save changes to an existing map owned by you or someone else within your organization without changing the name of the map:

  1. On the ribbon, click the Save button Save.

  2. Choose Save Save.

    Your changes are saved to the existing ArcGIS web map.

Save changes to a new map

To save changes to a map you created in memory by clicking the New map button New map on the ribbon menu in ArcGIS Maps for Fabric:

  1. On the ribbon, click the Save as Save as button.

  2. Choose a Title for your map and, optionally, craft a short Description.

  3. Click Save.

    Your map is saved to the workspace you opened your original ArcGIS web map in. It is not saved inside a folder even if the original file was located inside a folder.

Copy an existing map

To create a copy of an existing map owned by you or someone else within your organization:

  1. Find and open the map you would like to copy.

  2. On the ribbon, click the Save Save button and choose Save as Save as.

  3. Choose a Title for the copy of your map and, optionally, craft a short Description.

  4. Click Save.

    Your map will be saved to the workspace you opened your original ArcGIS web map in. It will not be saved inside a folder even if the original file was located inside a folder.

Tip:

You can delete an ArcGIS web map file from your Microsoft Fabric workspace.

An ArcGIS web map is only available to other individuals with access to the workspace you saved it in. Users with the roles of Contributor or higher will be able to copy your ArcGIS web map or update to it.