topic Re: For Organizations Beta: Failed to import shapefile over 1000 records in ArcGIS Online Questions

For Organizations Beta: Failed to import shapefile over 1000 records

JamesCucinelli — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:02:08 GMT

So I tried to import a zipped shapefile with US counties (3100 records).

I got the following error when I choose the store the features in a map option
"Failed to import shapefile
The Maximum number of records allowed (1000) has been exceeded)"

If I choose the create a feature service, then I just get 1000 records only.

I thought For Organizations was supposed to allow for a bigger upload? Am I wrong?

Sorry for posting here, but I can't get to the 188 forum that Mike M suggested I go to. I called Esri tech support and they are looking into the matter.

Thank you in advance,
James Cucinelli

Re: For Organizations Beta: Failed to import shapefile over 1000 records

MikeMinami — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 17:10:46 GMT

Even with an organizational subscription, you can still only add 1000 features directly to the map. When you add SHP or CSV directly to a web map, those features are stored inside the web map (coordinate and attributes). The more features you try to store in a web map, the larger it gets. It takes longer to open a web map because you could be transferring up to 10mb of data across the wire. These features stored in the web map are then drawn by the client application (web browser, mobile app). And the clients can only handle drawing so many graphics.

The solution to this is not to try to add SHP and CSV directly to a web map, but instead to create a web service out of them. With your organizational subscription, you�??ll create a hosted service in ArcGIS Online. By creating a service, the web map doesn�??t have to store all the features, it just references the service and thus, the web map stays small.

In the case of a map service, the client doesn�??t have to draw the features either, the map service returns an image to the client and the client displays it. In the case of a feature service, the limit is still 1000 features because of performance reasons. You are sending a request to the server to retrieve the coordinates and attributes for all features. This can be a large amount of data. Also, just like shapefiles that are stored in the map, the features of a feature service are drawn by the client. So, when you create a feature service, it's very important to set the appropriate scale dependencies. This is not currently exposed on the item details page, but will be at our next update.

Hope this helps,

Mike

Re: For Organizations Beta: Failed to import shapefile over 1000 records

JamesCucinelli — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 17:26:21 GMT

I understand the ideas but I'm just trying to figure out a solution.

I have 3000 counties and my arcgis server uses ssl so I can't use that service in Explorer Online.

I don't have 10.1 beta or pre-release or whatever desktop but if I did, then the solution would be to publish that map to ArcGIS For Organizations directly? Is that right?

Thanks for the help.
James Cucinelli