An ArcGIS portal
What's in this guide
This guide introduces portal, how to use tools
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Portal service
A portal service provides the functionality to securely create, access, and manage content, data services, users, and groups in a portal. The service can be hosted by Esri or in ArcGIS Enterprise. -
Feature service
A feature service is a data service that provides access to spatial and non-spatial data in feature layers, feature layer views, and tables. -
Map tile service
A map tile service, formerly known as image tile service, is a data service that provides access to static, pre-rendered mao tiles. The tiles are typical in PNG format. Map tiles are typically retrieved by specifying a specific level, row, and column value. -
Vector tile service
A vector tile service is a data service that provides access to vector tile data and a style definition. -
Image service
An image service is a data service that can store, process, analyze, and share raster data.
Learn about portals
Introduction to portals
Learn what a portal is, how to access it, and what you can do with it.
Tools
Learn how to use tools in your portal to manage content items, and create 2D or 3D maps.
Apps
Learn how to use applications in your portal to create, share, and interact with geospatial data.
Learn how to use the portal service
Introduction to portal service
Learn what is the portal service and how to use it.
Security
Control access and sharing levels of content in your portal.
Settings
Customize security configurations, manage dedicated ArcGIS Server sites, and set up services.
Items
Create, manage, and share items in your portal using the portal service.
Users and groups
Manage permissions and control access to your content using users and groups.
Search
Discover, locate, and access a wide range of geographic content in your portal.
Learn how to use data services
Introduction to data services
Learn what are data services and how to use them.
Feature services
Serve geospatial data over the internet making your data available for use in web clients, desktop apps, and mobile apps.
Vector tile services
Create and share vector tiles for efficient rendering and styling of maps across a variety of devices and scales.
Map tile services
Create and share raster map tiles for fast and efficient rendering of maps across a variety of devices and scales.
Image services
Create, share and access raster imagery for dynamic visualization, analysis, and streaming of large imagery collections in web, desktop, and mobile devices.