Browsing ArcGIS Spatial Data Services

The ArcGIS Spatial Data Service (SDS) provides a REST endpoint that exposes the contents of a SQL Server instance over the web. Tables that include spatial data can be added as layers to the ArcGIS Map Web Part through the Browse panel.

Note:

When content is added while the Map Web Part is in edit mode, it will persist. When the Map Web Part is not in edit mode, content can be added for the current session only.

You can add SDS content to the map as follows:

1. To open the Browse panel, click the Add Content button on the Application tab and click Browse from the menu that appears:
2. Expand the drop-down list and choose the SDS endpoint you want. SDS endpoints are shown with an icon of a map and arrow. Note that the default is that no SDS endpoints are shown:
   Note:

   The data sources that appear by default in the drop-down list can be modified by editing the ArcGIS Mapping Connections list.

   Alternatively, you can type the URL to an ArcGIS Server endpoint and click the magnifying glass icon next to the drop-down list.

   Note:

   All or part of the ArcGIS Server endpoint URL can be specified. The full REST endpoint URL must be in the format <scheme>://<host>:<port>/<instance>/rest/services. The host must always be specified, but the other parts of the URL will be filled in automatically with default values if they are not specified. A description of each part, as well as the default value for each, is provided in the table below:

   Parameter	Description	Default value
   scheme	The protocol of the URL—http or https	http
   host	The domain (for example, serverapps.esri.com) or machine name (for example, serverapps)	N/A
   port	The TCP port over which the site or REST endpoint is available. If the scheme is http and the port is 80, or the scheme is https and the port is 443, the port does not need to be specified as part of the URL	80 if scheme is http; 443 if scheme is https
   instance	The name of the ArcGIS Server instance	ArcGIS

   Once an ArcGIS Server endpoint is connected to, the services and folders provided by that endpoint are displayed in the panel:

3. To add a table to the map, expand a database node, choose the desired table, then click Add Selected Layer:

   Once the table has been added, it is displayed on the Map Contents panel and is added to the map: