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Hello everyone,

I work for a local government organization and we have had ArcGIS Server installed for over two years but we haven't really been utilizing it more than a few specialized map and geoprocessing services.  However more departments and applications are finally ready to use ArcGIS Server.   Does anyone else have experience with discussions among multiple departments and would be willing to share their notes and any comments or issues that had to be addressed when creating an organization wide ArcGIS Server implementation?

MichaelGinzburg · Answer

One of the important issues which influence multi-department ArcGIS Server design is information security model. For example: will all services be available to all users or there will be a certain level of isolation? Issues with sensitive or classified information should be addressed.

After you have defined your security model - there're a lot of ESRI technical information about  implementation of your model.

ChadKopplin · Answer

The big challenge that we faced was getting a unique facility where DEQ does business, because any given permit location may have to get multiple permits that may cross multiple divisions.  Each program has a different definition of what a facility is, so, this became challenge on getting the programs to agree on what will be the name of the all encompassing facility for any given permit location.

ChadKopplin · Answer

Matt,

Here is an example of a document that I created for our Land Quality Division (LQD).  I first reviewed the permit applications for each permit type, then made a listing of the potential feature classes and their attributes, then I also included all layers needed on the maps to go along with the permit. Then is was sent out to the GIS working group that I created for the LQD working group that I created in order to get their feedback on what should be there since the permit applications were created (this is the red attributes in the document).  Then I moved forward creating the feature classes in our SDE geodatabase as well as file geodatabase that is used by the data editors before updating the SDE layers.

GIS_REQUIREMENTS_LQD_PROCESSES.docx