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    <title>topic IO error on bulk MXD publishing to ArcGIS Server using Python in Python Questions</title>
    <link>https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/io-error-on-bulk-mxd-publishing-to-arcgis-server/m-p/26182#M1962</link>
    <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;DIV class="" data-value="0"&gt;&lt;PRE class="lia-code-sample line-numbers language-none"&gt;&lt;CODE&gt;&lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;import&lt;/SPAN&gt; arcpy
&lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;import&lt;/SPAN&gt; os

wrkspc &lt;SPAN class="operator token"&gt;=&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="string token"&gt;'C:/Project/BULK/'&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN class="comment token"&gt;#mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument('BULK_Test.mxd')&lt;/SPAN&gt;

con &lt;SPAN class="operator token"&gt;=&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="string token"&gt;'AGSconnectionfile.ags'&lt;/SPAN&gt;

&lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;for&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;wrkspc&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;,&lt;/SPAN&gt; dirs&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;,&lt;/SPAN&gt; files&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;)&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;in&lt;/SPAN&gt; os&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;walk&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;wrkspc&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;)&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;:&lt;/SPAN&gt;
    &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;for&lt;/SPAN&gt; fl &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;in&lt;/SPAN&gt; files&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;:&lt;/SPAN&gt;
        &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;if&lt;/SPAN&gt; fl&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;lower&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;)&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;endswith&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="string token"&gt;".mxd"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;)&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;:&lt;/SPAN&gt;
            
            mxd &lt;SPAN class="operator token"&gt;=&lt;/SPAN&gt; arcpy&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;mapping&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;MapDocument&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;os&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;path&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;join&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;wrkspc&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;,&lt;/SPAN&gt; fl&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;)&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;)&lt;/SPAN&gt;
            &lt;SPAN class="comment token"&gt;# Provide other service details&lt;/SPAN&gt;
            service &lt;SPAN class="operator token"&gt;=&lt;/SPAN&gt; mxd
            sddraft &lt;SPAN class="operator token"&gt;=&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="string token"&gt;'C:/Project/BULK/'&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="operator token"&gt;+&lt;/SPAN&gt; str&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;mxd&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;)&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="operator token"&gt;+&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="string token"&gt;'.sddraft'&lt;/SPAN&gt;
            sd &lt;SPAN class="operator token"&gt;=&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="string token"&gt;'C:/Project/BULK/'&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="operator token"&gt;+&lt;/SPAN&gt; str&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;mxd&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;)&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="operator token"&gt;+&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="string token"&gt;'.sd'&lt;/SPAN&gt;
            summary &lt;SPAN class="operator token"&gt;=&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="string token"&gt;'BULK_Test'&lt;/SPAN&gt;
            tags &lt;SPAN class="operator token"&gt;=&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="string token"&gt;'BULK_Test'&lt;/SPAN&gt;

            &lt;SPAN class="comment token"&gt;# Create service definition draft&lt;/SPAN&gt;
            arcpy&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;mapping&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;CreateMapSDDraft&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;mxd&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;,&lt;/SPAN&gt; sddraft&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;,&lt;/SPAN&gt; mxd&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;,&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="string token"&gt;'ARCGIS_SERVER'&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;,&lt;/SPAN&gt; con&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;,&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="token boolean"&gt;True&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;,&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="string token"&gt;"Project"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;,&lt;/SPAN&gt; summary&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;,&lt;/SPAN&gt; tags&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;)&lt;/SPAN&gt;

            &lt;SPAN class="comment token"&gt;# Analyze the service definition draft&lt;/SPAN&gt;
            analysis &lt;SPAN class="operator token"&gt;=&lt;/SPAN&gt; arcpy&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;mapping&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;AnalyzeForSD&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;sddraft&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;)&lt;/SPAN&gt;

