Retrieving attachments from ArcGIS.com after collecting them

[PeterTimmers]

I'm lost on how we retrieve attachments from ArcGIS.com.

We've got one or more photos with our Collector points and I can't see where we can download them.

ArcMap allows you to export the feature class from our Hosted Services.  No attachments come with it.

Any ideas guys?

[SamKrueger1]

Ah yes,

I forgot that in 10.2 you can directly import your AGOL hosted feature services from catalog...your method worked.

May have spoken a little soon,

When I convert it to a local copy...It looks like the attachments no longer exists...

Sam

[RussRoberts]

Did you enable sync on the layer? Does it have gloabid field? There was a desktop issue with local copies and having the globalid field that I believe is addressed in 10.2.1.

Russ

[SamKrueger1]

Yes, Sync was enabled within the feature service, and I also see the GlobalID field within my attribute table once I open it in Arc Map....

I guess I will have to give it a try when 10.2.1 comes out!

I'm not sure what else my "work around" will be in getting pictures collected with the app to show up in ArcMap

Thanks for the response.

[LeonardOlyott]

Hi All, our workflow for doing this is:
Share the feature service publically so you can access the service url (you can lock it back up once you have created the replica)
Enable sync on the service so that a replica can be generated
Navigate to the service url (not the layer level, the feature server level)
Scroll down and �??Create Replica�?? should be one of the functions you can perform �?? click on it to open the form
Complete the form as you would normally �?? see this help link http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/rest/apiref/fscreatereplica.html

When you click �??Create replica�?? to submit the form, you will be returned a .zip file (either embedded download or a url will be returned for you to navigate to). Download, unzip and there�??s your file geodatabase with feature class inside.

There is also an application that will do this for you which we are currently testing. Hope this helps.
Len Olyott
Esri Australia

[PaulStephenson]

I've used the above method of creating a replica with mixed results. Any thoughts on where to start troubleshooting problem services (ie only some of the attachments are preserved)?

Thanks

Paul

[PaulStephenson]

I've used the above method of creating a replica with mixed results. Any thoughts on where to start troubleshooting problem services (ie only some of the attachments are preserved)?

Thanks

Paul

Update: It seems there is a bug that only allows the method to work for 100 features per replica at times.