[Geoserver-users] Advertised option in Layer Edit

Sandra_Kennish · August 5, 2013, 10:03am

Hello

I’m new to Geoserver, however I’ve used the Advertised tick box to hide layers from corporate software WMS connections. I unticked it for anything I didn’t want to be visible in MapInfo WMS, or any other WMS and this worked until recently.

However since an upgrade to 2.3.3 they are all showing again, but the Advertised option is still unticked. Does anyone know has this functionality been discontinued, it still works in 2.3.0

Thanks for any help

Sandra

Jonathan_Moules2 · August 5, 2013, 10:15am

Hi Sandra,
It works fine for me (2.3.4). A layer that isn’t set to “advertised” doesn’t show up in either the WMS 1.1.1 or 1.3.0 GetCapabilities.

If you open the GetCapabiltities documents directly (use the links on the GeoServer Admin page), are the layers listed there?

I’m not sure why you’d get this behaviour.

Jonathan

On 5 August 2013 11:03, Sandra Kennish <s.kennish@anonymised.com> wrote:

Hello

I’m new to Geoserver, however I’ve used the Advertised tick box to hide layers from corporate software WMS connections. I unticked it for anything I didn’t want to be visible in MapInfo WMS, or any other WMS and this worked until recently.

However since an upgrade to 2.3.3 they are all showing again, but the Advertised option is still unticked. Does anyone know has this functionality been discontinued, it still works in 2.3.0

Thanks for any help

Sandra

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Jonathan_Moules2 · August 5, 2013, 11:23am

Hi Sandra,
(I think we lost the list there for a bit).

So what was the solution? Changing back to 1.1.1? Do the not-advertised layers still appear in the 1.3.0 GetCapabilities then?
If so it may be worth reporting this as a bug (see - http://docs.geoserver.org/latest/en/user/introduction/gettinginvolved.html#bug-tracking ). Be sure to include copies of the GetCapabilities for both versions.

Now to find a way of getting rid of my Layer Groups so they don’t show…

I did look into that as part of testing your issue, but couldn’t see an explicit option. However LayerGroups do inherit at least some stuff from their component layers, so if /all/ layers in a layer group are set to not-advertised I’d hope/expect the layerGroup would then be notAdvertisied. Just guessing there though.

Kind Regards,

Jonathan

On 5 August 2013 12:13, Sandra Kennish <s.kennish@anonymised.com> wrote:

Hi Jonathan

Ok I think I’ve sussed it:

I can definitely see the hidden layers in MapInfo (v12) and load them, using just http://example.com/geoserver/wms/,

1.3 doesn’t work at all http://example.com/geoserver/wms?service=wms&version=1.3.0&request=GetCapabilities

But changing 1.3 to 1.1 in the url works and removes my hidden layers.

The SRS I would love to change, however it’s a shared server and I have to get permission to change anything, but if we are to use the server to host any WMS it does need sorting.

Now to find a way of getting rid of my Layer Groups so they don’t show…

Thanks for your help – much appreciated.

Sandra Kennish

From: Jonathan Moules [mailto:jonathanmoules@anonymised.com]
Sent: 05 August 2013 11:40
To: Sandra Kennish
Subject: Re: [Geoserver-users] Advertised option in Layer Edit

Hi Sandra,

The “ows” one is “preferred” as I understand it. It can be used for both WMS and WFS for one thing.

However, whether I use:

http://example.com/geoserver/ows?service=wms&version=1.3.0&request=GetCapabilities

or

http://example.com/geoserver/wms?service=wms&version=1.3.0&request=GetCapabilities

or

http://example.com/geoserver/wfs?service=wms&version=1.3.0&request=GetCapabilities (strictly speaking this is wrong for obvious reason )

in all cases if a layer is advertised=false then it won’t be included in the resultant file.

