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ValueError: Unable to create the manifest (sddraft file). An unspecified error occurred.

ColeNelson — Fri, 04 Mar 2022 19:45:53 GMT

Hey all, I am trying to create a tool that will allow me to enter my portal username and password, then overwrite an existing map service once it has been updated in ArcGIS Pro.

import arcpy import os UserName = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(0) Password = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(1) arcpy.SignInToPortal("https://giswebmap.isrb.com/portal",UserName,Password) outdir = r"I:\GIS\GIS_Monthly_Updates\ForDeveloping\PCC_ServeDef" service_name = "PCC" sddraft_filename = service_name + ".sddraft" sddraft_output_filename = os.path.join(outdir,sddraft_filename) sd_filename = service_name + ".sd" sddraft_output_filename = os.path.join(outdir,sd_filename) aprx = arcpy.mp.ArcGISProject(r"I:\GIS\GIS_Monthly_Updates\ForDeveloping\GIS_Monthly_Update.aprx") m = aprx.listMaps('PCC')[0] server_type = "FEDERATED_SERVER" federated_server_url = "https://giswebmap.isrb.com/server" sddraft = m.getWebLayerSharingDraft(server_type,"MAP_IMAGE",service_name) sddraft.federatedServerUrl = federated_server_url sddraft.overwriteExistingService = True sddraft.exportToSDDraft(sddraft_output_filename) print("Start Staging") arcpy.StageService_server(sddraft_output_filename, sddraft_output_filename) print("Start Uploading") arcpy.UploadServiceDefinition_server(sddraft_output_filename, federated_server_url) print("Finish Publishing")

This is a sample code that I copied and pasted, then manipulated, from ESRI's website, hoping that it would work. However when I run it I keep getting this error message:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "I:\GIS\GIS_Monthly_Updates\DevelopmentScripts\PublishServiceDefinition.py", line 25, in <module>
sddraft.exportToSDDraft(sddraft_output_filename)
File "C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Pro\Resources\ArcPy\arcpy\sharing.py", line 68, in exportToSDDraft
return _convertArcObjectToPythonObject(self._arc_object.exportToSDDraft(out_sddraft,self))
ValueError: Unable to create the manifest (sddraft file). An unspecified error occurred.

Any suggestions to what may be causing this and how I can go about fixing it? Thanks in advance for the help.

Re: ValueError: Unable to create the manifest (sddraft file). An unspecified error occurred.

SomaChatterjee — Fri, 06 Jan 2023 18:50:45 GMT

Hello,

I am trying to over-write a feature service in ArcGIS online. I am using the ESRI's code and twigged it depending on my need. However, I am getting the following error:

File C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Pro\Resources\ArcPy\arcpy\sharing.py, in exportToSDDraft:
Line 24:    return _convertArcObjectToPythonObject(self._arc_object.exportToSDDraft(out_sddraft, self))

ValueError: Service and/or folder name contains unsupported characters: : ,. ,/


Any suggestions on this issue will be thankfully appreciated.

Re: ValueError: Unable to create the manifest (sddraft file). An unspecified error occurred.

RyanJones6 — Wed, 08 Feb 2023 18:24:28 GMT

I know this is a year late but I was getting the same error when trying to create a gp service from a very similar script. The script would work locally but would crash with this error when trying to run from the gp service. The fix for me would be to add the 'offline' property for sddraft. This would allow my 'arcgis' user to export the sddraft file even if it wasnt signed in. So possibly adding this line would fix your issue:

sddraft = m.getWebLayerSharingDraft(server_type,"MAP_IMAGE",service_name) sddraft.federatedServerUrl = federated_server_url sddraft.overwriteExistingService = True sddraft.offline = True sddraft.exportToSDDraft(sddraft_output_filename)

Re: ValueError: Unable to create the manifest (sddraft file). An unspecified error occurred.

René_Ténière — Wed, 10 May 2023 16:19:47 GMT

@RyanJones6 that fixed my issues. Thanks!

Re: ValueError: Unable to create the manifest (sddraft file). An unspecified error occurred.

MaartendeJong — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 09:25:17 GMT

Thanks. That sorted out my issue

Re: ValueError: Unable to create the manifest (sddraft file). An unspecified error occurred.

chris_del101 — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 17:06:25 GMT

I still have this issue. My project path had lots of special chars and it cannot be changed

'serviceName': 'C:\\Users\\me\\OneDrive - My Company Consulting Ltd. (Inc)\\Documents\\ArcGIS\\Projects\\MyProject1\\myService.sddraft',

What can I do to solve this? I need this path to work

Although even after replacing it with this I still get the error

myService.sddraft

Source: https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/tool-reference/server/stage-service.htm#L_

I think there must be some other issue and the error message is just leading me down the wrong path.

Re: ValueError: Unable to create the manifest (sddraft file). An unspecified error occurred.

René_Ténière — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 17:45:06 GMT

Paths with spaces should be double quoted...

'serviceName': '"C:\\Users\\me\\OneDrive - My Company Consulting Ltd. (Inc)\\Documents\\ArcGIS\\Projects\\MyProject1\\myService.sddraft"',

Re: ValueError: Unable to create the manifest (sddraft file). An unspecified error occurred.

chris_del101 — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 22:07:25 GMT

I was able to solve this using

r'C:\\Users\\me\\OneDrive - My Company Consulting Ltd. (Inc)\\Documents\\ArcGIS\\Projects\\MyProject1\\myService.sddraft',

But this one I cannot get to work.

s = r"C:\Users\me\Downloads\Publish as Web Layer (1).aprx" 'C:\\Users\\me\\Downloads\\Publish as Web Layer (1).aprx'

These are not set by me and are the paths of files so cannot be changed. The problems seems to be with the last part of the string (and it's nothing to do with the aprx extension).