topic Access Service Definition File Properties Without Publishing? in ArcGIS Enterprise Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/access-service-definition-file-properties-without/m-p/447866#M17320 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Greetings,</P><P></P><P>Is it possible to "open" a service definition file (.sd) using arcpy, ArcGIS REST API, or some other method? I have a number of .sd files which I'd like to interrogate for their properties. I'm mainly interested in seeing what data sources went into the service definition. I can do this with running services using the ArcGIS REST API but I am not clear on how to access the properties of a service definition file.</P><P></P><P>Thanks for any help you can provide!</P><P></P><P>Warm Regards,</P><P></P><P>Micah Babinski</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 24 Jul 2015 21:45:36 GMT MicahBabinski 2015-07-24T21:45:36Z Access Service Definition File Properties Without Publishing? https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/access-service-definition-file-properties-without/m-p/447866#M17320 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Greetings,</P><P></P><P>Is it possible to "open" a service definition file (.sd) using arcpy, ArcGIS REST API, or some other method? I have a number of .sd files which I'd like to interrogate for their properties. I'm mainly interested in seeing what data sources went into the service definition. I can do this with running services using the ArcGIS REST API but I am not clear on how to access the properties of a service definition file.</P><P></P><P>Thanks for any help you can provide!</P><P></P><P>Warm Regards,</P><P></P><P>Micah Babinski</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 24 Jul 2015 21:45:36 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/access-service-definition-file-properties-without/m-p/447866#M17320 MicahBabinski 2015-07-24T21:45:36Z