            &lt;SPAN class="comment token"&gt;# Print errors, warnings, and messages returned from the analysis&lt;/SPAN&gt;
            &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;print&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="string token"&gt;"The following information was returned during analysis of the MXD:"&lt;/SPAN&gt;
            &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;for&lt;/SPAN&gt; key &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;in&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="string token"&gt;'messages'&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;,&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="string token"&gt;'warnings'&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;,&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="string token"&gt;'errors'&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;)&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;:&lt;/SPAN&gt;
                &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;print&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="string token"&gt;'----'&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="operator token"&gt;+&lt;/SPAN&gt; key&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;upper&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;)&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="operator token"&gt;+&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="string token"&gt;'---'&lt;/SPAN&gt;
                vars &lt;SPAN class="operator token"&gt;=&lt;/SPAN&gt; analysis&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;[&lt;/SPAN&gt;key&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;]&lt;/SPAN&gt;
                &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;for&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;message&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;,&lt;/SPAN&gt; code&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;)&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;,&lt;/SPAN&gt; layerlist&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;)&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;in&lt;/SPAN&gt; vars&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;iteritems&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;)&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;:&lt;/SPAN&gt;
                    &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;print&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="string token"&gt;'    '&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;,&lt;/SPAN&gt; message&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;,&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="string token"&gt;' (CODE %i)'&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="operator token"&gt;%&lt;/SPAN&gt; code
                    &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;print&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="string token"&gt;'       applies to:'&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;,&lt;/SPAN&gt;
                    &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;for&lt;/SPAN&gt; layer &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;in&lt;/SPAN&gt; layerlist&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;:&lt;/SPAN&gt;
                        &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;print&lt;/SPAN&gt; layer&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;name&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;,&lt;/SPAN&gt;
                    &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;print&lt;/SPAN&gt;

            &lt;SPAN class="comment token"&gt;# Stage and upload the service if the sddraft analysis did not contain errors&lt;/SPAN&gt;
            &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;if&lt;/SPAN&gt; analysis&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;[&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="string token"&gt;'errors'&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;]&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="operator token"&gt;==&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;{&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;}&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;:&lt;/SPAN&gt;
                &lt;SPAN class="comment token"&gt;# Execute StageService. This creates the service definition.&lt;/SPAN&gt;
                arcpy&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;StageService_server&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;sddraft&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;,&lt;/SPAN&gt; sd&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;)&lt;/SPAN&gt;

                &lt;SPAN class="comment token"&gt;# Execute UploadServiceDefinition. This uploads the service definition and publishes the service.&lt;/SPAN&gt;
                arcpy&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;UploadServiceDefinition_server&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;sd&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;,&lt;/SPAN&gt; con&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;)&lt;/SPAN&gt;
                &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;print&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="string token"&gt;"Service successfully published"&lt;/SPAN&gt;
            &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;else&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;:&lt;/SPAN&gt; 
                &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;print&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="string token"&gt;"Service could not be published because errors were found during analysis."&lt;/SPAN&gt;

            &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;print&lt;/SPAN&gt; arcpy&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;GetMessages&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;)&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/CODE&gt;&lt;/PRE&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class=""&gt;&lt;DIV class="" data-post-id="367300"&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class=""&gt;&lt;DIV class=""&gt;&lt;P&gt;I have a folder of MXDs and I want to publish all of them in batch to a single ArcGIS Server. I've had success using Python on a single MXD, but when I add a loop into the code so that I can do multiple services at once, I run into errors that I'm unable to troubleshoot. I found the code below on ArcGIS Enterprise site and tried to modify it for batch processing.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;P&gt;I've tried as a standalone script and from within ArcMap 10.7.1. The error:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;PRE class="lia-code-sample line-numbers language-none"&gt;&lt;CODE&gt;File &lt;SPAN class="string token"&gt;"C:\Project\BULK\PublishAGSBulk.py"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;,&lt;/SPAN&gt; line &lt;SPAN class="number token"&gt;29&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;,&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;in&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="operator token"&gt;&amp;lt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;module&lt;SPAN class="operator token"&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;IOError&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;:&lt;/SPAN&gt; Operation on file C&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;:&lt;/SPAN&gt;\Users\&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;\Temp\&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;{&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="number token"&gt;67337BAB&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="operator token"&gt;-&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="number token"&gt;1DDF&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="operator token"&gt;-&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="number token"&gt;4A39&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="operator token"&gt;-&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="number token"&gt;9FB4&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="operator token"&gt;-&lt;/SPAN&gt;B7C8EF8597B0&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;}&lt;/SPAN&gt;\&lt;SPAN class="operator token"&gt;&amp;lt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;geoprocessing Map object object at &lt;SPAN class="number token"&gt;0x036534A0&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="operator token"&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;sddraft failed&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt; Unknown error&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/CODE&gt;&lt;/PRE&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I am doing this with an active connection to the ArcGIS Server (10.8) in ArcCatalog.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2021 21:03:37 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>DaveGrolling1</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2021-12-10T21:03:37Z</dc:date>
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      <title>IO error on bulk MXD publishing to ArcGIS Server using Python</title>
      <link>https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/io-error-on-bulk-mxd-publishing-to-arcgis-server/m-p/26182#M1962</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;DIV class="" data-value="0"&gt;&lt;PRE class="lia-code-sample line-numbers language-none"&gt;&lt;CODE&gt;&lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;import&lt;/SPAN&gt; arcpy
&lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;import&lt;/SPAN&gt; os

wrkspc &lt;SPAN class="operator token"&gt;=&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="string token"&gt;'C:/Project/BULK/'&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN class="comment token"&gt;#mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument('BULK_Test.mxd')&lt;/SPAN&gt;

con &lt;SPAN class="operator token"&gt;=&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="string token"&gt;'AGSconnectionfile.ags'&lt;/SPAN&gt;

&lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;for&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;wrkspc&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;,&lt;/SPAN&gt; dirs&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;,&lt;/SPAN&gt; files&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;)&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;in&lt;/SPAN&gt; os&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;walk&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;wrkspc&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;)&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;:&lt;/SPAN&gt;
    &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;for&lt;/SPAN&gt; fl &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;in&lt;/SPAN&gt; files&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;:&lt;/SPAN&gt;
        &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;if&lt;/SPAN&gt; fl&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;lower&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;)&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;endswith&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="string token"&gt;".mxd"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;)&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;:&lt;/SPAN&gt;
            
            mxd &lt;SPAN class="operator token"&gt;=&lt;/SPAN&gt; arcpy&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;mapping&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;MapDocument&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;os&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;path&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;join&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;wrkspc&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;,&lt;/SPAN&gt; fl&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;)&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;)&lt;/SPAN&gt;
            &lt;SPAN class="comment token"&gt;# Provide other service details&lt;/SPAN&gt;
            service &lt;SPAN class="operator token"&gt;=&lt;/SPAN&gt; mxd
            sddraft &lt;SPAN class="operator token"&gt;=&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="string token"&gt;'C:/Project/BULK/'&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="operator token"&gt;+&lt;/SPAN&gt; str&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;mxd&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;)&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="operator token"&gt;+&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="string token"&gt;'.sddraft'&lt;/SPAN&gt;
            sd &lt;SPAN class="operator token"&gt;=&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="string token"&gt;'C:/Project/BULK/'&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="operator token"&gt;+&lt;/SPAN&gt; str&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;mxd&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;)&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="operator token"&gt;+&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="string token"&gt;'.sd'&lt;/SPAN&gt;
            summary &lt;SPAN class="operator token"&gt;=&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="string token"&gt;'BULK_Test'&lt;/SPAN&gt;
            tags &lt;SPAN class="operator token"&gt;=&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="string token"&gt;'BULK_Test'&lt;/SPAN&gt;

            &lt;SPAN class="comment token"&gt;# Create service definition draft&lt;/SPAN&gt;
            arcpy&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;mapping&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;CreateMapSDDraft&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;mxd&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;,&lt;/SPAN&gt; sddraft&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;,&lt;/SPAN&gt; mxd&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;,&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="string token"&gt;'ARCGIS_SERVER'&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;,&lt;/SPAN&gt; con&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;,&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="token boolean"&gt;True&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;,&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="string token"&gt;"Project"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;,&lt;/SPAN&gt; summary&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;,&lt;/SPAN&gt; tags&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;)&lt;/SPAN&gt;

            &lt;SPAN class="comment token"&gt;# Analyze the service definition draft&lt;/SPAN&gt;
            analysis &lt;SPAN class="operator token"&gt;=&lt;/SPAN&gt; arcpy&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;mapping&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;AnalyzeForSD&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;sddraft&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;)&lt;/SPAN&gt;

            &lt;SPAN class="comment token"&gt;# Print errors, warnings, and messages returned from the analysis&lt;/SPAN&gt;
            &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;print&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="string token"&gt;"The following information was returned during analysis of the MXD:"&lt;/SPAN&gt;
            &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;for&lt;/SPAN&gt; key &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;in&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="string token"&gt;'messages'&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;,&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="string token"&gt;'warnings'&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;,&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="string token"&gt;'errors'&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;)&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;:&lt;/SPAN&gt;
                &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;print&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="string token"&gt;'----'&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="operator token"&gt;+&lt;/SPAN&gt; key&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;upper&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;)&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="operator token"&gt;+&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="string token"&gt;'---'&lt;/SPAN&gt;
                vars &lt;SPAN class="operator token"&gt;=&lt;/SPAN&gt; analysis&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;[&lt;/SPAN&gt;key&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;]&lt;/SPAN&gt;
                &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;for&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;message&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;,&lt;/SPAN&gt; code&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;)&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;,&lt;/SPAN&gt; layerlist&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;)&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;in&lt;/SPAN&gt; vars&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;iteritems&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;)&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;:&lt;/SPAN&gt;
                    &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;print&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="string token"&gt;'    '&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;,&lt;/SPAN&gt; message&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;,&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="string token"&gt;' (CODE %i)'&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="operator token"&gt;%&lt;/SPAN&gt; code
                    &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;print&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="string token"&gt;'       applies to:'&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;,&lt;/SPAN&gt;
                    &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;for&lt;/SPAN&gt; layer &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;in&lt;/SPAN&gt; layerlist&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;:&lt;/SPAN&gt;
                        &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;print&lt;/SPAN&gt; layer&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;name&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;,&lt;/SPAN&gt;
                    &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;print&lt;/SPAN&gt;

