topic Re: Create Geocode SD Draft error in ArcGIS API for Python Questions

Create Geocode SD Draft error

AliciaShyu — Thu, 21 Jul 2022 18:32:18 GMT

I have a script to overwrite an existing locator service, in a standalone ArcGIS Server (10.9.1) The code was originally shared by ArcGIS Geocoding Team here

I'm getting the following error when creating the sd draft file

I already checked and all my paths are correct. Any ideas?

import arcpy import pprint from arcgis.gis import server ## Sign in to server # this connects to a standalone server that has web adaptor installed EGServer = server.Server(url=f"https://arcgis:6443/arcgis/admin", username, password) print(' Connected to server') # Overwrite any existing outputs arcpy.env.overwriteOutput = True locator_path = "\\\\xxxx\\xxxx\\arcgissource\\locators\\EnerGov\\ElasticSearch" sdDraft ="\\\\xxxx\\xxxx\\arcgissource\\locators\\EnerGov\\ElasticSearch\\ElasticSearchLocator.sddraft" sd_file = "\\\\xxxx\\xxxx\\arcgissource\\locators\\EnerGov\\ElasticSearch\\ElasticSearchLocator.sd" service_name = "ElasticSearchLocator" summary = "Locator for EnerGov's elastic search" tags = "EnerGov, locator, elastic search" ## server_connection_file has agssite login server_connection_file = "\\\\xxxx\\xxxx\\arcgissource\\locators\\EnerGov\\admin on arcgis_6443.ags" # Create the sd draft file analyze_messages = arcpy.CreateGeocodeSDDraft(locator_path, sdDraft, service_name, server_connection_file, copy_data_to_server=True, summary=summary, tags=tags, max_result_size=20,max_batch_size=500, suggested_batch_size=150, overwrite_existing_service=True) print("Creating SD Draft file") print(arcpy.GetMessages()) ## Stage and upload the service if the sddraft analysis did not contain errors if analyze_messages['errors'] == {}: try: # Execute StageService to convert sddraft file to a service definition # (sd) file arcpy.StageService_server(sdDraft, sd_file) # Execute UploadServiceDefinition to publish the service definition # file as a service arcpy.UploadServiceDefinition_server(sd_file, EGServer) print("The geocode service was successfully published") except arcpy.ExecuteError: print("An error occurred") print(arcpy.GetMessages(2)) else: ## If the sddraft analysis contained errors, display them print("Error were returned when creating service definition draft") pprint.pprint(analyze_messages['errors'], indent=2)

Re: Create Geocode SD Draft error

MichaelVolz — Thu, 21 Jul 2022 20:34:22 GMT

Was the address locator created with the CreateAddress Locator (ArcMap) tool or Create Locator (Pro) tool?

Can you try having everything local (instead of network share) as a test to see if the script runs?

Re: Create Geocode SD Draft error

AliciaShyu — Thu, 21 Jul 2022 20:55:48 GMT

The locator was created using the Create Locator (Pro) tool.

Changing everything to my local machine gives me the same value error showing the local path.

Re: Create Geocode SD Draft error

MichaelVolz — Thu, 21 Jul 2022 21:09:44 GMT

Is the script in this link the same as yours?

https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-portal-questions/overwriting-locator-python-but-it-changes/m-p/1186332

If so, how do the input parameters look compared to yours?

Re: Create Geocode SD Draft error

AliciaShyu — Thu, 21 Jul 2022 21:20:15 GMT

Yes, the only difference is that I don't have portal setup, so I'm connecting to the server to upload the service.

Re: Create Geocode SD Draft error

ShadearaGist — Fri, 16 Sep 2022 02:19:24 GMT

I am getting this same error, did you find the solution?

Re: Create Geocode SD Draft error

AliciaShyu — Fri, 16 Sep 2022 15:07:25 GMT

No, no solution yet.

Re: Create Geocode SD Draft error

RonnieRichards — Sun, 04 Dec 2022 17:11:55 GMT

A couple of ideas...

In past versions of arcpy the .LOC was not required maybe try to add the .loc to the full locator path and see if this resolves the value error
For the ArcGIS Server connection, try removing the .AGS from the connection file used for the publication. This change occurred somewhere around Pro 2.7.
Was the ArcGIS Server connection file created in ArcMap or ArcGIS Pro? There is a difference mainly with how the credential is saved and believe we had to convert our connections over to the pro versions.

