idea Allow selection in ArcMap from a Map Service in ArcGIS Pro Ideas https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/allow-selection-in-arcmap-from-a-map-service/idi-p/944247 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY>Why not implement this?:<BR /><BR />Add a Map Service to ArcMap or Map Control<BR />Use the Select Tool to select features<BR />--&gt; have acess to a selected set.<BR /><BR />I understand the reason not to do this is to reduce chatter between the client and the server but why not allow the option?<BR /><BR />We have Silverlight Apps that do this and they're not crashing the server.... <!-- content transformation source ID: 08730000000bmiq --> </BODY></HTML> Mon, 16 May 2011 21:02:57 GMT SteveBratt 2011-05-16T21:02:57Z Allow selection in ArcMap from a Map Service https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/allow-selection-in-arcmap-from-a-map-service/idi-p/944247 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY>Why not implement this?:<BR /><BR />Add a Map Service to ArcMap or Map Control<BR />Use the Select Tool to select features<BR />--&gt; have acess to a selected set.<BR /><BR />I understand the reason not to do this is to reduce chatter between the client and the server but why not allow the option?<BR /><BR />We have Silverlight Apps that do this and they're not crashing the server.... <!-- content transformation source ID: 08730000000bmiq --> </BODY></HTML> Mon, 16 May 2011 21:02:57 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/allow-selection-in-arcmap-from-a-map-service/idi-p/944247 SteveBratt 2011-05-16T21:02:57Z Re: Allow selection in ArcMap from a Map Service https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/allow-selection-in-arcmap-from-a-map-service/idc-p/944248#M6068 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY>To clarify, I would like this to be an option exclusive of making a local copy of the data. <!-- content transformation source ID: 00a3000000A8AFo --> </BODY></HTML> Mon, 16 May 2011 21:11:43 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/allow-selection-in-arcmap-from-a-map-service/idc-p/944248#M6068 SteveBratt 2011-05-16T21:11:43Z Re: Allow selection in ArcMap from a Map Service - Status changed to: Closed https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/allow-selection-in-arcmap-from-a-map-service/idc-p/1688787#M37730 <P>Hi&nbsp;<a href="https://community.esri.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/92336">@SteveBratt</a>&nbsp;</P><P>ArcGIS Desktop <A href="https://support.esri.com/en-us/products/arcmap/life-cycle" target="_self">retired</A> March 1, 2026 so we won’t be considering this idea. We recommend that you migrate to ArcGIS Pro, our fully supported desktop GIS application.<BR /><BR />Thank you for taking the time to share your ideas. We truly appreciate your contributions to continuously improving the software to help you do your work and look forward to what ideas you have for ArcGIS Pro.</P> Thu, 05 Mar 2026 20:33:04 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/allow-selection-in-arcmap-from-a-map-service/idc-p/1688787#M37730 ValeriaChavez 2026-03-05T20:33:04Z