Best practices for creating a map service for instant search

Emily Renkema

October 24, 2018 16:25

We have a map service which uses the same feature class for different layers, but there are different definition queries on each layer to allow for different symbologies.

 

 

 

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The bottom layer is the feature class without any definition queries. How does the instant search index treat these different layers? Are there any best practices for setting up a map service for instant search?

 

I found a possible solution from this post (https://support.geocortex.com/essentialsGSCForum?id=9066000000007doAAA) , but since it’s a few years old I thought I’d see if anything has changed.

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  Permanently deleted user

  November 22, 2018 23:16

  Hi Emily,

   

  Instant Search will treat each layer as a unique dataset.  When querying the data, there's no way for us to know that the source data is the same.

   

  If you add just the Developments layer as a feature layer to the site, you should be able to generate an Instant Search index for just that layer.  However, we don't have a way to tell Essentials to use that index for any other layer.

   

  If the data is updated regularly then I would recommend staying with the normal Global Search rather than using Instant Search for this data.

   

  Regards,

   

  -Malcolm

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