idea Make Basemap layer in ArcMap work with SDE layers with no username/password saved in ArcGIS Pro Ideas https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/make-basemap-layer-in-arcmap-work-with-sde-layers/idi-p/973997 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY>When I try to move a layer into the BaseMap layer group I get an arror if that layer's source is an SDE connection that doesn't save username, password, or version.&nbsp; I have many of these types of layers in the MXD's we use.&nbsp; Even though I entered the credentials for these layers when I open the MXD, when I try to drag all of them into the Basemap Group layer, I get asked for the username and password for EVERY one of them, and then they don't work.<BR /><BR />This limitation prevents us from taking advantage of the Basemap layer in many of our most used MXD's.<BR /><BR />And having every user just login with one global SDE login so we can save the credentials in the layers is not an option for us, nor is it a best practice for database administration.... <!-- content transformation source ID: 087E00000004Dv3 --> </BODY></HTML> Wed, 06 Jun 2012 21:38:19 GMT AndrewRudin 2012-06-06T21:38:19Z Make Basemap layer in ArcMap work with SDE layers with no username/password saved https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/make-basemap-layer-in-arcmap-work-with-sde-layers/idi-p/973997 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY>When I try to move a layer into the BaseMap layer group I get an arror if that layer's source is an SDE connection that doesn't save username, password, or version.&nbsp; I have many of these types of layers in the MXD's we use.&nbsp; Even though I entered the credentials for these layers when I open the MXD, when I try to drag all of them into the Basemap Group layer, I get asked for the username and password for EVERY one of them, and then they don't work.<BR /><BR />This limitation prevents us from taking advantage of the Basemap layer in many of our most used MXD's.<BR /><BR />And having every user just login with one global SDE login so we can save the credentials in the layers is not an option for us, nor is it a best practice for database administration.... <!-- content transformation source ID: 087E00000004Dv3 --> </BODY></HTML> Wed, 06 Jun 2012 21:38:19 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/make-basemap-layer-in-arcmap-work-with-sde-layers/idi-p/973997 AndrewRudin 2012-06-06T21:38:19Z