topic Re: Improving map drawing performance by deleting attributes? in ArcGIS Enterprise Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/improving-map-drawing-performance-by-deleting/m-p/204706#M8038 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Bjorn,</P><P></P><P>I would say no, map drawing speed is dictated by number of features displayed at a given scale, complexity of geometry (number of vertices used to define a polygon) and symbology used for rendering.</P><P></P><P>Refer Performance tips for uncached maps section in <A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/index.html#/Map_authoring_considerations/0154000003zp000000/" title="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/index.html#/Map_authoring_considerations/0154000003zp000000/">ArcGIS Help (10.2, 10.2.1, and 10.2.2)</A> </P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 08 Oct 2014 12:33:45 GMT RiyasDeen 2014-10-08T12:33:45Z Improving map drawing performance by deleting attributes? https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/improving-map-drawing-performance-by-deleting/m-p/204704#M8036 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>We use published map services on our ArcGis Server to display GIS data. The map layers have a lot of attributes which we dont use. Will the map performance (drawing speed) increase if we reduce the number of attributes in the map layers?</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 08 Oct 2014 12:19:04 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/improving-map-drawing-performance-by-deleting/m-p/204704#M8036 BjornHenningsson 2014-10-08T12:19:04Z Re: Improving map drawing performance by deleting attributes? https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/improving-map-drawing-performance-by-deleting/m-p/204705#M8037 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Its always a good idea to trim fat. The less the client has to load the quicker loading times will be.</P><P></P><P>It is also a good idea to remove unnecessary vertices. Maybe look into the simplify tools <A href="http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#//007000000011000000" title="http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#//007000000011000000">ArcGIS Desktop</A>‌</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 08 Oct 2014 12:29:25 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/improving-map-drawing-performance-by-deleting/m-p/204705#M8037 TimWitt2 2014-10-08T12:29:25Z Re: Improving map drawing performance by deleting attributes? https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/improving-map-drawing-performance-by-deleting/m-p/204706#M8038 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Bjorn,</P><P></P><P>I would say no, map drawing speed is dictated by number of features displayed at a given scale, complexity of geometry (number of vertices used to define a polygon) and symbology used for rendering.</P><P></P><P>Refer Performance tips for uncached maps section in <A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/index.html#/Map_authoring_considerations/0154000003zp000000/" title="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/index.html#/Map_authoring_considerations/0154000003zp000000/">ArcGIS Help (10.2, 10.2.1, and 10.2.2)</A> </P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 08 Oct 2014 12:33:45 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/improving-map-drawing-performance-by-deleting/m-p/204706#M8038 RiyasDeen 2014-10-08T12:33:45Z