Determining Versioning Type of already-published map services.

[GregCarlino2]

With respect to already published Map Services, is there an easy way to tell whether it was published from a branch-versioned GDB connection vs a traditional versioned GDB connection?  I'm dealing with a mix of both services, and would like to utilize some of them in a disconnected Field Maps environment.  Clearly I need to use 'branch' for this, but if a given service wasn't published as such, is there any way to determine this at the Map Service level (ie. within Server Manager)?

Thanks!

[jcarlson · Accepted solution]

I don't have any traditional versioned services to check against, but a branch versioned service shows this in the service JSON (emphasis added):

supportedExtensions

"FeatureServer, ParcelFabricServer, ValidationServer, VersionManagementServer"

Also in Server Manager, I can see the VersionManagementServer capability checked. What does a traditional versioned service look like?

[GregCarlino2]

Josh, 'VersionManagementServer' is a good indication that it's branch versioned.  That works for me, but digging further: the traditional versioned service is unchecked in Server Manager, and it looks like the JSON doesn't have a section for 'supportedExtensions'.

Thanks,

Greg

[ChrisUnderwood · Accepted solution]

In ArcGIS Server Manager, Service Workspaces, you will see Property "Version" for Traditional versioning, and Property "Branch" for Branch versioning.

[GregCarlino2]

Workspace Property: 'Version' = Traditional Version Type isn't very intuitive...  but it works.  Thank you for the explanation, Chris!

[William]

@ChrisUnderwood 

I don't have a registered Branch version data store to compare against. I do have several Traditional version ones. In the Data Store item details/setting page, under the Data Store section, I see this.

Will this be another place to check? Thanks

[ChrisUnderwood]

The original question was about the Versioning type of map services that are already published. You are looking at the Properties of a Registered Data Store, which may or may not have been the one you used to read the data in before publishing. So I don't think those Properties will tell you about a particular service.

Stick with looking at the Service Workspaces of the service itself. You are looking for a Property called either "Version" or "Branch", note the actual value of that Property is not relevant.

[William]

Got it. Thanks @ChrisUnderwood

I should have prefaced that most of my services were published through bulk publishing; however, I will stick with the service workspaces.