Layer Description Tags: A Comprehensive List

I hope most of our Dekho users are aware of what can be done with Layer Description Tags; things like hiding a layer or legend, or making layers un-selectable.  If this concept is new to you – I will give you a quick explanation of how they are applied.

1)       In your configuration .mxd, right click on one (or more) of your service layers (or groups of layers)

2)      Go into ‘Properties’ and under the ‘General’ tab write one or more tags into the ‘Description’ text box, for example: LEGEND_VISIBLE=FALSE; IDENTIFY=FALSE;

3)      Save the mxd and then publish it as a map through Dekho Admin.

4)       When you then view the map in Dekho, in this example your layer will display, but the legend will not be visible in the table of contents. Additionally the layer will be hidden from the Info tool.

NB: Make sure you include the ; at the end of each tag you use.

There are numerous tags, with descriptions spread across the Dekho Web Help, Dekho Blogs and Dekho TV. However, we have now compiled them into a single resource, complete with links to the relevant web pages. At present this exists as PDF document you can download (and print out for your wall!), but in the future it will make it into the main help. I hope this is helpful to you and please comment if you have any improvements.

Here is the Link to download the Download Layer Description Tag PDF