It would be nice to at least have ArcObjects code availalbe to add a feature class that participates in a topology/relationship class to an existing replica...currently the ArcObjects API only supports SIMPLE feature classes and tables to do this. Constantly unregistering and re-creating replicas to add new feature classes runs the risk of creating "orphaned" replica versions in your database. ESRI, please consider this enhancement!
This is a no brainer. It would also promote more usage of this functionality which can only be a good thing for both existing ArcGIS for Server customers as well as potential new ones.
With data requirements changing and increasing everyday there seems like an obvious need for this sort of functionality out of the box. It would be so helpful if there was a GP tool that did this. I found an article referring to v9.3 to adding a FC to a replica via code . If there is code it would be great if ESRI could convert this code into a tool that would make it easier for users to access this functionality.
This would ABSOLUTLEY make my life easier. I have a one-way, parent-child replica that I use for read-only usage of Server and Portal. It was a pain to perform the multiple step process to get the replica in Web Mercator in the first place. After needing to add a Feature Class to the production database after setting up the replica, I researched if there were any way to add it to the replica as well. Found this article - How To: Add a feature class to a one-way or two-way replica . It says to copy/past the new FC into the replica. Not that easy with two different coordinate systems. Going to experiment with reprojecting the data today. Hopefully, the global IDs will remain the same.
