Data Source

Updated on 08 Jan 2025
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Data Source

Represents a page with specific parameters that, when specified correctly, connect the workspace to external data sources such as a portal, feature services, maps and feature tables and allows the correct data to be retrieved from that source.

Data Source page is shared between the Manager and the Mobile within one Workspace.

Portals page

Portal is a component of ArcGIS Enterprise that allows to share maps, scenes, apps, and other geographic information with other people in the organization. In other words, a platform for creating, analyzing, managing, and sharing geographic information.

Actions on the Portals page:

Add a Portal
Search a Portal in the list of portals
Edit an existing Portal
Delete a Portal

Portal Settings

Option	Required?	Description
Name	Yes	Any convenient name can be set
Key	Yes	The key field determines the uniqueness of the created item; when merging and cloning groups or projects, items are sorted according to the key field
Group	Yes	Select a Group where the created item will be stored
Portal URL	Yes	URL of the portal where data is stored
Portal Client ID	Yes	Portal Web Application Client ID

Services page

Service (Feature Service) is a type of web service that allows users to access and interact with geographic features and their associated attribute data. Feature services are used to publish and share feature layers, which contain spatial data (such as points, lines, or polygons) along with attribute information describing those features.

Actions on the Services page:

Add a Feature Service
Search a Feature Service in the list of services
Edit an existing Feature Service
Delete a Feature Service

Service Settings

Option	Required?	Description
Name	Yes	Any convenient name can be set
Key	Yes	The key field determines the uniqueness of the created item; when merging and cloning groups or projects, items are sorted according to the key field
Group	Yes	Select a Group where the created item will be stored
Service ID	Yes	Is a unique identifier assigned to a feature service in the ArcGIS platform
Portal	Yes	Should correspond to the portal where the feature service is located

Maps page

Map is a representation of geographic data that is created and viewed within a GIS environment. A map in ArcGIS typically consists of layers of spatial data, including points, lines, polygons, raster images, and other geographic features, along with associated attribute information.

Actions on the Maps page:

Add a Map
Search a Map in the list of maps
Edit an existing Map
Delete a Map

Map Settings

Option	Required?	Description
Name	Yes	Any convenient name can be set
Key	Yes	The key field determines the uniqueness of the created item; when merging and cloning groups or projects, items are sorted according to the key field
Group	Yes	Select a Group where the created item will be stored
Map ID	Yes	Is a unique identifier assigned to a Map in the ArcGIS platform

Tables page

Table (Feature Table) is an attribute table or attribute data, is a tabular representation of the attribute information associated with geographic features. Each row in the feature table corresponds to a single feature in the spatial dataset, and each column represents a specific attribute or characteristic of the features.

Actions on the Tables page:

Add a Table - manually or from the portal
Search a Table in the list of tables
View Table data - select columns, filter records, export
Manipulate Table data - add, edit, delete records
Edit Table settings
Delete a Table

Table settings

Option	Required?	Description
Add a Table	Yes	Manually - all fields should be filled in by the user manually
Add a Table	Yes	From the portal Select Service where needed table is stored Select needed table Click Add
Name	Yes	Any convenient name can be set
Key	Yes	The key field determines the uniqueness of the created item; when merging and cloning groups or projects, items are sorted according to the key field
Group	Yes	Select a Group where the created item will be stored
Layer Name	Yes	Can be set any convenient name
Layer ID	Yes	Is a unique identifier assigned to a feature service’s item (table) in the ArcGIS platform Should correspond to the layer ID on the portal
Services	Yes	Determines whether a table will render development, staging, testing or production data In cases where the same tables (with different data) are stored in different environments, there’s no need to create a separate table for each environment, but all services where a table is stored can be added The Table Layer IDs must be the same in each environment One or multiple services can be selected Services must be added to a Services page in advance

Additional Options

Option	Description	Visualization
Data Tab	Allows to display and manipulate data from the portal
Services	Determines whether development, staging, testing or production data will be rendered and displayed on this tab
Columns	Displaying table columns
Filters	Filtering options by different parameters
Export	Exporting table in different formats
Add Record	Adding records to a feature table Changes will be reflected in ArcGIS too Tables that are read-only on ArcGIS side will be read-only in Data tab
Edit Record	Editing records in a feature table Changes will be reflected in ArcGIS too Tables that are read-only on ArcGIS side will be read-only in Data tab
Delete Record	Deleting records from a feature table Changes will be reflected in ArcGIS too Tables that are read-only on ArcGIS side will be read-only in Data tab