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Question: Clone item with desired name/title

RossMa — Tue, 17 May 2022 21:14:20 GMT

Hi,

Is there a way to clone item (hosted feature layer) with a user defined name or title for new hosted feature layer?

I did look the python api clone module , it dosen't list any naming related argument

clone_items(items, folder=None, item_extent=None, use_org_basemap=False, copy_data=True, copy_global_ids=False, search_existing_items=True, item_mapping=None, group_mapping=None, owner=None, preserve_item_id=False)

I was wondering if the name or title can be defined in the clone_item funtion, other than end up with

Thank you very much.

Re: Question: Clone item with desired name/title

Clubdebambos — Wed, 29 Jun 2022 14:02:13 GMT

Hi @RossMa

You can rename after the clone has taken place

from arcgis import GIS agol = GIS("home") ## you can get the item_id after the clone, ## either programmatically and add to the clone script ## or manually and use this as a separate scripT fs = agol.content.get("new_item_id") properties_dict = { "title" : "Insert_New_Title" } fs.update(item_properties=properties_dict)

Re: Question: Clone item with desired name/title

AdamGaudet — Thu, 17 Oct 2024 14:08:55 GMT

I would love this to be an argument in the function. I'm creating occasional backups of items and want the suffix "BACKUP_YYYYMMDD" in the cloned name to clearly delineate backups from the original source data. Having to locate the id of the newly created cloned item is a bit bothersome and just adds unnecessary lines of code.

Re: Question: Clone item with desired name/title

chris_del101 — Thu, 16 Jan 2025 18:10:51 GMT

I would also like this feature. Being able to rename it makes it easier to identify after the fact. Having tons of artifacts with the same name is very time consuming to sift through.

Re: Question: Clone item with desired name/title

GIS_Lenny — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 08:18:14 GMT

Any updates on this?

I was looking into the same topic and couldn't find any way to rename a cloned Feature Service. I'm using API Version 2.4.3.

The only workaround I could come up with is to export the source and republish it under the desired name. But this includes extra steps such as re-applying the symbology, popups etc.

It would be great if we could use clone_items() and specify the target name (for portal & server) directly.