Is there a recommended workflow for the scenario below?
I have an extemely large data package from (lets say) a month ago which took all night to create (contains rasters). The source data was SDE, and the package is a filegeodatabase. Now I make a small symbology change in the mxd and recreate the pmf. The mxd and pmf are still looking at SDE. I notice while experimenting with a smaller map (no raster) that the final step in the export package is 'repointing data', I assume this is where it switches the pmf's source data to the new package.
long story short, can I make minor changes to the mxd and pmf without having to repackage data? OR switch the datasource in the new pmf to the previous filegeodatabase pack so I can re-distribute just the new pmf, not the whole package?
hope that made sense, looking forward to a response, Dave
If you are not worried about the currency of the data (ie don't need your mxd to pull from your source SDE) just repoint the mxd to the previously exported data, change whatever needs to be changed in the mxd, then make the pmf again. As long as the mxd is looking at the exported data (a local geodatabase) the pmf will also point there without having to go through the export steps.
If you are not worried about the currency of the data (ie don't need your mxd to pull from your source SDE) just repoint the mxd to the previously exported data, change whatever needs to be changed in the mxd, then make the pmf again. As long as the mxd is looking at the exported data (a local geodatabase) the pmf will also point there without having to go through the export steps.
