https://community.esri.com/t5/publishing-and-managing-services-questions/publish-a-feature-layer-from-a-registered-folder/m-p/1261926#M916 <P>That’s by design. &nbsp;You have to use an enterprise geodatabase. &nbsp;Files can only be edited by one process at a time, a windows limitation. &nbsp;1 SOC is one process. &nbsp;More than 1 soc would equate to many users. &nbsp;</P> Mon, 27 Feb 2023 08:50:51 GMT Scott_Tansley 2023-02-27T08:50:51Z https://community.esri.com/t5/publishing-and-managing-services-questions/publish-a-feature-layer-from-a-registered-folder/m-p/1261924#M915 <P>I have an issue when publishing from a registered folder to an enterprise portal, but it only allows me to publish map images only, and when I select the feature layer an error message says that&nbsp; "layer's data source is not supported (web feature layer)"</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Mon, 27 Feb 2023 08:42:04 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/publishing-and-managing-services-questions/publish-a-feature-layer-from-a-registered-folder/m-p/1261924#M915 MohammedElsayed 2023-02-27T08:42:04Z https://community.esri.com/t5/publishing-and-managing-services-questions/publish-a-feature-layer-from-a-registered-folder/m-p/1261926#M916 <P>That’s by design. &nbsp;You have to use an enterprise geodatabase. &nbsp;Files can only be edited by one process at a time, a windows limitation. &nbsp;1 SOC is one process. &nbsp;More than 1 soc would equate to many users. &nbsp;</P> Mon, 27 Feb 2023 08:50:51 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/publishing-and-managing-services-questions/publish-a-feature-layer-from-a-registered-folder/m-p/1261926#M916 Scott_Tansley 2023-02-27T08:50:51Z https://community.esri.com/t5/publishing-and-managing-services-questions/publish-a-feature-layer-from-a-registered-folder/m-p/1262652#M917 <P><a href="https://community.esri.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/109840">@MohammedElsayed</a>&nbsp;</P><P>Just curious, why do you want to enable 'feature layer' while publishing data, I assumed, off a file gdb? Is your goal to allow editing from web applications? Or just drawing on the client app using some web clients' advanced symbology option? or something else? thanks</P> Tue, 28 Feb 2023 18:55:52 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/publishing-and-managing-services-questions/publish-a-feature-layer-from-a-registered-folder/m-p/1262652#M917 TanuHoque 2023-02-28T18:55:52Z https://community.esri.com/t5/publishing-and-managing-services-questions/publish-a-feature-layer-from-a-registered-folder/m-p/1294877#M962 <P><SPAN>yes, my goal is to allow editing from web applications</SPAN></P> Thu, 01 Jun 2023 08:38:02 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/publishing-and-managing-services-questions/publish-a-feature-layer-from-a-registered-folder/m-p/1294877#M962 MohammedElsayed 2023-06-01T08:38:02Z