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I was testing the use of the API Key functionality for conducting python automation via the arcgis python api and I expected API Key privileges to apply. However, testing indicated API key privileges were following the user role that owns the key, not the privileges set in the key itself. I'm wondering if there is a bug in the Arcgis API or if I am missing something? Testing steps: Using ArcGIS Online, I created an API key to test allowing access to organization resources via an automation script. I gave the key one privilege: Admin>Content>View all. This also automatically selects the additional privileges: General>Members>View; General>Content>View content shared with organization; Admin>Members>View all. A referrer url was not designated. The test used arcgis python api version 2.3.0.3. After using gis = arcgis.gis.GIS(api_key="*KEY*”) to authenticate, I was able to retrieve content as expected. However, I was also able to add records (using layer.edit_features(adds=itemList)) which I did not expect. I tried this with an editable feature layer I own and a non-editable layer another account owned. My account role includes General>Features>Edit with full control, so I assumed the API Key was using my user role privileges. To test this, I logged on as a test user with a similar role and created an API Key with the same privileges as described above. The editing capability was available and I was able to add records to the two layers as previously described. I then changed the test user role to only allow General>Content>Create/Update/Delete. The API Key authenticated. As expected, I could not query items from the other accounts. I updated the test role to include Administrative>Content>View All. The data could now be queried as expected. However, the edit test again allowed me to add data to both feature layers. When logged on as the test user directly to AGOL, I was able to manually edit the data for the editable layer, but not for the non-editable layer. I examined Privileges | Documentation | Esri Developer  to learn about the scope. It appears that the AGOL Portal Service privileges have personal scope “that require additional permissions from your account to perform operations.” However, in this case it seems the privileges for the API Key are being overridden by the user role permissions not enabled by them. When using the arcgis python api, it is not adhering to the privileges of the API Key, nor is it adhering to the privileges of the user role. This test would suggest if I set up an API Key as an administrator, any workflow using that key via the python api can conduct any action on my site regardless of the privileges in the key. Obviously that is not great. ... View more

Automation workflows on dedicated scheduled task machines running ArcGIS Pro suffer from named user authentication time outs. To avoid the task user being timed out, the current suggestion is to use a dedicated single use license. With the move to named user/user type licensing, we need a method that will allow the task user to re-log in or remain logged in to ArcGIS Pro. Ideally, this would be made possible via a programmatic process that could work with any scripted workflow conducted on the task machine. Benefits Scheduled task user will remain logged in to the task machine to provide uninterrupted capability Named user user type/ licensing will allow the same licensing model to be applied to all organization users ... View more

If you have experienced the Problem: Starting ArcGIS pro Returns a System Clock Error after Upgrading to ArcGIS pro 3.  the following is a solution that may work and may not require contacting Esri support. We have ArcGIS Pro 3.3.1 installed on a windows virtual machine with a Single Use license. The system clock error appeared after having to revert our machine using a snapshot after a windows update failure. Prior to reverting, the Pro install and licensing worked. It was not caused by upgrading, in contrast to the post above. After reverting to an earlier VM snapshot the clock error appeared ("The system clock is incorrect. Please set your clock to the current date and time."). In addition we could not Authorize ("All requested features have already been authorized on this machine") or Deauthorize ("There are no Single Use licenses to deauthorize on this machine") the licensing. Setting the clock did not clear the error. A full uninstall and reinstall did not clear the error.  Esri support helped fix this but nothing needed to be done by support staff. As the post indicates there is an issue in FlexNet. To fix, we canceled our existing Single use license and created a new Single use license;  deleted the C:\Program Files\FlexNet folder; opened Add/Remove Programs and ran a Repair on ArcGIS Pro. After the repair the clock error disappeared and we were able to use the new Single use license to authorize the software.   ... View more

We included a logo on the splash screen of a new dashboard and added a URL link to our agency web page. There is a border around the logo that is visible upon loading the splash screen and disappears if the user clicks anywhere. The border seems to be associated with adding an Image URL to the logo in the splash screen configuration. If the logo does not include a URL, the border does not appear on the logo, but shifts down to the next weblink on the screen. In this case the link to the fishing regulations. We also have a button to reopen the splash screen once the user clicks OK. When reopened the border is not visible. Once the page is refreshed, the border reappears. This border highlights the "active cursor" since if you click enter without clicking the mouse the link to the page is activated. It seemed this might be related to Web Content Accessibility however, there is nothing on the Dashboard Splash Screen help indicating this. Is this expected behavior?   ... View more