Latest Contributions by DanielMcCullock2

Hi Krystal, We have been having issues using the overwrite tool in general. A method we have used to overcome this is the rename function via the server admin endpoint. We re-publish the service using the same name with an "_new" at the end, such as "service_new". After testing the service to make sure it is functioning as we would like, we then rename the old service to have an "_old" and then remove the "_new" from the new service. After this we change the portal item IDs of the new service to match the old, remove the old service, then remove any new portal items that were generated in the process. This means we only have a small outage on the service and are able to maintain the service name and portal item IDs. Alternatively (I have not tried this for republishing but may be worth investigating), a service can be manipulated by retrieving the MSD file on the server, extracting (I use the 7zip software), manipulating the xml files which are extracted, then compressing again (using zip format and naming as a .MSD), replacing the .MSD on the server and restarting the service. We have managed to add in datum transformation information to the map.xml. There is xml files there specifically for the data. Good luck and all the best Danny ... View more

I think this is a great idea. We have specific media people and we would not want to give them access to change sites but only the ability to add a quick news post. Maybe a function that can be added for a specific role to do this or a custom web app that could be published and shared to a group. ... View more

Hi Andreas, Have you tried installing the Mosaic Dataset backward compatibility patch available here ArcGIS (Desktop, Server) 10.7 Mosaic Dataset Compatibility Patch ? I was unable to achieve what you are describing until I installed that patch. Regards Danny ... View more

Thanks for the further information Peter. You are correct in the understanding of the process we are trying to achieve. As we did not want to be generating map services directly on our hosting server and the first option does not achieve our objective, we have developed a custom method. Our Enterprise platform is hosted on AWS with Cloudfront sitting in front. We have developed a lambda function using express that can retrieve image tiles from bundles stored in S3. We then use cloudfront with a custom origin and behavior to route anything that goes through /tileservices to hit APIGateway and route to the lambda function. This means we can create a listing in portal for our Tile Server and only need to update the bundles in S3 for updates to occur. This also means we are saving on space on the EBS associated with the portal as the way described above I believe stores the data twice, once in the tpk and once in the cache folder for the published service. Performance looks to be fairly similar to a normal hosted tile layer but we are getting some thin lines between the tiles which we are currently troubleshooting.  ... View more

Thanks for the reply Peter. Unfortunately our Enterprise Portal does not have an Image Server Federated to it so I am unable to utilise mosaic datasets for Imagery management. I am familiar with the process though. The Update Tile Cache Service from the Raster Tile Cache Tools is what I am looking for but unfortunately it is not working for me. I assume it is because our Portal is version 10.6.1 and the tool is looking for a tile package in Portal which is generated from a .tpkx format. Is this a correct assumption?  If so, was there a version that worked with 10.6.1? Or is it possible to get the code used to run this tool? ... View more