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View the Participants panel

The Participants panel is comprised of all members and teams that are part of a mission. Each list displays specific information about the mission's members and teams, respectively. You can search and filter both lists.

The Participants panel includes additional tools that provide greater awareness and control of a mission's participants. Participants is opened by clicking the More ellipses. The following tools are accessible from the participants panel.

With View All users you can open a complete list of all mission members and teams, and to see how they are organized. It is a read-only list used to show how the mission is organized.

The Refresh app-update tool provides an up-to-date view of users currently in the mission and are displayed on the map. Occasionally last known locations (LKL) or users on the map become stale and their current position is not updated. The Refresh button removes any stale users from the map and provides a true representation of where users are located.

Display Settings configure opens a dialog box to set up the participant's display name settings and the order in which they appear in the list.

The Show Tracks line tool allows you to display location tracks that have been created by ArcGIS Mission Responder users (participants) during the mission. Tracks can be present or historical, and can be sorted by mission member. To view member tracks, complete the following steps:

  1. Enter the mission analyst view for your mission.

  2. Click Show Tracks in the Participants panel.

  3. Check the check boxes next to the names of the mission members whose tracks you want to display. Alternatively, if you want to display all the tracks created in the mission, you can check the check box next to Member Name to select them all.

  4. Click Apply.

The selected members' tracks are displayed on the mission map, and can be selected for more information.

Tracks are displayed as points by default. Alternatively, other visual options are available such as:

  • A heat map, which displays users tracks as a density

  • Track-line, which display a users tracks in a line format with attached directional arrows of travel.

Members list

The Members list displays a list of every mission member assigned to the mission. The list is ordered by connection status, then alphabetical order. Additionally, it is possible to change the list of names associated with each user. For example, a user's first and last name will always appear in the members tile, but a combination of Username, Role, and Call Sign (if configured) can be displayed or hidden as desired.

Members can be found using the search bar at the top of the members panel by typing Username, Role, or Call Sign.

Each member is displayed with the following:

  • Profile avatar—If the user has created a profile in the portal that includes an avatar, it is displayed next to their name.

  • Lock On Member—Locks on and follows a Responder user's movement on the mission map.

  • Connection Status—Each mission member's profile avatar is marked with their connection status in Participants.

    • Green Status=Connected —The member is currently connected to the mission and has the mission map open in their active browser tab.

    • Yellow Orange Status=Away—The member is currently away. This indicates that the member has the mission open but is not currently viewing the mission map.

    • Gray Status=Disconnected —The member is not connected to the mission.

  • Analyst Note notepad-edit —The current user of the Mission Analyst web application will be located at the top of the participants' list and can access “My Notes” from the icon to the right.

To filter the members list by connection status, complete the following steps:

  1. Enter the mission analyst view.

  2. Click All Members in the Participants panel.

    The drop-down menu shows the member status and a count of the number of members in each: - All Members - Leads - Connected - Away - Disconnected

  3. Click the status you want to filter by.

The status you selected replaces All Members, and the members list changes to display only those users in the selected status.

Click a mission member’s profile avatar to display details about them. Including their role in the mission, device information (if they are connected to the mission), qualifications, bio, contact information (email and telephone number, if provided), and assigned teams. These details are also available on the Members and Teams tabs.

Filter Participants

Participants can also be filtered by role and by task assignment.

  1. Select Filter filter.

  2. To filter the participants by their role, choose either Members or Leads under View by Role.

  3. To filter the participants by their task assignment, choose either Assigned or Not assigned, under View by Task Assignment.

  4. Click filter again to close the dialog box.

Teams list

The Teams panel displays an alphabetized list of all the teams created for the mission and includes the following tools:

  • Last Known Location—Zooms the map extent and flashes icon to show the most recent location of all the members of the team.

  • View Members in Mission Team—Displays the members of the team.

The teams list also allows you to display all mission teams, or just those you belong to, by selecting the option at the top of the panel.

If an avatar has been assigned to the team, that picture will override the default.

Analyst Note

The Analyst Note allows users in control of the Mission Analyst interface the ability to keep “in mission” notes of personal observations around the current mission. These notes are designed to be quick annotations for further research. The mission analyst can view or add to these notes at any point during an active mission. Along with a text entry panel, you can add a document, image, and take a snapshot of the current map.

To access Analyst Notes, complete the following steps:

  1. Enter the Mission Analyst view.

  2. Select My Notes notepad-edit to open the notes interface.

  3. Map notes can be searched by key word or sorted.

  4. Select the map capture or attachment to open the item.

To create an Analyst Note, complete the following steps:

  1. Enter the Mission Analyst view.

  2. Select +New.

    The notes section expands with existing and new notes.

  3. Add text to the new note.

  4. Click Attach Files to add an image.

  5. Zoom the map to select the area you wish to chip and select Map Snapshot. You can do this multiple times.

  6. When satisfied with the note, click Create. Click Discard to delete the note.

Analyst notes are stored in the Chats feature layer.