Publishing an ArcIMS service expand/collapse all
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expand/collapse item About publishing ArcIMS services

Once you have created a map configuration file or ArcMap document, you must publish the document to make it accessible from your Web site. You can publish Image, ArcMap Image, Feature, and Metadata Services. For more information on the different service types, see About Spatial Servers, Virtual Servers, and ArcIMS services . To create a new service, you must provide a name, specify a configuration file (.axl, .mxd, or .pmf file), and choose a Virtual Server.

When you publish a service, you will notice that some settings are pre-filled. These default values can be changed by updating the site properties. These properties include the output file location, cleanup interval, and image memory limit. You can change these values for an individual service, but the recommended value is the default value you set in the site properties.

expand/collapse item How to publish ArcIMS services

expand/collapse item Publishing using ArcIMS Administrator

  1. Click Services in the left panel.
  2. Click the New Service button New Service button on the Adminsitrator toolbar.
  3. Type a name for the service in the Name text box.

    The name is case sensitive. It can contain letters, numbers, and underscores but cannot be "admin", "catalog", "cookie", or "statistics".

  4. Click the Browse button to navigate to a configuration file. When a file has been selected, click Open.
  5. Click the Virtual Server dropdown arrow, and click a Virtual Server.
    • For Image Services, select ImageServer1 or other Image Virtual Server you may have created.
    • For ArcMap Image Services, select ImageServerArcMap1 or other ArcMap Image Virtual Server.
    • For Feature Services, select FeatureServer1 or other Feature Virtual Server.
    • For Metadata Services, select MetadataServer1 or other Metadata Virtual Server.

    If you are creating a Feature Service, proceed to the final step.

  6. On the Server output tab, click the Image Type dropdown arrow, and click an image format.
  7. If you need to change the directory location for this service, click the Browse button, and navigate to a new output image directory.
  8. If you need to change the outputURL location for this service, type the URL location of the output image directory.
  9. Click the Advanced Tab.
  10. If you need to change the time interval for removing files from the output directory for this service, you can change the Server Cleanup by moving the slider.
  11. If you need to change the maximum memory allocated for an image, you can change the Image Memory limit.
  12. Click OK.

The new service appears in the list of services.

expand/collapse item Publishing using Service Administrator

  1. Click the Add Service tab.

    The Settings for New Service panel appears.

  2. Type a name for the service in the Name text box.

    The name is case sensitive. It can contain letters, numbers, and underscores but cannot be "admin", "catalog", "cookie", or "statistics".

  3. Click the Virtual Server dropdown arrow, and click a Virtual Server.
    • For Image Services, select ImageServer1 or other Image Virtual Server you may have created.
    • For ArcMap Image Services, select ImageServerArcMap1 or other ArcMap Image Virtual Server.
    • For Feature Services, select FeatureServer1 or other Feature Virtual Server.
    • For Metadata Services, select MetadataServer1 or other Metadata Virtual Server.

    If you chose FeatureServer1, proceed to the final step.

  4. Click Browse and navigate to a configuration file.
  5. Click Open on the Choose file dialog box.
  6. If you need to change the output directory for this service, type a new path.
  7. If you need to change the output URL location for this service, type the URL location of the output image directory.
  8. If you need to change the time interval for removing files from the output directory for this service, click the Clean Up Interval dropdown arrow and click a cleanup interval.
  9. If you are creating a Metadata Service, proceed to the final step.

    Click the Image Format dropdown arrow, and click an image format.

  10. If you need to change the maximum memory allocated for an image, you can change the Image Memory limit. Click the Image Memeory Limit dropdown arrow and click the maximum memory limit.
  11. Click Create.

The new service appears in the list of services.

expand/collapse item Using the message console

To see error messages and warnings generated by Administrator, open the ArcIMS message console.

  1. Click the Help Menu and click Administrator Message Console.
  2. Click the View | Message Level | All to set the message level to all messages. Message console messages are often the same as those generated by the Spatial Server.
    • Error - Critical messages and some warning messages display.
    • Error and warning - All warning messages and critical messages display.
    • All (recommended)- Most responses, warnings, critical messages, and other informational messages while starting an ArcIMS service display.
  3. To save the messages in the console to a text file, click File | Save As, and type a name for the file.

expand/collapse item Performance considerations

Image output format

You should use the appropriate output image format for your Image or ArcMap Image Service. Using an image format that is not optimized for the type of data being served can adversely affect performance. Vector data can usually be served in gif or png8 format. Raster data should be served in jpeg or png24 format. If transparency is required, the jpeg format does not support transparency. Internet Explorer does not support transparency with png24. Making an informed decision about the output image format can result in smaller output image file sizes that save bandwidth and decrease Spatial Server processing time.

Jpeg image quality and png compression

Jpeg and png images may generate faster if their image quality or compression factor is changed, respectively. For more information about changing these value, see Changing image output parameters.

Image memory limit

The image memory limit value represents the number of pixels that make up an image. When a requested image exceeds the maximum size, the image is not generated, and the Spatial Server sends an error message. This protects your site from users requesting large images. Also, the larger the image, the longer it takes to generate.



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