The error you’re getting looks like an Internet Explorer thing. It doesn’t like XML much. Try a different browser on the 1.1.1 getCapabilties. Or saving the file to your computer and looking at it in notepad or the like. That should hopefully get you the complete file.

Another thing - You should probably limit your list of SRS’s. In the admin page, click “WMS”. On this page there’s an option called “limited SRS list” - add the coordinate systems that you’re likely to use. Probably just 27700 and 4326 - the one’s listed in your email are for central Europe and the North York Moors aren’t /that/ big.

It’s a small optimisation, but it might make the file easier for IE to parse given that’s where it’s failing.

Regards,

Jonathan

On 5 August 2013 11:26, Sandra Kennish <s.kennish@anonymised.com> wrote:

Hi Jonathan

Thanks for your reply.

If I view it from the admin, the url ends like this geoserver/ows?service=wms&version=1.3.0&request=GetCapabilities

Then the layers aren’t visible here.

The url that I’ve always used has wms instead of ows and its that shows all the layers, however that xml page has an error at the bottom

Cannot view XML input using XSL style sheet. Please correct the error and then click the Refresh button, or try again later.

The following tags were not closed: WMS_Capabilities, Capability, Layer, CRS. Error processing resource 'http://

nt:-2em"> EPSG:32626

EPSG:32627

EPSG:32628

EPSG:32629

EPSG:32630

SSShould I be using the ows one?

Sandra

From: Jonathan Moules [mailto:jonathanmoules@anonymised.com]
Sent: 05 August 2013 11:16
To: Sandra Kennish
Cc: geoserver-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Geoserver-users] Advertised option in Layer Edit

Hi Sandra,

It works fine for me (2.3.4). A layer that isn’t set to “advertised” doesn’t show up in either the WMS 1.1.1 or 1.3.0 GetCapabilities.

If you open the GetCapabiltities documents directly (use the links on the GeoServer Admin page), are the layers listed there?

I’m not sure why you’d get this behaviour.

Jonathan

On 5 August 2013 11:03, Sandra Kennish <s.kennish@anonymised.com> wrote:

Hello

I’m new to Geoserver, however I’ve used the Advertised tick box to hide layers from corporate software WMS connections. I unticked it for anything I didn’t want to be visible in MapInfo WMS, or any other WMS and this worked until recently.

However since an upgrade to 2.3.3 they are all showing again, but the Advertised option is still unticked. Does anyone know has this functionality been discontinued, it still works in 2.3.0

Thanks for any help

Sandra

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Sandra_Kennish · August 5, 2013, 11:38am

Hi Jonathan

Changing the url we use in MapInfo back to 1.1.1 lets me connect and see the filtered list.

Using 1.3.0 results in an xml error, can’t connect at all.

And chopping the url off at the /wms results in us seeing everything (which is what I used when the 1.3.0 url wouldn’t work.

I don’t think that hiding all the layers in a Layer Group results in the Layer Group being hidden, as several of mine are set to that and I can still see them. Also I have added my database/workspace name into the url so I can only see those layers, and that hasn’t filtered out Layer Groups which use a different workspace/database either.

Sandra

Sandra Kennish

···

(I think we lost the list there for a bit).

So what was the solution? Changing back to 1.1.1? Do the not-advertised layers still appear in the 1.3.0 GetCapabilities then?

If so it may be worth reporting this as a bug (see - http://docs.geoserver.org/latest/en/user/introduction/gettinginvolved.html#bug-tracking ). Be sure to include copies of the GetCapabilities for both versions.

Now to find a way of getting rid of my Layer Groups so they don’t show…

I did look into that as part of testing your issue, but couldn’t see an explicit option. However LayerGroups do inherit at least some stuff from their component layers, so if /all/ layers in a layer group are set to not-advertised I’d hope/expect the layerGroup would then be notAdvertisied. Just guessing there though.

