I use a Python script that creates a new feature within my ArcGIS Online portal, that I later manually delete when I'm finished working with it. Today my script was interrupted by a local network issue, but I found that at some point during the script execution, the new feature had been created. When I clicked on the item details to see what it contained, I got the error "The item you requested cannot be found. The item may have been deleted or you may have entered an incorrect URL."
So I decided to simply delete this bad/empty feature from My Content, however when I try, I get the error "Item does not exist or is inaccessible."
I can still see the item in My Content, and the problem I'm running into now is that my original script cannot complete since there is already a feature carrying the name as defined in the script, which is a feature layer that several other of my applications depend on.
I've tried several things, including writing a Python script to delete the bad feature, but nothing seems to work. Is there a way to erase it from My Content?
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HI Konrad,
I'd suggest getting in touch with support if the name exists but you can't delete it.
-Kelly
HI Konrad,
I'd suggest getting in touch with support if the name exists but you can't delete it.
-Kelly
I’m experiencing the exact same issue and hoping for a solution.
I have a Python script to download features in a hosted feature layer to a geodatabase. I purposely raised an exception to break the script (for testing) before the temporary AGOL File Geodatabase was deleted a few lines later in the script and in doing so, that File Geodatabase in ArcGIS Online cannot be deleted and is in the same limbo state Konrad described.
I'm having the same issue as Tom Laue and Konrad Hughes, anyone find a work-around?
Thanks
The content I could not delete back in October is now deleted from my ArcGIS Online. I didn't do anything either--it just disappeared on its own thankfully.
Thanks, I actually ended up putting in a ticket with ESRI.
Were you able to make any progress with this issue? ESRI told me to delete it from gw_items using the app id, which I did. Reindexed the portal and restarted. Content is still there.
Not really. I've just accepted it as a thing for now. I had ESRI delete it once (24 hour turn-around). The next time it happened I just let it sit in "my contents" and eventually it went away (couple months I think). But as soon as it goes away, I get another one....