Feature Services

Used to create a new connection for an Esri ArcGIS™ Feature Service or an OGC WFS Service.

You can access this from the following.

Ribbon: Geospatial Context Workflow > Home > Feature Services > New

Setting	Description
Server URL	Type in or paste the URL. Enter an Esri Feature Service URL or an OGC WFS Service URL. You will have access to the last 15 different URLs in the drop-down menu including both for Esri Feature Service or WFS Service. When the Server URL field loses focus, the Connection Name is initialized with a default value. Note: If the provided URL is invalid, an error message is displayed in the message center.
Connection Name	Click in the field to check the following: If the URL is for an Esri Service, the Connection Name field is initialized with the Service name as defined in the Esri. If the URL is for an OGC WFS Service, the Connection Name field is initialized with the server URL where: The https:// or the http:// at the beginning are removed. All the ‘/’ are replaced by ‘_ ‘ All the characters after ‘? ‘(and including ‘? ‘) are removed Note: You can modify the Connection Name for both the Esri Service and OGC WFS Service URLs.
User Name	Enter the required User Name.
Password	Enter the password for the mentioned User Name if required.
Flip Ordinates	Avoids queried features being rotated or flipped. Available only when the WFS URL is entered. Note: WFS 1.0.0 servers specify the axis order for geographic coordinates as longitude/latitude (X/Y). WFS 2.0.0 servers specify the axis order as latitude/longitude (Y/X). This may result in queried features being rotated or flipped.
OK	Select OK to apply the changes. The OK button is greyed out if any entry in the parameters is incorrect, and a message is displayed in the message center. For example: The entered URL is not valid This connection name is already used. This server requires credentials.
Cancel	Closes the connection to the server and exits the New Feature Service Connection window.

Note: For MicroStation to connect with an ESRI ArcGIS Enterprise that requires user authentication, an application must be created and registered in ArcGIS Enterprise to access your GIS data securely. For details refer ArcGIS Enterprise Portal Configuration page.