Guidance for management workflows

Generally, the workflow for managing and publishing multidimensional datasets includes some or all of the following steps (with links to relevant Help documentation):

1. Create a mosaic dataset (optional)

   Note:

   Open-source Python scripts from Esri, called MDCS, are also available to help automate the creation of mosaic datasets.

   Once you’ve created a mosaic dataset, you have two options:

   • You can publish the mosaic dataset directly as an image service.
   • You can convert it to CRF, optionally build a transpose, then publish the CRF as an image service.
2. Create a CRF and build a transpose (optional)

   Note:

   Building a transpose CRF will write a temporary file in the output folder; you should have at least twice the disk space of the transpose available.

3. Configure processing templates (optional)

   Note:

   CRF supports processing templates in ArcGIS Pro 2.7+.

4. Publish the image service
5. Update the image service