Hi. I am trying to update/overwrite a hosted feature layer, following the logic given near the end of a tutorial on learn.arcgis (Update Real-Time Data With Python). It uses the following to overwrite the feature layer:
# Replace file
manager = arcgis.features.FeatureLayerCollection.fromitem(item).manager
status = manager.overwrite(updated_sd)
Everything else is working except this step, which returns an error:
status = manager.overwrite(updated_sd)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<ipython-input-45-b7a0406a969f>", line 1, in <module>
status = manager.overwrite(updated_sd)
File "C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Pro\bin\Python\envs\arcgispro-py3\lib\site-packages\arcgis\features\managers.py", line 1269, in overwrite
published_item = related_data_item.publish(publish_parameters, overwrite=True)
File "C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Pro\bin\Python\envs\arcgispro-py3\lib\site-packages\arcgis\gis\__init__.py", line 8780, in publish
serviceitem_id = self._check_publish_status(ret, folder)
File "C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Pro\bin\Python\envs\arcgispro-py3\lib\site-packages\arcgis\gis\__init__.py", line 9007, in _check_publish_status
raise Exception("Job failed.")
Exception: Job failed.
I have found a couple of relevant threads about this, one says it's a bug (Phil Larkin, Dec. 12, 2018 2:31PM:
This is in fact associated with the bug. The severity is logged as low.
BUG-000115253: When using the overwrite method from arcgis.features.managers.FeatureLayerCollectionManager, ArcGIS API for Python returns the error "Exception: Job Failed.''
BUG-000115253: When using the overwrite method from arcgis.features..
Another thread (very last comment) says:
While I was trying these solutions, I was simultaneously working with ESRI Support, and we came up with a different workflow which publishes a new SD file. That is working well, so I won't need to pursue this solution, though it appears it would be a simpler script.
Can anyone point me to a workaround, or the 'different workflow which publishes a new SD file' referred to here?
Thanks,
Len
