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clone_items() clones the dependencies for the more complex items listed above. For example, cloning an existing web application, clones the web map and all ... 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ThisGuideprovidesonepossibleroadmapforhowtogetcontentfromoneWebGIStoanother-atemplatefordemonstratingbasicsoftwareconceptswhentransferringcontentsotheworkflowcanbemodifiedforothertypesofcontentandtailoredforanadministrator'sparticularneed.So,firstquestiontoansweris:Whatdoesitmeantoclone?Merriam-Websterdefinescloneastheactionof"propagat[ing]aclonefrom."(Didn'tIhearmy2ndgradeteacher-andeveryteacherafterthatforthatmatter-sayit'sunhelpfultousethewordyouaredefininginitsdefinition?...)Divingfurtherintothedefinitionofa"clone",itreads"theaggregateofgeneticallyidenticalcellsororganismsasexuallyproducedbyorfromasingleprogenitorcellororganism."Okay,notexactlythecontextwe'reworkinginwhendiscussingaWebGIS.Furtheralongthedefinitionwegettosomethingmorealongthelinesofwhatwe'rethinking:"onethatappearstobeacopyofanoriginalform."BINGO! LeveragingthePythonAPItoclonecontentfromoneWebGIStoanothercanbethoughtofas"propagatingcontentthatappearstobeacopyoftheoriginalcontent.".Givenallthedifferentcontentanditemtypes,possibleEnterpriseconfigurations,potentialArcGISOnlineOrganizationarrangements,securityconsiderations,anditemdependenciestheclone_items())functionaimstopropagateanexactduplicateofoneitemwithallitsusesandfunctionalityfromanoriginalportaltoasecondportal,buttheremaybecircumstancesthatleadtheclonetocomeclosebutnotquiteproduceanidenticalcopy.Inaddition,thevarietyofmeansforpublishingitemscreatesvaryingpossibilitiesforsupported,related,orsourceitemscreatedduringthepublishingprocess.Therelationshipbetweenanysupported,related,orsourceitemsmustbeconsideredwhencloninganitem.Forexample,theoverwritefunctionalitywillnotbeavailableonclonedhostedfeaturelayeritems,becausetheydonothaveasourcedocumentfromwhichtheywerepublished.TheFAQhereprovidesimportantinformationregardingsourceitemsinArcGISOnline.However,givenoureducationoncloning,wenowknowthatcloninganitemproducesaseconditemwhichappears-butmaynotbeidenticaltotheoriginal.It'simportanttotemperexpectationswhenthinkingaboutthePythonAPIclone_items()function.Theremaybetimesitemswillnotmigrateasexpected. Whentalkingaboutcloningitems,let'sestablishsomebasicterminology.Cloningcanrefertoallkindsoftransfer,fromArcGISEnterprisetoArcGISOnline,EnterprisetoEnterprise,orArcGISOnlinetoEnterprise.(TheGISCommunitylessfrequentlydiscussestheneedtoclonebetweentwodistinctArcGISOnlineOrganizations,butthatispossibleaswell.)Ratherthantanglingourselvesupwhentryingtodistinguishbetweentheseportaltypeswhilewritingaboutthem,we'llrefertotheportalororganizationwherethecontentoriginatesasthesourceregardlessofportaltype.We'llconsidertheportalororganizationtowhichwe'llclonecontentasthetarget.Onwardwego! Thisdocumentillustratestheworkflowofgatheringsourceitemsusingasourceadministratoraccount,andcloningthemintoatargetadministratoraccount.Morespecifically,thisguidewalksthroughanapproachofcloningdataservicesknownashostedfeaturelayersthatareusedasbuildingblocksforotherWebGISitems,namelywebmaps.WebMapsconsumethesedataservicesasoperationallayerbuildingblocks.We'llthencloneanArcGISDashboardandaWebMappingApplicationthateachconsumeawebmapaspartoftheirdefinition.Forinformationoneachoftheseitemtypes,pleaseclickthehyperlinksforeachtype. Thisisanadministratorworkflow.Usingadministratoraccountsguaranteesallnecessaryprivilegeswithinthesourcetoaccesstheitemandanydependenciesandwithinthetargettocreatetheservicesanditems.Thetargetadministratorsubsequentlycancreateuseraccountsandreassignitemownershipand/orgroupmembershipaccordingtoneed.Thismightalsobethesimplestworkflowwhentheportalhasusersmanagedbyanexternalidentitystore. NOTE:Cloningreliesonthesharingmodeltodeterminetheitemsanyparticularusercanclone.Ifausercanaccessanitem,thatusercancloneit.However,thatusercan'tcreateanythinginthetargetportaltheydon'thavetheappropriateprivilegestocreate. Anycontentinanyportalmustbeownedbyauser,soatleastoneusermustexistinthetarget.Ifyoudon'tplanonusingtheadministratoraccountsinaworkflowsuchasthis,youmaywanttoinvestigatetheClonePortalusers,groupsandcontentsamplenotebookonhowtodefinefunctionsthatcancopyuserobjectsandthenclonecontentusingthoseaccounts. Asoriginallywritten,PythonAPIdevelopersdesignedtheclone_items()functionfortransferringthefollowingitemtypes: HostedWebApplicationsbuiltwithWebAppBuilderorsharedusingConfigurableAppTemplates WebMaps HostedFeatureLayers HostedFeatureLayerViews FeatureCollections Survey123Forms WorkforceProjects StoryMaps(classic) OperationViews Dashboards QuickCaptureProjects ArcGISNotebooks SimpleTypes Thoseitemswithadownloadoption(seeDatafilesforitemsthatmaybeinaWebGISandavailablefordownload),includingzippedfilegeodatabasesandshapefiles,codesamples,zipfiles,andpackagesamongstothers. clone_items()clonesthedependenciesforthemorecomplexitemslistedabove.Forexample,cloninganexistingwebapplication,clonesthewebmapandallhostedfeaturelayersreferencedinthemap. clone_items()willnotclonemapservicesandimageservices.Sincetheseservicescanbepublishedtoserversotherthanthehostedserverinaconfiguration,it'simpossibleforthefunctiontodeterminewheretopublishtheminthetarget.Asaresult,theseitemswillcopyover,butwillcontinuetopointbacktotheoriginalsourceURL. Let'sworkthroughexamplesofcloningindividualitemsandinspecttheresults. First,let'simportthenecessarylibrariesandconnecttooursourceandtargetGIS: