Restriction on publishing multiple services from a single data source

Question

Hello, just got an update notice for ArcGIS Online below;

"Prior to this update, organizations could publish multiple supported services from a single eligible source data item, creating a one-to-many relationship between source items and published services. To align with existing publishing restrictions, ArcGIS Online will now enforce a one-to-one relationship between supported source data items and published services. With this change, only one service can be published from each eligible source data item type. Hosted Feature Services are not impacted by this change and will continue to support the creation of multiple child items, such as Tile Layers and OGC layers. Organizations that currently publish multiple services from the same source item will need to create copies of the source data item to continue creating additional services."

We were wondering if this is saying that there a SDE feature class can only be used in one Enterprise rest service?  Or if there are any scenarios where organizations might have an issue about this change? We are currently on Enterprise 11.5 and use it just for publishing services to be used in ArcGIS Online.

ZachBodenner · Accepted Answer

Link to existing discussion, if you'd like to take part:

https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-online-questions/how-do-you-identify-multiple-services-from-a/m-p/1703805#M68725

You're not the only confused and concerned by this!

Roshan_MarkSingh_Matharu · Accepted Answer

To clarify, this change does not impact workflows that involve registering or using ArcGIS Server services (including those referencing registered data sources). Those services will continue to function as expected.

The restriction applies specifically to content uploaded into ArcGIS Online (such as file geodatabases, shapefiles, CSVs, or rasters) that are used as source data items for publishing. Moving forward, only one primary service can be published from each uploaded source item.

Existing services created prior to the update will continue to work without interruption. However, if additional services are needed from the same data, users will need to create a copy of the source data item before publishing.

Hosted Feature Services are not impacted, and their ability to create related child items such as tile layers, OGC services, and views remains unchanged.

"Source data items” in this context refers specifically to data uploaded into ArcGIS Online (such as file geodatabases, shapefiles, CSVs, or raster files) that are used as inputs for publishing hosted services. This does not apply to services that reference registered data sources, such as ArcGIS Server services or federated services using enterprise geodatabases. Those workflows are unaffected by this change.

Hope this helps clarify.