Latest Contributions by DuarteCarreira

I have abandoned Datasets as a way of organizing a GDB. I feel the performance and usability are awful. I have all feature classes together at the "root" of the GDB, and organized by using a prefix, either by domain (publicworks_*, hydro_*, etc.), or by department. But prefer by domain. Users can easilly browse the entire GDB alphabetically, and zoom in to the domain/dept. they're looking for. It seems counter intuitive but this really seems to work faster, at the software level as well as for the users. Also, having several GDBs is an awkward solution for me as I imagine there will be a huge increase in connection files for the users, and connections to the databases in the server(s), since arcmap and arcgis server will require new connections for each database referenced in a mxd. Also, I am not sure how the rdbms server can optimize its cache mechanism when the data is divided into several databases. Maybe SQLServer has this solved, I am not sure. To find and load data, we are using a more friendly approach for the users, by pre-producing lyr files. On 90% of the use-cases users don't have to connect and look for the correct feature class, and choose an appropriate symbology and/or definition queries. They just load a certain lyr with an easy to identify name. Actually we have an addon in ArcMap that shows a tree of themes. The users double click one theme in the tree and the corresponding lyr is loaded. Getting back to dividing data according to editing rights, I feel that arcgis would benefit from supporting inheritance in Feature Classes. Many times editing responsabilites on a single FC are geographically defined. This makes it really difficult to have a good solution, that is not a maintenance nightmare. Having spatial inheritance would be a really cool addition to the GDB capabilities. ... View more

Reporting back... no luck... I could only block the entire rest access. That's even worse... So back to disabling the rest directory only for webadaptor and leaving it on for "direct" access through port 6080. esri please hear us... I already voted the idea up... but the ratio of ideas that get implemented really does not motivate voting... Rebecca I'l mark your answer as correct: no is the answer... ... View more

Hi Rebbeca. I had already tried that option. The problema is you don’t see the layers list, fields, etc. like you do in the rest directory service. At least I couldn’t find a way to get this info. The rest dir is most useful for us while developing our webapps. Without it we are flying blind… De: Rebecca Strauch Enviada: terça-feira, 26 de Maio de 2015 16:46 Para: Duarte Carreira Assunto: Re: - restrict webadaptor services directory access GeoNet <http://jiveon.jivesoftware.com/mpss/c/mAA/PDcDAA/t.1nc/q7uqwW_HSkaYQGAj6aWV0g/h0/WXYIqorVIGQuIDJ2G2ju5AEeIPykSY57g2VIWA8pAkF2-2BlveMrdQT1t2nJlEgcli> restrict webadaptor services directory access reply from Rebecca Strauch<http://jiveon.jivesoftware.com/mpss/c/mAA/PDcDAA/t.1nc/q7uqwW_HSkaYQGAj6aWV0g/h1/WXYIqorVIGQuIDJ2G2ju5Cq78MLQmxOA6AjDKPN5-2B-2BTzsfUHV3Jhvjd7G1Djg26BqvFrRvVo1Cfqsi3ajEIRDg-3D-3D> in ArcGIS for Server - View the full discussion<http://jiveon.jivesoftware.com/mpss/c/mAA/PDcDAA/t.1nc/q7uqwW_HSkaYQGAj6aWV0g/h2/WXYIqorVIGQuIDJ2G2ju5BgYGKlxCJXzUFxsSjPkR7gsMkrFqlzxzkcUrAQ-2BL2oVgA2hfhgsl1GN41AmxTupifIvjsJPKICYcVBq7UM1AME-3D> ... View more

Rebecca, it seems so... but I still have hopes that asp.net configuration could provide a solution... Didn't have time yet to test but maybe there's a way: security - How to restrict folder access in asp.net - Stack Overflow or Use Request Filtering : The Official Microsoft IIS Site But I'm afraid these block everything under the directory level, so all requests to all mapservices will be cut off... not sure though. ... View more

Rebecca that's exactly what i'm looking for. It seems that disabling the rest dir may have been an afterthought. It doesn't make much sense as it is. Maybe there is a way to block the rest dir in the web.config of the webadaptor... ​ ... View more

Yes, I was considering the option to use binary storage, which in PostgreSQL means using bytea attribute type. I wasn't recommending, just stating our reasoning. As for customers stopping asking for them, I wouldn't know about that. When mosaic datasets came out I was interested but could not implement them because of the added cost. Nevertheless, I am not sure anymore if they can or cannot be published in "normal" map services. I couldn't be sure from your answer. ... View more

Vince, that is a good suggestion. But I was under the impression raster mosaics cannot be published by ArcGIS Server unless you acquire a license for an Image extension. Also, "traditional" raster datasets in the database are so fast we do not feel the need to create tile services for them. We just serve them directly as a normal map service layer. In fact, we have a map service with all our raster datasets, and use it in our web apps as needed. ... View more

Moved to Enterprise GIS – ArcGIS for Server… hope it gets picked up by more people. ... View more

Hi Vince. What can I do? I was not even aware that I created a "custom stream". I started by going to ArcGIS Server group and ended up here... can I move it now? On your recommendation, I thought I could get a faster response this way. If no one answers I will try support... Duarte ... View more

George, thanks for your tip. But that was what I did. The included dll is for postgresql 9.0. Duarte ... View more