Importlibraries¶ Input frompathlibimportPath importsys fromarcgis.gisimportGIS,Item fromarcgis.envimportactive_gis fromarcgis.featuresimportFeatureLayerCollection fromarcgis.mappingimportWebMap Connecttosourceandtargetportals¶ Let'sstartfromadiscoverypositionasanadministrator.We'llsimulateanadministratorwho'sbeentestinganddevelopingusinganon-premiseArcGISEnterprisesystemasadevelopmentenvironmentandwantstocloneuserdataintoanArcGISOnlineenvironmentforfurtherdevelopment. Input source=GIS(profile="your_ent_admin_profile",verify_cert=False) print(source) GIS@https://pythonapi.playground.esri.com/portalversion:7.1 Input #target=GIS(profile="your_online_admin_profile",verify_cert=False) target=GIS(profile="cloning_admin",verify_cert=False) print(target) GIS@https://geosaurus.maps.arcgis.comversion:8.1 Getstartedwithcloning¶Let'sstartwithanimmediatedemonstrationofwhatclone_items()cando.We'reloggedinasanadministratorandwe'llget()aspecifichostedfeaturelayeritemownedbyoneoftheusersinthesource.We'llthencloneitintothetargetwhileutilizingtheownerparametertospecifyaparticularUserinthetargettoowntheclonedcontent.Wecanquicklyexaminetheresultingurloftheclonedfeaturelayertoconfirmthenewitem. Input hosted_flyr=source.content.get("07b60a9efa0342efb66704dfc5aff5c9") hosted_flyr Output HospitalsinArkansas HospitalsinArkansasintheUnitedStates.FeatureLayerCollectionbyapi_cloner LastModified:May19,2020 0comments,2views Input hosted_flyr.url Output 'https://pythonapi.playground.esri.com/server/rest/services/Hosted/Hospitals_in_Arkansas/FeatureServer' Input cloned_flyr=target.content.clone_items(items=[hosted_flyr], owner="api_data_owner") Input cloned_flyr[0] Output HospitalsinArkansas HospitalsinArkansasintheUnitedStates.FeatureLayerCollectionbyapi_data_owner LastModified:May19,2020 0comments,0views Input cloned_flyr[0].url Output 'https://services7.arcgis.com/JEwYeAy2cc8qOe3o/arcgis/rest/services/Hospitals_in_Arkansas/FeatureServer' Wecanseethattheclone_items()functionreturnsalistcontainingthecloneditems.Indexingthelistwecanseetheoperationcreatedanewhostedfeaturelayerinthetargetorganizationownedbytheapi_data_owneruserweenteredastheownerargument. Cloningmultipleitemssimultaneously¶Wedemonstratedabovepassingoneitemintheitemsparameterlist.Nowlet'sseehowclone_items()willcloneeveryiteminthelist.Firstlet'ssearch()thesourcefunctionforitemsownedbyaparticularuserandclonethelistitemsintoourtargetallatthesametime. Input tester_content=source.content.search("owner:api_tester") tester_content Output [, , ] Input cloned_items=target.content.clone_items(items=tester_content) Input cloned_items Output [, , ] Wecanseethattheclone_items()functionclonedalltheitemsinthelistwepassedtotheitemsargument.Lookingattheoutputabove,wecanseealltheitemsinourlistwerecloned.Wecanalsoseethatbynotpassinginanownerargument,theitemsareownedbytheloggedinuserthatranclone_items(). Input target.users.me.username Output 'clonerator' There'saquickdemonstrationofhowtheclone_items()functionreplicatesitemsfromasourcetoatarget.Nowlet'smoveontoiteratingthroughalistofhostedfeaturelayersandworkingwithsomeadditonalparameterstocloneinformationproductsthatconsumethem. Helperfunctions¶Let'swriteasetofhelperfunctionswecanreusethroughoutthenotebook. Sincewe'reworkingintwodifferentportalsduringthenotebook,we'llcreateavariablecalledactive_gistorefertoeitheroftheseWebGISsystems.We'llusethatvariableinsideourfunctions,sowecanruntheminsideeachportal. Input active_gis=source Next,we'llcreateafunctionthattakesaUserobjectandaGISobjectasinputandreturnsadictionarywithauniqueitem_typeasthekeyandalistofalltheitemsofthattypeownedbytheuserasthevalue.Sincethisnotebookisgearedtowardsanadministratoruser,theadministratorcanretrievetheinventoryofanyuserwithintheportal Input defget_user_items(user,active_gis): user_inventory={} user_items=active_gis.content.search(query=f"*ANDowner:{user.username}", max_items=500) foriteminuser_items: ifitem.typenotinuser_inventory: user_inventory[item.type]=[i foriinuser_items ifi.type==item.type] returnuser_inventory Next,we'lldefineafunctiontoprinttheoutputfromtheget_user_items()functionwepreviouslycreatedandprintsitinaformattogiveusaquickglimpseatanyuser'siteminventory. Input defprint_user_inventory(inventory): foritype,ilistininventory.items(): try: print(f"{itype}\n{'-'*50}") foriinilist: print(f"{'':3}{i.title:50}") print("\n") exceptExceptionase: print(f"\t\tOperationfailedon:{i.title}") print(f"\t\tException:{sys.exc_info()[1]}") continue Next,we'llcreateafunctionthatwilltakeafeatureserviceitemtypefromtheiteminventorywecreatewithget_user_items()andreturnanyWebMapobjectwithintheinventorythatconsumesthatfeatureservice.Thiscanhelpusmakesurewebmapscontaintheappropriatelayersbetweensourceandtarget. Input defget_fs_webmaps(fs,inv): fs_webmap_inventory={} fs_inv=[] try: forwmininv['WebMap']: iffs.idinget_layer_item_ids(wm): ifnotwminfs_inv: fs_inv.append(wm) fs_webmap_inventory[fs.title]=fs_inv returnfs_webmap_inventory exceptKeyErroraske: pass