            &lt;SPAN class="comment token"&gt;# Stage and upload the service if the sddraft analysis did not contain errors&lt;/SPAN&gt;
            &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;if&lt;/SPAN&gt; analysis&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;[&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="string token"&gt;'errors'&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;]&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="operator token"&gt;==&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;{&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;}&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;:&lt;/SPAN&gt;
                &lt;SPAN class="comment token"&gt;# Execute StageService. This creates the service definition.&lt;/SPAN&gt;
                arcpy&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;StageService_server&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;sddraft&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;,&lt;/SPAN&gt; sd&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;)&lt;/SPAN&gt;

                &lt;SPAN class="comment token"&gt;# Execute UploadServiceDefinition. This uploads the service definition and publishes the service.&lt;/SPAN&gt;
                arcpy&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;UploadServiceDefinition_server&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;sd&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;,&lt;/SPAN&gt; con&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;)&lt;/SPAN&gt;
                &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;print&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="string token"&gt;"Service successfully published"&lt;/SPAN&gt;
            &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;else&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;:&lt;/SPAN&gt; 
                &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;print&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="string token"&gt;"Service could not be published because errors were found during analysis."&lt;/SPAN&gt;

            &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;print&lt;/SPAN&gt; arcpy&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;GetMessages&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;)&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/CODE&gt;&lt;/PRE&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class=""&gt;&lt;DIV class="" data-post-id="367300"&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV class=""&gt;&lt;DIV class=""&gt;&lt;P&gt;I have a folder of MXDs and I want to publish all of them in batch to a single ArcGIS Server. I've had success using Python on a single MXD, but when I add a loop into the code so that I can do multiple services at once, I run into errors that I'm unable to troubleshoot. I found the code below on ArcGIS Enterprise site and tried to modify it for batch processing.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;P&gt;I've tried as a standalone script and from within ArcMap 10.7.1. The error:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;PRE class="lia-code-sample line-numbers language-none"&gt;&lt;CODE&gt;File &lt;SPAN class="string token"&gt;"C:\Project\BULK\PublishAGSBulk.py"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;,&lt;/SPAN&gt; line &lt;SPAN class="number token"&gt;29&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;,&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="keyword token"&gt;in&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="operator token"&gt;&amp;lt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;module&lt;SPAN class="operator token"&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;IOError&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;:&lt;/SPAN&gt; Operation on file C&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;:&lt;/SPAN&gt;\Users\&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;\Temp\&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;{&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="number token"&gt;67337BAB&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="operator token"&gt;-&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="number token"&gt;1DDF&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="operator token"&gt;-&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="number token"&gt;4A39&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="operator token"&gt;-&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="number token"&gt;9FB4&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="operator token"&gt;-&lt;/SPAN&gt;B7C8EF8597B0&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;}&lt;/SPAN&gt;\&lt;SPAN class="operator token"&gt;&amp;lt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;geoprocessing Map object object at &lt;SPAN class="number token"&gt;0x036534A0&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="operator token"&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;sddraft failed&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt; Unknown error&lt;SPAN class="punctuation token"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;‍&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/CODE&gt;&lt;/PRE&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I am doing this with an active connection to the ArcGIS Server (10.8) in ArcCatalog.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2021 21:03:37 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>DaveGrolling1</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2021-12-10T21:03:37Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: IO error on bulk MXD publishing to ArcGIS Server using Python</title>
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      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="https://community.esri.com/migrated-users/280641"&gt;Dave Grolling&lt;/A&gt;‌&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="https://community.esri.com/blogs/dan_patterson/2016/08/14/script-formatting"&gt;/blogs/dan_patterson/2016/08/14/script-formatting&lt;/A&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;would help the reading of the script and provide line numbers for reference&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2020 16:24:10 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>DanPatterson</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2020-07-14T16:24:10Z</dc:date>
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