GeoCat Bridge tab

In this version of GeoCat Bridge, all publishing is triggered from buttons in the GeoCat Bridge tab of the so-called ribbon interface at the top. It also contains some buttons that allow you to toggle specific views.

The GeoCat Bridge ribbon tab should look similar to this:

The ribbon is divided into 2 groups: Views and Publish.

Views group

The Views group contains all buttons that toggle a (dockable) pane.

Settings button

Shows the GeoCat Bridge settings in the so-called ArcGIS Pro backstage. This is the same location where you can also find the ArcGIS Pro project settings.

For information on how to set up GeoCat Bridge, please consult the configuration walkthrough.

Manage Content button

Shows (or hides) the Data Spaces pane and focuses on the Content tab.

Here you can view and manage your GeoServer node(s).

Style Preview button

Shows (or hides) the Style Preview pane where you can preview the converted SLD symbology of selected layers.

Publish group

The Publish group contains all buttons that perform some kind of publishing action:

• Publish Map button

• Layer buttons:

  • All Layers
  • Selected Layers

• Style buttons:

  • All Styles
  • Selected Layers

Publishing Context

All button actions depend on the active data space which can be set in the Data Spaces panel.

Publish Map button

If you wish to publish the whole active map (i.e. all publishable layer data, styles, and group layers) as a GeoServer workspace, this button is for you. However, it is important to note that the behavior of this button depends on how you configured it.
 

Warning

Be aware that this publishing action is (potentially) destructive: any existing target workspace of the same name will be purged and replaced by the new one. If you wish to keep your workspace contents, use the other publishing buttons instead (e.g. All Layers).

Note that a warning only shows up if you have configured the button to not start publishing immediately:

All Layers button

Publishes all (group) layers of the active map to the selected workspace, preserving existing workspace content. However, note that any layers and/or styles in the target workspace with the same name will be overwritten.

Selected Layers button

Behaves the same as the All Layers button, but will only publish the layers that you have selected in the Table of Contents (TOC) of the active map.
This button will only be available if one or more layers have been selected.

All Styles button

Behaves the same as the All Layers button, but it only publishes the layer style without the (meta)data. This may be useful e.g. if you have updated the symbology in ArcGIS Pro, and you wish to apply these changes to the GeoServer layers as well, without having to upload (potentially large) datasets again.

Selected Styles button

This button behaves the same as the All Styles button, but will only publish the styles of the layers that you have selected in the Table of Contents (TOC) of the active map.
This button will only be available if one or more layers have been selected.