topic Attaching documents in ArcGIS. Best Practice? in ArcGIS Online Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-online-questions/attaching-documents-in-arcgis-best-practice/m-p/644128#M32081 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I am going back and forth about the best way to attach documents to features in ArcGIS.&nbsp; My end goal is to publish these features to a Feature Service for ArcGIS Online.&nbsp; I would also like to utilize these features in an Asset Management software.&nbsp; I am aware of the Plans and Drawings application in ArcGIS Resources, where it uses a web URL link to the attachment stored on a web server.&nbsp; You can also attach documents to features directly in GIS with the <EM>attachment</EM> function in the geodatabase.&nbsp; My questions is, which is the best way??&nbsp; </P><P></P><P>Web URL link?</P><P>Geodatabase Attachments?</P><P></P><P>Thank you in advance.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 25 Sep 2014 16:35:56 GMT WightmanAdmin 2014-09-25T16:35:56Z Attaching documents in ArcGIS. Best Practice? https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-online-questions/attaching-documents-in-arcgis-best-practice/m-p/644128#M32081 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I am going back and forth about the best way to attach documents to features in ArcGIS.&nbsp; My end goal is to publish these features to a Feature Service for ArcGIS Online.&nbsp; I would also like to utilize these features in an Asset Management software.&nbsp; I am aware of the Plans and Drawings application in ArcGIS Resources, where it uses a web URL link to the attachment stored on a web server.&nbsp; You can also attach documents to features directly in GIS with the <EM>attachment</EM> function in the geodatabase.&nbsp; My questions is, which is the best way??&nbsp; </P><P></P><P>Web URL link?</P><P>Geodatabase Attachments?</P><P></P><P>Thank you in advance.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 25 Sep 2014 16:35:56 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-online-questions/attaching-documents-in-arcgis-best-practice/m-p/644128#M32081 WightmanAdmin 2014-09-25T16:35:56Z Re: Attaching documents in ArcGIS. Best Practice? https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-online-questions/attaching-documents-in-arcgis-best-practice/m-p/644129#M32082 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Ryan,</P><P></P><P>To answer your question, it would be best to see how the Asset Management software can read attachments.&nbsp; When using geodatabase attachments, the images are stored in a BLOB field in a related table.&nbsp; If the Asset Management software can read the attachments in this format, I would recommend using geodatabase attachments.&nbsp; If not, I would recommend storing the images on a web server and referencing them using a URL.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 30 Dec 2014 14:44:33 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-online-questions/attaching-documents-in-arcgis-best-practice/m-p/644129#M32082 JakeSkinner 2014-12-30T14:44:33Z