Latest Contributions by DerekLaw

Hi Jamal, All what I need is to type, for example, the name of the community and then to zoom to it! Is that possible in the Flex? Please read the help documentation on the Header Controller widget. At 3.1, there is a new search (geocode) capability. To enable "finding features" within a particular layer in your application, please read the help documentation on the Search widget. Hope this helps, ... View more

Hi Jamal, This problem is the same as the data store problem you identified this this other similar thread, Thread: ArcGIS Server Properties (data store): �??the data item is an inaccessible�?� And Eric addressed it. You need to ensure that the ArcGIS account can access the data location and has permissions on it. In the case of feature services, you'll need to give it read/write access. Registering your data with ArcGIS Server using ArcGIS for Desktop Hope this helps, ... View more

Hi Brad, Having not had a chance to play with clustering for ArcGIS Server 10.1, can anyone indicate if clustering can be used to effectively restrict your extensions to dedicated 'gis servers'? No, this capability not technically possible. Brad and Peter, One of my motivators to understand this is w.r.t. licensing ... ... How about Advanced on one cluster and Standard on another? It is company policy to not address licensing questions on the support forums. Please contact your Esri local office/account manager for further information. Hope this helps, ... View more

Hi Dustin, If I have my information contained in a Microsoft SQL 2008 Spatially enabled database, I can connected ArcGIS Viewer for Silverlight to that database to serve my information up to the net? You can't directly "connect" the ArcGIS Viewer for Silverlight to the Microsoft SQL Server 2008 spatially enabled database. It is possible to make your spatial data in the Microsoft SQL Server 2008 database available on the web, but there are some additional steps you'll have to do. By "Microsoft SQL 2008 Spatially enabled database", a) If you mean a "regular" Microsoft SQL Server 2008 database with spatial type data, you can access this spatial type data with query layers in ArcMap. Then publish the map doc as a map service with ArcGIS for Server. The ArcGIS Viewer for Silverlight can access the map service. b) If you mean an ArcSDE geodatabase implemented on Microsoft SQL Server 2008, you can access the spatial data directly with ArcMap. Then publish the map doc as a map service with ArcGIS for Server. The ArcGIS Viewer for Silverlight can access the map service. Hope this helps, ... View more

Hi Tom, Actually, the group is accessible by the public. But there are currently no site examples in the group. Many customers who use the ArcGIS Viewer for Silverlight use it for internal apps, which cannot be shared outside their organization. I've seen many great example sites, but can't reference them in the group. Hope this helps, ... View more

Hi Zachary, Is there anyway ESRI could look into a release for the SL Viewer which integrates the identity manager functionality sooner than the next major release? FYI, the timeframe for the next release of the ArcGIS Viewer for Silverlight is the end of the year/early Jan 2013. Highlights of this release include: - built-in identity manager - support for editor tracking Hope this helps, ... View more

Hi Royce et al., Any insight into this caching business would be helpful. FYI please see this blog post, Accelerating map cache creation Hope this helps, ... View more

Hi Benjamin, I have a local arcgis account on the GIS server that is running the Service.  we are using DB auth. Does the DB need to have this same user account with edit permissions? Sorry for the late reply, I was out on business travel. Yes, you'll need to add the ArcGIS account as a valid database user for DB authentication. Hope this helps, ... View more

Hi there, ... i have published the services i.e all the Mxd, now i want to use it in Flex 3.0. i am totally new and now want to learn it and make an application. using arcgis server 10.1 and Flex.30. FYI, please checkout this Esri live training seminar session to help get you started: Getting Started with the ArcGIS Viewer for Flex Hope this helps, ... View more

Hi Judy, I am using ArcGIS Server 10.1 on Windows Server 2008 R2 with the Web Adaptor for IIS. I want to start with a simple Anonymous Authentication.  Are there any examples of how to do this?  Can this be done with the default ArcGIS Server security configuration shown below?  Are tokens necessary? Just to add onto what Kevin and Jeff posted, below are some help docs on the topic: Restricting access to GIS web services Editing permissions in Manager Hope this helps, ... View more

Hi Alaa, This is an older doc, but some of its contents are still applicable: KB #25040 - FAQ: What are some common ArcSDE SQL Server tuning tasks? Hope this helps, ... View more

Hi Brian, Can you point me to a help document that describes how one creates a .sde connection file to a specific version of a feature class? You can use the Create ArcSDE Connection File tool in ArcToolbox > Data Management toolbox > Workspace toolset. Create ArcSDE Connection File (Data Management) You can select a different version to connect to. Hope this helps, ... View more

Hi Haniu, What is the function of Web Adaptor? Is it just to redirect request? The Web Adaptor enables you to leverage a 3rd party web server (e.g., IIS) as part of your GIS site. Domenico already referenced the help topic that describes its benefits; and one of the key ones is it helps make your site more secure. Suppose I have 3 arcgis server machines configured as 1 cluster. Do I need Web Adaptor? Isnt the work load between servers already spread out automatically since I have all of them in 1 cluster? No, in this scenario the Web Adaptor is not required, but strongly recommended. And yes, the work load is spread between the 3 GIS Servers when they are in the same cluster. Hope this helps, ... View more