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Generally organizations that already support Portal choose to use their Portal implementation for InventoryManager. This is not always the case, however. The main considerations include whether the majority of users are in-house staff (instead of contractors), and whether their are sufficient licenses and IT/GIS capacity to support InventoryManager. Sometimes, organizations with Portal choose to use ArcGIS Online for InventoryManager because it will make the system easier to maintain (e.g., maintained by Foresters rather than GIS/IT) or simpler to provide contractor access due to their IT policies. When organizations have not yet implemented Portal, but are considering doing so, this decision can be more challenging. The table below shows some of the consideration for choosing between ArcGIS Online and Portal for organizations with access to both:
Item | Description | ArcGIS Online (AGO) | ArcGIS Portal | Hybrid: ArcGIS Online and Portal | Details |
ArcGIS licensing | End-user ArcGIS Licenses for logging in to MobileMap and InventoryManager | Customer | Customer | Customer | Regardless of approach, it is the customer’s responsibility to purchase appropriate licenses for their users. |
Backup | Secure, offline, backups of data to support restoration of accidental data deletion or disaster recovery. | Either | Customer | Customer (or both, with WSG backing up the ArcGIS Online portion). | Customer would be expected to backup ArcGIS Enterprise implementations. For AGO, WSG can support with automation |
Database licensing | licenses for Relational Database Management System (e.g., MS SQL Server, Oracle). | NA | Customer | Customer for ArcGIS Portal portion | Customer would need to provide database licenses. Not relevant for AGO as this is SaaS and includes database licensing. |
Database implementation and management | Either | Customer | Customer (or both, with WSG publishing services in the ArcGIS Online portion). | Customer would need to implement and manage databases in ArcGIS Portal. WSG can be granted permission to publish databases (feature services) in ArcGIS Online. | |
ArcGIS Administration | Managing feature service settings, users groups, and sharing | Either | Customer | Customer (or both, with WSG publishing services in the ArcGIS Online portion). | Typically performed by customer, but WSG can be granted permission to manage users, groups and sharing. |
Server hardware* | Physical or virtual servers for database, web server, etc. | NA | Customer | Customer | For ArcGIS Enterprise customer needs to provide suitable database and web server resources. |
Network hardware and configuration* | Network hardware including load balancers, firewalls, routers, etc. | NA | Customer | Customer | For AGO only basic public internet connection is needed. For ArcGIS Enterprise, VPN and or firewall configurations may be needed. |
* See https://enterprise.arcgis.com/en/get-started/latest/windows/base-arcgis-enterprise-deployment.htm for more details on the components and architecture options when deploying ArcGIS Portal
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In order to use MobileMap with your Portal instance, it is necessary to register MobileMap as an application that can authenticate with Portal. This can be done by going to Content > Add New Item > An Application.
On the 'Add an application' form, select 'Mobile', 'Ready to Use' and 'Android'
Add the following URL: https://mobilemap.mbgapplications.com
Set the title to 'MobileMap'
Set 'MobileMap' as a tag, and add any additional tags that will help administrators search for this item
Click 'Add Item'
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To register one or more ArcGIS Online base maps with your portal instance, log into Portal as an administrator and select Add Content > New Item > From the WebAn Application. Complete the form shown shown below (note that this image may be out of date) supplying the URL to the base map service as well as the Portal credentials you wish to authenticate with. Once the item has been created, copy the URL for the registered service from the link in the lower right corner of the item page in Portal.
Configure MobileMap Authentication settingsPortal Base Map Settings
Use the Portal item URL copied from the item created in the step above to configure MobileMap to use this base map. Go To enter this URL in MobileMap settings go to Settings > Authentication > Portal Base Map URLs and enter as “servicename1:serviceURL1,servicename2:serviceURL2” where servicename is the human readable layer name (e.g., Imagery) and serviceURL is the full URL to the base map service.
Inventory Manager / Spatial CMS
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If your organization uses InventoryManager or another Spatial CMS application and Portal, it will be necessary to register the web application as well. This process will be similar to MobileMap, but you will need to register the application with the following settings:
Type: Web applicationmapping
URL: (e.g., https://yourproject.wsgapps.com)
Next form
Title: InventoryManager
Tags: InventoryManager
Settings
Purpose: Self-configurable
API: Other
Register: Browser
Save
App Registration
Redirect URI:
Callback URL (e.g., https://yourproject.wsgapps.com)
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