Latest Contributions by berniejconnors

Zach,         If a layer is truned off in the web app then a map refresh will not trigger a request for that layer.  It is easy to test this.  Open the web app in Chrome and trun off all layers but one.  Now open the Chrome DevTools (press <F12>).  Choose the "Network" tab in DevTools.  Now pan the map a small amount and you should see just one request for a map service.  Turn on another map service and pan the map again - you should see two requests.  It helps to clear the records in DevTools between each pan of the map: I hope this helps.  DevTools is very useful for inspecting the requests that are sent to your servers.  You should check out some of the DevTools tutorials. Bernei. ... View more

Why is it that Esri does not mention GCP on their "ArcGIS Enterprise in the cloud" website (https://enterprise.arcgis.com/en/cloud/)?  Is it just because Esri and Google are competitors in the mapping market?  Or does Esri think there are advantages to running AGE on AWS and Azure?  Does anyone have an opinion on this? ... View more

Triggers in Portal are called webhooks but the documentation does not list a trigger for updating a value in the related table - https://enterprise.arcgis.com/en/portal/latest/administer/windows/create-and-manage-webhooks.htm   ... View more

What are you using for an RDBMS?  I am not a DBA but you can define triggers in your RDBMS to do calculations - https://docs.oracle.com/cd/B13789_01/appdev.101/b10795/adfns_tr.htm ... View more

ArcGIS System Log Parser - https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=8bfe0ea4ff9540fcb44153942d830c17 ... View more

Hi - I have not tried this myself but I think you should be able to use the Experience Builder to combine a simple dashboard app with a map viewer app. Good luck, Bernie. ... View more

@stevegourley You are right, an IP address is useless.  I meant to say I used the referrer URL.  I was able to use the referrer URL to find several poorly configured Web AppBuilder sites that were sending long running queries for simple Parcel ID searches.  The referrer URL included the AGOL item ID so I was able to find the apps and contact several municipal GIS teams to help them make corrections to the search widget config. Thanks for sharing the SGID links.  They were very informative.  And it does not look like you have a communication problem.  Your github repo is a great tool to document changes to your datasets and services - but you cannot force your users to read it 😉 Bernie. ... View more

@CynthiaKozma When we first started using a raster tile cache for orthophotos in 2009 we had similar problems trying to use cache on demand.  In the end our solution was to cache the entire orthophoto dataset at all scales.  It is a huge job for us because our jurisdiction, the province of New Brunswick, covers ~72,000 km^2.  This does help simplify the cache building process but it increases the time to generate the tiles.  After the caching is completed you must do a lot of visual QC on the tiles and pan through all of your scale levels looking for missing tiles and other artifacts and then re-cache the affected areas / scales.  And repeat.  And Repeat... Bernie. ... View more

Are you using a web adaptor? You should be able to filter your web adaptor logs for records that include your deleted map services. Those records will include the ip address of the user trying to access the deleted map service. I have used this method to find users trying to connect to a deleted map service. I have also used the web adaptor logs to find long running requests and help my users create more efficient queries. But that's not really your problem. You have a communication problem. You need to do a better job communicating with your users. We have created a process for retiring a map service. Step one is tell your users that a service is being retired on a certain date. Step two you remove the data from the map service and replace it with a single polygon with a label that says this service is being retired and possibly the url of a replacement map service. Keep this message in place for several months and then finally delete the map service and block traffic to the deleted map service. Bernie. ... View more

10-4.  Thanks @Scott_Tansley  for confirming what I suspected. Bernie. ... View more