HOW TO
Not all ArcGIS Image Server raster types offer identical options; however, anyone can edit the defaults or user interface to add the options they need. Instructions provided describe how to edit ArcGIS Raster Datasets raster type to use the internal overviews that may exist in a raster dataset.
OPTION ONE
To include internal overviews automatically, when adding ArcGIS Raster Datasets raster types, open the file c:\Program Files\Common Files\ESRI\Image Server\XADefs\RPDef Generators\AORaster.RPDefGen.Process.XADef in a text editor and change the IncludeInternalOverviews setting from False to True, as shown below.
From:
<IncludeInternalOverviews IncludeInternalOverviews_TYPE_="Bool" IncludeInternalOverviews_DESCRIPTION_="Include internal overviews" IncludeInternalOverviews_REQUIRED_="No" IncludeInternalOverviews_VALIDATIONRULE_="" IncludeInternalOverviews_LIST_="" IncludeInternalOverviews_LONGDESCRIPTION_="Specify whether internal layers of the Raster should be included." IncludeInternalOverviews_UOM_="" IncludeInternalOverviews_ID_="" IncludeInternalOverviews_HELP_="">False</IncludeInternalOverviews>
To:
<IncludeInternalOverviews IncludeInternalOverviews_TYPE_="Bool" IncludeInternalOverviews_DESCRIPTION_="Include internal overviews" IncludeInternalOverviews_REQUIRED_="No" IncludeInternalOverviews_VALIDATIONRULE_="" IncludeInternalOverviews_LIST_="" IncludeInternalOverviews_LONGDESCRIPTION_="Specify whether internal layers of the Raster should be included." IncludeInternalOverviews_UOM_="" IncludeInternalOverviews_ID_="" IncludeInternalOverviews_HELP_="">True</IncludeInternalOverviews>
OPTION TWO
To include the internal overviews option on the user interface, open c:\Program Files\Common Files\ESRI\Image Server\XADefs\RPDef Generators\AORaster.RPDefGen.Process.XFDef in a text editor and add the following under the forceDefaultSRS node.
<IncludeInternalOverviews IncludeInternalOverviews_LEFT_="" IncludeInternalOverviews_TOP_="" IncludeInternalOverviews_WIDTH_="" IncludeInternalOverviews_HEIGHT_="" IncludeInternalOverviews_TABINDEX_="" IncludeInternalOverviews_BOLD_="" IncludeInternalOverviews_READONLY_="" IncludeInternalOverviews_VISIBLE_="" IncludeInternalOverviews_ID_="">
</IncludeInternalOverviews>
The following displays where to insert the above text:
Below is a result of the added text, when it is viewed in the GUI:
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