topic Hosted feature layers or hosted feature views? in ArcGIS Enterprise Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/hosted-feature-layers-or-hosted-feature-views/m-p/747921#M28364 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>If I need to create definition queries to represent simple binary, numeric, or text values from a grid index so that I end up with 40-50 individual feature layers to use in a web map:</P><P><BR />+ Is it more efficient to share the grid index first as a hosted feature layer then create the individual layers as view definitions, so I have 40-50 hosted views?</P><P><BR />+ Or, is more efficient to share 40-50 individual web layers by creating definition queries from ArcMap/ArcPro, so that I end up with 40-50 hosted feature layers?</P><P></P><P>Essentially is there a performance difference between hosted feature layers and hosted feature views? Since I have read in the "Data in ArcGIS" June 2018 white paper that hosted layers are not resource intensive, i.e., a "regular" deployment of Enterprise can easily support many hosted (thousands) layers, is this also true of hosted views?</P><P></P><P>Thanks in advance for any guidance.&nbsp; Best, Dixie.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 27 May 2020 11:05:53 GMT Dixie_MDavis 2020-05-27T11:05:53Z Hosted feature layers or hosted feature views? https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/hosted-feature-layers-or-hosted-feature-views/m-p/747921#M28364 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>If I need to create definition queries to represent simple binary, numeric, or text values from a grid index so that I end up with 40-50 individual feature layers to use in a web map:</P><P><BR />+ Is it more efficient to share the grid index first as a hosted feature layer then create the individual layers as view definitions, so I have 40-50 hosted views?</P><P><BR />+ Or, is more efficient to share 40-50 individual web layers by creating definition queries from ArcMap/ArcPro, so that I end up with 40-50 hosted feature layers?</P><P></P><P>Essentially is there a performance difference between hosted feature layers and hosted feature views? Since I have read in the "Data in ArcGIS" June 2018 white paper that hosted layers are not resource intensive, i.e., a "regular" deployment of Enterprise can easily support many hosted (thousands) layers, is this also true of hosted views?</P><P></P><P>Thanks in advance for any guidance.&nbsp; Best, Dixie.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 27 May 2020 11:05:53 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/hosted-feature-layers-or-hosted-feature-views/m-p/747921#M28364 Dixie_MDavis 2020-05-27T11:05:53Z