idea Provide ability of to_featurelayer to overwrite and name layer. in ArcGIS API for Python Ideas https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-ideas/provide-ability-of-to-featurelayer-to-overwrite/idi-p/1072209 <P>&nbsp;</P><P>When publishing with GeoAccessor's <A href="https://developers.arcgis.com/python/api-reference/arcgis.features.toc.html?highlight=geoaccessor#arcgis.features.GeoAccessor.to_featurelayer" target="_self">to_featurelayer</A> function, the resulting service is given a unique name. Ideally a user could specify a name. To facilitate this, it would great if this function could overwrite an existing feature layer, as well.&nbsp;</P><P>Example with psudocode:</P><LI-CODE lang="python">from arcgis.gis import GIS from arcgis.features import FeatureLayer from arcgis.features import GeoAccessor gis = GIS(gis=&lt;&gt;, username=&lt;&gt;, password=&lt;&gt;) serviceUrl = "https://services1.arcgis.com/&lt;OrgID&gt;/arcgis/rest/services/&lt;name&gt;/FeatureServer/0" mylayer = FeatureLayer((serviceUrl)) df = GeoAccessor.from_layer(mylayer) df.spatial.to_featurelayer(title='',tags='',folder='',name='YourNameHere',overwrite=True)</LI-CODE><P>&nbsp;</P> Thu, 24 Jun 2021 18:26:45 GMT PhilLarkin1 2021-06-24T18:26:45Z Provide ability of to_featurelayer to overwrite and name layer. https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-ideas/provide-ability-of-to-featurelayer-to-overwrite/idi-p/1072209 <P>&nbsp;</P><P>When publishing with GeoAccessor's <A href="https://developers.arcgis.com/python/api-reference/arcgis.features.toc.html?highlight=geoaccessor#arcgis.features.GeoAccessor.to_featurelayer" target="_self">to_featurelayer</A> function, the resulting service is given a unique name. Ideally a user could specify a name. To facilitate this, it would great if this function could overwrite an existing feature layer, as well.&nbsp;</P><P>Example with psudocode:</P><LI-CODE lang="python">from arcgis.gis import GIS from arcgis.features import FeatureLayer from arcgis.features import GeoAccessor gis = GIS(gis=&lt;&gt;, username=&lt;&gt;, password=&lt;&gt;) serviceUrl = "https://services1.arcgis.com/&lt;OrgID&gt;/arcgis/rest/services/&lt;name&gt;/FeatureServer/0" mylayer = FeatureLayer((serviceUrl)) df = GeoAccessor.from_layer(mylayer) df.spatial.to_featurelayer(title='',tags='',folder='',name='YourNameHere',overwrite=True)</LI-CODE><P>&nbsp;</P> Thu, 24 Jun 2021 18:26:45 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-python-ideas/provide-ability-of-to-featurelayer-to-overwrite/idi-p/1072209 PhilLarkin1 2021-06-24T18:26:45Z