Define coordinate system when deploying a solution

[Joshua-Young]

Here lately I have noticed a dialog box coming up that allows me to define my local coordinate system before deploying some solutions at ArcGIS Enterprise 11.3. However, other solutions do not have the dialog box and just deploy with the standard web mercator.

Is there an easy way to see which solutions allow defining a coordinate system during deployment? Is it a bug that not all solutions are offering defining a coordinate system before deployment?

[ScottOppmann · Accepted solution]

Joshua - 

Here is a link to an FAQ with more details.  It is not a bug, we allow the spatial reference to be set when precise measurements or high-accuracy data are required.   Saying that, we'll explore how we might improve the user experience and give users an indication the spatial reference can be set prior to deployment.

Scott    

[ChrisFox]

Hi @Joshua-Young, there is not an easy way to find all the solutions that support defining a coordinate system during deployment. We have taken the approach that we only add it for solutions where high accuracy on features is important, for example our asset data management solutions.

For other solutions, for example like Citizen Problem Reporter, the tools used to capture the geometry are not all that precise to begin with so we feel it is a simpler user experience to just default to web mercator and reduce the number of clicks to deploy a solution.

Are there particular solutions that you want to be able to set the spatial reference for?

[Joshua-Young]

Generally anything we do that involves distances or areas we prefer to have in our local coordinate system just to have the most accurate numbers we can get through GIS. There is not a huge difference between our local coordinate system and Web Mercator, but the difference does start to add up after a while. I just remember the old ArcGIS Solutions add-in would let us set the projection before deployment for all solutions and I miss that functionality.