Group layers in Feature Service

Question

Hi,

The ArcGIS documentation says that Feature Service doesn't support group layers. Also, when publishing a service using ArcGIS Desktop, the group layers are being ignored. BUT since ArcGIS Server 10.2 (or 10.2.1), when we request some FeatureServer's information in json format using ArcGIS Server REST API, we can see that layers have "parentLayerId" and "subLayerIds" fields, just like in the MapServer.

Some random example: http://services.arcgis.com/DO4gTjwJVIJ7O9Ca/arcgis/rest/services/CO%20Flood%202013%20Enriched%20Government%20Units%20-%20Incorporated%20Place%20%28Filter%29/FeatureServer/?f=json

So my question is:
Is it possible to, somehow, publish a Feature Service with group layers?

KellyGerrow · Answer

Group Layers are not supported with Feature Services.

You can publish group layers as part of a map service hosted on ArcGIS Server.

If this is functionality that you would like to see in the future, please go ahead and promote the following idea on the ideas site: ArcGIS Idea - Group layers for ArcGIS online