Latest Contributions by SteveMiller1

"Attempt to configure data store failed......Failed to configure tile cache data store". The error was returned from https://fully-qualified server name:2443/arcgis/datastoreadmin/configure. ... View more

When I cache a map service only down to a certain (large) scale, such as 1:12,000, I would like to have the layers show dynamically when zoomed in closer? Or do I have to use two different map services, one cached and one dynamic (for the scales that aren't cached)? Or somehow handle this in the application itself? ... View more

When, in a Data Frame Properties General tab, you check the box "Allow assignement of unique numeric IDs for map service publishing", the software could assign unique numbers to any layer that doesn't already have one, rather than assigning a -1 to everything. It requires a lot of manual tedium to go in and assign those numbers to every layer and group sublayer.  This is even more cumbersom when annotation layers are involved, and ArcMap treats every annotation value as its own layer!! Since these numbers now don't have to change in the REST endpoint whenever the layer order is changed, or a new layer inserted, who cares what the numbers actually are, so long as they are unique.  (Think object.id's for feature classes.) ... View more

We have over a thousand corporate layers that connect to their Oracle SDE source data via application connects. I'm wondering whether anyone has already written a python script that will convert these layers internal connections into direct connects. I have tried several approaches, including ArcPy's findAndReplaceWorkspacePaths, with no success. In each approach, no errors are thrown, but nothing is changed, either. With the newer versions of ArcGIS for Desktop requiring direct connects, I'm hoping someone has already solved this. Thanks for any advice. ... View more

I understand that ESRI's context-sensitive help was based on the obsolete MS WinHelp format, but please bring it back in the same detail, with current technology.  As always, the very best documentation is where you need it, when you need it. ... View more

We have been deploying ArcGIS Desktop via Citrix since Desktop v8.3, with pretty good success.  Our active user base is 500+.  Our most frequent issues have been with corrupted terminal services profiles, due to any number of causes.  Desktop v10 assumes even greater use of profiles, for storing geoprocessing log files, the default home workspace, and most significantly, the default gdb and image caching for basemaps. If anyone else has encountered this issue, and resolved it, I would be very interested in hearing from you. ... View more