Kind Regards,

Jonathan

On 5 August 2013 12:13, Sandra Kennish <s.kennish@anonymised.com> wrote:

Hi Jonathan

Ok I think I’ve sussed it:

I can definitely see the hidden layers in MapInfo (v12) and load them, using just http://example.com/geoserver/wms/,

1.3 doesn’t work at all http://example.com/geoserver/wms?service=wms&version=1.3.0&request=GetCapabilities

But changing 1.3 to 1.1 in the url works and removes my hidden layers.

The SRS I would love to change, however it’s a shared server and I have to get permission to change anything, but if we are to use the server to host any WMS it does need sorting.

Now to find a way of getting rid of my Layer Groups so they don’t show…

Thanks for your help – much appreciated.

Sandra Kennish

From: Jonathan Moules [mailto:jonathanmoules@anonymised.com]
Sent: 05 August 2013 11:40
To: Sandra Kennish
Subject: Re: [Geoserver-users] Advertised option in Layer Edit

Hi Sandra,

The “ows” one is “preferred” as I understand it. It can be used for both WMS and WFS for one thing.

However, whether I use:

http://example.com/geoserver/ows?service=wms&version=1.3.0&request=GetCapabilities

or

http://example.com/geoserver/wms?service=wms&version=1.3.0&request=GetCapabilities

or

http://example.com/geoserver/wfs?service=wms&version=1.3.0&request=GetCapabilities (strictly speaking this is wrong for obvious reason )

in all cases if a layer is advertised=false then it won’t be included in the resultant file.

The error you’re getting looks like an Internet Explorer thing. It doesn’t like XML much. Try a different browser on the 1.1.1 getCapabilties. Or saving the file to your computer and looking at it in notepad or the like. That should hopefully get you the complete file.

Another thing - You should probably limit your list of SRS’s. In the admin page, click “WMS”. On this page there’s an option called “limited SRS list” - add the coordinate systems that you’re likely to use. Probably just 27700 and 4326 - the one’s listed in your email are for central Europe and the North York Moors aren’t /that/ big.

It’s a small optimisation, but it might make the file easier for IE to parse given that’s where it’s failing.

Regards,

Jonathan

On 5 August 2013 11:26, Sandra Kennish <s.kennish@anonymised.com37…> wrote:

Hi Jonathan

Thanks for your reply.

If I view it from the admin, the url ends like this geoserver/ows?service=wms&version=1.3.0&request=GetCapabilities

Then the layers aren’t visible here.

The url that I’ve always used has wms instead of ows and its that shows all the layers, however that xml page has an error at the bottom

Cannot view XML input using XSL style sheet. Please correct the error and then click the Refresh button, or try again later.

The following tags were not closed: WMS_Capabilities, Capability, Layer, CRS. Error processing resource 'http://

nt:-2em"> EPSG:32626

EPSG:32627

EPSG:32628

EPSG:32629

EPSG:32630

SSShould I be using the ows one?

Sandra

From: Jonathan Moules [mailto:jonathanmoules@anonymised.com]
Sent: 05 August 2013 11:16
To: Sandra Kennish
Cc: geoserver-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Geoserver-users] Advertised option in Layer Edit

Hi Sandra,

It works fine for me (2.3.4). A layer that isn’t set to “advertised” doesn’t show up in either the WMS 1.1.1 or 1.3.0 GetCapabilities.

If you open the GetCapabiltities documents directly (use the links on the GeoServer Admin page), are the layers listed there?

I’m not sure why you’d get this behaviour.

Jonathan

On 5 August 2013 11:03, Sandra Kennish <s.kennish@anonymised.com37…> wrote:

Hello

I’m new to Geoserver, however I’ve used the Advertised tick box to hide layers from corporate software WMS connections. I unticked it for anything I didn’t want to be visible in MapInfo WMS, or any other WMS and this worked until recently.

However since an upgrade to 2.3.3 they are all showing again, but the Advertised option is still unticked. Does anyone know has this functionality been discontinued, it still works in 2.3.0

Thanks for any help

Sandra

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