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Using clone_items(), it's updating the creation information and I don't want it to

SaraBellchamber1 — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 19:46:48 GMT

I'm migrating Web maps and data from an AGOL environment to our Enterprise environment using the clone_items() function. Everything works for the most part. The trouble I'm having is that in the process of cloning it updates the data fields that reference who created/updated the record and when it was created/updated to my username and the current time/date.

None of the documentation seems to address this topic. I'm open to ideas!

Re: Using clone_items(), it's updating the creation information and I don't want it to

tcrammond — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 17:28:14 GMT

Shot in the dark - but I would do something like the following:

disable editor tracking on the original feature service
clone the item
re-enable editor tracking for the item on the new portal

I know this sort of thing is possible one an Enterprise Geodatabase; not sure if it would work on hosted feature services...

Re: Using clone_items(), it's updating the creation information and I don't want it to

JakeSkinner — Sat, 23 Aug 2025 00:46:16 GMT

Hi @SaraBellchamber1 here are some additional tools you can try:
https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-documents/migrate-content-for-arcgis-enterprise-arcgis/ta-p/1365455