Configuring an Esri Portal for ArcGIS

By default, i2 Esri is configured to connect to Esri ArcGIS Online. You can configure the connection to point to your own Esri Portal for ArcGIS.

About this task

To connect to your own Esri Portal for ArcGIS, you must edit the portal.config file. This file is located in the following folder:

%AppData%\Local\i2\i2 Analyst's Notebook 9\ESRI Portal

The Microsoft constant special item ID list (CSIDL) is used to represent the standard folder. The actual location might vary between different versions of Microsoft Windows.

The configuration file contains the following information:

<Portal>
<Uri>http://www.arcgis.com/sharing/rest</Uri>
<ItemId>c0a0cb9dbefb452b89f38ce4a9477834</ItemId>
</Portal>

Where:


`Uri`	Is the URI of the Esri Portal for ArcGIS that you want to connect to. Note: This URI should be in the following format http://`<host name>`/sharing/rest
`ItemID` (optional)	Is the ID of the map that you want to connect to by default in your Esri Portal for ArcGIS.

Procedure

Locate the portal.config file and open it in your preferred editor.
Replace the URI with the URI of your Esri Portal for ArcGIS.
You can specify a map to open by default or use the first available map on your Esri Portal for ArcGIS:
- To specify a default map, replace the ItemID with the ID of the required map.
  To obtain the ID of a map, go to the portal home page and click the map to open it. The ID is the number at the end of the address. For example, the map http://www.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?webmap=c0a0cb9dbefb452b89f38ce4a9477834 has an ID of c0a0cb9dbefb452b89f38ce4a9477834.
- To use the first available map, delete the following line:
```
<ItemId>c0a0cb9dbefb452b89f38ce4a9477834</ItemId>
```
Save the file.

Results

You are now configured to connect to your own Esri Portal for ArcGIS. You must restart Analyst's Notebook for the change to take effect.

To return to the default settings after you edit the configuration file, delete the portal.config file. If the configuration file or the folder that contains it is deleted, a new configuration file is automatically created that contains the default settings.