Latest Contributions by KellyGerrow

In order to access the history log, an administrator token must be appended to your request. You can obtain a token in a few ways. The following log includes two quick ways to grab this token.  Note. As these are administrative tokens, please don't share your token in the forums. These can potentially be used in malicious ways if the wrong person obtains your token.  Option 1: Generate a token using postman 1. Download or open postman  (It's free) 2. Click the +New button to create a new request 3. In the new tab, set the following: Change the HTTP method from  GET  to  POST . Set the URL to  https://www.arcgis.com/sharing/generateToken 4. Click on Body and add the following parameters as Key/Value pairs: username : Your administrator username (case sensitive) password : Your password referer : https://www.arcgis.com   f : json 5. Click Send and copy the token in the response below for use in requests Option 2: Use Developer tools 1. Open developer tools in your browser  ( In chrome, Menu>more tools> Developer tools) 2. Sign into arcgis.com with your administrator credentials 3.  In the developer tools click on network and type 'self' into the filter box 4. Click on the first url, click header tab and scroll to Query String Parameters(the very last section). 5. Copy the token value to use in requests ... View more

The History endpoint of the REST API is a great tool to dig into information about events occurring in your organization. Although you easily download a comprehensive CSV of events as an administrator in ArcGIS Online, the REST API, provides the option to customize the data returned and to ask more specific questions. For an example of how to use the history CSV, check out this blog: https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis-/administration/exploring-the-organization-activity-log-csv    For this blog I am going to outline the query and results about a specific member of my ArcGIS Online organization.   Scenario: It’s time for Karate_Kelly’s year end review. She wants to prove to her boss that she has been busy creating and managing content in the organization. Using the History API, She’ll query all of the events that she has initiated in 2018.   Detective Steps: Formulate the Query Url: https:/webapps.maps.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/portals/self/history? Parameters: all=true – returns events for all members in the organization start=0 – Starts at the first record num=10000 – largest amount of events returned (requires csv format) f=csv – Returns result in a csv sortOrder=asc – information output in ascending order token = “6hVsODGfBpk5X_hGc0MOrnxmddIk4bL4hP8FyOAxM0QxL3VEw86iTdB” – admin token required fromDate =2018-01-01 – start of date range actors= Karate_KElly – events to be returned (Note, usernames are case sensitive, so if you hit a key by accident while creating your username, check the casing just to be sure... #Karate_KEllyIsNotAMistake) Sample Url constructed: https://webapps.maps.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/portals/self/history?all=true&start=0&actors=Karate_KElly&sortOrder=asc&fromDate=2018-01-01&num=10000&f=csv&token=Qian2inO2Cqf0tsljaLVJC5YbmjpQvg-CQ565QE75vesENzX5Yorf40K4ai_7fHn8 Submit the request and view the resulting CSV Perform analysis or use pivot tables to provide insight into actions Action Count of Actions Add 412 Add Users 7 Create 12 Delete 104 Failed Login 15 Login 192 Remove Users 1 Share 252 Update 1448 Tracking my events by Month: Jan Feb March April May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec # of Actions 10 18 57 274 276 148 291 49 129 101 261 445 Test: When did I go on Summer vacation last year? This is a neat way to look at your actions and your organizations members actions over time. *Note. Only available in ArcGIS Online https://community.esri.com/community/gis/web-gis/arcgisonline/blog/2019/03/16/generate-a-token?sr=search&searchId=b4979b78-550b-4ff4-9e9d-74b43930f361&searchIndex=1‌ ... View more