Latest Contributions by PaulSimpson

When we click the down arrow on a Feature Services within My Content and select "Add to New Map", the layers are in the correct order within the TOC, but they display in reverse order.  We can rearrange the TOC layers as usual, and when the layers are reversed in the TOC, they appear correctly on the map. Now it gets weird. If I add the same Feature service a second time to the same map, then the TOC layer order for the newly added layers is still correct, but these layers display in the correct order.  The original layers, however, still display in reverse order to the TOC.  This behavior began late February or early March.  I have not reversed the layer order in the python script because I figured ESRI would notice this right away and fix it, but the behavior is ongoing.  Sooo ... is it just us? Paul ... View more

Hi folks.  I am using desktop 10.0.  I'm trying to improve some performance issues and Extract By Mask is a major choke point.  Running the following code:         arcpy.env.scratchWorkspace = "in_memory"         RasterSelection = arcpy.sa.ExtractByMask(infile, inmask) produces the error: ExecuteError: ERROR 010302: Unable to create the output raster: in_memory\Extract_Dec_1 ERROR 010067: Error in executing grid expression. Failed to execute (ExtractByMask). If the workspace is left empty (uses defaults) or is set to the gdb that the original raster is in, then it completes successfully. Is there something in my setup that is making it do this?  I thought ExtractByMask was supposed to generate an in_memory raster regardless.  Why would it write to the scratch workspace at all? I'm not a raster expert by any means.  I do try to use objects rather than on-disk references as much as possible.  I also just leave the raster format to its default and place them in GDBs, which organizes the file system in a way that works for our group. Thanks in advance. Paul ... View more

We have been using a python script using desktop ArcGIS 10.1 to generate ArcGIS Online maps all winter.  Here is the web app showing the maps we have been generating: sniffer maps. Last week one of our techs reported the script was succeeding (no errors thrown) but nothing was showing up in his ArcGIS Online contents.  I tried when I got back today and got the following error: ERROR: code:500, Invalid name 'Sniffer Run 2014-03-03, Fairbanks, AK' found in input publish parameters, Cannot connect to this server. Failed to execute (UploadServiceDefinition). The name, 'Sniffer Run 2014-03-03, Fairbanks, AK' is the service_name passed to arcpy.mapping.CreateMapSDDraft, and is computer generated. I had to eliminate spaces, commas and dashes to make it work.  There appears to have been a change in the ESRI side which makes our service_name convention no longer valid during the UploadServiceDefinition stage.  Is this a feature or a bug?  (Maybe a programmer specified the wrong string encoding.)  This makes the map names much less readable for our Online map users, so if we can go back to the way it was we would appreciate it muchly. Thanks! Paul Here is a snippet showing the service definition portion of the code:         service = "Sniffer Run " + numdate + ", " + city         serverType = 'MY_HOSTED_SERVICES'         onlineDirectory = "Sniffer_Maps"        # this doesn't work                     tellMe("Running CreateMapSDDraft ...")         arcpy.mapping.CreateMapSDDraft(mapDoc, sddraft, service, serverType, summary=sddraftSummary, tags=sddraftTags)                 con = 'My Hosted Services'         sd = os.path.join(srvdefworkspace,service + '.sd')         # Read the sddraft xml.         doc = DOM.parse(sddraft)         # Change service from map service to feature service         typeNames = doc.getElementsByTagName('TypeName')         for typeName in typeNames:             # Get the TypeName we want to disable.             if typeName.firstChild.data == "MapServer":                     typeName.firstChild.data = "FeatureServer"         #caching         configProps = doc.getElementsByTagName('ConfigurationProperties')[0]         propArray = configProps.firstChild         propSets = propArray.childNodes         for propSet in propSets:             keyValues = propSet.childNodes             for keyValue in keyValues:                 if keyValue.tagName == 'Key':                     if keyValue.firstChild.data == "isCached":                         keyValue.nextSibling.firstChild.data = "false"         #add disclaimer text         disclaimer = 'a text string'         disclaimNode = doc.createTextNode(disclaimer)         acc = doc.getElementsByTagName("AccessInformation")[0]         acc.appendChild(disclaimNode)         # add org credits         credits = "FNSB Air Quality"         cre = doc.getElementsByTagName("Credits")[0]         if cre.childNodes == []:             credNode = doc.createTextNode(credits)             cre.appendChild(credNode)         tellMe("Writing XML ...")         outXml = os.path.join(srvdefworkspace,'HostedMSNew.sddraft')         f = open(outXml, 'w')             doc.writexml( f )             f.close()         tellMe("Running AnalyzeForSD ...")         analysis = arcpy.mapping.AnalyzeForSD(outXml)         if len(analysis['errors'])>0:             tellMe( str(analysis))             sys.exit(analysis['errors'])                 #arcpy.SignOutFromPortal_server() ##        tellMe("Signing In ...") ##        username = "*****" ##        password = "*****" ##        arcpy.SignInToPortal_server(username,password,"http://www.arcgis.com/")         tellMe("Running StageService_server ...")         arcpy.StageService_server(outXml, sd)         tellMe("Running UploadServiceDefinition_server ...")         sharegroup = "Sniffer Map Feature Layer Services"         override = "OVERRIDE_DEFINITION"         arcpy.UploadServiceDefinition_server(sd, con, in_override=override, in_public = "PUBLIC", in_groups=sharegroup) ... View more

