Can I cache my data for TimeSlider tool?

Question

I'm wondering if the TimeSlider will work on data that is cached?  Reason being, that I'm getting some inconsistent results on my Silverlight application that uses a TimeSlider.  I'm pretty much using the exact sample that ESRI has here (http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/silverlight/samples/start.htm#TimeMapService) but the Dynamic Service I'm using has two featureclasses that have over 10,000 features and my Silverlight Application doesn't always show all the data in TimeSlider mode Dynamically creating the cache

TerryGiles · Answer

Josh,

You can set the maximum number of features returned either in ArcCatalog (with an Admin connection to the server - version 10 only), Server Manager (on the Parameters tab when viewing a Service's properties) or by editing the config file for the service, which is typically found in c:\program files\ArcGIS\Server10.0\server\user\cfg.  In the .cfg file for the service, set the value for the <MaxRecordCount> tag.  I believe you have to restart the SOM for this to take effect.

JoshV · Answer

This is a setting in an config file in the REST WebService.
However I would generally recommend against this. It's a LOT of features to bring down on the client and is not going to perform well (slow startup-time and poor rendering performance). Instead render your features using ArcGISDynamicMapServiceLayer instead of FeatureLayer, which is specifically optimized to render map objects very fast.

Hi Morten-  Is this setting you are referring to called UserServiceCacheLimit??  Is the file you are referring to in inetpub\wwwroot\ArcGIS\rest\rest.config? Also if I make a change to that file do I need to restart the SOM to see changes?

many thanks

SomeGISGuy · Answer

This is a setting in an config file in the REST WebService.
However I would generally recommend against this. It's a LOT of features to bring down on the client and is not going to perform well (slow startup-time and poor rendering performance). Instead render your features using ArcGISDynamicMapServiceLayer instead of FeatureLayer, which is specifically optimized to render map objects very fast.