topic Re: �??Add feature service URL to AXF�?� has an error, in ArcPad Questions

???Add feature service URL to AXF??? has an error,

Anonymous User — Sun, 22 Jun 2014 18:11:04 GMT

Original User: Jamal432@gmail.com

�??Add feature service URL to AXF�?� has an error,

According to the blog below, to be able to edit a service from the ArcPad, a number of steps are followed
http://blogs.esri.com/esri/arcgis/2013/09/22/feature-service-sync-in-arcpad-10-2/

1. The data is exported as AXF file

[ATTACH=CONFIG]34800[/ATTACH]

2. The data is published with �??feature access�?� capability

[ATTACH=CONFIG]34801[/ATTACH]

3. The lyr file is created for the service

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4. The �??Add feature service URL to AXF�?� is applied where an error is introduced

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What might be the issue here?

5. Now, the apm file or axf file is added to ArcPad to start editing. Edits are supposed to be transferred to the database when synchronizing.

[ATTACH=CONFIG]34804[/ATTACH]

What�??s wrong in this approach?

Thank you

Best

Jamal

Re: �??Add feature service URL to AXF�?� has an error,

MattAyer — Tue, 24 Jun 2014 18:42:05 GMT

Try renaming the layer file created to have only one period. I recall having issues with that earlier. In your screenshot I see two.

Re: �??Add feature service URL to AXF�?� has an error,

Anonymous User — Tue, 24 Jun 2014 19:49:35 GMT

Original User: Jamal432@gmail.com

Try renaming the layer file created to have only one period. I recall having issues with that earlier. In your screenshot I see two.

Thanks Matt,

Now the name of the lyr file is simple (not dots), nevertheless, the error is still there as shown in the screeshot below

What other issues should I consider?

[ATTACH=CONFIG]34854[/ATTACH]

Re: �??Add feature service URL to AXF�?� has an error,

MattAyer — Tue, 24 Jun 2014 20:16:21 GMT

Try to recreate the feature service layer, and rename it at that point in the wizard. Did you right click on the feature service in catalog and click create feature service layer? Another issue I had was with edit templates. Before creating the feature service I had to start editing with the feature class in Arcmap and open the create features window.

Re: �??Add feature service URL to AXF�?� has an error,

Anonymous User — Tue, 24 Jun 2014 23:50:39 GMT

Original User: rastrauch

Hi Jamal,

If you are still having issues, check to make sure the v3.1 of the "Microsoft SQL Server Compact Edition" is installed. It should be located in c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server Compact Edition\v3.1

When I installed 10.2 on a clean (ArcPad not previously installed) machine, it did not install v3.1. If it is missing, you can either copy the folder over from another machine (have not tested) or install an older version of arcPad (10.0) and the put 10.2.2 back on.

I am not using AXF so not sure it it related, but if did elimated another related issue (annoying pop-up on start-up).

Re: �??Add feature service URL to AXF�?� has an error,

JamalNUMAN — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 15:48:49 GMT

Hi Jamal,

If you are still having issues, check to make sure the v3.1 of the "Microsoft SQL Server Compact Edition" is installed. It should be located in c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server Compact Edition\v3.1

When I installed 10.2 on a clean (ArcPad not previously installed) machine, it did not install v3.1. If it is missing, you can either copy the folder over from another machine (have not tested) or install an older version of arcPad (10.0) and the put 10.2.2 back on.

I am not using AXF so not sure it it related, but if did elimated another related issue (annoying pop-up on start-up).

Thank you Matt and Rebecca for the help,

I got confused with the term �??feature service layer�?�.

1. My enterprise (SQL) geodatabase feature class layer is saved in mxd

[ATTACH=CONFIG]34883[/ATTACH]

2. This mxd is published with the �??feature access capability

[ATTACH=CONFIG]34884[/ATTACH], [ATTACH=CONFIG]34885[/ATTACH]

3. As I right click the service, there is no option to create �??feature service layer�?�

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Am I in the right direction?

Sure I have the v3.1 folder installed in the location below
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server Compact Edition\v3.1

[ATTACH=CONFIG]34887[/ATTACH]

Re: �??Add feature service URL to AXF�?� has an error,

Anonymous User — Thu, 26 Jun 2014 06:50:28 GMT

Original User: hanidraidi

Jamal,

You have to create a layer from Feature Service not Map Service, you can access feature service by signing in to Arcgis Server as USER not Admin, then you can create a layer from it and use it as input for "Add feature service URL to AXF tool". This is shown below.

[ATTACH=CONFIG]34904[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH=CONFIG]34905[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH=CONFIG]34906[/ATTACH]

After doing this the "Synchronize data with ArcGIS Server" will be available. But, I have a problem with it; when I start synchronizing the error in the below thread appears!

http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/114031-Error-with-synchonize-data-with-ArcGIS-Server

Re: �??Add feature service URL to AXF�?� has an error,

JamalNUMAN — Thu, 26 Jun 2014 17:58:43 GMT

Jamal,

You have to create a layer from Feature Service not Map Service, you can access feature service by signing in to Arcgis Server as USER not Admin, then you can create a layer from it and use it as input for "Add feature service URL to AXF tool". This is shown below.

