Configure Offline Packages

Offline packages help you group together any combination of replicas, tile packages, and vector tile packages into one convenient container. Offline packages do not contain the actual components, but rather pointers to those components. ArcFM Mobile displays the list of available packages to users and employs these pointers to download the relevant components for offline interaction.

The Offline Packages tab shows all offline packages available for users’ devices.

To configure different offline packages to automatically download onto users’ devices, use the Auto Download toggle. When users launch ArcFM Mobile for the first time, any offline packages that have this toggled on are automatically downloaded with no interaction needed from users, provided that they have permissions to download items in the package, according to Portal for ArcGIS group policy.

If users already have a replica and/or tile package downloaded, then updates to those items are downloaded automatically when changes are available, based on a 10-minute refresh interval. This automatic update happens regardless of the Auto Download toggle status. Additionally, if users are in the field on a cellular connection and the download or update size is over 100 MB, they are prompted to confirm the download to avoid potentially unwanted charges.