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Where are the geoprocessing inputs persisted by ArcMap?

Lakshmi_KanthanMuralikrishnan

Hi all,

When we run a script tool, the geoprocessing result appears in the Results window, wherein we can re-run the result, publish a geoprocessing service, etc. This means that ArcMap is writing the signature (parameters and environment settings) for the tool run to disk, so it can re-run the tool whenever required.

My questions are these:

- Where does ArcMap write the files with this information?

- If it writes this information to disk, is it written as a binary file, or is it protected? (This is essential because, I'm passing some sensitive information as parameters to a custom script tool I've developed.)

Thanks and Regards,

Lakshmi Kanthan Muralikrishnan.

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Lakshmi_KanthanMuralikrishnan

Hi Dan,

The encrypted string datatype can only be used in workflows where we have an Esri tool that can decrypt the encrypted password. But for now, I am using arcpy.setLogHistory to disable writing the tool execution history to file.

Thank you for the reference provided!

Regards,

Lakshmi Kanthan M.

DanPatterson_Retired

You would have to contact esri on that one

At the toolbox level

https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/arcpy/functions/encryptpyt.htm

but I guess it determines what you are using

Defining parameter data types in a Python toolbox—Geoprocessing and Python | ArcGIS Desktop

Encrypted String

GPEncryptedString

Encrypted string for passwords.

String Hidden

GPStringHidden

A string that is masked by * characters.

Note:

The text is not encrypted when used in scripting.

Lakshmi_KanthanMuralikrishnan

Hi Dan,

Thank you for that reference! Just one more doubt - when I have parameters that are of type StringHidden, I can see that they are stored in the history log file like this:

...
<SPAN class="token tag"><SPAN class="token tag"><SPAN class="punctuation token"><</SPAN>Parameters</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">></SPAN></SPAN>
        <SPAN class="token tag"><SPAN class="token tag"><SPAN class="punctuation token"><</SPAN>Inputs</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">></SPAN></SPAN>
            <SPAN class="token tag"><SPAN class="token tag"><SPAN class="punctuation token"><</SPAN>Parameter</SPAN> <SPAN class="attr-name token">Label</SPAN><SPAN class="attr-value token"><SPAN class="punctuation token">=</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">"</SPAN>Input Table<SPAN class="punctuation token">"</SPAN></SPAN> <SPAN class="attr-name token">Type</SPAN><SPAN class="attr-value token"><SPAN class="punctuation token">=</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">"</SPAN>Dataset<SPAN class="punctuation token">"</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">></SPAN></SPAN>D:\data\text\sample-100.csv<SPAN class="token tag"><SPAN class="token tag"><SPAN class="punctuation token"></</SPAN>Parameter</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">></SPAN></SPAN>
            <SPAN class="token tag"><SPAN class="token tag"><SPAN class="punctuation token"><</SPAN>Parameter</SPAN> <SPAN class="attr-name token">Label</SPAN><SPAN class="attr-value token"><SPAN class="punctuation token">=</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">"</SPAN>Username<SPAN class="punctuation token">"</SPAN></SPAN> <SPAN class="attr-name token">Type</SPAN><SPAN class="attr-value token"><SPAN class="punctuation token">=</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">"</SPAN>Scalar<SPAN class="punctuation token">"</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">></SPAN></SPAN>*****<SPAN class="token tag"><SPAN class="token tag"><SPAN class="punctuation token"></</SPAN>Parameter</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">></SPAN></SPAN>
...‍‍‍‍‍‍<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN>

Does it store this sensitive information somewhere else? If so, where?

Is the data encrypted? If so, what algorithm and level of encryption are used?

If not, how does ArcMap know what the hidden information is?

Regards,

Lakshmi Kanthan M.

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