topic Re: Deleting a service definition in ArcGIS Online Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-online-questions/deleting-a-service-definition/m-p/273355#M13368 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Kelly,</P><P></P><P>I have a python script that takes an MXD and creates a service definition from it.&nbsp;Then using arcpy.UploadServiceDefinition_server, it is supposed to overwrite the service definition on our ArcGIS Online site. &nbsp;The script runs on our server that has ArcGIS 10.4. &nbsp;I have looked and haven't had any success in finding a way to have my python script delete the current service definition and hosted feature service in our content. &nbsp;I had read that this was a more efficient way of updating rather than relying on the overwrite. &nbsp;I currently do not have anything in my script to do this --- so no errors. &nbsp;Is there a way to delete what is currently sitting in our AGOL before the script runs&nbsp;this.....???</P><P></P><P>arcpy.UploadServiceDefinition_server(UploadSD, My_Hosted_Services, "", "", "FROM_SERVICE_DEFINITION", "", "STARTED", "OVERRIDE_DEFINITION", "SHARE_ONLINE", "PUBLIC", "SHARE_ORGANIZATION","")</P><P></P><P>-Cindy</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 26 Sep 2016 19:11:32 GMT CynthiaKozma 2016-09-26T19:11:32Z Deleting a service definition https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-online-questions/deleting-a-service-definition/m-p/273353#M13366 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I am writing a python script that will update a service definition in ArcGIS Online - to synchronize changes made by Desktop users. &nbsp;One question/answer that I found suggested '<SPAN style="color: #242729; background-color: rgba(248, 248, 248, 0.6);">deleting a service before publishing a replacement service, rather than overwriting'. &nbsp;I can't seem to find the right syntax to delete the old&nbsp;service definition. &nbsp;I'm assuming it uses ArcRest, but I can't seem to figure out how to code this. &nbsp;Any help would be appreciated. &nbsp;I am new to using ArcRest. &nbsp;</SPAN></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 16 Sep 2016 21:47:58 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-online-questions/deleting-a-service-definition/m-p/273353#M13366 CynthiaKozma 2016-09-16T21:47:58Z Re: Deleting a service definition https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-online-questions/deleting-a-service-definition/m-p/273354#M13367 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Cynthia,</P><P></P><P>Are you trying to delete the Service Definition or the Hosted Feature Service? Can you share the error message that you are receiving?</P><P></P><P>-Kelly</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 26 Sep 2016 17:21:30 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-online-questions/deleting-a-service-definition/m-p/273354#M13367 KellyGerrow 2016-09-26T17:21:30Z Re: Deleting a service definition https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-online-questions/deleting-a-service-definition/m-p/273355#M13368 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Kelly,</P><P></P><P>I have a python script that takes an MXD and creates a service definition from it.&nbsp;Then using arcpy.UploadServiceDefinition_server, it is supposed to overwrite the service definition on our ArcGIS Online site. &nbsp;The script runs on our server that has ArcGIS 10.4. &nbsp;I have looked and haven't had any success in finding a way to have my python script delete the current service definition and hosted feature service in our content. &nbsp;I had read that this was a more efficient way of updating rather than relying on the overwrite. &nbsp;I currently do not have anything in my script to do this --- so no errors. &nbsp;Is there a way to delete what is currently sitting in our AGOL before the script runs&nbsp;this.....???</P><P></P><P>arcpy.UploadServiceDefinition_server(UploadSD, My_Hosted_Services, "", "", "FROM_SERVICE_DEFINITION", "", "STARTED", "OVERRIDE_DEFINITION", "SHARE_ONLINE", "PUBLIC", "SHARE_ORGANIZATION","")</P><P></P><P>-Cindy</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 26 Sep 2016 19:11:32 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-online-questions/deleting-a-service-definition/m-p/273355#M13368 CynthiaKozma 2016-09-26T19:11:32Z Re: Deleting a service definition https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-online-questions/deleting-a-service-definition/m-p/273356#M13369 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><A href="https://community.esri.com/community/developers/gis-developers/python?sr=search&amp;searchId=b89e6e8c-c0aa-4234-9d6f-48af371c74a3&amp;searchIndex=3">https://community.esri.com/community/developers/gis-developers/python?sr=search&amp;searchId=b89e6e8c-c0aa-4234-9d6f-48af371c74a3&amp;searchIndex=3</A>‌</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 27 Sep 2016 16:13:20 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-online-questions/deleting-a-service-definition/m-p/273356#M13369 KellyGerrow 2016-09-27T16:13:20Z