Latest Contributions by williamporter

Permissions across the network My workstation, to the server, then to MS SQL/SDE files have driven me to great anger. I finally convinced my director to use admin permissions for both of us in ArcGIS and Freeance – and 90% of the problems are gone. It’s still easy to make a tiny mistake. ... View more

There are too many variables. This is a task for an ESRI tech to log into your system and make it work. I am not a data expert. In Spartanburg I get data from the County MS SQL/SDE data structure. What I know about SQL wouldn’t fill a thimble. I had a problem where the GIS director could reach data that I coud see, but I kept getting errors on. That turned out to be ESRI ‘privileges,’ – permissions. Rebooting your workstation (and server if you have that authority) sometimes clears errors. One thing I have learned is that MXD files trash easily. Build a new, simple test MXD from scratch, do the data link from ArcMap to ArcGIS Server from Server properties and import the data from your workstation. If you have full control you should delete existing data connections from the server, then add them from ArcMap. The test the application with the simplest couple of data sets. To state the obvious: The purpose of registering data is to make sure that your ArcMap MXD and ArcServer see the same data. When I worked for a university, I didn’t use SQL or SDE. I didn’t do cadastral data. All I had to do was either map my MXD to, for example, Z:\campus data then map ArcServer to the same data with the same pathing. It’s easiest if both machines see a third drive. When I first ran into registration I would create an D:\drive on my server and copy the data from the D:\drive of my workstation. That was a kludgy workaround, but it showed me the obvious: if ArcServer can use the path in the MXD and it finds data in the same place, it will use it. The import system always works for me and ensures I don’t make spelling errors or select a similarly named SDE link file. Bill Porter Sr. GIS Analyst GIS Addressing Spartanburg County, SC 864 596 3257 ... View more

I was given an easier way to register databases with the server by Bethany at Esri tech support:  It obviates any chance of mis-spelling.  You start in ArcCatalog, choose your ArcGIS Server (admin) and select server properties -- [this is 'esri-speak' or elementary school teacher polite 'we' stuf].  I'm not this polite. -In ArcMap, we right clicked the name of your connection to GISISS under "GIS Servers" -We then clicked Server Properties -We then clicked the Data Store tab -We clicked the + button to add a new registered database -We clicked "Import" and selected the connection to the geodatabase that we needed to register -We clicked ok, and this resolved the error message you were seeing when publishing your map ... View more