Hi,
I was wondering if there is anyway we can update an attribute of mosaic dataset after a new raster is added to it. I have a little knowledge about getting a reference to the mosaic dataset contents by first making a 'mosaic dataset layer' but for some reasons the expression to make a subset from the mosaic dataset features/footprint features and then perform 'calculate field' task is changing data for entire features inside it.
I can accomplish the same thing by exporting the required features into another feature class, manipulating and then appending into a final target feature class and use it in the old image service definition task to publish it as a service but as per the documentation this method is replaced with the new arcgis image server improved data model i.e., mosaic dataset and it suggests to work with mosaic dataset.
Please share your thought if there is any automated/script api to update time/product name/group/custom date attribute information for mosaic dataset when we programmatically add a new raster image to it. I know we can work with the C# arcobjects based api to define a 'raster type' for custom image upload and automatically fill this information but I am looking for a simpler method because i think it is an overkill to create a custom 'Raster Type' for just updating an attribute.
I am working with ArcGIS server/sde and desktop 10 on Windows 2008 environment. Thanks for your time and support in advance.
