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Integrating ArcGIS and Office 365
GeoDev Meetup
50th Annual Alaska Surveying & Mapping Conference
February 17th, 2016
David Howes, Ph.D. - David
Howes, LLCdhowes.com
Challenge
Integrate the capabilities of
• Office 365-Excel add-ins
• ArcGIS for Server geoprocessing• .NET Server Object Extension
• Python geoprocessing service
• ArcGIS Online mapping
Why?
Business Case
• Office 365 rapid growth: small business -> large enterprises
• Excel/ArcGIS integration -> “GeoEnrichment”
• David Howes, LLC• GIS consulting business
• Tools, processes and supporting infrastructure
• Clients big and small
Business Case: Client Needs
1. Select some records
2. Send data to ArcGIS Server
3. Do something with it
4. Get some results back
5. Display them on worksheet and map
Creating the Excel Add-in
Including the ArcGIS
Online Map
Creating the .NET Server Object Extension
Creating the Python Geoprocessing Service
How it Fits Together
Development Configuration
• ArcGIS Server running on laptop
• Data stored in file geodatabase
• Map service using point features
• Map hosted by ArcGIS Online
• Add-in hosted by IIS Express (Visual Studio 2013)
What Could Go Wrong?
Add-In: SharePoint Online App Catalog
ArcGIS Server SOE: Error Messages
General Function Failure
General Function Failure
ArcGIS Server SOE: Upload
Python GP Service: Missing Output
Takeaway Messages
• Potentially huge market for Office 365/GIS integration
• Office 365 add-ins offer highly customizable complement to Esri Maps for Office, often based on existing GIS infrastructure
• Investment in server/cloud skills very worthwhile
Thanksfor
Coming
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