ArcGIS Server enabled WFS service - field names not changing when service updated

[douglascurl]

Not sure if this should be bumped elsewhere in the ArcGIS Server area, but since this the OGC thread, thought I'd start here:

I have an ArcGIS Server map service published - it's here:

http://kgs.uky.edu/arcgis/rest/services/aasggeothermal/ALBoreholeTemperatures/MapServer/0

...and when I change the field names or data in the FileGeodatabase that feeds the layer in this service, the REST service is updated just fine after I refresh the service and the ArcGIS Server REST cache. But, if I do a GetFeature request on the WFS service (same service as above):

http://kgs.uky.edu/arcgis/services/aasggeothermal/ALBoreholeTemperatures/MapServer/WFSServer?request...

The field names remain the same.

Anyone know why this happens? How to rectify? Right now the only way that may work is to recreate the ArcGIS Server service, but that's a pain and seems unnecessary. I've also tried restarting the SOC and SOM with no luck.

Thanks,
-Doug Curl

[douglascurl]

Well, answered my own question - but I'll post the answer here just in case anyone else has this issue:

Simply put: check the Alias of your field names in ArcMap - they should match your the Field Name, but in case they don't, the alias is what will show up in the WFS.

And that is all.