topic Re: Determining Versioning Type of already-published map services. in ArcGIS Enterprise Questions

Determining Versioning Type of already-published map services.

GregCarlino2 — Fri, 03 Mar 2023 15:29:35 GMT

With respect to already published Map Services, is there an easy way to tell whether it was published from a branch-versioned GDB connection vs a traditional versioned GDB connection? I'm dealing with a mix of both services, and would like to utilize some of them in a disconnected Field Maps environment. Clearly I need to use 'branch' for this, but if a given service wasn't published as such, is there any way to determine this at the Map Service level (ie. within Server Manager)?

Thanks!

Re: Determining Versioning Type of already-published map services.

jcarlson — Fri, 03 Mar 2023 16:29:16 GMT

I don't have any traditional versioned services to check against, but a branch versioned service shows this in the service JSON (emphasis added):

supportedExtensions

"FeatureServer, ParcelFabricServer, ValidationServer, VersionManagementServer"

Also in Server Manager, I can see the VersionManagementServer capability checked. What does a traditional versioned service look like?

Re: Determining Versioning Type of already-published map services.

ChrisUnderwood — Fri, 03 Mar 2023 16:47:54 GMT

In ArcGIS Server Manager, Service Workspaces, you will see Property "Version" for Traditional versioning, and Property "Branch" for Branch versioning.

Re: Determining Versioning Type of already-published map services.

GregCarlino2 — Fri, 03 Mar 2023 21:44:15 GMT

Workspace Property: 'Version' = Traditional Version Type isn't very intuitive... but it works. Thank you for the explanation, Chris!

Re: Determining Versioning Type of already-published map services.

GregCarlino2 — Fri, 03 Mar 2023 22:16:12 GMT

Josh, 'VersionManagementServer' is a good indication that it's branch versioned. That works for me, but digging further: the traditional versioned service is unchecked in Server Manager, and it looks like the JSON doesn't have a section for 'supportedExtensions'.

Thanks,

Greg

Re: Determining Versioning Type of already-published map services.

William — Wed, 16 Aug 2023 00:34:53 GMT

@ChrisUnderwood

I don't have a registered Branch version data store to compare against. I do have several Traditional version ones. In the Data Store item details/setting page, under the Data Store section, I see this.

Will this be another place to check? Thanks

Re: Determining Versioning Type of already-published map services.

ChrisUnderwood — Wed, 16 Aug 2023 08:30:42 GMT

The original question was about the Versioning type of map services that are already published. You are looking at the Properties of a Registered Data Store, which may or may not have been the one you used to read the data in before publishing. So I don't think those Properties will tell you about a particular service.

Stick with looking at the Service Workspaces of the service itself. You are looking for a Property called either "Version" or "Branch", note the actual value of that Property is not relevant.

Re: Determining Versioning Type of already-published map services.

William — Wed, 16 Aug 2023 16:21:21 GMT

Got it. Thanks @ChrisUnderwood

I should have prefaced that most of my services were published through bulk publishing; however, I will stick with the service workspaces.