Latest Contributions by ThomasColson

Same error on multiple different computers, tried over two dozen hosted feature services. Fyi I have installed the https://developers.arcgis.com/python/guide/install-and-set-up/#Step:-2-Install-the-arcgis-package....is that somehow breaking the rest of the python functionality that came with Pro? Running script DownloadService... Generating Token Copying features with ObjectIDs from 0 to 26098 Failed script DownloadService... Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\PY_SCRIPTS\ARCHIVE\Download Service.py", line 16, in <module> arcpy.GetParameterAsText(8), arcpy.GetParameterAsText(9), arcpy.GetParameterAsText(10)) File "C:\PY_SCRIPTS\ARCHIVE\DownloadServicewithAttachments_3x.py", line 537, in downloadservice3x addDomainsHosted(outputFC) File "C:\PY_SCRIPTS\ARCHIVE\DownloadServicewithAttachments_3x.py", line 51, in addDomainsHosted data = json.loads(json_acceptable_string) File "C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Pro\bin\Python\envs\arcgispro-py3\lib\json\__init__.py", line 319, in loads return _default_decoder.decode(s) File "C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Pro\bin\Python\envs\arcgispro-py3\lib\json\decoder.py", line 339, in decode obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end()) File "C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Pro\bin\Python\envs\arcgispro-py3\lib\json\decoder.py", line 355, in raw_decode obj, end = self.scan_once(s, idx)json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Expecting ',' delimiter: line 892 column 71 (char 24998) Failed to execute (DownloadService). ... View more

This appears to be related where "Getty Images" owns the image placed over the ad. ... View more

LOL. They keep getting better....not photo shopping these! I'll message you offline with the URL's of where I encounter these.... ... View more

I'm able to verify the path is valid in the following (sorry for the formatting Geonet toolbars don't work in IE): import arcpy, sys, traceback from arcpy import env import time, os from subprocess import call arcpy.CheckOutExtension("Foundation") arcpy.CheckOutExtension("Spatial") arcpy.CheckOutExtension("Network") OutFolder = "C:\\GDB\\OUTPUT\\" OutName = "TEST_"+time.strftime("%Y%m%d%H%M%S")+".gdb" GDB = OutFolder+"\\"+OutName if os.path.exists("C:\\GDB\\TEST.gdb"):     arcpy.Delete_management("C:\\GDB\\TEST.gdb") else:     print ("Nothing to Delete")     arcpy.env.configKeyword = "DEFAULTS" arcpy.CreateFileGDB_management(OutFolder, OutName) arcpy.env.workspace = "C:\\GDB\\RESTON DB.sde" arcpy.ExtractData_production("TEST.DBO.Boundaries_And_AOIs",GDB,"DO_NOT_REUSE","","","") arcpy.ExtractData_production("TEST.DBO.Air_Photo_Footprints",GDB,"DO_NOT_REUSE","","","") arcpy.ExtractData_production("TEST.DBO.Elevation",GDB,"DO_NOT_REUSE","","","") arcpy.ExtractData_production("TEST.DBO.GridsAndGrats",GDB,"DO_NOT_REUSE","","","") arcpy.Compact_management(GDB) if os.path.exists("C:\\GDB\\TEST.gdb"):     arcpy.Delete_management("C:\\GDB\\TEST.gdb") else:     print ("Nothing to Delete") arcpy.Copy_management(GDB, "C:\\GDB\\TEST.gdb", "")   ... View more

No, as of 10.5.1 this is still not working. ... View more

I would love to hear an explanation as to why not being able to connect to the root of a network share is considered an "improvement" when literally all organizations organize their common GIS data....under a network share Esri is allegedly responsive to the "ideas" site, but I can't find the idea where customers were begging to not be able to connect to the root of a network share. ... View more

It'd be nice to see this in Pro. I accomplish this by converting a scale bar to graphic then rotating, then hope I don't change the scale. ... View more

