idea Enable editing on a per-layer basis in a feature service in ArcGIS Online Ideas https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-online-ideas/enable-editing-on-a-per-layer-basis-in-a-feature/idi-p/968862 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY>If a feature service is editable, it means that all layers are editable. I'd like to be able to make layers individually editable or not within a service.<BR /><BR />Currently, you can disable individual layer editing in a web map, but the service owner can't save this setting as an item property of the service itself.<BR /><BR />Use case: you want users to add points within a defined boundary. You want the boundary layer present for reference but you don't want it to be editable.<BR /> <!-- content transformation source ID: 087E00000004p8o --> </BODY></HTML> Mon, 22 Jul 2013 21:15:57 GMT TimOrmsby 2013-07-22T21:15:57Z Enable editing on a per-layer basis in a feature service https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-online-ideas/enable-editing-on-a-per-layer-basis-in-a-feature/idi-p/968862 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY>If a feature service is editable, it means that all layers are editable. I'd like to be able to make layers individually editable or not within a service.<BR /><BR />Currently, you can disable individual layer editing in a web map, but the service owner can't save this setting as an item property of the service itself.<BR /><BR />Use case: you want users to add points within a defined boundary. You want the boundary layer present for reference but you don't want it to be editable.<BR /> <!-- content transformation source ID: 087E00000004p8o --> </BODY></HTML> Mon, 22 Jul 2013 21:15:57 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-online-ideas/enable-editing-on-a-per-layer-basis-in-a-feature/idi-p/968862 TimOrmsby 2013-07-22T21:15:57Z Re: Enable editing on a per-layer basis in a feature service https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-online-ideas/enable-editing-on-a-per-layer-basis-in-a-feature/idc-p/968863#M4600 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>To add: Make it possible to set editing capabilities by layer so that some layers have the ability to be edited with Add, Delete AND Update and some layers only set to Update</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 28 Jul 2016 17:28:17 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-online-ideas/enable-editing-on-a-per-layer-basis-in-a-feature/idc-p/968863#M4600 City_of_Edgewater__Fl_GIS_Div_ 2016-07-28T17:28:17Z Re: Enable editing on a per-layer basis in a feature service - Status changed to: Closed https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-online-ideas/enable-editing-on-a-per-layer-basis-in-a-feature/idc-p/1644428#M13031 Thu, 21 Aug 2025 19:42:14 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-online-ideas/enable-editing-on-a-per-layer-basis-in-a-feature/idc-p/1644428#M13031 ScottBall 2025-08-21T19:42:14Z