BUG-000170398 for Portal for ArcGIS

Bug ID Number	BUG-000170398
Submitted	August 30, 2024
Last Modified	November 7, 2024
Applies to	Portal for ArcGIS
Version found	10.9.1
Operating System	N/A
Operating System Version	N/A
Status	As Designed

Additional Information

When publishing a WFS service, the field aliases are used by default and modified to fit the criteria of a field name (i.e. replace spaces with underscores etc.). The documentation isn't clear on this, the documentation will be updated for WFS services. Use the ignoreAliases service property as described in the workaround section to force the service to use field names instead of field aliases.

Workaround

Set the ignoreAliases WFS service property to true to force the service to use the field names instead of the field aliases.

Steps:

1. Sign in to the ArcGIS Server REST admin api, e.g. https:///server/admin

2. Under Resources, click Services and the service to be enabled.

3. Scroll to the bottom and select Edit under the Supported Operations section. This shows the service properties in JSON format.

4. Scroll to find the section where typeName: WFSServer.

5. In the Properties section, under serviceType:, add a new line ignoreAliases: true.

6. Click the Save Edits button.

7. The service now uses the field names instead of the field aliases. Refer to this documentation https://developers.arcgis.com/rest/enterprise-administration/server/extensiontypes/#wfsserver for more information about the ignoreAliases and other WFS service properties.