topic Web service Database in ArcGIS Viewer for Flex Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-viewer-for-flex-questions/web-service-database/m-p/60107#M2318 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Am new to flex arc gis flex viewer 3.4, I want to build a widget to read data containing coordinates from a non spatial database and display it on map, I can build a web service to read from the database using C#, do i need to build a widget scratch and how?? or if there is a ready made widget template for such cases.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 23 Sep 2013 07:16:34 GMT ameeralkateeb 2013-09-23T07:16:34Z Web service Database https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-viewer-for-flex-questions/web-service-database/m-p/60107#M2318 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Am new to flex arc gis flex viewer 3.4, I want to build a widget to read data containing coordinates from a non spatial database and display it on map, I can build a web service to read from the database using C#, do i need to build a widget scratch and how?? or if there is a ready made widget template for such cases.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 23 Sep 2013 07:16:34 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-viewer-for-flex-questions/web-service-database/m-p/60107#M2318 ameeralkateeb 2013-09-23T07:16:34Z Re: Web service Database https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-viewer-for-flex-questions/web-service-database/m-p/60108#M2319 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Here is what I would do:</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>1- Geocode x y coordinates in ArcMap to generate a point file.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>2- Create a map service from the point file.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>3- Build the widget to be used in the flex sample viewer.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 23 Sep 2013 19:12:15 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-viewer-for-flex-questions/web-service-database/m-p/60108#M2319 KomanDiabate 2013-09-23T19:12:15Z