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Querying ArcMap Services: Issues

Last Published: April 25, 2020

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There are a number of issues concerning the ability to query an ArcMap Service. These include:

Incorrect results and performance issues:
- Querying a field of an ArcMap Service returns incorrect result
<a href='http://support.esri.com/en/knowledgebase/techarticles/detail/23893' target='_blank'>Problem: Querying a field of an ArcMap Service returns incorrect result</a>
- Additional subfields are returned in GET_FEATURES request for an ArcMap Service
<a href='http://support.esri.com/en/knowledgebase/techarticles/detail/23944' target='_blank'>Bug:The SPATIALQUERY element's subfields attribute is ignored when features are returned from an ArcMap service</a>
- Query against a joined field of an ArcMap Server layer is very slow
<a href='http://support.esri.com/en/knowledgebase/techarticles/detail/25816' target='_blank'>Bug:Query against a joined field of an ArcMap Server layer is very slow</a>
- HTML Viewer's Find tool returns incorrect query results for ArcSDE for Coverages layers
<a href='http://support.esri.com/en/knowledgebase/techarticles/detail/22059' target='_blank'>Problem: HTML Viewer's Find tool returns incorrect query results for ArcSDE for Coverages layers</a>
- Selection from ArcMap Service event layer features using HTML client does not render
<a href='http://support.esri.com/en/knowledgebase/techarticles/detail/23897' target='_blank'>Problem: Selection from ArcMap Service event layer features using HTML client does not render</a>
- Cannot identify or select features of an ArcMap Service or the results are incorrect
<a href='http://support.esri.com/en/knowledgebase/techarticles/detail/22066' target='_blank'>Bug:Cannot identify or select features of an ArcMap Service or the results are incorrect</a>
- SPATIALQUERY results are incorrect when used with an ArcMap Service
<a href='http://support.esri.com/en/knowledgebase/techarticles/detail/26651' target='_blank'>Bug:SPATIALQUERY results are incorrect when used with an ArcMap Service</a>
- ArcMap Server does not return the envelope of a GET_FEATURES request
<a href='http://support.esri.com/en/knowledgebase/techarticles/detail/26673' target='_blank'>Bug:ArcMap Server does not return the envelope of a GET_FEATURES request</a>

General:
- How to query date fields in an ArcMap Service
<a href='http://support.esri.com/en/knowledgebase/techarticles/detail/24682' target='_blank'>FAQ: How are date fields queried in an ArcIMS Image Service vs. an ArcMap Service?</a>
- A GET_FEATURES query from an ArcMap Service returns only 2000 features
<a href='http://support.esri.com/en/knowledgebase/techarticles/detail/22911' target='_blank'>Problem: A GET_FEATURES query from an ArcMap Service returns only 2000 features</a>
- Can I change selection rendering of an ArcMap Service using AXL?
<a href='http://support.esri.com/en/knowledgebase/techarticles/detail/23269' target='_blank'>FAQ: Can I change selection rendering of an ArcMap Service using AXL?</a>
- Does ArcMap Server support field alias set in ArcMap?
<a href='http://support.esri.com/en/knowledgebase/techarticles/detail/23889' target='_blank'>FAQ: Does ArcMap Server support field alias set in ArcMap?</a>
- Does ArcMapServer support field visibility settings of the orginal map?
<a href='http://support.esri.com/en/knowledgebase/techarticles/detail/23892' target='_blank'>FAQ: Does ArcMap Server support field visibility settings of the original map?</a>
- Number formatting set in the ArcMap document is lost when served
<a href='http://support.esri.com/en/knowledgebase/techarticles/detail/23945' target='_blank'>Bug:Number formatting set in the ArcMap document is lost when served</a>

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