Labeling and Layers turned off by default

Question

I am ArcGIS Server 10.1 and ArcGIS viewer for flex 3.4
What is the best way to accomplish labeling with a map service?  In the web browser the labels do not appear, but in the REST service the labels do appear.
How do I have layers turned off by default, like in a MXD?  I want to make layers available to users, but not have ALL of them on by default when a user accesses the map service in the browser.

Thank you
Jeff Godfrey
Chelan County IT

JeffGodfrey · Answer

Using the entire service, instead of individual layers, worked for most labels.
Although, I have a join on one of my feature classes to a table in SDE, which prevents the labels from showing in the flexviewer.
This is from ESRI:
This is Utkarsh from ESRI Support Services, writing in reference to incident # 1183308 It was pleasure talking to you over phone as discussed you were currently hitting the Following [NIM087311 Map labels do not work in a map service if the feature class resides in an ArcSDE database and is joined to a table.]. The status of the NIM is resolved in the version 10.2. With this information I am marking this incident as closed

Jeff Godfrey

BjornSvensson · Answer

In the web browser the labels do not appear, but in the REST service the labels do appear.

Are you adding the service as individual feature layers or as one dynamic/tiled service?  In the latter case, the labels should display as the map image is created on the server.  For individual feature layers, the features are drawn client-side and labelling will not work.

JeffGodfrey · Answer

And yes, the labeling has been setup in the MXD that I used to publish the map service.

JG