Mastering ArcGIS Enterprise Administration

Portal for ArcGIS

When it comes to Portal, organization and housekeeping are crucial to keeping a well-maintained environment. It is important to always keep in mind that with Portal, just as with ArcGIS Online, every item has an Item ID, and IDs are how items are referenced. This is how and why you can change ownership of items and move items from one folder to another without impacting any other items that might be hydrated by the moved item. Use these capabilities to your advantage by organizing items into folders and changing names when necessary to keep your content organized.

Ownership of items is a common hang up for those new to Portal administration. To publish items to Portal, use a publisher-level account, not an admin-level (principle ...