We'llalsocreateafunctionthatinspectsawebmapandreturnsalltheuniqueitemid(clickthehyperlinktoreadablogontheimportanceoftheitemid)valuesconsumedinthatwebmap.Whencloningthesetoffeatureservicesfromourinventory,we'llcreateamappingofsourcefeatureservicetocorrespondingtargetfeatureserviceclonedfromthesource.Thenwhenwesubsequentlycloneawebmap,wecanusetheget_layer_item_ids()functiontocomparetheitemidvaluesservingaslayersinthewebmaptothedictionaryofsource/targetfeatureserviceidswealreadycloned.Ifthereareanymatchesbetweenthetwo,wecancreateadictionarytouseasaparameterfortheclone_items()functiontoensurethefunctionknowswhichidtomatchtowhichwhenswizzlingtheidsintheclonedmap.We'lldemonstratethislaterinthenotebook. Input defget_layer_item_ids(wm): wmo=WebMap(wm) wm_id_list=[] forlayerinwmo.layers: try: fsvc=FeatureLayerCollection(layer['url'][:-1],active_gis) ifnotfsvc.properties['serviceItemId']inwm_id_list: wm_id_list.append(fsvc.properties['serviceItemId']) exceptExceptionase: pass returnwm_id_list We'llcreateafunctiontoreturnalistofanywebmapitemsconsumedinadashboard.Ifweknowtheitemidofthewebmap,andwe'vealreayclonedit,wecanthenmapthesourcewebmaptothetargetwebmapinaparameteroftheclone_items()functiontoensurecorrectswizzlingofvalues. Input defget_dash_wm(dash): return[active_gis.content.get(widget['itemId']) forwidgetindash.get_data()['widgets'] ifwidget['type']=="mapWidget"] Ok,sowe'vecreatedsomehelperfunctions.Nowlet'sinventorytheitemsownedbythesourceadministratorandthenprintouttheinventorytogetanideaofwhatitemstheadministratorowns. Input source_admin_inventory=get_user_items(source.users.me,source) Input print_user_inventory(source_admin_inventory) MapService -------------------------------------------------- Jordan TorontoGreenspaceandCommunityHousing Dashboard -------------------------------------------------- NewOrleansServiceCalls WebMap -------------------------------------------------- ElephantCorridorsandRanges KenyaAdministrativeBoundaries NewOrleansServiceCallsperPoliceDistrict2011-2019 FeatureService -------------------------------------------------- KENWaterways Airport_locations NairobiCountyBoundaries NOLA_Police_District_Subzone_Boundaries BotswanaPowerPlants New_Orleans_Boundary_gax NOLA_Police_District_Boundaries NOLA_ServiceCallTypes_by_PoliceDistrict KEN_Administrative_Level_Boundaries tlh_houshold_data_blkgrp KENWetlands KENProtectedAreas Shapefile -------------------------------------------------- BotswanaPowerPlants New_Orleans_Boundary_gax NOLA_Police_Districts Airport_locations FileGeodatabase -------------------------------------------------- KEN_Administrative_Level_Boundaries ServiceDefinition -------------------------------------------------- tlh_houshold_data_blkgrp Jordan WebMappingApplication -------------------------------------------------- ElephantHabitatandRelationshiptoWater Thecloningprocess¶Twoveryimportantparametersintheclone_items()functionsignatureimpactitsoutput: search_existing_items-ThepossiblevaluesareTrueorFalse. ThedefaultvalueisTrue.Let'sdescribewhathappenswhenthevalueissettoTrue.Whenanysourceitemisclonedintothetarget,theclone_items()functionassignsthecloneditemalltheessentialitemtypetypeKeywords(SeehyperlinkfortypeKeywordsautomaticallyassignedtoitems)plusanadditionaltypeKeywordofsource-.Forexample,ifclone_items()clonessourceitemwithitemidd879c7d972b1d989b97d037c7a7737d6,thefunctionassignsthetargethostedfeaturelayeritemthetypeKeywordofsource-d879c7d972b1d989b97d037c7a7737d6inadditiontoalltheessentialtypeKeywords.Beforeanyactualclone,clone_items()searchesthetargetforanyitemwithatypeKeywordmatchingthatpatternandifitfindsoneusestheexistingtargetitem. item_mapping-Thisisadictionarydefinedas{'source_item_id':'target_item_id'} Theitem_mappingparametercaninstructtheclone_items()functiontouseratargetitemastheresultofacloneforanyexistingsourceitemiftargetitemsalreadyexistthatyouknowyoualreadyhave.Forexample,let'ssayyouwanttocloneawebmaptothetarget.portal,YouknowyoualreadyhaveaFeatureLayerusedbythesourcewebmappublishedinthetargetthatyouwanttouse.Youaccomplishthiswiththeitem_mappingparameter,whichisadictionarywiththekeyasthesourceitemidandthevalueasthematchingtargetitemid.Passingthismappingobjectguidestheclone_itemsfunctionforeveryreferencetothesourceFeatureLayertousethespecifiedtargetFeatureLayer.ThisprovidesforcloningtheWebMapontopoftheFeatureLayeralreadycreatedinthetargetportal. Wecanreturnlistsofspecificitem_typesfromourinventory.First,let'sprintalistofthedisctinctitemtypesavaiableforthisuser: Input foritem_typeinlist(source_admin_inventory.keys()): print(item_type) MapService Dashboard WebMap FeatureService Shapefile FileGeodatabase ServiceDefinition WebMappingApplication WecancreatealistofthehostedfeatureservicesusingthetypeKeywordspropertyforitemsonourFeatureServices: FeatureLayers¶ EachiteminaWebGIShasatypeKeywordsproperty.Thepropertyreturnsalistofdescriptionsbasedonitsprimarytype.ForitemsoftypeFeatureService,iftheserviceishostedontheactiveWebGIS,theitemwillhaveaHostedServicetypeKeywordthatcanbeusedtofilterouthosteditemsfromreferenceditems. Input hosted_fsvc=[fs