Latest Contributions by NatalieBuchwald

This isn't really a true "reply" but I couldn't figure out how to message you directly (maybe that's not possible, maybe it is - sorry if it is, I am new to this and in a time crunch). When you said:                                               "We currently have our enterprise gdb divided into three." What did you mean? Do you mean that you have three separate databases running? One for editing, one for read only/publishing web services, and one to store imagery? If you have three separate databases running, is the one for read only/publishing a replica of the editing one? Is this also how you handle permissions? My apologies if these are trivial questions, I recently started a new position and have been tasked with creating a new enterprise database - I have been an editor, built applications, etc but have never managed a database - I'm just trying to do my homework before I screw anything up too badly.  ... View more

Thank you for sharing your presentation and the PDF of it - it's very helpful. I was just hired as a "GIS Coordinator" for a County and their database is in shambles to say the least. There are a hundred or so feature classes and tables at the root of the database and a handful of datasets - none of the datasets have logical names, many of the feature classes and tables are duplicated. There are multiple projections used in the database, some feature classes have a "dl" at the beginning of them and others have a "dbo." Due to the previous Coordinator's "management style" people did not trust the database and have resorted to using shapefiles. I can't blame them because no permissions have been set and anyone can delete anything, there's no tracking, etc. All that being said, I'm trying to determine what the best approach would be - create a new enterprise database from scratch or try to "clean up" what is already existing. At this point I don't think starting from scratch would be bad because people aren't connected to the database - we have a few services running off feature classes but I thought maybe I could leave the old database up while building the new one and then just repath everything that breaks - my problem is (besides everything mentioned above) is that I have never been a GIS database administrator and I don't really know what the best approach is OR how to go about building a new enterprise database... does anyone have any insight, thoughts, best practices, etc they could share. I have 6 years of GIS experience, I've been an editor in an enterprise database, built applications, used ArcGIS Online, published web services, etc but I've never been tasked with managing an enterprise database and while it is an exciting endeavor and I know there will be hurdles I'm hoping to avoid major pitfalls and hate and discontent in general. Anything you can share would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time! ... View more

Mathias, Looks like you provided a lot of valuable information here but I must still be missing something. I went to my web maps json and found the "id" of the layer I want to hide from the Layer List widget. Then I followed the previous instructions and went into the widgets folder of my application, went to the Layer List widget and updated the config.json with the "hide" info. Then I continued to follow the instructions and went to the LayerListView.js of the widget and made what I thought were the appropriate adjustments. But so far it's not working. I can still see TransportationLabels at the top of my Layer List in my application. I'm not sure what I'm missing. Any info or recommendations from anyone would be greatly appreciated. Just for reference I am using the WAB Developer Edition version 2.0. I created the web map in ArcGIS Online (hid the layer from the legend in the web map in AGOL). Used that web map in the Developer Edition builder, downloaded the app, added it to my server. It is currently available (gis.gillettewy.gov/DiscoverGilletteWAB) but I'd like to remove that layer from the Layer List. It was super easy to do in Flex so far not so straight forward here. Any thoughts? ... View more

This is exactly what I needed to know. I just wish this type of information was easy to find in the documentation; grateful all the same for your timely and clear response. ... View more

Hmmm... still having trouble with this. I am using a map service and I cannot move it down in the list in my ArcGIS Online Table of Contents. Here's the deal, when I add the service to my web map with the service URL of .../RecordDrawings/MapServer I can reorder the service in the map BUT the service gets "nested" (not sure what the right term is) and looks like this: I want to avoid that mainly for cosmetic reasons. But when I add the same service with an added "/0" at the end (like this: .../RecordDrawings/MapServer/0) then the "nested" thing doesn't happen (which I like) but then I can't reorder it in my ArcGIS Online TOC. The "Move up" & "Move down" functionality disappears. What is the difference between the service with the "/0" and the service without it? And why does that play a role in ordering? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Greatly confused (by something that's probably pretty simple to understand.) ... View more

Is there a way to tell which layers will be drawn by the browser as graphics? ... View more

I am having the same issue (trying to deploy a web app built using the Web AppBuilder on an internal server for internal use only) but I do not understand the proxy stuff. I went to the github url and downloaded the resource-proxy-1.1.0 file but now I have no idea what to do. There's a DotNet folder, Java folder, and a PHP folder. I'm assuming I use the Java folder but in the read me file it says: * Install the contents of the Java folder as a Web Application in a web container such as Apache Tomcat. * Test that the proxy is installed and available: ``` http://[yourmachine]:8080/Java/proxy.jsp?ping ``` * Test that the proxy is able to forward requests directly in the browser using: ``` http://[yourmachine]:8080/Java/proxy.jsp?http://services.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/?f=pjson I have no idea what any of this means. I looked into Apache Tomcat and had no idea what I was looking at. This is making me miss Flex. Can anyone provide any insight or step-by-step instructions for this goon that's in way over their head? Is this step necessary? Is this the only way to get around the ArcGIS Online login issue when deploying an app for internal use only? ... View more

Thank you! ... View more

Thank you so much Matt! I'm not that familiar with XML so because I didn't see the Height & Width already being set it didn't even occur to me to add that. Anyway, thank you for your help & insight it is much appreciated! ... View more

I found the answer to my own question by continuing to play around with it. The problem was that I wasn't putting the full locator name in the Service Name section, because the locator was stored in a folder on the ArcGIS Server I needed to add that folder name before the service name. Anyway, its fixed and maybe my brain fart will help someone else in the future. Below is what the code ended up looking like: <!-- City of Gillettes Composite Locator --> <locator_ref>   <name>COGPublic/CompositeLocator</name>   <display_name>COG Composite Locator</display_name>   <workspace_properties>    <factory_progid>esriGISClient.AGSServerConnectionFactory</factory_progid>    <ags_connection_properties>     <url>http://gis.gillettewy.gov/arcgis/services</url>    </ags_connection_properties>   </workspace_properties> </locator_ref> ... View more