[ATTACH=CONFIG]34904[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH=CONFIG]34905[/ATTACH]

[ATTACH=CONFIG]34906[/ATTACH]

After doing this the "Synchronize data with ArcGIS Server" will be available. But, I have a problem with it; when I start synchronizing the error in the below thread appears!

http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/114031-Error-with-synchonize-data-with-ArcGIS-Server

Hi Hani,

The �??create layer�?� option is still valid even in case you are admin. See the screenshots below

[ATTACH=CONFIG]34920[/ATTACH], [ATTACH=CONFIG]34921[/ATTACH]

The issue here how to create �??feature service layer�?� but not �??create layer�?�!

See how using this *.lyr introduces the error below:

[ATTACH=CONFIG]34922[/ATTACH]

Re: �??Add feature service URL to AXF�?� has an error,

Anonymous User — Thu, 26 Jun 2014 23:00:12 GMT

Original User: jdiayer

As Hani mentioned you have to use a user connection not an admin connection. You are creating a map service layer not a feature service layer when you use the admin connection. Try the user connection to your arcgis server and then you can pick the feature service.

Re: �??Add feature service URL to AXF�?� has an error,

JamalNUMAN — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 06:59:45 GMT

As Hani mentioned you have to use a user connection not an admin connection. You are creating a map service layer not a feature service layer when you use the admin connection. Try the user connection to your arcgis server and then you can pick the feature service.

Hi Matt,

It works fine now if the ArcGIS server is logged by user connection (as Hani already indicated). That�??s strange!

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However, the rest of the issue is still unresolved.

1. The AXF file is added to the ArcPad with the �??add layer�?� tool

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2. The features are edited and saved

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3. The �??synchronize data with ArcGIS Server�?� tool is kept disabled!

[ATTACH=CONFIG]34942[/ATTACH]

What might be the issue here?

Re: �??Add feature service URL to AXF�?� has an error,

Anonymous User — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 10:00:36 GMT

Original User: jdiayer

When using Get Data for Arcpad, I have not had any luck synching background axf data. I have had great success using "Checkout for disconnected editing" and data based on defined extent.

Re: �??Add feature service URL to AXF�?� has an error,

JamalNUMAN — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 10:38:34 GMT

When using Get Data for Arcpad, I have not had any luck synching background axf data. I have had great success using "Checkout for disconnected editing" and data based on defined extent.

Thanks Matt,

The issue here is how to edit the data while working in the field without the need to check out and then synchronize when getting back to office.

The is the power of the ArcPad. I guess.

Re: �??Add feature service URL to AXF�?� has an error,

Anonymous User — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 11:07:23 GMT

Original User: jdiayer

Try it out(check out data). I never check data back in, as it is linked to the feature service. I actually use a local FGDB to create my AXF files, and once I link it to the feature service, all data is synced with my exterprise geodatabase not the FGDB.

It is all synced via the arcpad sync button. I copy the AXF file to multiple handhelds, and all users are able to work with it for the field season.

Some other things I have found...

I use vbscript to handle syncing of multiple axf files, so that I can sync data in different axf files(just by removing other axf files from the map and syncing data in the axf file I want and reloading the other axf files back in).

1) I find that too many layers in one AXF is problematic. So I use no more than 4 or 5 per axf file

2) I use shapefiles for all of my basedata, keeping them separate from operation data.

3) Large amounts of records may cause the sync to fail. If you are copying over 10000 new features down it may fail so I try to use definition queries in my feature services to limit the data.

Re: �??Add feature service URL to AXF�?� has an error,

JamalNUMAN — Sat, 28 Jun 2014 04:43:11 GMT

Try it out(check out data). I never check data back in, as it is linked to the feature service. I actually use a local FGDB to create my AXF files, and once I link it to the feature service, all data is synced with my exterprise geodatabase not the FGDB.

It is all synced via the arcpad sync button. I copy the AXF file to multiple handhelds, and all users are able to work with it for the field season.

Some other things I have found...

I use vbscript to handle syncing of multiple axf files, so that I can sync data in different axf files(just by removing other axf files from the map and syncing data in the axf file I want and reloading the other axf files back in).

1) I find that too many layers in one AXF is problematic. So I use no more than 4 or 5 per axf file

2) I use shapefiles for all of my basedata, keeping them separate from operation data.

3) Large amounts of records may cause the sync to fail. If you are copying over 10000 new features down it may fail so I try to use definition queries in my feature services to limit the data.

Thank you very much Matt for the prompt help,

It is very common that we edit feature service via web mapping applications such as ArcGIS Viewer for Silverlight, ArcGIS Viewer for Flex or Geocortex viewer for Silverlight, Geocortex viewer for HTML. The issue with these applications is that they are not connected with GPS and thus they don�??t provide tool to first recognize a location and then to digitize (capture) it. The advantage here is that feature services can be easily edited.

The ArcPad should bridge this gab! It should accept adding a feature service and edit it, in addition to, of course, the ability to detect the current location and then to capture it as point, line or polygon.

Till now, I have no idea how the ArcPad can consume feature services published by the ArcGIS Server such that these feature services can be edited directly in the field while edits are transferred right away to the enterprise geodatabase (SQL).

Best

Jamal