Felt Servers

Publish layers to a Felt Server and reuse them across maps. Data edits and refreshes stay synced wherever the layers appear.

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A Felt Server lets your workspace reuse layers across maps. Publish a layer from a map or upload a file to the server, then add it to other maps. Data edits and refreshes reach every synced copy; each map keeps its own styles, filters, legend settings, and components.

For public datasets that Felt curates, see Global Library.

Publish a layer to a Felt Server

Publishing a layer needs Edit access to the Felt Server and to the map. Publishing adds the layer to a Felt Server and keeps the map's layer synced to it.

1. On the map, click Edit map in the toolbar.

2. In the legend, click the ··· menu on the layer and click Publish….

3. Under Publish to, select a Felt Server, and optionally a folder in it.

4. Click Publish.

You can also select the layer and click Publish to Felt Server, the rocket icon at the top of the detail panel. To publish several layers at once, select them in the legend before you open the menu or click the icon.

Upload data to a Felt Server

You can add files or URLs to a Felt Server without putting them on a map first.

1. Click Data sources in the toolbar, then select the Felt Server.

2. In the server's header, click Upload.

3. Click Upload file to choose files from your computer, or From URL to add data hosted at a URL.

Felt Server uploads accept the same file types (including ZIP files) and URLs as map uploads, with the same Data limits.

Add a Felt Server layer to a map

Adding a Felt Server layer to a map needs View access to the Felt Server and Edit access to the map.

1. On the map, click Data sources in the toolbar.

2. Select the Felt Server in the dialog's sidebar.

3. Find the layer and click Add to map. The layer appears on the map, synced to the Felt Server.

To add a copy that doesn't sync, open the layer, click the arrow next to Add to map, turn off Sync, and click Add to map. To start a new map from a layer, open it on the workspace home page and click Create map.

Real-time sync

By default, a layer syncs with a Felt Server when you publish it to the server or add it from the server to a map.

• Synced across maps: features, attribute values, and columns. Deleting a column removes it from every map, and Felt asks you to confirm when other maps use it.

• Set per map: the layer's name, styling, filters, legend settings, and dashboard components.

• Refreshes: a Felt Server layer doesn't refresh on a schedule. Clicking Refresh or Upload new version in a synced layer's Data tab updates the layer in the Felt Server, so every synced map gets the new data. The update also replaces edits made on every map. See Refresh data.

• Snapshots: raster layers, tile layers, and layers that refresh on a schedule (with Live on) don't sync. Publishing or adding one makes a copy.

• Access: synced edits need Edit access to the Felt Server. With View access, you see updates but can't make synced edits.

• Duplicates: a copy of a synced layer, or of a map with one, stays synced within the same workspace. See How copies stay in step.

• Offline: Field App edits made offline sync when you're back online. See Work offline.

A synced layer shows a green sync badge in the legend, and its Data tab shows Status as Real-time sync. To see which maps use a layer, open it in the Felt Server and open Synced to in the Metadata tab.

To stop syncing a layer on one map, open its Data tab and turn off Sync. The layer keeps its data as an ordinary map layer, and other maps aren't affected.

Organize a Felt Server

Open a Felt Server to rename, move, export, or delete its layers and folders.

• Click the ··· menu on a layer or folder, or right-click it, to see its actions.

• Click New folder in the server's header to create a folder, or right-click a folder and click New subfolder.

• Drag layers or folders onto a folder to move them. Cmd-click (Mac) or Ctrl-click (Windows) to select several layers.

Deleting a layer, a folder, or a whole Felt Server permanently deletes its layers from the server. Maps that use them keep their layers and data, but sync turns off.

Share and manage a Felt Server

To give people access, click Share in the server's header, then invite them with Source admin, Edit, or View access, or set a default for the workspace. To rename the server, change its description, or delete it, click Settings in the server's header.

Create another Felt Server

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A workspace can have several Felt Servers, each with its own sharing settings. For example, you can have one that only the operations team can edit.

1. On the workspace home page, click + next to Data sources.

2. In the dialog, click Felt Server.

3. Enter a name and an optional description, then click Create.