Symbology of a feature service layer from bulk publishing

lmatteo

Hello everyone,

I'm trying to use ArcGIS enterprise with enterprise geodatabase (versionning, bulk publish in portal). To do that, first I have import the sde configuration file to ArcGIS Portal and then, I follow the procedure to publish all the layers of the database into a bulk process.

I'm using ArcGIS Pro to edit and draw maps but I would like to create specific maps in ArcGIS Portal with some feature layers. Unfortunately, when I open the feature layers into a new map, the symbology defined in ArcGIS Pro is not saved. Is there a possibility to export this symbology so during the bulk publish the symbology is not forgotten ? Or should I simply make the maps into ArcGIS Pro and then published the map ?

Which approach is the best ? For some maps, reading would be enough but for others, I would need to edit the layers.

ZachBodenner

We actually abandoned the bulk-publish method for this reason. What I wound up doing was creating an ArcPro project with a separate map for each relevant layer and then publishing from those maps to the federated server, preserving the Pro symbology. I don't know if that's the most efficient way to do it, but there it is. If your symbology is relatively simple (ie re-creatable online) then maybe it's possible to add one of your bulk published layers to a web map, edit the symbology, and then save the layer as a feature layer in your Enterprise? I know ESRI suggested this as a "best practice" over using REST endpoints in this blog so you could try that. I'm dubious of how "best" it is since you'd essentially be duplicating a bunch of Portal items but if you're confident in your Enterprise organization folder structure it could be worth a look.