forfsinsource_admin_inventory["FeatureService"] if'HostedService'infs.typeKeywords] Note:Thisresultincludeshostedfeaturelayerviewscreatedfromhostedfeaturelayers.UsethetypeKeywords'ViewService'toisolateviews. Let'sprintoutallthefeatureservicesfortheadministrator.We'llalsoaccountforanyfoldersintheportal,andalsouseourpreviouslydefinedget_fs_webmaps()functiontoprintanywebmapthatconsumesthefeatureservice: Input print(f"{'FeatureLayer':<33}{'FolderID':<35}{'FolderName':15}{'ItemID'}\n" f"{'-'*28:<30}{'-'*33:<35}{'-'*13:<15}{'-'*37}") forhosted_fsinhosted_fsvc: fs_wm_maps=get_fs_webmaps(hosted_fs,source_admin_inventory)[hosted_fs.title] ifnothosted_fs.ownerFolder: print(f"{hosted_fs.title[:30]:33}{'':35}{'RootFolder':15}{hosted_fs.id}") iffs_wm_maps: forwminfs_wm_maps: print(f"{''*2}...consumedin{wm.title}webmap") else: pass else: print(f"{hosted_fs.title[:30]:33}{hosted_fs.ownerFolder:35}" f"""{next(f['title']forfinsource.users.me.folders iff['id']==hosted_fs.ownerFolder):15}""" f"{hosted_fs.id}") iffs_wm_maps: forwminfs_wm_maps: print(f"{''*2}...consumedin{wm.title}webmap") else: pass print("\n") FeatureLayerFolderIDFolderNameItemID --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Airport_locationse576014b6a8a46f1a04ba2db6de51ff1Airportsbb61578ed24c4d068a8bf521d758f6f9 NairobiCountyBoundaries9da120268eab46048b61364fa4c01723Kenyaf6829ace38e14375a4b0640968a5bcec NOLA_Police_District_Subzone_B27d3016208e14e40887d9b3800f5a761NewOrleans42874776bf8e4e7f842773d2bf5d6704 BotswanaPowerPlantsRootFolder46712cf2cc814014b314d3c77a41a7d4 New_Orleans_Boundary_gax27d3016208e14e40887d9b3800f5a761NewOrleans3b659cafd4dd4eb4acd09c161b307871 ...consumedinNewOrleansServiceCallsperPoliceDistrict2011-2019webmap NOLA_Police_District_Boundarie27d3016208e14e40887d9b3800f5a761NewOrleans7bb9efeffe8847e7bec6515ac66376a8 ...consumedinNewOrleansServiceCallsperPoliceDistrict2011-2019webmap NOLA_ServiceCallTypes_by_Polic27d3016208e14e40887d9b3800f5a761NewOrleans7c89adbcc6e648eda313fe9ededddf44 ...consumedinNewOrleansServiceCallsperPoliceDistrict2011-2019webmap KEN_Administrative_Level_Bound9da120268eab46048b61364fa4c01723Kenya7b4a28846f0a40efb231e800840b72ec ...consumedinElephantCorridorsandRangeswebmap ...consumedinKenyaAdministrativeBoundarieswebmap tlh_houshold_data_blkgrp7f47934ce3e5451095da4ed889f84697Tallahasseee454a494c95542168bd4fbcd13ec3641 Nowlet'sclonethissmallsetofhostedfeatureservices,allotingforanyfailedcloning,andreplicatingthesourcefolderstructureaswell.Wewillnotexplicitlysetthesearch_extisting_itemsparameterbecauseweknowthedefaultvalueisTrue. Wealsoarenotgoingtousetheitem_mappingparameterbecausewe'recloningintoatargetstagingportalthatwehavenotyetpopulatedwithanyitems. Input forhfsinhosted_fsvc: try: ifhfs.ownerFolder: folder=next((f['title'] forfinsource.users.me.folders iff['id']==hfs.ownerFolder)) ifnotfolderin[fld['title'] forfldintarget.users.me.folders]: target.content.create_folder(folder=folder) print(f"Cloning{hfs.title}...") clone_fs=target.content.clone_items([hfs],folder=folder) print(f"...completed") else: print(f"Cloning{hfs.title}...") cloned_fs=target.content.clone_items([hfs]) ifnotcloned_fs: print(f"{hfs.title}notcloned") else: print(f"...completed") exceptExceptionase: print(f"...FailedtoClone{hfs.title}...") print(f"\tExceptionType:{sys.exc_info()[0]}") print(f"\tExceptionValue:{sys.exc_info()[1]}") print(f"\tExceptionTracebackline:{sys.exc_info()[2].tb_lineno}") print(f"\tExceptionTracebackinstruction:{sys.exc_info()[2].tb_lasti}") continue CloningAirport_locations... ...completed CloningNairobiCountyBoundaries... ...completed CloningNOLA_Police_District_Subzone_Boundaries... ...completed CloningBotswanaPowerPlants... ...completed CloningNew_Orleans_Boundary_gax... ...completed CloningNOLA_Police_District_Boundaries... ...completed CloningNOLA_ServiceCallTypes_by_PoliceDistrict... ...completed CloningKEN_Administrative_Level_Boundaries... ...completed Cloningtlh_houshold_data_blkgrp... ...completed Let'snowquerythetargettoinspecttheresultsofcloningourfeatureservices. First,we'lluseourhelperfunctiontocreatethecurrentiteminventoryforourtargetadminandprintthatout.Thenwe'llquerytheclonedtargetitemtypeKeywordspropertyforakeywordmatchingthesource-pattern.Wecanthenlookforcontentinthesourcethathasthatitemidjusttoverifythecloningoperation. Input target_admin_inventory=get_user_items(target.users.me,target) Input print_user_inventory(target_admin_inventory) FeatureService -------------------------------------------------- Airport_locations NOLA_ServiceCallTypes_by_PoliceDistrict New_Orleans_Boundary_gax NairobiCountyBoundaries tlh_houshold_data_blkgrp NOLA_Police_District_Subzone_Boundaries KEN_Administrative_Level_Boundaries BotswanaPowerPlants NOLA_Police_District_Boundaries Input target_to_source={} fortarg_fsvc_itemintarget_admin_inventory['FeatureService']: forkeywordintarg_fsvc_item.typeKeywords: if'source'inkeyword: source_id=keyword.split('-')[1] try: flyr=source.content.get(source_id) target_to_source[targ_fsvc_item.title]=(keyword, flyr.title, flyr.id) exceptExceptionase: pass fortrg_item,src_itemintarget_to_source.items(): print(f"TargetItem:{trg_item:45}{src_item[0]}\n{''*2}" f"SourceItem:{src_item[1]:45}{src_item[2]}") print("\n") TargetItem:Airport_locationssource-bb61578ed24c4d068a8bf521d758f6f9 SourceItem:Airport_locationsbb61578ed24c4d068a8bf521d758f6f9 TargetItem:NOLA_ServiceCallTypes_by_PoliceDistrictsource-7c89adbcc6e648eda313fe9ededddf44 