Adding, managing, and showcasing content are core functions of sites. Only content items that are added to the content library will appear in search results. To add content to a site's content library, you must be an Enterprise administrator, the site's owner, or a member of the site's core team. You can add content by selecting from existing content, uploading files directly from your machine or by URL, or by creating new content.
Note:
An item can only be edited by the owner (the person who originally created or uploaded it) or a core team member with edit privileges. To share an item with core team members, follow the steps in Give edit access.
Supported file types for upload
- Portable Document Format (.pdf)
- Comma-separated Values (.csv)
- Image files (.jpg., .jpeg, .png, .tif, .tiff)
- Microsoft Excel (.xls, .xlsx)
- Microsoft PowerPoint (.ppt, .pptx)
- Microsoft Word (.doc, .docx)
- ArcGIS Feature Service- By URL Only
- GeoJSON (.geojson)- By URL Only
- Shapefiles (.shp)- By URL Only
- Web Pages and Document link (URL to online document)- By URL Only
Upload content as a file or using a URL
You can add supported item types as files; maximum file size is 200 MB. You can also add supported item types as hosted files. Add items in two different ways, by opening the site in edit view or from a live view of the site.
Note:
Other item types, such as map and image services, must be directly uploaded to Enterprise. See Add existing content for instructions on how to add these items to a site's content library.
- Open the site in edit mode or start from global navigation (live view) and proceed from Step 4.
- Select the Sites (second) drop-down menu on the edit navigation bar.
- Select Content Library
- On the edit navigation bar, click New and click Content.
- Select Browse for file and upload a supported file type (or drag and drop a file), or paste a URL for a supported item type, and click Next.
- Provide metadata for the new item and click Next.
- Change default sharing and access levels (if desired) and select Save.
Add existing content
You can add Enterprise items that you or others have created, including members of your organizations and the public.
Note:
Consider checking with the item's owner before sharing it with a larger audience. You cannot change the sharing settings of an item unless you are the owner, it is shared with your core team, or you have administrative privileges. Thus, private items (shared only with you, the core team, or organization) that are shared to the content library, are not visible to people with whom the item is not shared.
- Open the site in edit mode.
- Select the second drop-down menu on the edit navigation bar.
- Select Content Library.
- Select the Add existing content button.
- Search and filter the list, select individual items, and click Save.
Add groups of content with the Groups Manager
You an also add groups of items that are relevant to a site, such as department-specific content or content groups from other sites. To add a group to a site, the group must be either owned by you or shared with the organization.
- Open the site in edit mode.
- Select the second drop-down menu on the edit navigation bar.
- Select Groups manager.
- Select Add groups on the side of the page.
- Search and filter the list, select individual groups, and click Add.
To remove a group, click Remove next to the group.
Add or modify metadata
You can modify basic metadata in ArcGIS Enterprise for items in certain families (Data and Documents). You must be an administrator, an item owner, or a member of the core team (and the item is owned by another core team member).
- Open the site in edit mode.
- Select the second drop-down menu, then Content Library.
- Select the title of an item to open its Content details page.
- From this page (or from an Explore page), select the Edit button
. - Add or edit details as needed; see Metadata quality for tips.
Note:
Changes are reflected in the item’s content details in ArcGIS Enterprise. - Click Save.
To edit full metadata in, select the More actions button 
, and click Edit in ArcGIS Enterprise. See Metadata for more information.
Remove content
You can remove items shared to a site's content library.
Note:
Pages created for a site cannot be removed from the content library and are always available in a site's search results.
- Open a site in edit mode.
- Select the second drop-down menu, then Content Library.
- Select the checkbox next to an item.
- Select Remove.
If the item was shared to the site's content group, it is unshared from the group in Enterprise. You can also remove groups of content using the Groups manager, as above.