PreplannedUpdateMode

Scheduled, read-only updates will be downloaded from the online map area and applied to the local mobile geodatabases. Updates are prepared on a regular schedule and cached for download by all users of the offline map area. Sharing a single set of cached updates, rather than performing individual sync operations, reduces the load on the back-end services. This approach is scalable for large deployments but does not support offline editing.

Scheduled, read-only updates are downloaded from the online map area and applied to the local mobile geodatabases. Newly added features can also be uploaded to the feature service. This is an advanced workflow that improves the scalability of feature services. When available, applicable scheduled update packages are downloaded and merged into a local geodatabase. This allows for efficient downloading of changes. New features are uploaded using feature sync, which is an efficient operation in the feature service.

No feature updates will be performed.

Changes, including local edits, will be synced directly with the underlying feature services. This mode gives you full control over when you upload and download changes. However, performing a download sync places additional load on the backing feature service, so this approach does not scale well for larger deployments.