SourceItem:NOLA_ServiceCallTypes_by_PoliceDistrict7c89adbcc6e648eda313fe9ededddf44 TargetItem:New_Orleans_Boundary_gaxsource-3b659cafd4dd4eb4acd09c161b307871 SourceItem:New_Orleans_Boundary_gax3b659cafd4dd4eb4acd09c161b307871 TargetItem:NairobiCountyBoundariessource-f6829ace38e14375a4b0640968a5bcec SourceItem:NairobiCountyBoundariesf6829ace38e14375a4b0640968a5bcec TargetItem:tlh_houshold_data_blkgrpsource-e454a494c95542168bd4fbcd13ec3641 SourceItem:tlh_houshold_data_blkgrpe454a494c95542168bd4fbcd13ec3641 TargetItem:NOLA_Police_District_Subzone_Boundariessource-42874776bf8e4e7f842773d2bf5d6704 SourceItem:NOLA_Police_District_Subzone_Boundaries42874776bf8e4e7f842773d2bf5d6704 TargetItem:KEN_Administrative_Level_Boundariessource-7b4a28846f0a40efb231e800840b72ec SourceItem:KEN_Administrative_Level_Boundaries7b4a28846f0a40efb231e800840b72ec TargetItem:BotswanaPowerPlantssource-46712cf2cc814014b314d3c77a41a7d4 SourceItem:BotswanaPowerPlants46712cf2cc814014b314d3c77a41a7d4 TargetItem:NOLA_Police_District_Boundariessource-7bb9efeffe8847e7bec6515ac66376a8 SourceItem:NOLA_Police_District_Boundaries7bb9efeffe8847e7bec6515ac66376a8 WecanseethatwehavethesameninehostedfeatureservicesinbothsourceandtargetWebGISsystems,andwealsohaveatypeKeywordinthetargetitemthatcontainsthesourceitemidfromwhichitwascloned. Let'sexaminethetargetfeatureservicestoseethatwealsorecreatedthefolderstructure: Input target_hosted_fsvc=[fs forfsintarget_admin_inventory["FeatureService"] if'HostedService'infs.typeKeywords] Input active_gis=target Input print(f"{'FeatureLayer':<33}{'FolderID':<35}{'FolderName':15}{'ItemID'}\n" f"{'-'*28:<30}{'-'*33:<35}{'-'*13:<15}{'-'*37}") forhosted_fsintarget_hosted_fsvc: try: fs_wm_maps=get_fs_webmaps(hosted_fs,target_admin_inventory)[hosted_fs.title] exceptTypeErroraste: pass continue finally: ifnothosted_fs.ownerFolder: print(f"{hosted_fs.title[:30]:33}{'':35}{'RootFolder':15}{hosted_fs.id}") iffs_wm_maps: forwminfs_wm_maps: print(f"{''*2}...consumedin{wm.title}webmap") else: pass else: print(f"{hosted_fs.title[:30]:33}{hosted_fs.ownerFolder:35}" f"""{next(f['title']forfintarget.users.me.folders iff['id']==hosted_fs.ownerFolder):15}""" f"{hosted_fs.id}") iffs_wm_maps: forwminfs_wm_maps: print(f"{''*2}...consumedin{wm.title}webmap") else: pass print("\n") FeatureLayerFolderIDFolderNameItemID --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Airport_locations8e6711c43be04965a7819806dea87825Airports6842108a48104b6285b893470cf0b67c NOLA_ServiceCallTypes_by_Polic0054dacb91594193be317145eaf946ccNewOrleansefb953a5bc824b3a966fd08efd13066f New_Orleans_Boundary_gax0054dacb91594193be317145eaf946ccNewOrleans422324e7cf65467493f721fda132b6f7 NairobiCountyBoundaries4706de0f89144dba87dcf25e062416d4Kenya60a7720bb4164f14a6738fb630ee7a7e tlh_houshold_data_blkgrp6da389baae1c48b9a0dacbf747404991Tallahassee6fa12b4241aa43e2a4b86c569d8a07ea NOLA_Police_District_Subzone_B0054dacb91594193be317145eaf946ccNewOrleans8977c4536ab546f7bfa65258e68dfc21 KEN_Administrative_Level_Bound4706de0f89144dba87dcf25e062416d4Kenyabe66aefdb6544d3386903cbec0309ad8 BotswanaPowerPlantsRootFolder4b185d9cb2a8469da6e90d9715ceb99b NOLA_Police_District_Boundarie0054dacb91594193be317145eaf946ccNewOrleanscc4d594a0a0f43bfb470275f8415c8e3 WecanseethatallthefeatureservicesnowexistinthetargetwiththesameFolderstructureandnewitemids.NoWebMapsconsumethefeatureservicesatthispointbecausewehaven'tyetclonedanyintothetarget. WebMaps¶Now,let'slookattheWebMapsinoursourceorganizationandclonethemtothetarget.We'llrevisitthesourceadministator'sget_user_inventoryresultstoexaminetheWebMaps: Input forwminsource_admin_inventory['WebMap']: wm_obj=WebMap(wm) print(wm_obj.item.title) ElephantCorridorsandRanges KenyaAdministrativeBoundaries NewOrleansServiceCallsperPoliceDistrict2011-2019 Let'sinspectwhatlayersareineachWebMap. We'vedefinedacouplehelperfunctions.Onetodeterminewheteranitemishostedinaportal,andasecondtoprintthelayersinawebmap Input defis_hosted(item): return[keywordforkeywordinitem.typeKeywordsif"Hosted"inkeyword] Input defprint_webmap_inventory(wm): wm_obj=WebMap(wm) print(f"{wm_obj.item.title}\n{'-'*100}") forwm_layerinwm_obj.layers: try: ifis_hosted(Item(active_gis,wm_layer['itemId'])): print(f"{''*2}{wm_layer['title']:40}HOSTED{'':5}" f"{wm_layer['layerType']:20}{dict(wm_layer)['itemId']}") else: print(f"{''*2}{wm_layer['title']:40}other{'':6}" f"{wm_layer['layerType']:20}{wm_layer.id}") except: print(f"{''*2}{wm_layer['title']:40}other{'':6}" f"{wm_layer['layerType']:20}{wm_layer.id}") print("\n") Input #remembertosettheactive_gisvariablewhenusingthehelperfunctions active_gis=source Input forwminsource_admin_inventory['WebMap']: print_webmap_inventory(wm) ElephantCorridorsandRanges ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ElephantNaturalCorridorsotherArcGISFeatureLayerElephant_Natural_Corridors_1302 ElephantRangesotherArcGISFeatureLayerElephant_Ranges_256 KENNationalBoundaryHOSTEDArcGISFeatureLayer7b4a28846f0a40efb231e800840b72ec KENWetlandsotherArcGISFeatureLayerKenya_Protected_Areas_and_Wetlands_7235 KENWaterwaysotherArcGISFeatureLayerKenya_8543 KENProtectedAreasotherArcGISFeatureLayerKenya_Protected_Areas_and_Wetlands_9906 KENCountyBoundariesHOSTEDArcGISFeatureLayer7b4a28846f0a40efb231e800840b72ec