topic Cached service and SQL data connection in ArcGIS Enterprise Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/cached-service-and-sql-data-connection/m-p/360862#M14011 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I've recently started working with cached map services. I thought that after I created the map cache that the connection to the database would disappear, but it hasn't.</P><P></P><P>Is this correct?</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 04 May 2015 17:46:56 GMT DaveWatson 2015-05-04T17:46:56Z Cached service and SQL data connection https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/cached-service-and-sql-data-connection/m-p/360862#M14011 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I've recently started working with cached map services. I thought that after I created the map cache that the connection to the database would disappear, but it hasn't.</P><P></P><P>Is this correct?</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 04 May 2015 17:46:56 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/cached-service-and-sql-data-connection/m-p/360862#M14011 DaveWatson 2015-05-04T17:46:56Z Re: Cached service and SQL data connection https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/cached-service-and-sql-data-connection/m-p/360863#M14012 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>If you create the full cache that you want, and do not need to query or identify any of the data, for example a base map, you can edit your mxd and remove the link to the SQL database.&nbsp; I believe you can actually even delete or rename the mxd once the services is created, but personally, I take a backup and then leave a dummy mxd...just in case.</P><P></P><P>Point is, once a cache is created, the SQL data would not need to be accessed just for display purposes.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 04 May 2015 18:23:08 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/cached-service-and-sql-data-connection/m-p/360863#M14012 RebeccaStrauch__GISP 2015-05-04T18:23:08Z