Latest Contributions by mpboyle

We are testing out disconnected mode with Collector and it seems to work well except for one issue.  The version that gets created when downloading for disconnected mode will not delete when running the reconcile versions tool.  We will continually get an error that says the version can't be deleted because it has dependent child versions.  In order to delete the version, I either have to manually delete the version through the Geodatabase Administration or remove the affected rows in the sde_versions table. A few notes... 1) When I run the reconcile versions tool, I'm using our admin account which can delete any version 2) This is a simple setup, with only the DEFAULT version and the disconnected version as a child off DEFAULT, see screenshot below. 3) Below is a screenshot of the sde_versions table after data has been synced at the end of the day and the downloaded data has been removed from the device. I'm curious how to resolve this issue or if anyone has encountered the same problem...?  Is there some step I'm missing that should be part of our end-of-day workflow to weed out the disconnected version from being a parent to syncs?  Do I have to manually un-register the replica that gets created as part of the disconnected mode process? Any ideas / thoughts / suggestions are appreciated! Thanks! ... View more

I think it would be useful to have a toolbox for ArcGIS Server administrative functions, similar to the Geodatabase Administration toolbox that was added for managing enterprise gdbs. Example tools: Add users Remove users Add role Remove role Add folder Edit folder security Edit service properties Query logs Export usage reports ... View more

I think it would be useful to have a toolbox for ArcGIS Server administrative functions, similar to the Geodatabase Administration toolbox that was added for managing enterprise gdbs. Example tools: Add users Remove users Add role Remove role Add folder Edit folder security Edit service properties Query logs Export usage reports ... View more

Is it possible to remove an ArcGIS Server user account through a python script?  I have a secured service that I'd like certain users to only have access to for a certain period of time and then remove their access.  Rather than trying to remember to remove their account, I was hoping it would be possible to create a python script which could be used with Task Scheduler to schedule a time for the script to run and remove the user. With the REST admin having an API, I'm hoping this is possible, but am not really sure where to start. Thanks in advance! ... View more

I'm trying to alter the query widget search expression to convert the input value to all upper case and the search input to all upper case.  Even though there is a 'caseSensitive' parameter in the widget and it's set to false, my query will only work if using all caps. For example, 935 2nd st sw will NOT work; while 935 2ND ST SW will work. Below is a screenshot of the expression values I'm trying to get to work, but still don't. Any input would be appreciated! ... View more

I'm looking for opinions/options for how to best rebuild cache on our production server services.  What I would like to do is rebuild the cache on a staging server and then copy the cache over to the production services.  I have a python script that will do this but it seems to be hit and miss on when it works.  The main hang-up on when it fails seems to be because it can't remove a .bundle file. Does anyone know what causes a lock on a .bundle file?  As part of my script I stop the map service before copying over the cache.  Is this not enough?...does the entire ArcGIS Server service need to be stopped? Is it better/more likely to not have any incidents if I just rebuild the cache on the production server?  The main reason I don't want to do this is to keep the computer resources available (CPU/RAM) on our production machine.  Rebuilding cache usually sucks up most of the available CPU and RAM which is why I am trying to rebuild the cache on a staging server then copy over. Just wondering what others have tried and had success with. Thanks in advance!! ... View more

I am pulling over data from another SQL Server database which has some nvarchar(max) fields.  When I try to load these fields into a SDE feature class (SQL Server) with the data type nvarchar(max) they are not being displayed correctly, all that's displayed in the attribute table is 1 character. Is there a db_tune setting that needs to be changed in order for nvarchar(max) fields to display correctly in the attribute table?  If so, how would I go about changing it? Thanks in advance! ... View more