idea clone_items Exception Testing in Developers Ideas https://community.esri.com/t5/developers-ideas/clone-items-exception-testing/idi-p/928720 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>The clone_items() function in the ArcGIS API for Python takes a top level item such as a web app and copies it from a source to a target Portal, including all items within that top level item, such as a web map, feature service, layers. However, if one of the items within that top level item is invalid, such as a layer, it fails. There does not seem to be any exception testing.&nbsp;</P><P></P><P>I think a better design would allow for an item to fail to copy but let the clone_items() function continue. That way you would still clone the web map and any feature services / layers that are valid.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 18 Feb 2020 16:17:19 GMT JimO_Leary2 2020-02-18T16:17:19Z clone_items Exception Testing https://community.esri.com/t5/developers-ideas/clone-items-exception-testing/idi-p/928720 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>The clone_items() function in the ArcGIS API for Python takes a top level item such as a web app and copies it from a source to a target Portal, including all items within that top level item, such as a web map, feature service, layers. However, if one of the items within that top level item is invalid, such as a layer, it fails. There does not seem to be any exception testing.&nbsp;</P><P></P><P>I think a better design would allow for an item to fail to copy but let the clone_items() function continue. That way you would still clone the web map and any feature services / layers that are valid.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 18 Feb 2020 16:17:19 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/developers-ideas/clone-items-exception-testing/idi-p/928720 JimO_Leary2 2020-02-18T16:17:19Z