Manage locators

While there are many commercially available locators and geocode services, such as ArcGIS World Geocoder, they may not meet your organization's needs. You can create a custom locator in ArcGIS Pro to ensure that your geocoding needs are met.

When custom locators created in ArcGIS Pro are shared with your organization, they are published as geocode services and power the locator items created in your portal. Item owners and administrators can configure properties and start and stop the geocode service from ArcGIS Server Manager or the locator's item page.

Start and stop services

When administering locators, you may need to start and stop geocode services.

Start a service

To start a geocode service, complete the following steps:

1. Sign in to the organization as the item owner with publishing privileges or as an administrator.
2. Open the item page for the locator.
3. Click the Settings tab.
4. Go to the Locator section.
5. Click the Start button.

   The service starts. If the Start button is unavailable, the service has already started and is running.

Stop a service

To stop a geocode service, complete the following steps:

1. Sign in to the organization as the item owner with publishing privileges or as an administrator.
2. Open the item page for the locator.
3. Click the Settings tab.
4. Go to the Locator section.
5. Click the Stop button, and click the Stop Service button in the pop-up window.

   The service you selected stops. If the Stop button is unavailable, the service has already stopped.

Set properties for the geocode service

To configure geocode service properties from the locator's item page, complete the following steps:

1. Sign in to the organization as the item owner with publishing privileges or as an administrator.
2. Open the item page for the locator.
3. Click the Settings tab.
4. Go to the Locator section.
5. Expand the Configuration heading.

   The following operations are available:

   • Geocode—Find addresses or geocode a table of addresses.
   • Reverse Geocode—Return an address for a point location on a map.
   • Suggest—Generate autocomplete suggestions for user input.

6. Optionally, check or uncheck the Reverse Geocode and Suggest check boxes.

   Note:

   The Geocode option cannot be modified from the item page. To modify this operation, use ArcGIS Server Manager.
7. Expand the Parameters heading.
8. Optionally, modify the values for the following parameters:
   • Maximum number of candidates returned by the server—The number of candidates returned when you find addresses interactively. The response time is less when there are fewer candidates to return. This parameter applies to both SOAP and REST applications.
   • Maximum number of records to be processed in each batch job—The number of records, as a record set, to be processed at a time on the server when you geocode a table of addresses. The default value, 1,000, is an optimal size for avoiding large overhead costs and excessive consumption of CPU resources on the server. This parameter only applies to applications using SOAP.
   • Recommended number of records to pass in each batch job—The number of records the client passes to the server for processing at a time on the server when you geocode a table of addresses. This value must not exceed the value of the Maximum number of records to be processed in each batch job parameter. In most cases, both parameters are set with the same value. Using this parameter, the server administrator can optimize the process by controlling the number of records to be passed to the server in each batch geocoding request.
9. Click Save to apply the changes you made.