Manage a hosted map tile layer item and service

A hosted map tile layer (item) can be used to manage the item properties and the settings for the corresponding map tile service. A hosted map tile layer (item) contains content properties such as name and description that describe the item resource in a portal, and data service properties such as source and URL for the map tile service and the source feature service it was derived from.

You can use the item properties to:

Update the metadata for the hosted layer such as the name, description, and terms of use.
Make an item more discoverable in a portal.
Include important terms of use or credits information.
Find data service information such as the URL endpoint.
Change the sharing and security settings.

Hosted map tile layer item page in ArcGIS portal showing read-only and read-write properties.

How to manage a hosted map tile layer (item)

When you create a new data service, the hosted layer and data service sharing level (privacy setting) is set to Owner. The item and data service are only available to you. This setting requires that applications provide a valid access token to authenticate requests to view the item or to access the data service.

The steps to change the sharing properties are:

Sign into a data management tool with your ArcGIS account:
- Go to ArcGIS.com and sign in to your portal (ArcGIS Location Platform or ArcGIS Online)
- ArcGIS Enterprise portal (ArcGIS Enterprise)
Find the item.
Use the item page to change the item properties.

Process to access and manage a hosted map tile layer (item) in a portal.

Access an item page

You can manage the properties of a hosted layer by accessing the item page in a portal. If you are the owner of the item, you can use the item page to update the properties.

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https://{portal}/home/item.html?{id}

Example: https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=883cedb8c9fe4524b64d47666ed234a7

Content properties

The content properties of a hosted layer (item) describe the resource in a portal. These properties uniquely define a data service and allow it to be discoverable in a portal. As an owner, you can set properties such as the name, description, tags, thumbnail, and terms of use to provide details about the underlying data service. Other properties such as id, type, created date, and updated date are read-only and are maintained by the system.

Examples of general properties include the following:

*ID: The unique identifier for the item.
*Type: The type of hosted layer.
*Item created: Date the item was created.
*Item updated: Date the item was updated.
*View count: Number of times the item page was viewed.
*Owner: Name of the owner or publisher of the data.
Name: The name of the hosted layer.
Description: Text that describes the layer, what data it contains, and what it is used for.
Terms of use: Description of usage restrictions for the data.
Tags: Search text used to find an item in a portal.
Credits: Attribution for the data.
Terms of use: The terms and usage restrictions.

*Read-only properties

Data service properties

The service properties of a hosted layer (item) provide information about the underlying data service. For example, it contains the layers, source, and service URL. These are read-only but are useful when you need to find the URL for the underlying data service and layers.

Examples of service properties include the following:

*Layers: Access to other layers if present.
*Source: The type of data service (feature service, vector tile service, map service).
*Size: The size of the data in KB.
*URL: The URL used to access the layer in the data service.

*Read-only properties

Code examples

You can use data management tools to get the properties of a hosted map tile layer (item) or you can use the ArcGIS REST APIs. The following examples illustrate how to programmatically get the properties of a map tile layer (item) and map tile service.

Get item properties

To access the map tile layer item properties directly, use the REST API with the item ID. The example below returns the item properties and values for a map tile layer (item).

Request

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https://www.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/content/items/366d13d521b844119c9052758b33afc9?f=json&token={access_token}

