topic Re: Attachments lost when appending in ArcGIS API for Python Questions

Attachments lost when appending

JosephHilliard94 — Tue, 23 Aug 2022 07:09:56 GMT

Hi there,

When using the .append () method on a geodatabase (uploaded to AGOL) to a hosted feature layer, the attachments don't carry across to the hosted feature layer. Any ideas?

Re: Attachments lost when appending

RhettZufelt — Tue, 23 Aug 2022 22:22:13 GMT

I use arcpy.management.Append for this with

arcpy.env.maintainAttachments = True arcpy.env.preserveGlobalIds = True

and they append with attachments and all.

Re: Attachments lost when appending

JosephHilliard94 — Wed, 31 Aug 2022 14:21:38 GMT

I cannot use ArcPy for this task sadly. Needs to be with the ArcGIS API for Python append method, thanks though!

Re: Attachments lost when appending

KimOllivier — Wed, 14 Sep 2022 05:13:55 GMT

The GlobalID is readonly and out of our control. Make a new field and save the ID to a new GUID field that you do have ownership. Then make up a dictionary of oldID to newID and change the foreign key in the attachment to point to the new one. Phew!