Vincent Launstorfer‌ this may be closed to the map collars I describe. https://www.usgs.gov/news/new-gis-ready-topographic-map-style-template-released However, you'd have to do it in Arc and import the map to Pro, as the USGS is not planning on updating the tool(s) to work in Pro. ... View more

Craig Williams‌ the Align Marker to Stroke Or Fill does not replicate the behavior of representation symbology. The tool gets applied to the entire dataset in a one-size-fit-all approach, and only allows one line feature as input, whereas I'm using as many as 4 different road line representations (public road, private road, trail, road we can't acknowledge exists....) cartographically....representation symbology allows a cartographer precise refinement of each individual symbol. Additionally, I may need to move a symbol placement up to several map units away from its true location, as I exemplified with the second part of my previous example. I'm not able to find the Pro symbology property or GP tool that allows this degree of cartographic control. I would love to see a demonstration how the ArcMap representation functionality is accomplished in Pro, are you able to post a screen recording showing this?  I also disagree with this "...we've found that a large number of organizations use derived data and edit the data to provide custom placement of symbols.  From a workflow standpoint, this only differs from editing graphics in that you're editing features now instead." Who willingly maintains two divergent copies of the same data? What? That's why representation was added to ArcMap in the first place, so one could symbolize one dataset many different ways. ... View more