Response

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{
  "id": "366d13d521b844119c9052758b33afc9",
  "owner": "esri_devlabs",
  "orgId": "GVgbJbqm8hXASVYi",
  "created": 1691516047000,
  "modified": 1691516064000,
  "guid": null,
  "name": "Santa_Monica_Mountains_Parcels",
  "title": "Santa Monica Mountains Parcels Styled ITL",
  "type": "Map Service",
  "typeKeywords": [
    "ArcGIS Server",
    "Data",
    "Map Service",
    "Service",
    "Singlelayer",
    "WMTS",
    "Hosted Service"
  ],
  "description": "Feature layer generated from running the Find Existing Locations solutions for  LA County Parcels.<div><i><u>Expression<\/u>  LA County Parcels intersects Boundary <\/i><\/div>",
  "tags": ["data"],
  "snippet": "Feature layer generated from Find Existing Locations",
  "thumbnail": "thumbnail/ago_downloaded.png",
  "documentation": null,
  "extent": [
    [
      -118.9447030492532,
      33.96210762649325
    ],
    [
      -118.34289092432702,
      34.19379615313072
    ]
  ],
  "categories": [],
  "spatialReference": "102100",
  "accessInformation": null,
  "licenseInfo": null,
  "culture": "en-us",
  "properties": {
    "jobUrl": "https://analysis3.arcgis.com/arcgis/rest/services/tasks/GPServer/FindExistingLocations/jobs/jeebbcea19b5a4fb7b1350496f621cb29",
    "jobType": "GPServer",
    "jobId": "jeebbcea19b5a4fb7b1350496f621cb29",
    "jobStatus": "completed"
  },
  "advancedSettings": null,
  "url": "https://services3.arcgis.com/GVgbJbqm8hXASVYi/arcgis/rest/services/Santa_Monica_Mountains_Parcels_Styled_ITL/MapServer",
  "proxyFilter": null,
  "access": "public",
  "size": 22556593,
  "subInfo": 0,
  "appCategories": [],
  "industries": [],
  "languages": [],
  "largeThumbnail": null,
  "banner": null,
  "screenshots": [],
  "listed": false,
  "commentsEnabled": true,
  "numComments": 0,
  "numRatings": 0,
  "avgRating": 0,
  "numViews": 7,
  "scoreCompleteness": 55,
  "groupDesignations": null,
  "tokenExpirationDate": -1,
  "lastViewed": 1694041200000
}

Get map tile service properties

If you want to access the map tile service properties directly, you can do so by using the REST API Map Service endpoint. The example below returns the service properties and values for a hosted map tile service in ArcGIS.

Request

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https://services3.arcgis.com/GVgbJbqm8hXASVYi/arcgis/rest/services/Santa_Monica_Mountains_Parcels_Styled_ITL/MapServer?token={access_token}

Response

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{
  "id" : 2352,
  "name" : "Santa_Monica_Mountains_Parcels_Styled_ITL",
  "server" : "GVgbJbqm8hXASVYi",
  "ownerUserName" : "esri_devlabs",
  "serviceDescription" : "Feature layer generated from running the Find Existing Locations solutions for  LA County Parcels.\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cu\u003eExpression\u003c/u\u003e  LA County Parcels intersects Boundary \u003c/i\u003e\u003c/div\u003e",
  "mapName" : "Santa_Monica_Mountains_Parcels_Styled_ITL",
  "description" : "Feature layer generated from running the Find Existing Locations solutions for  LA County Parcels.\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cu\u003eExpression\u003c/u\u003e  LA County Parcels intersects Boundary \u003c/i\u003e\u003c/div\u003e",
  "abstract" : "Feature layer generated from running the Find Existing Locations solutions for  LA County Parcels.\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cu\u003eExpression\u003c/u\u003e  LA County Parcels intersects Boundary \u003c/i\u003e\u003c/div\u003e",
  "metadataLink" : "",
  "keywords" : [
    "data"
  ],
  "copyrightText" : "",
  "layers" : [
    {
      "id" : 0,
      "name" : "Santa_Monica_Mountains_Parcels_Styled_ITL",
      "parentLayerId" : -1,
      "defaultVisibility" : true,
      "subLayerIds" : null,
      "minScale" : 577791,
      "maxScale" : 0,
      "type" : "Feature Layer",
      "geometryType" : "esriGeometryPolygon"
    }
  ],
  "tables" : [],
  "spatialReference" : {
    "wkid" : 102100,
    "latestWkid" : 3857
  },
  "singleFusedMapCache" : true,
  "tileInfo" : {"rows":256,"cols":256,"dpi":96,"preciseDpi":96,"format":"PNG32","storageFormat":"esriMapCacheStorageModeExploded","packetSize":128,"compressionQuality":0,"antialiasing":true,"origin":{"x":-20037508.342787,"y":20037508.342787},"spatialReference":{"wkid":102100,"latestWkid":3857},"lods":[{"level":0,"resolution":156543.033928,"scale":591657527.591555},{"level":1,"resolution":78271.5169639999,"scale":295828763.795777},{"level":2,"resolution":39135.7584820001,"scale":147914381.897889},{"level":3,"resolution":19567.8792409999,"scale":73957190.948944},{"level":4,"resolution":9783.93962049996,"scale":36978595.474472},{"level":5,"resolution":4891.96981024998,"scale":18489297.737236},{"level":6,"resolution":2445.98490512499,"scale":9244648.868618},{"level":7,"resolution":1222.99245256249,"scale":4622324.434309},{"level":8,"resolution":611.49622628138,"scale":2311162.217155},{"level":9,"resolution":305.748113140558,"scale":1155581.108577},{"level":10,"resolution":152.874056570411,"scale":577790.554289},{"level":11,"resolution":76.4370282850732,"scale":288895.277144},{"level":12,"resolution":38.2185141425366,"scale":144447.638572},{"level":13,"resolution":19.1092570712683,"scale":72223.819286},{"level":14,"resolution":9.55462853563415,"scale":36111.909643},{"level":15,"resolution":4.77731426794937,"scale":18055.954822},{"level":16,"resolution":2.38865713397468,"scale":9027.977411},{"level":17,"resolution":1.19432856685505,"scale":4513.988705},{"level":18,"resolution":0.597164283559817,"scale":2256.994353},{"level":19,"resolution":0.298582141647617,"scale":1128.497176},{"level":20,"resolution":0.14929107082380833,"scale":564.248588},{"level":21,"resolution":0.074645535411904163,"scale":282.124294},{"level":22,"resolution":0.037322767705952081,"scale":141.062147}]},
  "minLOD" : 13,
  "maxLOD" : 22,
  "initialExtent" : {
    "xmin" : -13240863.776,
    "ymin" : 4023715.1402999982,
    "xmax" : -13173870.3567,
    "ymax" : 4054853.8936000015,
    "spatialReference" : {
      "wkid" : 102100,
      "latestWkid" : 3857
    }
  },
  "fullExtent" : {
    "xmin" : -13240863.776,
    "ymin" : 4023715.1402999982,
    "xmax" : -13173870.3567,
    "ymax" : 4054853.8936000015,
    "spatialReference" : {
      "wkid" : 102100,
      "latestWkid" : 3857
    }
  },
  "units" : "esriMeters",
  "supportedImageFormatTypes" : "",
  "created" : null,
  "modified" : null,
  "status" : "created",
  "access" : "SECURE",
  "minScale" : 79320,
  "maxScale" : 141,
  "exportTilesAllowed" : false,
  "maxExportTilesCount" : 100000,
  "cacheOnDemand" : true,
  "capabilities" : "Map,ChangeTracking",
  "type" : "MapServer",
  "currentVersion" : 11.1,
  "changeTrackingInfo" :
  {
    "lastSyncDate" : 1610980196116,
    "layerServerGens" : [
      {
        "id" : 0,
        "minServerGen" : 353490,
        "serverGen" : 865008
      }
    ]
  },

