1. Publishing GIS Services to ArcGIS for Server
2013 Esri International User Conference
July 8–12, 2013 | San Diego, California
Technical Workshop
Publishing GIS Services to ArcGIS for Server
Atma Mani, Joanne Parkinson, Tushar Jadhav

2. Agenda Introduction Publishing workflow Consuming services
Configuring services
Registering data with the server’s data store
Consuming services
Automating publishing workflows using Python
Publishing GIS Services to ArcGIS for Server

3. Introduction
Publishing GIS Services to ArcGIS for Server

4. Sharing GIS content on the web
Share geographic information using the web
Make geographic data available instantly across
Devices
Platforms
Work on projects collaboratively
ArcGIS
Server
Publishing GIS Services to ArcGIS for Server

5. Map service layers Basemap service layers Operational service layers
Reusable background service
Provide context for operational layers
Operational service layers
Interactive
Provide functions that meet a business need
Publishing GIS Services to ArcGIS for Server

6. Publishing a simple map service
Demo 1
Publishing a simple map service
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7. Essential Vocabulary Analyzers Cached map Data store Dynamic map
Feature Service
Service Definition File (SD)
Stage
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8. Publishing workflow
Publishing GIS Services to ArcGIS for Server

9. Service publishing workflow
Service deployed and started
Service Editor
Publish
Share as service
Configure Properties
Analyze
Errors No
Stage
Yes
Fix
Exit
Save an sd draft or discard
Publishing GIS Services to ArcGIS for Server

10. Choosing a server ArcGIS Online ArcGIS Server Cloud Desktop
On-Premises
Desktop
ArcGIS for Portal A
Publishing GIS Services to ArcGIS for Server

11. ArcGIS for Server on the Cloud
Servers
Server
Characteristics
ArcGIS for Server
Ability to publish a variety of GIS resources
Supports all capabilities
Ability to register data with the server
ArcGIS Online
No server to buy, install or maintain
Scales automatically as user base increases
Only supports Tiled Map and Feature services
Data is private to each service
Portal for ArcGIS
ArcGIS for Server + ArcGIS Online
Publish hosted services on premise
ArcGIS for Server on the Cloud
Configurable
No maintenance
Publishing GIS Services to ArcGIS for Server

12. Service capabilities Depend on server and licensing Network Analysis
Mapping
Tiled Mapping
Mobile Data Access
Feature Access
Open Standards A
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13. Common service capabilities
Mapping
Dynamic
Server needs to retrieve data
Option to cache
Tiled Mapping (cached)
Pre-rendered tiles at different scales
Improved performance
Feature Access
Serve feature geometry and symbology
Allows for editing and querying
1:250,000
1:500,000
1:1,000,000
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14. Sharing items Must be signed into ArcGIS Online or your portal
My Content
Everyone
Organization*
Groups
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15. Analyzers Help to Three types Provide access to the help and solutions
Identify critical errors
Create optimized map services
Three types
Errors
Warnings
Information Messages
Provide access to the help and solutions
Publishing GIS Services to ArcGIS for Server

16. Service Definition Desktop ArcGIS Online/ ArcGIS Server
Map
Map
Data (optional)
Publishing
Service
Service Configuration

17. Consuming services Mobile Apps Web Apps Desktop ArcGIS Online
GIS Server
ArcGIS Online
Publishing GIS Services to ArcGIS for Server

18. Publishing a cached map service from a service definition file
Demo 2
Publishing a cached map service from a service definition file
Publishing GIS Services to ArcGIS for Server

19. Data Stores
Publishing GIS Services to ArcGIS for Server

20. Data Stores Determine how published services access data
Register data directories and databases
Three registration options:
Referenced
Replaced
ArcGIS Server’s Managed Database
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21. Data Store Registration: referenced
Publisher and server reference the SAME
Database connection
Folder path
Publishing using shared data
ArcGIS Server on-premise
Publisher’s machine
References Data
Publish
Publishing GIS Services to ArcGIS for Server

22. Data Store Registration: replaced
Publisher and server reference DIFFERENT
Database connections
Folder paths
Data sources are replaced during publishing
ArcGIS Server
Publisher’s machine
References
Data
Publish
Geodata service for
synchronizing changes
Data copied manually
before publishing
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23. Data Store Registration: managed
Used only when publishing a Feature service or a Web Feature Service-Transactional (WFS-T) by not referencing the data
Must be an enterprise geodatase
ArcGIS Server
Publisher’s machine
References
Data
Publish
Data copied during
publishing
Managed
Enterprise geodatabase
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24. Publishing a feature service
Demo 3
Publishing a feature service
Publishing GIS Services to ArcGIS for Server

25. Automating publishing using Python scripts
Publishing GIS Services to ArcGIS for Server

26. Arcpy library CreateMapSDDraft() StageService_server()
UploadServiceDefinition_server()
Open and modify MXD
Set up the variables
Create and analyze SDDraft, optionally modify XML
Configure the service
Stage and publish Map Service
Stage into a SD file
Publish as service
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27. Publishing using Python
Demo 4
Publishing using Python
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28. Tips & Tricks Videos If you get a consolidation error, check:
There’s enough space on the publisher/server machine
Path names are not too long
The appropriate extension is enabled
If publishing services that reference enterprise data
Ensure you install the appropriate database client libraries on both the client and server machines
Be sure the ArcGIS Server account has the appropriate permissions to the database
Videos
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29. Summary Publishing allows you users: Publishing workflow is the same
To share and use gis resources via the web
Publishing workflow is the same
Configure the service
Analyze the service
Publish/Stage the service
Data store ensures data is accessible to the server
Ability to automate the publishing workflow
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30. Thank you… First Offering ID: 1208 Second Offering ID: 1318
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