You can overwrite the entire FS using this (https://blogs.esri.com/esri/arcgis/2017/03/14/updating-your-hosted-feature-services-with-arcgis-pro-and-the-arcgis-api-for-python/) which is more "friendly" to error handling, or this (https://developers.arcgis.com/python/sample-notebooks/updating-features-in-a-feature-layer/) which would involve a little more complexity, and does not handle data deltas. import sys, string, os, arcpy, calendar, datetime, traceback,smtplib import arcpy from arcpy import env from arcgis.gis import GIS from subprocess import call # Set the name of the feature service. This will control many variable in this script NAME = "HFS_NAME" # Define log setting try:     d = datetime.datetime.now()     log = open("C:\\PYTHON_LOGS\LOG."+NAME+".txt","a")     log.write("----------------------------" + "\n")     log.write("----------------------------" + "\n")     log.write("Log: " + str(d) + "\n")     log.write("\n") # Start process...     starttime = datetime.datetime.now()     log.write("Begin process:\n")     log.write("     Process started at " + str(starttime) + "\n")     log.write("\n")         ### Start setting variables     # Mail Server Settings     SERVER = "mail_server"     PORT = "25"     FROM = "sasquatch"     MAILDOMAIN = '@big.foot'     # Data Steward getting the email. Needs to be their email address...without @big_foot at the end     userList=["is_real"]     # get a list of usernames from the list of named tuples returned from ListUsers     userNames = [u for u in userList]     # take the userNames list and make email addresses by appending the appropriate suffix.     emailList = [name +  MAILDOMAIN for name in userNames]     TO = emailList     # Grab date for the email     DATE = d     #Delete any left over SD files from failed previous run     sdfilename = NAME+".sd"     sddraftfilename = NAME+".sddraft"     if os.path.exists(sdfilename): os.remove(sdfilename)     if os.path.exists(sddraftfilename):os.remove(sddraftfilename)         # Set the path to the ArcGIS Pro project     prjPath = r"C:\PRODUCTION\HFS_NAME.aprx"          # Update the following variables to match:     #  Feature service/SD name in arcgis.com, user/password of the owner account     sd_fs_name = NAME     portal = "http://www.arcgis.com" # Can also reference a local portal     user = "users"     password = "pass"     # Set sharing options     shrOrg = True     shrEveryone = True     shrGroups = "some group id "          ### End setting variables          # Local paths to create temporary content     relPath = sys.path[0]     sddraft = os.path.join(relPath, NAME+".sddraft")     sd = os.path.join(relPath, NAME+".sd")          # Create a new SDDraft and stage to SD     print("Creating SD file")     arcpy.env.overwriteOutput = True     prj = arcpy.mp.ArcGISProject(prjPath)     mp = prj.listMaps()[0]     arcpy.mp.CreateWebLayerSDDraft(mp, sddraft, sd_fs_name, 'MY_HOSTED_SERVICES', 'FEATURE_ACCESS','', True, True)     arcpy.StageService_server(sddraft, sd)          print("Connecting to {}".format(portal))     gis = GIS(portal, user, password)     # Find the SD, update it, publish /w overwrite and set sharing and metadata     print("Search for original SD on portal...")     #sdItem = gis.content.search("title:{} AND owner:{}".format(sd_fs_name, user), item_type="Service Definition")[0]     #sdItem = gis.content.search(query="title:"+ sd_fs_name + " AND owner: " + user)[0]     #sdItem = gis.content.search("id:som sd id")     sdItem = gis.content.search("title:HFS_NAME AND owner:user AND id:some sd id", item_type="Service Definition")[0]     print("Found SD: {}, ID: {} \n Uploading and overwriting...".format(sdItem.title, sdItem.id))     sdItem.update(data=sd)     print("Overwriting existing feature service...")     fs = sdItem.publish(overwrite=True)          if shrOrg or shrEveryone or shrGroups:       print("Setting sharing options...")       fs.share(org=shrOrg, everyone=shrEveryone, groups=shrGroups)          print("Finished updating: {} - ID: {}".format(fs.title, fs.id))     # Clean up SD files     os.remove(sd)     os.remove(sddraft)     # Write nothing to log if success.     endtime = datetime.datetime.now()     log.write("     Completed successfully in "            + str(endtime - starttime) + "\n")     log.write("\n")     log.close()     print('done') # Something with wrong except:     # Get the traceback object     tb = sys.exc_info()[2]     tbinfo = traceback.format_tb(tb)[0] # Concatenate information together concerning # the error into a message string     pymsg = "PYTHON ERRORS:\nTraceback info:\n" + tbinfo + "\nError Info:\n" + str(sys.exc_info()[1])     msgs = "ArcPy ERRORS:\n" + arcpy.GetMessages(2) + "\n" # Return python error messages for use in # script tool or Python Window     arcpy.AddError(pymsg)     arcpy.AddError(msgs) # Print Python error messages for use in # Python / Python Window     log.write("" + pymsg + "\n")     log.write("" + msgs + "")     log.close()     # Define email message if something went wrong     SUBJECT = "Notification of Un-Successful AGOL Update of "+NAME     MSG = "Did Not Update: {} - ID: {} at "+ str(DATE)+ "; " +pymsg + "; " + msgs     print (MSG)     print (emailList)     # Send an email notifying steward of successful archive     #MESSAGE = "\ From: %s To: %s Subject: %s %s" % (FROM, ", ".join(TO), SUBJECT, MSG)     MESSAGE = "Subject: %s\n\n%s" % (SUBJECT, MSG)     try:             try:                 print("Connecting to Server...")                 server = smtplib.SMTP(SERVER,PORT)                 try:                     print("Login...")                     try:                         print("Sending mail...")                         server.sendmail(FROM, TO, MESSAGE)                     except Exception as e:                         print("Send Error Mail\n" + e.message)                 except Exception as e:                     print("Error Authentication Server: check the credentials \n" + e.message)             except Exception as e:                 print("Error Connecting to Server : check the URL of the server and communications port ( 25 and ' the default ) \n" + e.message)                  print("Quit.")             server.quit()          except Exception as e:             print (e.message)‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ ... 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Are you using this method? https://community.esri.com/groups/survey123/blog/2016/12/14/migrating-data-from-the-survey-feature-service-to-an-enterprise-geodatabase FYI, ESRI tech support will not support the above method (despite ESRI publishing it). ... View more

"investigating" the SQL lite files does not reveal anything interesting, what they do, or why such an excessive number of them is generated. ... View more

"One comment I got was, "you can disable indexing." Imagine if you just bought a new car: "The tires are out of round and it vibrates violently at highway speeds" Dealer: "Don't drive it on the highway" ... View more