clone_items error KeyError: 'dataSource'

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I'm trying to clone a dashboard. I've cloned other dashboards before without this happening. It's very basic dashboard with one map and a gauge and date picker. It's just for testing. It's published and has an id and works via portal. from arcgis.gis import GIS id = "71cf8cc7573f400b845ce79a772d7b2a" #actual id of dashboard src=GIS(url=url, username=username, password=password, verify_cert=True) trg = GIS(url=url, username=username2, password=password2, verify_cert=True) db = src.content.get(id) trg.content.clone_items(items=[db]) This immediately fails. Was something mandatory left out in the construction process? Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Users\me\code\source\repos\arcgis-cloner\src\portal_app.py", line 211, in run_item_clone cloned_item = env.content.clone_items( ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "c:\Users\me\.virtualenvs\arcgis-cloner-pO5T1BLr\Lib\site-packages\arcgis\gis\__init__.py", line 8738, in clone_items deep_cloner = clone._DeepCloner( ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "c:\Users\me\.virtualenvs\arcgis-cloner-pO5T1BLr\Lib\site-packages\arcgis\_impl\common\_clone.py", line 130, in __init__ dash_list = self._clone_dashboard(item) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "c:\Users\me\.virtualenvs\arcgis-cloner-pO5T1BLr\Lib\site-packages\arcgis\_impl\common\_clone.py", line 157, in _clone_dashboard if dataset["dataSource"]["itemId"] not in item_list: ~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ KeyError: 'dataSource' During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred: Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in File "c:\Users\me\.virtualenvs\arcgis-cloner-pO5T1BLr\Lib\site-packages\arcgis\gis\__init__.py", line 8738, in clone_items deep_cloner = clone._DeepCloner( ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "c:\Users\me\.virtualenvs\arcgis-cloner-pO5T1BLr\Lib\site-packages\arcgis\_impl\common\_clone.py", line 125, in __init__ item["type"] == "Dashboard" ~~~~^^^^^^^^ TypeError: string indices must be integers, not 'str' Edit: fixed typo in code. block 1 demo had missing example lines

JBergman · Answer

Have you tried cloning the items in the dashboard first, getting the new item ids, and then cloning with a dictionary? I had a the same error messages cloning two dashboards over to a client's account and used ArcGIS Assistant to get through it, but I'm wondering if the dictionary approach would work next time.

mtebbe · Answer

Just wanted to add that I am having a similar issue! I'm getting KeyError: 'dataSource', but not the TypeError. I tried going into the source files and making the suggested changes and it did not work.

I don't know if this is helpful information, but it's only happening on some dashboards for me. I was able to clone these two, but not any of these three: one two three.

If anyone has a solution please let me know! I need to get these cloned by the end of the week ideally...

chris_del101 · Answer

Yeah I've opened some of the source files as you suggest but don't have the resources to invest working through it. I saw that line too but have no idea why the dashboard would be missing that key in the first place.

As this is a bug that users cannot solve I opened an issue. Will post any useful updates.

This clone functionality is so crucial to us over here, and there are so many bugs in this one API, that we've discussed a kind of "fork" to try and get a working version.