Resources to Modify a Web Service
When REST service endpoints change, whether from migrations, renaming, or infrastructure updates, GIS users often need to track down and update broken connections across multiple environments. The tips and tricks below highlight practical ways to handle these updates for ArcGIS Online users managing web maps and hosted layers, ArcGIS Pro and other desktop users maintaining project data sources, and developers using Python to automate fixes. These resources focus on efficient methods to identify, update, and validate service URLs across your workflows.
Resources
Tips for ArcGIS Online Users
- Update the URL of ArcGIS Server web layers in web maps
- How can I update layers in a web map that reference my ArcGIS Server layers?
Administrative Resources:
- Create Item Report for all organizational items (includes service URLs)
- ArcGIS Assistant*
* ArcGIS Assistant is a free and powerful tool and is not a supported Esri tool. The tool was produced by Esri Professional Services. You can easily do destructive things to existing ArcGIS Online Content. Please read Esri's Warning Page before use.
Tips for GIS Desktop Software Users
- Update data sources in ArcGIS Pro
- Repair broken data sources for layer and tables in ArcGIS Pro
- Refresh a location's content in ArcGIS Pro
- Managing connections to web service in QGIS