KenyaAdministrativeBoundaries ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KenCountyBoundariesHOSTEDArcGISFeatureLayer7b4a28846f0a40efb231e800840b72ec KENConstituencyBoundariesHOSTEDArcGISFeatureLayer7b4a28846f0a40efb231e800840b72ec KENNationalBoundaryHOSTEDArcGISFeatureLayer7b4a28846f0a40efb231e800840b72ec NewOrleansServiceCallsperPoliceDistrict2011-2019 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NewOrleansCityBoundaryHOSTEDArcGISFeatureLayer3b659cafd4dd4eb4acd09c161b307871 NOLA_Police_District_BoundariesHOSTEDArcGISFeatureLayer7bb9efeffe8847e7bec6515ac66376a8 NOLA_ServiceCallTypes_by_PoliceDistrictHOSTEDArcGISFeatureLayer7c89adbcc6e648eda313fe9ededddf44 Let'suseoneofthehelperfunctionswewroteearlierinthenotebooktoreturnalistoftheuniqueitemIdvaluesconsumedineachwebmap: Input forwminsource_admin_inventory['WebMap']: print(f"{wm.title}\n{'-'*80}") foritem_idinget_layer_item_ids(wm): print(f"{''*2}{item_id}") print("\n") ElephantCorridorsandRanges -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- a42b8e67641149b7918ec50b657cf91f 85297d9812b441afbbd26609b9a8a561 7b4a28846f0a40efb231e800840b72ec a535e2ba4fcd4fdbb252f70d5483ef5e c48149de475c4e5499243a26739932d9 KenyaAdministrativeBoundaries -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7b4a28846f0a40efb231e800840b72ec NewOrleansServiceCallsperPoliceDistrict2011-2019 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3b659cafd4dd4eb4acd09c161b307871 7bb9efeffe8847e7bec6515ac66376a8 7c89adbcc6e648eda313fe9ededddf44 We'regoingtorelyonthesearch_existing_itemsparametertohandlealltheitemsconsumedinourwebmaps.Givenwhatwe'velearnedaboutthisparameter,wecanrelyonittodetectwhetheranyoftheitemidsconsumedinourwebmapsmatchanyofthetypeKeywordsalreadyexistinginourtarget.Ifthefunctionfindsanexistingiteminthetarget,itwillswizzletheappropriatevaluesinthenewwebmapdefinition.IfthefunctiondoesnotfindanexistingitembasedonthetypeKeyword,itwillclonetheitem.Fornon-hosteditems,itwillrecreatethoseitemsintheresultingwebmap. Input wm_map={} forwminsource_admin_inventory['WebMap']: wm_obj=WebMap(wm) print(f"{wm_obj.item.title}\n{'-'*50}") ifwm_obj.item.ownerFolder: folder_name=[f['title']forfinsource.users.me.folders iff['id']==wm_obj.item.ownerFolder][0] try: print(f"...cloning{wm_obj.item.title}") cloned_wm=target.content.clone_items(items=[wm_obj.item], folder=folder_name) wm_map[wm.id]=cloned_wm[0].id print(f"...completed") print(f"\n") exceptExceptionase: print(f"....failedtoclone{wm_obj.item.title}") print(str(e)) print(f"\n") ElephantCorridorsandRanges -------------------------------------------------- ...cloningElephantCorridorsandRanges ...completed KenyaAdministrativeBoundaries -------------------------------------------------- ...cloningKenyaAdministrativeBoundaries ...completed NewOrleansServiceCallsperPoliceDistrict2011-2019 -------------------------------------------------- ...cloningNewOrleansServiceCallsperPoliceDistrict2011-2019 ...completed Let'sexaminetheresultingWebMapitemsinthetarget: Input target_admin_inventory=get_user_items(target.users.me,target) Input active_gis=target Input forwmintarget_admin_inventory['WebMap']: print_webmap_inventory(wm) ElephantCorridorsandRanges ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ElephantNaturalCorridorsotherArcGISFeatureLayerElephant_Natural_Corridors_1302 ElephantRangesotherArcGISFeatureLayerElephant_Ranges_256 KENNationalBoundaryHOSTEDArcGISFeatureLayerbe66aefdb6544d3386903cbec0309ad8 KENWetlandsotherArcGISFeatureLayerKenya_Protected_Areas_and_Wetlands_7235 KENWaterwaysotherArcGISFeatureLayerKenya_8543 KENProtectedAreasotherArcGISFeatureLayerKenya_Protected_Areas_and_Wetlands_9906 KENCountyBoundariesHOSTEDArcGISFeatureLayerbe66aefdb6544d3386903cbec0309ad8 NewOrleansServiceCallsperPoliceDistrict2011-2019 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NewOrleansCityBoundaryHOSTEDArcGISFeatureLayer422324e7cf65467493f721fda132b6f7 NOLA_Police_District_BoundariesHOSTEDArcGISFeatureLayercc4d594a0a0f43bfb470275f8415c8e3 NOLA_ServiceCallTypes_by_PoliceDistrictHOSTEDArcGISFeatureLayerefb953a5bc824b3a966fd08efd13066f KenyaAdministrativeBoundaries ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KenCountyBoundariesHOSTEDArcGISFeatureLayerbe66aefdb6544d3386903cbec0309ad8 KENConstituencyBoundariesHOSTEDArcGISFeatureLayerbe66aefdb6544d3386903cbec0309ad8 KENNationalBoundaryHOSTEDArcGISFeatureLayerbe66aefdb6544d3386903cbec0309ad8 Wecanseethatclone_items()successfullyrecreatedthewebmapsandswizzledthelayercontentstousetheitemidsoftheclonedfeatureservices.Thesearch_existing_itemsparameterallowedthefunctiontoavoidcopyingcontentthathadalreadybeenclonedintothetargetandsimplyrewiredthewebmapdefinitionsbasedonthetypeKeywordaddedduringtheclone.Forthoseitemsthatwerenothostedfeaturelayers,thefunctionrecreatestheminthewebmap,butdoesnotcreateFeatureLayer(non-hosted)itemsintheWebGISunlesstheSaveLayercontextmenuoptionisusedfromwithinthetargetWebMap. Wealsocreatedadictionarywiththesourcewebmapidasthekeyandtheclonedtargetwebmapidasthevalue.Aswedescribedearlier,theitem_mappinginstructstheclone_items()functiontouseanitemalreadyexistinginthetargetratherthanrecreatingit.Withitemsthatconsumewebmaps,suchasdashboardsandwebmappingapplications,theclone_items()functiondoesnotautomaticallygodeepintotheitemandclonethewebmap.However,wecanusetheitem_mappingparametertoswizzlethewebmapusedinanapplicationfromthesourcetothetargetwiththewm_mapmappingwecreatedwhilecloningthesourcewebmaps. Let'sexamineourwm)_mapdictionarytoseethatweindeedhaveadictionarymappingthathasidsasbothkeysandvalues. Input