How to add a database .sde file as a Datastore ?

KirkKuykendall1 — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 19:36:55 GMT

I can create a new data store item for an sde file interactively via the wizard.

The wizard asks some other questions that I presume needs to be included in the ItemProperties in the add method, like a list of federated servers, and the "same as publisher" option.

The item this code creates has "unavailable" when I look at the federated servers list in the item's properties...

folder: Folder = [x for x in user.folders if x.name == 'datastores'][0] item_props = ItemProperties( title="new_datastore_item", item_type=ItemTypeEnum.DATA_STORE, tags=["tag1"], snippet="Demo datastore item item added from Python API" # properties= "somehow a list of federated servers?" ) add_job = folder.add( item_properties=item_props, file=r"C:\temp\test.sde" ) print(type(add_job)) item = add_job.result() print(item) print(type(item.get_data())) print(item.get_data()) #prints # <class 'arcgis.gis._impl._content_manager.folder.core.Job'> # <Item title:"new_datastore_item" type:Data Store owner:portaladmin> # <class 'str'> # C:\Users\KKUYKE~1\AppData\Local\Temp\test.sde #status of all federated servers in item settings is "unavailable"

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How to add a database .sde file as a Datastore ?