new connection not listed in the browse panel

[jeromep]

Hi,

I add a connection link in the list of connections in SharePoint, and the new connection is not listed into the Browse list.
I remove the sample3 connection, and the connection still listed!
Why I didn't see the right connections list in the webpart??

[JustinShepard]

We're seeing similar behavior. We have added connections and even removed connection from the list in SharePoint. However, the changes (additions and removals) are not reflected in the dropdown list when the user tries to add content to the ArcGIS map web part.

Is the ArcGIS web part using some kind of server side cache that needs to be cleared? If so what are the steps?

We have tested this on multiple machines and logins to make sure that it's not isolated to a single user or login.

[JustinShepard]

Well it's not good news, but at least we're not doing anything wrong. This is a bug that was discovered at 2.1 and still exists in 2.1.1. When a web part is created it copies the connections in the list. I'm sure there's a performance idea behind this to reduce the calls that have to be made later, but what it means is that the connections list does not dynamically get populated!

Hopefully esri will find a solution soon and keep us updated. There is a bug ticket NIM078220, http://support.esri.com/en/bugs/nimbus/TklNMDc4MjIw but there isn't much information there.

[BradleyBrasel]

In order to get around this annoying bug, instead of using a pre-configured Connection.  I just type in the ArcGIS Server rest endpoint that I want to connect to.  It seems to bypass the caching that we are all experiencing.