Create ArcGIS Service Layer

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Basic Steps

• in arcGIS Pro login to https://portal.gdsc.miami.edu/arcgis

• create database connection (needs UM network)

  • use these settings
    
  • if not on the UM campus you will need a VPN, see UMIT page for Global Protect

• load layer and style

  • map -> add data -> query layer
  • find layer and double click in list
  • make sure only geom layer is included, not geom_local
  • click validate button at bottom, then next button
  • select unique id column and click next
  • symbolize (light grey baseman with nice symbol colors)
  • save project

• create service definition (save to box folder ../Collections/services/)

  • right click on layer -> share -> save as offline service definition
  • Set version to Arcgis Enterprise 11 or later
  • check the feature registration checkbox
  • update name and remove "gdsc_public_" from the beginning of the name
  • use the "Version" * ArcGIS Enterprise 11 or later
  • set the description and tags as per the lines in the GDSC metadata
    
  • under the configuration tab edit the feature configuration
    
  • set the feature properties same as below
    
  • you may need to uncheck assignment of unique ids

• upload SD to server (https://arcgis.gdsc.miami.edu/arcgis/manager - needs UM network)

  • accept all defaults through the publish service process
  • save sd to box folder

• set sharing in portal (https://portal.gdsc.miami.edu/arcgis/home

  • feature layer to world and as featured and admins, map layer owner (not featured)
    

• metadata in portal for feature layer

  • description -> Description
  • publisher -> Credits
  • title -> Title
  • license -> Terms of Use

• metadata for map layer

  • same as above

Perhaps best to keep in one really well organized ArcGIS Pro project ...

Some things to consider:

• cartography is saved in the service definition
• this may be impossible to script fully; we may need an ArcGIS Pro machine that we always publish from ...
• a. create the service definition file in ArcGIS Pro (manual process)
• b. store the sd files somewhere (perhaps ceph-rook storage)
• c. part of etl python script is to publish the manually created sd file ...
• with manual process, layer names become even more important
• a. if a name changes, the sd file will have to be re-created manually