Publishing Spatial views as a Feature Access Service

Publishing Spatial views as a Feature Access Service

The following Blog will take you through the process of using ArcMap 10.x to publish a spatial view as a Feature Access service.

What is a database view?

Database views are database elements that store SQL query statements that act like tables.

Views can be used to join tables together, similar to joins in ArcMap. But because the view is stored in the database, it can be used by many users in many map documents. For example, frequently Census data is stored in a table separate from the Census geographies feature class. Using a view, all users given access will be able to create analytical maps based on Census data without having to create a join.

How To: Create an ArcSDE Spatial View

Spatial views are database views that contain a single spatial column. They are useful in organising your spatial data with other attribute data in a predefined way, in the same database or another database. They are also READ-ONLY, hence spatial views can not be edited via ArcMap. If you are currently still at ArcSDE 10.0 and prior versions, the trick to get this working is to follow these steps:

This blog addresses how to create a spatial view using SQL Server.