Latest Contributions by DerekLaw

Hi Shreyes, What are the differences between Portal for ArcGIS and ArcGIS Server? As Richard mentioned in his post, "Portal for ArcGIS" is basically "ArcGIS Online" - but hosted on premise on your infrastructure (i.e., on your own physical hardware or private cloud), instead of being part of Esri's cloud solution. Portal for ArcGIS is conceptually like a content management system for your GIS data and resources. While ArcGIS Server is the product that enables you to publish and share your GIS resources as GIS web services. They are complimentary products. Both are used to host services. ArcGIS Server supports many different types of web services, while Portal for ArcGIS only supports tiled and feature services. By "support", I mean it can only create these types of services. You can register other types of services with Portal. Hope this helps, ... View more

Hi NP, I am very new to ESRI tools and need help. We are reviewing options for a web based map application with the features below. a) Multiple users with different view of the map for each user based on the users location b) To show shape files specific to the user that logs in and selects. c) Capabilities for editing shape files (points/lines/polygon). d) Java API's to support development of additional features. I would start here: What is GIS? To learn more about the Esri GIS technology stack, I would review this: ArcGIS product page - Features Hope this helps, ... View more

Hi Cameron, Please review this Esri Knowledge Base Technical article, KB #39283 - Problem: Websites created with the Silverlight builder do not display in the list of available builder applications Hope this helps, ... View more

Hi Syed, Is there any detailed document available on internet (or can anyone share) which guide us (step by step) how to create custome Add-ins or Behaviours in MS Visual Studio for ArcGIS Viewer for Silverlight Builder. FYI, some resources: Extending the ArcGIS Viewer for Silverlight - help documentation Configuring and Customizing ArcGIS Viewer for Silverlight - technical workshop video Hope this helps, ... View more

Hi Scott, I will be upgrading to 10.1 soon so if you can send me that documentation I'm sure that will come in handy. FYI, please checkout this video: ArcGIS for Server 10.1: PrintingTools Service Tutorial Hope this helps, ... View more

Hi Julian, How to get this to work? I suspect that the Measure tool was originally built on an earlier release of the Extensibility SDK. If you want to get it to work on the latest ArcGIS for SharePoint release, try re-compiling the code base on the 2.4 Extensibility SDK. Or you could wait for the beta of the next ArcGIS for SharePoint release, which should be coming very soon. Hope this helps, ... View more

Hi Nate, Where do we get this Measure Tool add-in for ArcGIS for Sharepoint 2.1.1? You can get it here, Measure Tool Hope this helps, ... View more

Hi Jamal, Do we need to install the ArcSDE and ArcGIS server on the Server machine only or on the clients (users) machines as well? You would typically install ArcGIS for Server and ArcSDE technology on server-side machines to enable a GIS server and an ArcSDE geodatabase, respectively. Both are server-side software. Regarding ArcSDE technology - you can have it on client (end user) machines when they use ArcGIS for Desktop. This relates to making "direct connections" to your geodatabase (as mentioned in Kim's post earlier in this thread), instead of using an ArcSDE application server connection. FYI, Enterprise Geodatabase 101 ArcUser article (look under the section "Type of Client Connections") Esri is now actively promoting the "Direct Connection" model when connecting to an ArcSDE geodatabase. Hope this helps, ... View more

Hi Jamal, ... Is the (workgroup/enterprise) refers to the ArcSDE? Is the (basic/standard/advance) refers to ArcGIS server? A1. Please review the documentation below for more info: * ArcGIS for Server is available in two levels, Enterprise and Workgroup * ArcGIS for Server Functionality How the ArcSDE itself is included in the ArcGIS server? A2. ArcSDE technology is included "in the box" with ArcGIS for Server. It is available in all functional editions. See the previous links above for details. Hope this helps, ... View more

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