Field Alias for SHAPE not showing in json

NickRobles2 — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 18:06:02 GMT

I have a client with a hosted feature layer and when I use /FeatureServer/layers?f=json , it shows the geometryField property outside of the fields array for the SHAPE field but does not show the alias.

      "geometryField": {
        "sqlType": "sqlTypeOther",
        "nullable": true,
        "editable": true,
        "name": "shape",
        "typeName": "st_geometry",
        "length": 2147483647,
        "type": "esriFieldTypeGeometry"
      }

I've never encountered this before as most of services we've worked with have the geometryField in the fields array per layer.

Is there a setting to set the Alias and have it show or is there something about the above geometryField that tells me more about why this is. I also couldn't find anything about "sqlType": "sqlTypeOther" and whether that has an effect on why the alias doesn't show

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Field Alias for SHAPE not showing in json