https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/indices-in-republished-map-service-change/m-p/1025711#M29420 <P>Hello,</P><P>Not sure this is the proper location for this question.</P><P>We have several map services published that are used in a web map then in a web app for end users to view the data in the enterprise system.</P><P>Every now and then, things change - feature classes added or dropped, fields added or dropped in the sde - when the map service is republished sometimes the indices change numbers and will not necessarily be sequential either.&nbsp; They can go from sequential 0, 1, 2, 3 ... then upon republish change to 0, 1, 732, 733, etc.</P><P>What causes this?&nbsp; It is extremely aggravating as it will also break many of the widgets in the web app and they have to be updated, or edited for the new index number.&nbsp; Is there a way to eliminate this?&nbsp; We are currently using V10.7.1 Server/Portal and desktop.&nbsp; We currently publish with ArcMap.&nbsp; We have tried in ArcPro but the indices seemed to still change.&nbsp; Also, ArcPro seems to take about 3 or 4 times LONGER to publish the map service.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Thanks,</P><P>Jazm</P> Thu, 11 Feb 2021 02:19:38 GMT LorindaGilbert 2021-02-11T02:19:38Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/indices-in-republished-map-service-change/m-p/1025711#M29420 <P>Hello,</P><P>Not sure this is the proper location for this question.</P><P>We have several map services published that are used in a web map then in a web app for end users to view the data in the enterprise system.</P><P>Every now and then, things change - feature classes added or dropped, fields added or dropped in the sde - when the map service is republished sometimes the indices change numbers and will not necessarily be sequential either.&nbsp; They can go from sequential 0, 1, 2, 3 ... then upon republish change to 0, 1, 732, 733, etc.</P><P>What causes this?&nbsp; It is extremely aggravating as it will also break many of the widgets in the web app and they have to be updated, or edited for the new index number.&nbsp; Is there a way to eliminate this?&nbsp; We are currently using V10.7.1 Server/Portal and desktop.&nbsp; We currently publish with ArcMap.&nbsp; We have tried in ArcPro but the indices seemed to still change.&nbsp; Also, ArcPro seems to take about 3 or 4 times LONGER to publish the map service.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Thanks,</P><P>Jazm</P> Thu, 11 Feb 2021 02:19:38 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/indices-in-republished-map-service-change/m-p/1025711#M29420 LorindaGilbert 2021-02-11T02:19:38Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/indices-in-republished-map-service-change/m-p/1025727#M29421 <P>Hi LorindaGilbert,</P><P>Have you tried using the 'Allow assignment of unique numeric IDs for map service publishing' setting in the layer?</P><P>For ArcMap: <A href="https://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/map/publish-map-services/map-authoring-considerations.htm#:~:text=Right%2Dclick%20the%20name%20of,table%20in%20the%20data%20frame" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/map/publish-map-services/map-authoring-considerations.htm#:~:text=Right%2Dclick%20the%20name%20of,table%20in%20the%20data%20frame</A>.</P><P>See this blog for ArcGIS Pro settings:&nbsp;<A href="https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-documents/utilising-unique-numeric-ids-in-published-services/ta-p/915453" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-documents/utilising-unique-numeric-ids-in-published-services/ta-p/915453</A>&nbsp;</P> Thu, 11 Feb 2021 05:14:10 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/indices-in-republished-map-service-change/m-p/1025727#M29421 LongDinh 2021-02-11T05:14:10Z