What does the query widget query?

[RichardHolloway]

I am new and trying to figure this out.  You query a service but how do I create the items to be queried within that service?  In ArcMap I can't seem to find what I am looking for.  Can someone point me in the correct direction?

[RobertScheitlin__GISP]

Richard,

   The Flex API and the FlexViewer are built around the ability to consume the REST EndPoint of ArcGIS Server.

So the query widget querys a MapService (through the REST EndPoint) that is published on ArcGIS Server.

Here is a link about publishing MXDs to ArcGIS Server.

http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisserver/10.0/help/arcgis_server_dotnet_help/index.html#/Tutorial_Publ...

[RichardHolloway]

Yep, got that but in the query widget don't you have to set something on the layer of the webservice for it to query?  Or am I not understanding it.

[RichardHolloway]

Is this what I need to look at?  Geodatabase: Working with Standard Spatial Datasets

[RobertScheitlin__GISP]

Richard,

   No you don't have to do anything if you except all the defaults and make sure that you don't have the shape or objectid fields of any layer in the mxd that you want to search.

[RobertScheitlin__GISP]

Richard,

   Are you just trying to get your head wrapped around this or are you actually having issues querying one of your published map services?

[RichardHolloway]

LOL...getting my head wrapped around it.  I am looking at the example in for the police depts on the query widget.  I see the xml and all that but just don't see how to populate the items to be selected in the widget nor how does it select the items.  What is it querying and how are the items set up to query in the layer.  Does that make sense?  All I see is the query in the xml and a result.  No in between configuration.

[RichardHolloway]

Just found this link.
http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/flex/samples/index.html?sample=TimeSliderPlayFeature

Is this what I need to look at?

[RobertScheitlin__GISP]

Richard,

   Maybe you should begin here with a simple sample of using the query task

http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/flex/samples/index.html?sample=QueryTaskOnMap

[RobertScheitlin__GISP]

Richard,

   Also based on this statement

All I see is the query in the xml and a result. No in between configuration

it sounds like you are not using the FlexViewer source code. DO you have FlashBuilder?