Create Map in ArcMap

Before creating any map services for your operational maps, you should consider the feature layers that your users need to access. Only the layers that are specified in the map service are available in the ArcFM Mobile app. You can include as many feature layers as you'd like, plus you can add related tables. Although these are not represented on the map in the app, your users can still view the data associated with them.

When you create the .mxd file in ArcMap under Layer Properties > Fields, ensure that all the fields you want to view are visible, or the Map Service absolutely won't recognize them. Additionally, any field that is a unique identifier (such as GlobalID), or is a foreign key in a relationship, must be visible.

Prior to publishing the .mxd file, if you re-order fields on the properties for a layer in ArcMap, that field order gets persisted to the ArcGIS Server andArcFM Mobile respects the changes.

IMPORTANT: To see Many-To-Many and Attributed relationships in offline or online data, the corresponding relationship tables must be added to the .mxd file that is used to publish your feature services. Viewing attributes on attributed relationships is not supported in ArcFM Mobile.

If you plan on taking map services offline at any point in the future, review the Offline Considerations topic.

Using Hyperlinks for Linking to Websites or Files

Text fields for Feature Attributes support a set of external link formats, specifically: http, https, file, ftp, sftp, tftp, and nfs. This handy feature is supported by theArcFM Mobile app so that you can attach files, images, video, and websites to your Features to further enhance the usability of the app.

To take advantage of this enhancement, properly formed URLs must be specified in the desired Feature's database field. The link is displayed in blue in the Attributes tab for the specific Feature. The user can click on this link directly in the application, and the specified file or website is open in an appropriate window. When specifying a link to a file stored locally on the computer, the full path to the file must be preceded with "file:///".