wm_map Output {'485ec5def2b14e89b95d03fcfa7537d6':'cbca10bf6d824bfc8a9c164452932b80', '89abb46264f34953ae782748cf89e7da':'d04f97e5645248bcafc72010522177a7', '5dfbd0b244a440d2ac097c4bf9b381a2':'b365110bedfe4396947d43a522fc9c2e'} Let'svisuallycompareourwebmaps: source¶ Input source_webmap=WebMap(source.content.get(list(wm_map.keys())[1])) source_webmap Output target¶ Input target_webmap=WebMap(target.content.get(list(wm_map.values())[1])) target_webmap Output Wecanseevisuallythatthemapsappeartocontainthesamelayers.Youcanrepeatthisprocessforanyotherwebmapsource/targetpairfromthewm_mapdictionarytomakeavisualcomparison. ArcGISDashboards¶ ArcGISDashboardsuseintuitiveandinteractivedatavisualizationstoprovideinsightsintoyourdata.WhenyouuseaWebMapasamapelementinthedashboardthewebmap'soperationallayerscanserveasdatasourcesforotherelements,providingvisualandanalyticalinsightintoyourdata. Let'sexaminetheprocessofcloningaDashboardbyrevisitingoursourceadministratorsiteminventoryandlookintoanydashboarditems. Input ops_dash=source_admin_inventory['Dashboard'][0] ops_dash Output NewOrleansServiceCalls AggregationofyearlyservicecallsinNewOrleans,LouisianaintheUnitedStatesbetween2011an2018.Dashboardbyarcgispyapibot LastModified:April27,2020 0comments,7views Input active_gis=source Input dash_wm=get_dash_wm(ops_dash)[0] dash_wm Output NewOrleansServiceCallsperPoliceDistrict2011-2019 SummaryoftypesofservicecallsineachpolicedistrictinNewOrleansbetween2011-2019WebMapbyarcgispyapibot LastModified:April27,2020 0comments,129views Let'svisualizethewebmapsowecanmakeaquickcomparisontotheresultsinourclone. Input WebMap(dash_wm) Output Input dash_wm.id Output '5dfbd0b244a440d2ac097c4bf9b381a2' Input print_webmap_inventory(dash_wm) NewOrleansServiceCallsperPoliceDistrict2011-2019 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NewOrleansCityBoundaryHOSTEDArcGISFeatureLayer3b659cafd4dd4eb4acd09c161b307871 NOLA_Police_District_BoundariesHOSTEDArcGISFeatureLayer7bb9efeffe8847e7bec6515ac66376a8 NOLA_ServiceCallTypes_by_PoliceDistrictHOSTEDArcGISFeatureLayer7c89adbcc6e648eda313fe9ededddf44 Weusedourhelperfunctionstogetadashboardandexaminethelayerswithinthewebmapconsumedinthedashboard. Let'squerythewm_mapobjectwecreatedtoseeifthisWebMapidwascloned. Input wm_item_mapping={src_wm:trg_wmforsrc_wm,trg_wminwm_map.items() ifdash_wm.id==src_wm} wm_item_mapping Output {'5dfbd0b244a440d2ac097c4bf9b381a2':'b365110bedfe4396947d43a522fc9c2e'} Weclonedthewebmapusedinthisdashboardinourpreviousstepofcloningwebmaps.Wecanusethewm_item_mappingwejustcreatedastheitem_mappingparameterwhencloningthedashboardtoensurethecloneddashboardconsumedtheclonedwebmapinthetargetinsteadofstayingwireduptothesourcewebmap. Andsincewe'rekeepingthesearch_existing_itemsparameterwiththedefaultvalueofTrue,anyitemsconsumedinthewebmapwillnotgetduplicatedbecauseoftheclone_items()functionusingthetypeKeywordssearchtouseanysourceitemidvaluetomaptoanycloneditemwiththatidinitstypeKeywordslist. Input target.content.clone_items(items=[ops_dash], folder="NewOrleans", item_mapping=wm_item_mapping) Output [] Wenowinvestigateourtargetforthedashboardwejustcloned. Input target_admin_inventory=get_user_items(target.users.me,target) Input cloned_dash=target_admin_inventory['Dashboard'][0] cloned_dash Output NewOrleansServiceCalls AggregationofyearlyservicecallsinNewOrleans,LouisianaintheUnitedStatesbetween2011an2018.Dashboardbyclonerator LastModified:May10,2020 0comments,0views Input active_gis=target Input cloned_dash_webmap=get_dash_wm(cloned_dash)[0] cloned_dash_webmap Output NewOrleansServiceCallsperPoliceDistrict2011-2019 SummaryoftypesofservicecallsineachpolicedistrictinNewOrleansbetween2011-2019WebMapbyclonerator LastModified:May10,2020 0comments,1views Input WebMap(cloned_dash_webmap) Output Input cloned_dash_webmap.id Output 'b365110bedfe4396947d43a522fc9c2e' Input print_webmap_inventory(cloned_dash_webmap) NewOrleansServiceCallsperPoliceDistrict2011-2019 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NewOrleansCityBoundaryHOSTEDArcGISFeatureLayer422324e7cf65467493f721fda132b6f7 NOLA_Police_District_BoundariesHOSTEDArcGISFeatureLayercc4d594a0a0f43bfb470275f8415c8e3 NOLA_ServiceCallTypes_by_PoliceDistrictHOSTEDArcGISFeatureLayerefb953a5bc824b3a966fd08efd13066f Thewebmapclonedfromthesourcedashboardvisuallyappearsidentical,andmatchestheidvaluefromourwm_mapobject. StoryMaps¶ ArcGISStoryMaps¶Asofversion1.8,thePythonAPIdoesnotyetsupportcloningArcGISStoryMaps.Staytunedforannouncementsastofuturecapability. ClassicStoryMaps¶ClassicstorymapsarestoredintheportalsasWebMappingApplicationitems,solet'susethemasanexampleofcloningawebapplicationitem. Input active_gis=source Input wma=source_admin_inventory['WebMappingApplication'][0] wma Output ElephantHabitatandRelationshiptoWater Storymapshowingelephanthabitatandnavigationpathwaysinrelationstowaterandprotectedareas.WebMappingApplicationbyarcgispyapibot LastModified:April27,2020 0comments,23views