topic replaceDataSource with coverage does not work in Mapping Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/replacedatasource-with-coverage-does-not-work/m-p/18992#M244 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I am trying to modify the data source for some coverage layers by using replaceDataSource to change the workspace to a new location.&nbsp; The new workspace does not have the coverages created yet, so I should be able to set the replaceDataSource validate option to False to create a broken layer data source placeholder.&nbsp;&nbsp; When I try this, the data source remains unchanged, so either it's a bug or I am doing something wrong.&nbsp; I am using 10.1 SP1.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Sun, 02 Feb 2014 04:12:20 GMT jgers 2014-02-02T04:12:20Z replaceDataSource with coverage does not work https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/replacedatasource-with-coverage-does-not-work/m-p/18992#M244 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I am trying to modify the data source for some coverage layers by using replaceDataSource to change the workspace to a new location.&nbsp; The new workspace does not have the coverages created yet, so I should be able to set the replaceDataSource validate option to False to create a broken layer data source placeholder.&nbsp;&nbsp; When I try this, the data source remains unchanged, so either it's a bug or I am doing something wrong.&nbsp; I am using 10.1 SP1.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Sun, 02 Feb 2014 04:12:20 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/replacedatasource-with-coverage-does-not-work/m-p/18992#M244 jgers 2014-02-02T04:12:20Z Re: replaceDataSource with coverage does not work https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/replacedatasource-with-coverage-does-not-work/m-p/18993#M245 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I found a work around that's not ideal, but it works.&nbsp; I just simply create a dummy coverage until the real one is created in the new workspace.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Sun, 02 Feb 2014 18:10:23 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/replacedatasource-with-coverage-does-not-work/m-p/18993#M245 jgers 2014-02-02T18:10:23Z