WEB TOOLS

  WHAT ARE WEB TOOLS 

✔ Web tools allow you to share your analysis with others in your ArcGIS Enterprise portal. Data is stored and processing occurs on a server that is federated with your portal, which makes it possible for a number of client applications across the ArcGIS platform to run the analysis, even at the same time.

✔ A web tool can contain one or more tools that use input data entered in a client application, process it, and return output in the form of features, maps, reports, or files. These tools are first authored and run in ArcGIS Pro, typically as custom model or script tools, before being shared to a portal. Because a web tool can reference any geoprocessing tool, the possibilities for them are infinite.

 FUNTION OF WEB TOOLS 

 WHAT ARE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WEB TOOLS DAN DESKTOP TOOLS? 

✔ The main difference between web tools and desktop geoprocessing tools is that when you run a web tool, it executes on a server computer using the resources of the server computer, as opposed to your desktop computer.

 WHAT ARE AUTHOR, PUBLISH AND USE WEB TOOLS?

AUTHOR 〰 To author a web tool, you typically create and document geoprocessing tool using ModelBuilder or Python.You do not have to create your own tool—you can also use one of the many tools included in ArcGIS.

PUBLISH 〰 Once you've authored a tool, you must next run it in ArcGIS Pro, and the tool must complete successfully. When the tool is finished running, it can be shared; sharing creates the web tool item in the portal and the back-end service on an ArcGIS server federated with the portal. You can add multiple tools that you've run to the same web tool during publishing.

USE OF WEB TOOLS 〰 After publishing the web tool, it can be used in any client app that connects to the portal. In ArcGIS Pro, you can find and use the web tool from the Portal section of the catalog pane. You can also connect directly to the federated server via REST to use the web tool's back-end geoprocessing service from other client apps, such as a web app you've created yourself or with Web AppBuilder.