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Geoprocessing services

Geoprocessing services expose the analytical and data processing capabilities of ArcGIS Server through the publishing of the ArcGIS Model Builder models, Python Toolboxes, and custom Python scripts. A geoprocessing service is comprised of one or more geoprocessing tasks, each of which represents a geoprocessing tool. In a geoprocessing service, a task takes input from an application (typically, as input from a user) as input, processes it, and performs any calculations, and returns meaningful output in the form of maps, features, reports, files, or, in the case of a custom geoprocessing service, some sort of custom output.

If a geoprocessing service requires a great deal of server resources (memory or CPU power), it ...