topic Re: Is it a good idea to publish the ArcGIS Python API script? in ArcGIS API for Python Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/is-it-a-good-idea-to-publish-the-arcgis-python-api/m-p/857722#M4092 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>From your post it is not very clear what your tools does but...</P><P></P><P>If it is processing some data and then needs to pass something back to the user have you considered turning it into a geoprocessing service?</P><P></P><P><A href="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/analyze/sharing-workflows/what-is-a-geoprocessing-service-.htm">http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/analyze/sharing-workflows/what-is-a-geoprocessing-service-.htm</A></P><P><A href="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/analyze/python/using-geoprocessing-services-in-python.htm">http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/analyze/python/using-geoprocessing-services-in-python.htm</A></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 26 Jul 2019 12:32:53 GMT NeilAyres 2019-07-26T12:32:53Z Is it a good idea to publish the ArcGIS Python API script? https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/is-it-a-good-idea-to-publish-the-arcgis-python-api/m-p/857721#M4091 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I have a script running perfectly in Jupyter Notebook. Now I am thinking of whether or not I should publish it as a web tool so that it can be shared among my colleagues --- I am the only one having a ArcGIS Python API and Jupyter environment.</P><P></P><P>Seemingly straight-forward, but the reality may be not:</P><P>Firstly, I don't know if the ArcGIS Python API modules are available on the portal, which are the dependencies of my tool.</P><P>Secondly, I am using federated ArcGIS Server. should I publish to the portal or to the ArcGIS server directly? If I want to publish to the Federated ArcGIS server, do they have the ArcGIS Python API modules?</P><P></P><P>Thirdly, some of my data involved in the calculation is local spreadsheets, and some are in enterprise database. it's hard to choose&nbsp;between "copy" and "reference", ideally, I want the spreadsheet to be copied across temporarily and deleted after the tool is executed. the data in the enterprise database should be referenced...</P><P></P><P>I realise that in the latest ArcGIS Enterprise (10.7.x which we don't have at the moment), there's an alternative available: Sharing the notebook so that anyone with portal access can run my notebook. but I don't think my colleagues will be interested in seeing the python code (the code themselves are meaningless to the users anyway), what they need is&nbsp;a function they can use via a simple&nbsp;user interface, not the code.</P><P></P><P>Any suggestions, advice and comments&nbsp;are welcome.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 26 Jul 2019 06:53:45 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/is-it-a-good-idea-to-publish-the-arcgis-python-api/m-p/857721#M4091 simoxu 2019-07-26T06:53:45Z Re: Is it a good idea to publish the ArcGIS Python API script? https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/is-it-a-good-idea-to-publish-the-arcgis-python-api/m-p/857722#M4092 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>From your post it is not very clear what your tools does but...</P><P></P><P>If it is processing some data and then needs to pass something back to the user have you considered turning it into a geoprocessing service?</P><P></P><P><A href="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/analyze/sharing-workflows/what-is-a-geoprocessing-service-.htm">http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/analyze/sharing-workflows/what-is-a-geoprocessing-service-.htm</A></P><P><A href="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/analyze/python/using-geoprocessing-services-in-python.htm">http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/analyze/python/using-geoprocessing-services-in-python.htm</A></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 26 Jul 2019 12:32:53 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-questions/is-it-a-good-idea-to-publish-the-arcgis-python-api/m-p/857722#M4092 NeilAyres 2019-07-26T12:32:53Z