R-ArcGIS Bridge Script Tool Publishing (as Web Tool)

[DylanMurphy]

Hi,

Has anybody attempted to publish a script tool created in R using the R-ArcGIS Bridge as a Web Tool before? A Web Tool I am working on relies on a R Script tool as part of the model. The model and the script tool itself both run successfully in ArcGIS Pro with no issues.

In testing this out, I have published the standalone script tool to my organization's Portal and, while it publishes successfully, when I attempt to run it within the portal it fails. 

My assumption is that I might need to install R, and the packages/dependencies used by the tool, onto the federated server that our Portal runs on. But, as someone relatively new to Enterprise and Web Tool publishing, I could be wrong about this.

Does anyone in the community have any insights into this process and/or experience sharing an R Script tool as a Web Tool in Portal? Any help would be appreciated greatly - this is something I have been stuck on for a while now. 

[Anonymous User]

Hi Dlan, 

The R-ArcGIS Bridge isn't officially support by Esri. But you may have success posting your question here as well: 

https://community.esri.com/t5/r-arcgis/gh-p/r-arcgis

https://github.com/R-ArcGIS

Calvin

[Anonymous User]

Hello Calvin,

Thank you for the resources. One correction: R-ArcGIS Bridge is an officially supported product of ESRI.

I will add to the great resources you shared with our new product landing page.:

https://www.esri.com/en-us/arcgis/products/r-arcgis-bridge/overview

Orhun

[Anonymous User · Accepted solution]

Hello Dylan,

Thanks for asking this question. You are right, you need R on the server so that once your script tool makes R calls, it has access to the R interpreter.

We have seen some issues with timeouts lately, you may want to increase the timeout time limit in your portal. R can be notoriously slow and this results in a tool that just does not do anything in the portal, where in reality it just cannot finish and times out.

The most streamlined way of sharing the R web tool is creating a script tool in ArcGIS Pro and sharing it, it seems that is exactly what you have done.

Orhun

[DylanMurphy]

Thank you, Orhun!

This project got shelved, but this will certainly be useful in any future scenario where I need to share a tool that utilizes the R-Arc bridge though our Portal. 

[Anonymous User]

No problem, Dylan!

In order to make the future process easier, below is a link that outlines the steps of getting R setup on your server. Hopefully, these steps will minimize the number of moving parts and make using your R tools on Portal easier.

https://enterprise.arcgis.com/en/server/latest/publish-services/windows/deploying-r-for-arcgis-serve...