Input wma_webmap=source.content.get(wma.get_data()['values']['webmap']) wma_webmap Output ElephantCorridorsandRanges MapofnaturalelephantcorridorsandrangesintheGreatRiftValley.WebMapbyarcgispyapibot LastModified:April28,2020 0comments,211views Foraquickvisualizationofthewebmap: Input WebMap(wma_webmap)) Output Input wma_webmap.id Output '485ec5def2b14e89b95d03fcfa7537d6' Input print_webmap_inventory(wma_webmap) ElephantCorridorsandRanges ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ElephantNaturalCorridorsotherArcGISFeatureLayerElephant_Natural_Corridors_1302 ElephantRangesotherArcGISFeatureLayerElephant_Ranges_256 KENNationalBoundaryHOSTEDArcGISFeatureLayer7b4a28846f0a40efb231e800840b72ec KENWetlandsotherArcGISFeatureLayerKenya_Protected_Areas_and_Wetlands_7235 KENWaterwaysotherArcGISFeatureLayerKenya_8543 KENProtectedAreasotherArcGISFeatureLayerKenya_Protected_Areas_and_Wetlands_9906 KENCountyBoundariesHOSTEDArcGISFeatureLayer7b4a28846f0a40efb231e800840b72ec Let'sagainquerythesource\targetdictionarywecreatedwhencloningthesourcewebmapstoseeifwe'vepreviouslyclonedthewebmapconsumedbytheStoryMapapplication. Input wm_item_mapping={src_wm:trg_wmforsrc_wm,trg_wminwm_map.items() ifwma_webmap.id==src_wm} wm_item_mapping Output {'485ec5def2b14e89b95d03fcfa7537d6':'cbca10bf6d824bfc8a9c164452932b80'} TheoriginalWebMapcontained7operationallayers.2fromahostedFeatureLayerintheWebGIS,and5FeatureLayersitemssourcedfromArcGISOnlineFeatureLayers.Let'susetheclone_items()function,acceptingthedefaultvaluesforthecopy_dataandsearch_existing_itemsparameters(bothTrue)andutilizingtheexistingitemwm_item_mappingobjecttowiretheapplication'swebmap.We'llthenexaminetheresults. Input target.content.clone_items(items=[wma], folder="Kenya", item_mapping=wm_item_mapping) Output [] WecanseethatcloningoutputoftheWebMappingApplicationliststheapplication.Let'sfurtherexaminetheclonedapplicationfortheitemsitconsumes. We'llquerythetargetadministratorinventoryfortheWebMappingApplicationsnowownedbythetargetadmin,andthenexaminethewebmapitconsumes. Input active_gis=target Input target_admin_inventory=get_user_items(target.users.me,target) Input target_wma=target_admin_inventory['WebMappingApplication'][0] target_wma Output ElephantHabitatandRelationshiptoWater Storymapshowingelephanthabitatandnavigationpathwaysinrelationstowaterandprotectedareas.WebMappingApplicationbyclonerator LastModified:May10,2020 0comments,0views Input cloned_wma_webmap=target.content.get(target_wma.get_data()['values']['webmap']) cloned_wma_webmap Output ElephantCorridorsandRanges MapofnaturalelephantcorridorsandrangesintheGreatRiftValley.WebMapbyclonerator LastModified:May10,2020 0comments,0views Tocompare,thevisualizationofourclonedwebmapappearslikeouroriginalsource. Input WebMap(cloned_wma_webmap)) Output Input cloned_wma_webmap.id Output 'cbca10bf6d824bfc8a9c164452932b80' Input print_webmap_inventory(cloned_wma_webmap) ElephantCorridorsandRanges ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ElephantNaturalCorridorsotherArcGISFeatureLayerElephant_Natural_Corridors_1302 ElephantRangesotherArcGISFeatureLayerElephant_Ranges_256 KENNationalBoundaryHOSTEDArcGISFeatureLayerbe66aefdb6544d3386903cbec0309ad8 KENWetlandsotherArcGISFeatureLayerKenya_Protected_Areas_and_Wetlands_7235 KENWaterwaysotherArcGISFeatureLayerKenya_8543 KENProtectedAreasotherArcGISFeatureLayerKenya_Protected_Areas_and_Wetlands_9906 KENCountyBoundariesHOSTEDArcGISFeatureLayerbe66aefdb6544d3386903cbec0309ad8 Wecanseethattheitem_mappingparameterensuredtheclonedStoryMapWebMappingApplicationusedthenewlyclonedwebmap.Examiningthelistoflayersinthewebmapshowsithasthesamesetoflayers,includingwiringupthelayerstothecorrectnewlyclonedhostedfeatureservices. Conclusion¶ThisguidedemonstratedoneworkflowforcloningitemsbetweenasourceWebGISandatargetWebGIS.WeconnectedtoeachGISasanadministratorandclonedasetofitemsusingabottom-upapproach:firstcloningthedataservices-featureservicesthatcompriseotheritemssuchaswebmaps.Weexaminedhowthesearch_existing_itemsparameterallowsustoensureagainstneedlesscopyingofdataifwehavealreadycloneditemsintoourtarget. Aftercloningthedatabuildingblocks,weclonedthewebmaps,againseeinghowthesearch_existing_itemsparameterautomaticallymappedanyitemsconsumedinthewebmapfromsourcetoamatchingiteminthetargetifitexists.Wethenshowhowthewebmapsserveasbuildingblocksforwebmappingapplicationsanddashboards,showinghowtheitem_mappingparametercanservetoensuretheclonedtargetitemconsumesthecorrectitemordataservicesitconsumedinthesource. Theclone_items()functionprovidesthemeanstomigratemaps,apps,weblayersandmorecomplexitemsbetweenWebGISsystems.Foritemsthatconsumeotheritems(suchasawebmapitemconsumingasetofweblayeritems),thefunctionprovidesparameterstocontrolhowthosegetmigrated IntroductionImportlibrariesConnecttosourceandtargetportalsGetstartedwithcloningCloningmultipleitemssimultaneouslyHelperfunctionsThecloningprocessConclusionShowtableofcontentsIntroductionImportlibrariesConnecttosourceandtargetportalsGetstartedwithcloningCloningmultipleitemssimultaneouslyHelperfunctionsThecloningprocessConclusionWasthispagehelpful?YesNoWasthispagehelpful?YesNoYourbrowserisnolongersupported.Pleaseupgradeyourbrowserforthebestexperience.Seeourbrowserdeprecationpostformoredetails.