topic Re: REST Query not working as layer in ArcGIS Online in ArcGIS Online Questions

REST Query not working as layer in ArcGIS Online

MichaelRock — Tue, 01 May 2012 14:21:31 GMT

I am trying to add a layer from one of our ArcGIS Server services to a map in ArcGIS Online. I only want a subset of the data from a layer in the service:

http://doscarto.cabq.gov/ArcGIS/rest/services/public/parks/MapServer/0/query?where=PARKSTATUS='D'

I think I have created the query correctly, but in ArcGIS Online when I go to Add|Add Layer from Web|ArcGIS Server Web Service and paste in that URL I get the error message "The layer is not a supported type and can not be added to the map. If I leave off the query the layer can be added.

Is it possible to create a query in this way? If not, is there another way to add just a subset of a layer?

Thanks for your help,

Mike Rock

Re: REST Query not working as layer in ArcGIS Online

MikeMinami — Tue, 01 May 2012 15:08:19 GMT

ArcGIS.com doesn't support adding layers with a query expression. The map in ArcGIS.com also doesn't currently support defining a query on a layer. However, our Silverlight based application, ArcGIS Explorer Online, will allow you to define such a query (called a filter) and apply it to a layer in the web map. Subsequently, the ArcGIS.com map viewer will respect this layer filter when opening the web map.

Here's a help topic that describes how to filter the data in a layer.

http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisexplorer/help/#/Filter_features/015600000059000000/

Thanks,

Mike

Re: REST Query not working as layer in ArcGIS Online

MichaelRock — Tue, 01 May 2012 16:19:09 GMT

Thanks for responding so quickly. I was able to use Explorer (I didn't see the filter option, I had to use the Tools|Query tool). I created the map, and then uploaded it to ArcGIS Online. But now I can't do anything with it. I would like to embed it on my web site, but I can't actually open it in ArcGIS Online, and when I click Share it does not give me the option to get the embed code like with all my other content. So can users only see this in Explorer? That doesn't work with our model of providing maps on the web. Now all our users would have to download Explorer just to see this map. Or am I missing something?

Thanks,
Mike

ArcGIS.com doesn't support adding layers with a query expression. The map in ArcGIS.com also doesn't currently support defining a query on a layer. However, our Silverlight based application, ArcGIS Explorer Online, will allow you to define such a query (called a filter) and apply it to a layer in the web map. Subsequently, the ArcGIS.com map viewer will respect this layer filter when opening the web map.

Here's a help topic that describes how to filter the data in a layer.

http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisexplorer/help/#/Filter_features/015600000059000000/

Thanks,

Mike

Re: REST Query not working as layer in ArcGIS Online

MikeMinami — Tue, 01 May 2012 20:57:28 GMT

Sounds like you used ArcGIS Explorer Desktop. I was talking about creating the web map in ArcGIS Explorer Online...

www.arcgis.com/explorer

It's an additional client application you can use. The ArcGIS Explorer Desktop map doesn't display in ArcGIS.com...

Mike

Re: REST Query not working as layer in ArcGIS Online

MichaelRock — Wed, 02 May 2012 14:59:40 GMT

OK, I see. I tried that and was able to share the Explorer Online map with my ArcGIS Online account and deploy it that way. Awkward, but it seems to work!

Thanks for your help.

Mike