https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-ideas/enable-view-layers-for-non-hosted-feature-layers/idi-p/1691643 <P>Feature Layer Views for hosted feature layers are extremely useful because they allow multiple tailored views of the same source data without duplicating the data or publishing additional services.</P><P>It would be very valuable to have the same capability for <STRONG>non-hosted feature layers</STRONG>.</P><P>Today, when organizations need different views of the same non-hosted data, the usual workaround is to publish multiple copies of the same map service/feature service ech with the desired filtering (work arounds described&nbsp;<A href="https://support.esri.com/en-us/knowledge-base/how-to-create-layer-views-from-non-hosted-feature-layer-000035123" target="_self">here</A>). While this can meet the immediate need, it creates unnecessary administrative overhead and makes long-term maintenance harder.</P><P>Supporting view layers for non-hosted feature layers would make it possible to expose the same authoritative source through multiple controlled views, just as we can already do with hosted feature layer views.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Fri, 20 Mar 2026 03:01:15 GMT KevinEscaleraRobles 2026-03-20T03:01:15Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-ideas/enable-view-layers-for-non-hosted-feature-layers/idi-p/1691643 <P>Feature Layer Views for hosted feature layers are extremely useful because they allow multiple tailored views of the same source data without duplicating the data or publishing additional services.</P><P>It would be very valuable to have the same capability for <STRONG>non-hosted feature layers</STRONG>.</P><P>Today, when organizations need different views of the same non-hosted data, the usual workaround is to publish multiple copies of the same map service/feature service ech with the desired filtering (work arounds described&nbsp;<A href="https://support.esri.com/en-us/knowledge-base/how-to-create-layer-views-from-non-hosted-feature-layer-000035123" target="_self">here</A>). While this can meet the immediate need, it creates unnecessary administrative overhead and makes long-term maintenance harder.</P><P>Supporting view layers for non-hosted feature layers would make it possible to expose the same authoritative source through multiple controlled views, just as we can already do with hosted feature layer views.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Fri, 20 Mar 2026 03:01:15 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-ideas/enable-view-layers-for-non-hosted-feature-layers/idi-p/1691643 KevinEscaleraRobles 2026-03-20T03:01:15Z