Sharing a web map to Portal create multiple image layers

Question

Hi,

When I share a web map containing 30 layers in Arc Pro to Portal it splits the data into 3 map image layers.

The data is referenced, if I copy it, it creates just one map image layer, but I need it reference as it's updated often.

How do I get it to create just one map image layer with all my layers, as it'll be confusing for users with all these groups in the one web map.

Thanks

Rachel

RachelS · Answer

The settings seem to be the same for both. They are both set to 'Reference Registered Data: Exploratory'.

It's a mystery, but hopefully the workaround will do the trick.

jcarlson · Answer

Here's the relevant section of the docs. We don't publish web maps this way where I work, so I'm a bit out of my depth here, but I noticed the line

"In most configurations, web layers must be adjacent to be combined. This requirement does not apply to the Copy all data: Exploratory or Copy all data: Editable configurations."

Perhaps those settings for the 70-layer map were different from the current one? Note that to change those settings it's referencing, you have to click Properties for each Map Image Layer in the list.

RachelS · Answer

Hi Josh,

I tried the combine and it gives me the error below.

All the data is coming from about 5 different data sources and some of the layers that are split across the 3 map image layers are all from the same file geodatabase. The path is the same and I have no versioning.

The web map with 70 layers isn't publically accessible data so I can't share but from the scrollbar on the screenshots below you'll see there are a lot of layers. Now many of these are from the same datasets but there are about 10 different file locations for the file and sql geodatabases, that double my other viewer and it has no problems storing them all in the same map image layer!

The only way I have around it is where I had subgroups within the map image layer, I'm making these into their own map image layer and giving it the subgroup title. I'll have to add about 6 of these to the one webmap. It's not ideal but it's better than the user having what will look like sub groups within subgroups.

I wonder what everyone else does with all these map image layers within the one webmap. It's not very user friendly if the user has to keep ticking and expanding the group to get to the data.