Latest Contributions by AdamBauer2

Still in the process of getting Portal Web Mapping Applications created to replace our old ArcGIS server web maps.  The issue I'm running into right now is that when I make a change in the map files (mxd) that I then share as a service and use in my Portal Web Maps and then Web Mapping Applications I'm not seeing the changes unless I delete and then re-create.  For example I have one service that is simply our parcel base with current Appraisal District data.  When I update this (1-2 times a month) I then change the name in the mxd to reference the date of the AD data.  In the old server maps all I had to do was refresh the service and it changed immediately.  In portal I have to first re-share the document, and then I apparently don't know what else as I can't get it to update.  It keeps showing the old information even though If I click on the Web Map and then the layer name it brings up the REST service definition which shows the correct new information.  I found people saying to set the Refresh Interval but I've done that and nothing is updating.  What am I doing wrong?  Why wont my Web Maps and Web Mapping Applications use the updated data. Also, I've tried clearing my cache as well as checking in a different browser with no success. ... View more

We are in the process of setting up an internal only install of Portal and running into SSL issues.  We are a tiny organization and our IT consists of a total of 6 people and that includes myself, the media tech, and 4 people who actually do IT.  We have no internal domain CA and our one Networking guy (who is new) doesn't really have any SSL experience.   We are currently looking at certs online and there is a large variety in levels and costs.  The installation instructions make it clear about needing a cert but I didn't really see anything that talks about exactly what kind of cert I would need.  We tried talking to the company that we get our website cert from and they were trying to say that we needed a cert that was going to cost in the 700 range.  That seems excessive for a site that is accessible only from in our network.  Can somebody who knows a bit more about certs give me a little more explanation about what kind of cert it is that I need to be purchasing? ... View more

Hello Everybody,    I currently work for a city that has not paid any ESRI maintenance since around 2010.  This was a couple years before I started working here and it has continued the whole time I've been here.  I've tried to see about getting caught up a couple of times but ESRI has always been pretty strict about paying all back maintenance.  They have offered "deals" but they always seem to involve a discount on the back maintenance that requires a purchase of technical services that always magically matches the amount we were "saving" on the maintenance.  Sooo..  we've stayed on 10.0.  ESRI currently has an offer that would allow us to pay for next years maintenance and they would forgive all back maintenance.  This is fantastic as it would save us over 30,000 that we don't have.  The problem now lies in that to update the few licenses we do have is just over 8,000 and our new budget year just started in October so this amount is not in our budget.  Because of this we will have to go before council and ask for the money.  We have a rather reactionary council that seems to like waiting until something breaks and then replacing it as opposed to upgrading software/hardware proactively.  My issue now is that I need good solid reasons as to why they should give us the money to upgrade.  Simply telling them that this is a newer version will not work as the old version still functions.   We are a small city so the vast majority of the changes made in the versions since 10.0 are of no real necessity to me.  One of the reasons I've never really pushed the issue to hard in the past is that even as of today there is nothing lacking in 10.0 that prevents me from doing my job on a daily basis.  My biggest frustrations lie with ESRI and how their website appears to be scrubbing old content on a regular basis.  Trying to find articles or scripts that work/apply to 10.0 is getting more and more difficult.  This alone will not get them to give me the money.    Telling them it is saving 30+ thousand dollars will not work because they wouldn't have given me the 38,000 it would cost to get everything caught up either.   Can anybody help me out with some good reasons that I can give them as to why we would need to take advantage of this offer as opposed to just keeping on like we've been doing at 10.0? Thanks in Advance! ... View more