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Portal and data services guide

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Tutorials

Learn how to use developer tools, APIs, and SDKs to access services and build applications.

Portal

Learn how to create web maps and web scenes for applications.

Create a web map

Use Map Viewer to create a web map for your application.

Create a web scene

Use Scene Viewer to create a web scene for your application.

Style layers in a web map

Use Map Viewer to style layers in a web map.

Style layers in a web scene

Use Scene Viewer to style layers in a web scene.

Learn how to import data and create hosted layers and data services.

Import data to create a feature layer

Use data management tools to import files and create a feature layer in a feature service.

Create a custom basemap style

Use the ArcGIS Vector Tile Style Editor to style a vector tile basemap layer.

Vector Tile Style Editor

Create a map tile service

Use ArcGIS Online or scripting APIs to publish a map tile service.

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Create a vector tile service

Use data management tools to create a new vector tile service from a feature service.

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Manage a feature layer

Use a hosted feature layer item to set the properties and settings of a feature layer in a feature service.

Portal service

Learn how to access items in your portal.

Sign in and access your portal

Use the portal service to sign in and access your portal.

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List items in your portal

Use the portal service to list items in your portal.

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List API keys by expiration date

Use ArcGIS API for Python to list API keys in your portal.

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List items scoped to an API key

Use ArcGIS API for Python to list items scoped to an API key in your portal.

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Learn how to manage items in your portal.

Copy a hosted layer item

Use the portal service to copy a hosted layer item in your portal.

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Set sharing level for an item

Use the portal service to set the sharing level for an item in your portal.

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Create a new group and add members

Use the portal service to create a new group and add members in your portal.

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Data services

APIs

Follow step-by-step instructions or download code solutions for different ArcGIS Maps SDKs, scripting APIs, and open source libraries.

Add a feature layer

Access and display point, line, and polygon features from a feature service.

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Add a feature layer from a portal item

Access and display point, line, and polygon features from a feature service using portal item ID.

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Style a feature layer

Use symbols and renderers to style feature layers.

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Query a feature layer (spatial)

Execute a spatial query to get features from a feature layer.

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Query a feature layer (SQL)

Execute a SQL query to access polygon features from a feature layer.

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Edit feature data

Add, update, and delete features in a feature service.

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Display a popup

Format a popup to show attributes in a feature layer.

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Add a vector tile layer

Access and display a vector tile layer in a map.

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Add a map tile layer

Access and display a map tile layer in a map.

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Tools

Learn how to use the portal to create and manage your data.

Import data to create a feature layer

Use data management tools to import files and create a feature layer in a feature service.

Define a new feature layer

Use data management tools to define and create a new empty feature layer in a feature service.

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Manage a feature layer

Use a hosted feature layer item to set the properties and settings of a feature layer in a feature service.

Create a vector tile service

Use data management tools to create a new vector tile service from a feature service.

ArcGIS portalPython APIREST JS

Style a vector tile layer

Learn how to modify the style of a vector tile layer with the Vector Tile Style Editor.

Create a map tile service

Use ArcGIS Online or scripting APIs to publish a map tile service.

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Create a tiled imagery layer

Use data management tools to create a tiled imagery layer image service in your portal.

Create a dynamic imagery layer

Use data management tools to create a new dynamic imagery layer image service.

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