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Use of parameters in UploadServiceDefinition_server tool on ArcGIS Online with ArcPy

AlexChen — Mon, 04 Dec 2017 01:02:41 GMT

I would need to automate publishing my mxd to ArcGIS Online as a publicly-accessible feature service. So it will be shared by everyone. I am with ArcGIS 10.1 so I cannot use the MXDToWebMap_server tool as it is only available to ArcGIS 10.3 and above.

I am able to get most of the automation done by following the help document:

ArcGIS Help 10.1 to run the following tools in the correct order

arcpy.mapping.CreateMapSDDraft
Update sddraft file to allow replacement (overwriting the published feature service if already existing)
arcpy.StageService_server
arcpy.SignInToPortal_server
arcpy.UploadServiceDefinition_server

The problem I came across is, the feature service is replaced and the Share properties are changed to prvivate even if I manually set up Shared with Everyone.

The help document does not specify whether and how we can set up the Share properties in the sd file before uploading.

I did find there are a whole bunch of parameters for the arcpy.UploadServiceDefinition_server tool:

UploadServiceDefinition_server (in_sd_file, in_server, {in_service_name}, {in_cluster}, {in_folder_type}, {in_folder}, {in_startupType}, {in_override}, {in_my_contents}, {in_public}, {in_organization}, {in_groups})

I am assuming the {in_public} param is the one I need to use. But I would prefer a working example of use of those parameters in the context of publishing to ArcGIS Online (i.e. 'My Hosted Services').

Re: Use of parameters in UploadServiceDefinition_server tool on ArcGIS Online with ArcPy

ScottDavis — Thu, 20 Sep 2018 20:55:10 GMT

Did you ever find a solution to your problem? I'm having the same issue. I'd love to see an example of someone using the `in_public` parameter successfully.

Re: Use of parameters in UploadServiceDefinition_server tool on ArcGIS Online with ArcPy

PhilLarkin1 — Tue, 18 Dec 2018 00:18:48 GMT

I'm using:

in_public='PUBLIC'

This still sets my service to private.

Re: Use of parameters in UploadServiceDefinition_server tool on ArcGIS Online with ArcPy

SimonJackson — Sat, 02 Feb 2019 03:44:22 GMT

I was having same issue.

Trying to schedule overwriting a service on ArcGIS Online, script being triggered from a machine running ArcGIS Pro 2.3

The following works for me.

Make sure you include the in_override parameter.

arcpy.UploadServiceDefinition_server(sd_output_filename, "My Hosted Services", in_override="OVERRIDE_DEFINITION", in_public="PUBLIC")‍‍‍

Re: Use of parameters in UploadServiceDefinition_server tool on ArcGIS Online with ArcPy

RyanColeman — Wed, 08 May 2019 17:12:04 GMT

Thank you, I have no idea why this works but it does

Re: Use of parameters in UploadServiceDefinition_server tool on ArcGIS Online with ArcPy

DiegoMonge_Chinchilla — Mon, 05 Oct 2020 19:18:57 GMT

Thanks it works, I had the same problem with arcgis pro 2.6.0 and portal 10.7