Querying for a feature using GlobalID without specifying a layer

Question

Is there any way to return a feature from a published service layer using solely the GlobalID? I understand that the GlobalID is universally unique across a workspace, and what I'd like to do is return a feature from an ArcGIS Portal without providing a service or layer in my query to the ArcGIS REST API.

From what I can tell, there is no way to query for a feature at the server level in the ArcGIS REST API (it looks like a layer in a service must be provided), but maybe I am missing something. Any insight would be appreciated!

MicahBabinski · Accepted Answer

Hi Greg,

Have a look at the ArcGIS REST API documentation for the Query (Operation). As you can see, layer is the first parameter, and is required. You could use python to query for a specific GLOBALID across a GIS Server by looping through all the feature layers in a GIS server that support the query operation. The issue, as I see it, is that since features published via a GIS server can come from multiple geodatabases. This could include any number of file-based or remote geodatabases. Since GLOBALID is unique only across the geodatabase, there's no way to ensure that your GLOBALID would not be duplicated within a GIS server.

Micah