How To: Update the maximum record count for feature services in ArcGIS Online
Summary
The maxRecordCount property is used to define how many features can be accessed when querying data in a hosted feature service, or when creating a local copy of a hosted feature service for use with ArcMap. The default maxRecordCount value is 1000.
A feature service's maximum number of records in the REST endpoint can be changed by increasing the maxRecordCount value.
Note: The number of features displayed in a web map is no longer determined by the maxRecordCount. This article describes how to increase maxRecordCount for querying from REST or for creating a local copy of a service in ArcMap.
The instructions provided describe how to update or change the maximum number of records of feature services in the REST endpoint in ArcGIS Online.
Note: It may be necessary to visit each layer to update the parameter if there are multiple layers in the service.
Note: The max record count determines the maximum number of features that can be returned in a single request. When a service has this set too high, a client can try to request all the data in a single request that is slow to generate and too large to send across the Internet.
Procedure
Ensure the feature service is not shared publicly with everyone before using this workflow.
- Log in to www.arcgis.com with administrator credentials.
- Click My Content, and navigate to the intended feature service. Open the feature service.
Note: If the error "There are no services available" is returned when visiting the ArcGIS REST Administrator Directory, the hosted feature service is shared with 'Everyone' (public).
- On the item details page of the feature service, under Layers, select the desired feature layer.

- On the right side of the feature layer's details page, under URL, click the Copy icon to copy the service URL, and paste it in a browser's address bar.

- Modify the URL to the one displayed below:
- Insert "admin" between "rest" and "services".
- Please note that the number at the end of the URL may or may not be a zero.
https://services.arcgis.com/xxxx/arcgis/rest/admin/services/Layername/FeatureServer/0
- Press Enter to access the new page.
- Scroll to the bottom of the page, and click Update Definition.
- Change the value of the lastEditDate key to null.

- Search for the maxRecordCount parameter (Press Ctrl+F and search for maxRecordCount). Change the value to the desired number of records.

- Click Update Layer Definition.
In this example, a maximum of 2000 features can now be returned when querying from REST or when creating a local copy of the service in ArcMap.
Related Information
- ArcGIS REST API: Update Definition (Feature Service)
- ArcGIS REST API: Update Definition (Feature Layer)
- FAQ: Is there a feature limit in ArcGIS Online?
- Error: Layer did not draw completely because there are too many features to display
Last Published: 1/7/2021
Article ID: 000012383