We have 3 employees with varying levels of computer savvy who need to generate several unique maps each day to be shared via one of the web app templates.  I'm trying to automate as much of that process as possible.  I can publish a feature service and share it with its appropriate group using arcpy in 10.1.  I managed to figure out how to add Access and Use Constraints and Credits to the Feature Service Definition (I'm no XML/minidom guru).  Is there a way to configure the Feature Pop-ups as well, setting the pop-up title to a certain field, and the contents to another? The biggest problem is having to manually add the feature service to a map and save the map.  That means typing in consistent titles, tags (which are critical for searching in the web app), and summary, and then manually entering the Access and Use Constraints and Credits before sharing the map.  Can I generate a Service Definition for a whole map which includes the feature service layer?  I could then enter the metadata for the map as I have for the feature layer.  The basemap is not critical for this so I just allow the web app to default and then provide user options to change it. I hope this makes sense.  Thanks Paul I'm posting the code snippet that deals with the Service Definitions in case it's helpful: import arcpy import sys import traceback import os import datetime import xml.dom.minidom as DOM     try:         ##      The following code is adapted from code posted to the ESRI forum by Jeff Moulds, ESRI         mapDoc = mxd         sddraft = os.path.join( workspace, 'HostedMS.sddraft')     ##      Parse out date, city and maxCategory (eps)         categories = ["Good","Moderate","Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups","Unhealthy","Very Unhealthy","Hazardous","Hazardous"]         maxCategory = categories[maxGridCode-1]         (month, day, year, hour, minute) = parseDate(filebase) ##        some date, time, city parsing / string snippet construction         sddraftSummary = "PM2.5 data from " + city + ", AK, collected on " + date + time         sddraftTags = ",".join(["PM2.5,Air Quality,Sniffer Map",city,maxCategory])         service = city + " " + date + " starting " + str(hour) + str(minute)         serverType = 'MY_HOSTED_SERVICES'         onlineDirectory = "Sniffer_Maps"        # this doesn't work                     tellMe("Running CreateMapSDDraft ...")         arcpy.mapping.CreateMapSDDraft(mapDoc, sddraft, service, serverType, folder_name=onlineDirectory, summary=sddraftSummary, tags=sddraftTags)     ###     Returns python Dict of 'errors', 'messages', and 'warnings'     ###     Need to set data frame extent and projection                 con = 'My Hosted Services'         workspace = os.path.dirname(workspace)         tellMe("Placing Service Definition files in: " + workspace)         sd = os.path.join(workspace,service + '.sd')         # Read the sddraft xml.         doc = DOM.parse(sddraft)         # Change service from map service to feature service         typeNames = doc.getElementsByTagName('TypeName')         for typeName in typeNames:             # Get the TypeName we want to disable.             if typeName.firstChild.data == "MapServer":                     typeName.firstChild.data = "FeatureServer"         #Turn off caching         configProps = doc.getElementsByTagName('ConfigurationProperties')[0]         propArray = configProps.firstChild         propSets = propArray.childNodes         for propSet in propSets:             keyValues = propSet.childNodes             for keyValue in keyValues:                 if keyValue.tagName == 'Key':                     if keyValue.firstChild.data == "isCached":                         # turn on caching                         keyValue.nextSibling.firstChild.data = "false"         disclaimer = 'Pre-defined disclaimer'         disclaimNode = doc.createTextNode(disclaimer)         acc = doc.getElementsByTagName("AccessInformation")[0]         acc.appendChild(disclaimNode)         credits = "Pre-defined Credits"         cre = doc.getElementsByTagName("Credits")[0]         credNode = doc.createTextNode(credits)         cre.appendChild(credNode)         tellMe("Writing XML ...")         outXml = os.path.join(workspace,'HostedMSNew.sddraft')         f = open(outXml, 'w')             doc.writexml( f )             f.close()         tellMe("Running AnalyzeForSD ...")         analysis = arcpy.mapping.AnalyzeForSD(outXml)         if len(analysis['errors'])>0:             tellMe( str(analysis))             sys.exit(analysis['errors'])                 #arcpy.SignOutFromPortal_server() ##        tellMe("Signing In ...") ##        username = "*****" ##        password = "*****" ##        arcpy.SignInToPortal_server(username,password,"http://www.arcgis.com/")         tellMe("Running StageService_server ...")         arcpy.StageService_server(outXml, sd)         tellMe("Running UploadServiceDefinition_server ...")         sharegroup = "Sniffer Map Feature Layer Services"         override = "OVERRIDE_DEFINITION"         arcpy.UploadServiceDefinition_server(sd, con, in_override=override, in_groups=sharegroup)     finally:         tellMe("Cleaning up scratch MXD.")         arcpy.mapping.RemoveLayer(df, lyrs[0])         mxd.save()         del mxd ... 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