  "scheduleInfo" : {
    "name" : "",
    "startAt" : 1691518103060,
    "state" : "enabled",

    "recurrenceInfo" : {
      "frequency" : "minute",
      "interval" : 2
    }
  }
}

Tutorials

Import data to create a feature layer

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

ArcGIS portal

Define a new feature layer

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

ArcGIS portal Python API REST JS

Manage a feature layer

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

ArcGIS portal

Create a vector tile service

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

ArcGIS portal Python API REST JS

Create a map tile service

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

ArcGIS portal Python API REST JS

Workflows

Create a feature service for an app

Learn how to import parcel data, create and style a feature layer, and then access the features in an app.

Create a feature layer view for an editor app

Learn how to import parcel data, create and style a feature layer view, and then access the features in an editing app.

Create a vector tile service for an app

Learn how to import parcel data, style a feature layer, and then create a vector tile service for an app.

Create a map tile service for an app

Learn how to import contour data, style a feature layer, and create a map tile service for an app.

Services

Feature service

Add, update, delete, and query feature data.

Vector tile service

Store and access vector tile data.

Map tile service

Store and access map tile data.

Image service

Store and access imagery and raster data.

API support

Use data management tools or Client APIs to create, manage, and access data services. The table below outlines the level of support for each API.

	Manage	Access
ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript	¹
ArcGIS Maps SDK for Kotlin	¹
ArcGIS Maps SDK for Swift	¹
ArcGIS Maps SDK for Java	¹
ArcGIS Maps SDK for .NET	¹
ArcGIS Maps SDK for Qt	¹
ArcGIS API for Python
ArcGIS REST JS
Esri Leaflet	²
MapLibre GL JS	²	³
OpenLayers	²	³

Full supportPartial supportNo support

1. Use portal class and direct REST API requests
2. Access via ArcGIS REST JS
3. Requires manually setting styles for renderers

Tools

Portal

Create, manage, and access content and data services for applications.

Map Viewer

Create, explore, and share web maps for 2D applications.