idea Don't Delete Service Definition Draft in arcpy.server.StageService in ArcGIS Pro Ideas https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/don-t-delete-service-definition-draft-in-arcpy/idi-p/973633 <P>I would like to automate republishing a hosted feature service in ArcGIS Online using arcpy.&nbsp; Given the differences in the service definition draft produced when generating it through the normal publishing wizard and the default service definition produced by arcpy.mapping.CreateMapSDDraft, I thought it would make sense just to create one good service definition draft using the wizard and reuse it every time I generate the service definition file using arcpy.server.StageService.&nbsp; The problem is that StageService cleans up after itself every time it runs.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Maybe I am missing something about .sd files, but it would be nice to have the option to keep the .sddraft file.&nbsp; Obviously, the .sd file needs to be regenerated to refresh the data, but not the .sddraft.</P> Wed, 01 Feb 2023 15:42:05 GMT NathanHeickLACSD 2023-02-01T15:42:05Z Don't Delete Service Definition Draft in arcpy.server.StageService https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/don-t-delete-service-definition-draft-in-arcpy/idi-p/973633 <P>I would like to automate republishing a hosted feature service in ArcGIS Online using arcpy.&nbsp; Given the differences in the service definition draft produced when generating it through the normal publishing wizard and the default service definition produced by arcpy.mapping.CreateMapSDDraft, I thought it would make sense just to create one good service definition draft using the wizard and reuse it every time I generate the service definition file using arcpy.server.StageService.&nbsp; The problem is that StageService cleans up after itself every time it runs.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Maybe I am missing something about .sd files, but it would be nice to have the option to keep the .sddraft file.&nbsp; Obviously, the .sd file needs to be regenerated to refresh the data, but not the .sddraft.</P> Wed, 01 Feb 2023 15:42:05 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/don-t-delete-service-definition-draft-in-arcpy/idi-p/973633 NathanHeickLACSD 2023-02-01T15:42:05Z