ArcGIS enterpirse clone roles, users and groups

[NickXu]

Hi,

I'm trying to clone roles, users and groups from one environment to another one. From document, there is a clone method for roleManager, groupManager and userManager.  https://developers.arcgis.com/python/api-reference/arcgis.gis.toc.html#groupmanager

However, my code failed with message: AttributeError: 'GroupManager' object has no attribute 'clone'

def cloneGroups(srcGis, trgGis😞

    srcGroupManager = srcGis.groups

    srcGroups = srcGroupManager.search(outside_org=False, max_groups=MAX, sort_field="owner")

    trgManager = trgGis.groups

    clonedTrgGroup = trgManager.clone(groups=srcGroups, skip_existing=True)

I search examples and all of them use copy method. Any idea?

Thanks!

[EarlMedina]

It seems like you are on an older version of the API which does not have that feature. Try updating per documentation: Install and Setup | ArcGIS API for Python

[NickXu]

Hi,

I'm using ArcPro 3.1 with

python 3.916 and 

arcgis 2.1.0.2 py39_14 esri
arcgispro 3.1 0 esri
arcpy 3.1 py39_arcgispro_41759 [arcgispro] esri
arcpy-base 3.1 py39_41759 esri

I'll try to update arcgis to:

arcgis 2.3.1 py311_9 esri

Thanks!

Nick

[Shawn_NG · Accepted solution]

@NickXu I too was not able to use the clone feature for either the group or roles. The environment I am in has version 10.9.1 Enterprise. Although in my org I use the code listed in https://developers.arcgis.com/python/latest/samples/clone-a-group/#clone-the-group-in-the-target-por... for cloning groups from one org to another. For cloning users from one org to another use the code in URL https://developers.arcgis.com/python/latest/samples/clone-portal-users-groups-and-content-rn/#copy-u... 

For cloning a Role, I use the following codeblock:

import arcgis
from arcgis.gis import GIS

# source GIS details
source_gis = GIS(url="portal_url", username="portal admin username", password=input("Enter source GIS password: "))
print("source connected")

# target GIS details
target_gis = GIS(url="portal_url", username="portal admin username", password=input("Enter target GIS password: "))
print("target connected")

# other variables
Role_to_be_created = [<list all role IDS to be cloned>]

# find roles in source env
for roleid in Role_to_be_created:
      source_roles = source_gis.users.roles.get_role(roleid)

# Clone Role from one env to another
     if not target_gis.users.roles.exists(roleid):
             target_role = target_gis.users.roles.create(source_roles.name,
                                                                                         source_roles.description,
                                                                                         source_roles.privileges)

# display the role
            print(target_role.name)
            print(target_role.privileges)

Note: Ensure to correct the indentation if you plan to use the script.