[New Features of ArcGIS 10.2] New Features of portal for ArcGIS

1. Overview

After various versions have been accumulated and updated, portal for ArcGIS has been added to the ArcGIS series product line in the form of official products in arcgis10.2. It has three main positioning features: collaborative management platform, Online drawing platform, and content management platform. The combination of portal for ArcGIS and ArcGIS for server or ArcGIS private cloud suite brings a brand new mode to GIS applications. In addition, the simple and efficient features of out-of-the-box and convenient management bring the use experience similar to ArcGIS online to the Intranet users of the Organization. It can be said that the portal
For ArcGIS is a ArcGIS online deployed in the Intranet of the Organization.

The main functions of portal for ArcGIS in 10.2 include:

• Publish, manage, and share GIS Resources
• Manage groups
• Web Map
• GIS private cloud Portal
• Managed Service (new function)
• Integration with ArcGIS for desktop (new function)
• Integration with Office (New Function)

2. Introduction to new functions 2.1. Portal for ArcGIS supports service hosting

Since Version 10.2, portal for ArcGIS integrates with ArcGIS for server in the organization to provide service hosting functions for organizational users. After the Organization administrator builds the ArcGIS for server and integrates it with the portal for ArcGIS, you can load or drag your own geographic data to the portal for ArcGIS and directly publish it as a GIS service, you can also manage and share these services.

There are three methods for service hosting in portal for ArcGIS:

• Log on to the portal for ArcGIS website for service hosting

• Use ArcGIS for desktop to host services

• Service hosting through Excel

2.2 integration of portal for ArcGIS and ArcGIS for desktop

Before Version 10.2, portal for ArcGIS has been integrated with ArcGIS for desktop and can be accessed through ArcMap.
For ArcGIS account and access the GIS service resources in the account. However, in earlier versions, ArcGIS for desktop cannot publish map files as portals.
In 10.2, the combination of ArcGIS for desktop and portal for ArcGIS became closer, because the portal
With the managed function, for ArcGIS for desktop enables data to be directly published as a service through portal for ArcGIS, which reduces the operation steps for users to publish geographic services.

2.3 integration of portal for ArcGIS and ESRI maps for office

In Version 10.2, portal for ArcGIS also integrates with ESRI maps for office. ESRI maps for office is a professional map creation plug-in created by ESRI for Microsoft office suites. It can be used in Excel and Power Point. With this plug-in, you can visualize the tables that contain geographical information in Excel, so that the data can be marked in the geographical map and published as a GIS service. However, PowerPoint can read these GIS services and use them in the demo.

After portal for ArcGIS is integrated with ESRI maps for office, you only need to change the ESRI map connection address in office to the portal for ArcGIS address, and then you can log on to the shared GIS service in portal for ArcGIS.

• Use in Excel

You can quickly create data in an Excel worksheet as a variety of interactive topic charts. You can easily analyze the content in the topic diagram, save the map directly, export it, and add it to the PPT. Of course, you can also use the portal
For ArcGIS is shared with others in the Organization.

• Use in PPT

You can read the existing map resources in portal for ArcGIS, or reference the map shared in Excel, which can be conveniently used in the demonstration.

2.4. From the help documentation, we can see that in 10.2, ArcGIS for portal API became part of ArcGIS rest API. The same ArcGIS rest API also contains ArcGIS Server rest API, ArcGIS
Server administrator API.

2.5 Before multipart upload of an item, all uploaded items are implemented through the/content/users/<username> [/<folderid>]/additem interface, this type of single-point upload does not support resumable upload, which has major drawbacks for uploading large files. In the new API, portal for ArcGIS provides the multipart upload function.

/Content/users/<username>/<Itemid>/addpart	Add part	This API allows multipart upload. Each small item has its own block number. Of course, this block number must be continuous.
/Content/users/<username>/<Itemid>/Parts	Parts	Obtain the uploaded item blocks of the current item.
/Content/users/<username>/<Itemid>/commit	Commit	This interface must be called after all item blocks are uploaded. These parts are merged into one file, and all the original parts will be overwritten. You can call the Status interface to check the current file merging status.
/Content/users/<username>/<Itemid>/cancel	Cancel	Cancel multipart upload

2.6 release service updates

This interface is available in 2.1, and the functions in 10.2 are more complete. It needs to publish a hosted service through an existing item. Publishers can create element services and slice map services.

The element service can be created through CSV files, shapefile files, and SD files. CSV files (address columns or column X and column Y) that contain location columns will open space support during release. The Slice map service can be created from SD files, tile packages, and existing element services. The SD file is generated by ArcGIS for desktop. It contains the drawing rules of the MAP and the required data to create a Geographical Service.

You can call the Analyze interface to create default release parameters for CSV and shapefiles.

/Content/users/<username>/publish

Publish item

2.7 improvement on ArcGIS for server Interfaces

In portal for ArcGIS, we can register (or "join") ArcGIS for server, which has many advantages.
· Portal for ArcGIS and ArcGIS for server share a set of users to facilitate single-point Login
· Services released to ArcGIS for server will be automatically shared to portal for ArcGIS.
· Users can publish element services and slicing services.

Http: // <servers-URL>/register (post only)	Register ArcGIS for server to portal for ArcGIS.
Http: // <server-URL>/unregister (post only)	This interface can be used to remove ArcGIS for server from portal for ArcGIS. After this interface is called, ArcGIS For server will no longer be associated with portal for ArcGIS.
Http: // <servers-URL>/<server ID>	Displays information about registered sites. This interface can only be used in portal for ArcGIS, but is not supported in ArcGIS online.
Http: // <portal-URL>/servers	You can call this operation to return the list of ArcGIS for server that is currently associated with the portal for ArcGIS.
Http: // <server-URL>/update (post only)	You can call this interface to update the attributes of the associated ArcGIS for server. For example, you can use this interface to change an associated server to a host server.

2.8. Other New interfaces

/Portals/<portalid>/isservicenameavailable	Check service name	When we publish a service, the service name cannot be the same. We can use this interface to check whether a service name can be used. If false is returned, the service name is unavailable ..
/Content/Features	Feature operations	Intermediate interfaces are useless.
/Content/Features/analyze/	Analyze	This parameter helps the client generate the parameters required when CSV and shapefile are published as element services.
/Content/Features/generate	Generate	This interface can be used to build a JSON element set from CSV and shapefile.

Edit: Ke Nan