Re: Create Geocode SD Draft error

AliciaShyu — Wed, 07 Dec 2022 19:50:31 GMT

At 10.9.1 (ArcGIS Server) you don't need to republish the locator service. The script only needs to stop the service, rebuild the locator and start the service.

Re: Create Geocode SD Draft error

RonnieRichards — Wed, 07 Dec 2022 21:27:02 GMT

Thanks for this info @AliciaShyu I am curious though, what is the source of your locators?

In our situation, they are file based locators and published to servers so not sure how a script stopping/starting the service would even have access to the published locator unless the server resource directory is shared.

Re: Create Geocode SD Draft error

AliciaShyu — Wed, 07 Dec 2022 21:55:41 GMT

Our locators are filed based in a shared directory that has been shared with the server.

Re: Create Geocode SD Draft error

bbaker_tngeo — Thu, 21 Dec 2023 14:35:36 GMT

Hi @AliciaShyu ,

I'm trying to work through a similar scenario that you described. I used to use the following code to stop/start the service, but I now get the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Pro\bin\Python\envs\arcgispro-py3\lib\site-packages\arcgis\gis\server\_common\_base.py", line 87, in __getattr__
return self._properties.__getitem__(name)
File "C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Pro\bin\Python\envs\arcgispro-py3\lib\site-packages\arcgis\_impl\common\_mixins.py", line 342, in __getitem__
return self._mapping[key]
KeyError: 'services'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\user\Documents\ArcGIS\Projects\Locator_Rebuild_Test\RebuildTestLocators.py", line 17, in <module>
print(server.services.list)
File "C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Pro\bin\Python\envs\arcgispro-py3\lib\site-packages\arcgis\gis\server\_common\_base.py", line 93, in __getattr__
"'%s' object has no attribute '%s'" % (type(self).__name__, name)
AttributeError: 'Server' object has no attribute 'services'

gis_servers = gis.admin.servers.list() #To stop specific service(s) for server in gis_servers: for service in server.services.list(folder="Locators"): if service.properties.serviceName == "Locator_name": service.stop()

Is there a different way to stop a service? All the esri documentation I've found still points to this code.

Managing your GIS servers | ArcGIS API for Python

https://support.esri.com/en-us/knowledge-base/how-to-stop-gis-services-using-arcgis-api-for-python-000019994

Re: Create Geocode SD Draft error

AliciaShyu — Thu, 21 Dec 2023 15:16:31 GMT

The code you have to stop the service is correct. That's what I'm using in my script to rebuild the locator.

Re: Create Geocode SD Draft error

MichaelVolz — Thu, 21 Dec 2023 15:35:37 GMT

What version of python are you using to run the script to stop the service?

Python bundled with 2.9.x used to work for me, but when I upgraded the machine to Pro 3.x and the associated python version the script no longer runs. BUG-000155115 does not allow the stop/start service python script to run.

Re: Create Geocode SD Draft error

RonnieRichards — Thu, 21 Dec 2023 17:20:01 GMT

@MichaelVolz I have the same problem AttributeError: 'Server' object has no attribute 'services' with ArcGIS Pro 3.1.3 with arcgis api 2.1.0.3

Re: Create Geocode SD Draft error

bbaker_tngeo — Thu, 04 Jan 2024 15:29:02 GMT

@MichaelVolz and @RonnieRichards ,

I found this thread in Ideas and it appears it's been an issue for a while, with no solution in sight. From what I read, the recommended "workaround" is to stop services manually through Server Manager...

ArcGIS Pro functions for map services - Esri Community

Re: Create Geocode SD Draft error

RonnieRichards — Thu, 04 Jan 2024 16:13:06 GMT

@bbaker_tngeo it does not appear the ArcGIS Server management tools are in Pro yet. However i would not recommend this stop , rebuild and start workflow for geocoding its messy and we have had locators get corrupted on rebuild and then your service will not start.

This is possible using the service publication tools with the overwrite flag set to true. There is an example script here and it works for both stand alone and portal (with a few tweaks).

CreateGeocodeSDDraft—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation

We do this daily by scripting backup the existing locator, rebuild locator , create the sd draft and then upload to server. If the rebuild fails the service is still running.

Re: Create Geocode SD Draft error

bbaker_tngeo — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 14:53:57 GMT

That's the conclusion I arrived at as well. Initially, this was not possible because the locator I was working with was in a folder registered with the server so (I think) that's why it had to be stopped before it could be rebuilt. Now the locator is in a local folder and can utilize the SDDraft replacement workflow. I had not included a backup step in the script, however, so thanks for that insight. It is definitely a good precaution.