topic Using only featureLayers (instead of ArcGISDynamicMapService) to make an atlas with ArcGIS API for Javascript in ArcGIS JavaScript Maps SDK Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-javascript-maps-sdk-questions/using-only-featurelayers-instead-of/m-p/234071#M21820 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I'm working on an atlas that will pull around a hundred or more layers from an ArcServer REST service, and need to have a Table of Contents with several folders and sub-folders. I have a script to go through the rest service and get all the layer names, so I'm thinking about just using feature layers to go and get the layers I need. I started out trying to use this example as a base: <A _jive_internal="true" href="https://community.esri.com/external-link.jspa?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdevelopers.arcgis.com%2Fjavascript%2Fjssamples%2Flayers_dynamic_reorder.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Reorder layers in map service | ArcGIS API for JavaScript</A> . But it was pulling all the layers from an individual folder and loading them, and I have some folders with 25 or so layers. The site would run way too slow for that to be a viable option. </P><P style="min-height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&nbsp;</P><P>What are the downsides to using feature layers, and is there some better way to do what I'm looking for? I should say I do want end users to be able to change symbology, and to be able to re-order layers by dragging them (but that could be a list of just the layers turned on).</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 13 Apr 2015 20:04:13 GMT AndrewWallick2 2015-04-13T20:04:13Z Using only featureLayers (instead of ArcGISDynamicMapService) to make an atlas with ArcGIS API for Javascript https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-javascript-maps-sdk-questions/using-only-featurelayers-instead-of/m-p/234071#M21820 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I'm working on an atlas that will pull around a hundred or more layers from an ArcServer REST service, and need to have a Table of Contents with several folders and sub-folders. I have a script to go through the rest service and get all the layer names, so I'm thinking about just using feature layers to go and get the layers I need. I started out trying to use this example as a base: <A _jive_internal="true" href="https://community.esri.com/external-link.jspa?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdevelopers.arcgis.com%2Fjavascript%2Fjssamples%2Flayers_dynamic_reorder.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Reorder layers in map service | ArcGIS API for JavaScript</A> . But it was pulling all the layers from an individual folder and loading them, and I have some folders with 25 or so layers. The site would run way too slow for that to be a viable option. </P><P style="min-height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&nbsp;</P><P>What are the downsides to using feature layers, and is there some better way to do what I'm looking for? I should say I do want end users to be able to change symbology, and to be able to re-order layers by dragging them (but that could be a list of just the layers turned on).</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 13 Apr 2015 20:04:13 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-javascript-maps-sdk-questions/using-only-featurelayers-instead-of/m-p/234071#M21820 AndrewWallick2 2015-04-13T20:04:13Z