ERROR 001170: The Reduced study area polygon is too small for analysis."

Error Message

When publishing or overwriting a service to ArcGIS for Server the following error is returned in the ArcMap Results window:

Error:   
"ERROR 001170: The Reduced study area polygon is too small for analysis."

Cause

The following are possible causes for this error.

• Publishing a service to ArcGIS for Server in a multi-machine cluster environment can cause this error. The following ArcGIS for Server document describes clusters in more detail:ArcGIS for Server: About GIS server clusters.

• The location of the configuration store and server directories are on a separate file server and not part of the ArcGIS Server multi-machine cluster. An intermittent network issue can cause the error.

• The Windows file-locking feature 'Opportunistic locking' is enabled in a multi-machine site. This Windows feature allows a lock to be placed on a locally cached file to improve response times and reduce network traffic.

• No machines were registered with a second ArcGIS for Server cluster site. The error can be returned when an empty cluster site is referenced for publishing.

• A corrupt map document (MXD).

Solution or Workaround