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ArcGIS10.1forServer(Windows)Tutorial:PublishingaWFSservice
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Thisisanarchive.DocumentationandotherinformationaboutthemostrecentreleasesofArcGISforDesktopandArcGISforServerarenowhostedon
http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/andhttp://server.arcgis.com/en/respectively.
What'sincludedwithArcGISforServer
ArcGISServereditions

Tutorial: Publishing a WFS service

What'snewinArcGIS10.1SP1forServer
What'snewinArcGIS10.1forServer

ServicesArcGISforServer(Windows)IntroducingArcGISforServer

ThistutorialshowsyouhowtopublishaWFSservicetoArcGISServerusingArcMap.WFSisaspecification
publishedbytheOpenGeospatialConsortium,Inc.(OGC),forservinggeographicfeaturesontheInternet.Whena
mapserviceorgeodataserviceispublishedwithWFScapabilities,thedatacanbeaccessedbyOGCcompliantWFS
Tutorial:Publishingamapservice
clients,includingtheArcGISDataInteroperabilityextensionforDesktopinArcGISforDesktop.TheseWFSclients
Tutorial:Sharingyourmapinawebapplication
canalsoseethelatestchangesmadetothedata.Ifyou'renewtoWFSservicesandwanttolearnmoreaboutit
Tutorial:PublishingaKMLservice
beforeattemptingthistutorial,seeWFSservices.

MigrationtoArcGIS10.1forServer
Tutorials

Complexity:
Beginner
DataRequirement:
Useyourowndata

Goal:
PublishaWFSservice
andconsumeitinawe

Tutorial:PublishingaWMSservice

Beforebeginningthistutorial

Tutorial:PublishingaWFSservice

Ifyou'vejustinstalledArcGISServer,youneedtocompletesomepreparatorystepsbeforeyoucanconnecttotheserverandpublishservic

Tutorial:PublishingaWFSTservice

FordetailsonhowtoconfigureyourArcGISServersite,seetheGettingstartedafterinstallsectionofthishelpsystem.

Tutorial:PublishingaWPSservice
Tutorial:Creatingacachedmapservice

TolearnhowtomakethedatareferencedbyyourGISresourceavailabletotheserver,seethetopicMakingyourdataaccessibletoA

Decidingbetweenageodataserviceoramapservice
Tutorial:Creatingacachedimageservice

WithWFSservices,youhavetheoptionofpublishingageodataserviceoramapservice.Thereareafewdifferencestobeawareofwhen
Tutorial:Publishinganetworkanalysisservice

typeofserviceyouaregoingtocreate.Thefollowingsectionssummarizethefunctionalityavailablewithmapandgeodataservicestohelp
Tutorial:Publishingadditionalservicesforprinting
Webeditingtutorials
Publishingservices
Creatingwebapplications
AdministeringArcGISforServer
Extensions
Commonproblemsandsolutions
ArcGISforServer(Linux)
ArcGISServeronAmazonWebServices
ArcGISSpatialDataServer
ArcGISOnlinehostedservices
Extensions

whichtypeofservicebestsuitsyourrequirements.

Mapservices

AWFSmapservicerepresentsamapdocumentthatyou'vemadeavailabletoothersthroughtheinternetoranyOGCcompliantWFSc
serviceswithWFSfunctionalitygiveyoualotofcontroloverthedatathatispublishedthroughtheservice.Herearesomecommonreas
mightsetupamapservice:

Unlikeageodataservice,asinglemapservicemayincludedatafromavarietyofsourcesincludingdatafrommultiplegeodatabases
shapefiles.
Youcanselectwhichfeatureclassesareexposedthroughamapservice.
Youcanrenamethefeatureclassesinthemapdocumentsothattheservicedoesnotexposetheactualnamesinthedatasource.

TherearealsosomelimitationsassociatedwithWFSmapservices.ConsiderthefollowingthingswhenpublishingaWFSservicefroma
document:

Mobile

ThemapdocumentisjustaspecificationofthelayersthatwillbeavailableinyourWFSservice.Symbology,querydefinitions,and
definedatthelayerlevelwillnottransfertotheWFSservicebecausethepurposeoftheserviceistoexposethefeaturesinthedat
thevisualpropertiesofyourmapthroughOGCspecifications,useaWMSservice.

Developing

Twoormorelayersinthemapcannotreferencethesamefeatureclass.

ArcGIStutorials

Twoormorelayersinthemapcannothavethesamename.

GuideBooks

SinceWFSonlyworkswithfeatures,anyrasterlayersinthemapwillbeexcludedfromtheservice.

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