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Map Image Layer

After publishing via Python API, I get an error when I load this and I am trying to take it apart and fix it!

The error is when I open it in a Map Viewer.

Error
The layer, Hyperlinked_Surveys, cannot be added to the map.

There is no layer called "Hyperlinked Surveys", so this makes sense! I'd like to know why it's trying to load this though. I cannot find any references to that string in my map! It's called "hyperlinked_surveys".

Code used to publish the service

I used a Notebook running in VSCode to do this. The file config.py contains references to environment settings containing my secrets.

This cell signs in and finds the map and the first layer in the map

from scripts.config import Config
import arcpy
arcpy.SignInToPortal(Config.PORTAL_URL, Config.PORTAL_USER, Config.PORTAL_PASSWORD)

project = arcpy.mp.ArcGISProject("K:/webmaps/basemap/basemap.aprx")
maps = project.listMaps()
mapnames = [map.name for map in maps]
map = maps[mapnames.index('arcgis_utils unit test')]
layer = map.listLayers()[0]
layer

This cell creates the .sddraft and .sd files, it takes 30 seconds to run

def fn(sd_name, server, service, copy=True):
   sddraft = map.getWebLayerSharingDraft(server_type=server, service_type=service,
       service_name=sd_name, layers_and_tables=[layer])
   sddraft_name = os.path.join("C:\\Temp", sd_name + '.sddraft')
   sddraft.overwriteExistingService = True
   sddraft.copyDataToServer = copy
   if server=='FEDERATED_SERVER':
       sddraft.federatedServerUrl = Config.SERVER_URL  # required for FEDERATED_SERVER!
   print(sddraft_name)
   sddraft.exportToSDDraft(sddraft_name)
   arcpy.env.overwriteOutput = True
   arcpy.StageService_server(sddraft_name, os.path.join("C:\\Temp", sd_name + ".sd"))
print(os.getcwd())
fn("Survey_Sample_MIL", "FEDERATED_SERVER", "MAP_IMAGE")
fn("Survey_Sample_FEATURES", "HOSTING_SERVER", "FEATURE")
fn("Survey_Sample_GEODATABASE_FEATURES", "HOSTING_SERVER", "FEATURE", copy=False)

This cell creates or overwrites the Map Image Layer, it also runs in about 30 seconds.

arcpy.server.UploadServiceDefinition(in_sd_file="C:\\Temp\\Survey_Sample_MIL.sd", in_server="K:/webmaps/basemap/server (publisher).ags")

Note that this WORKS in this case.

arcpy.server.UploadServiceDefinition(in_sd_file="C:\\Temp\\Survey_Sample_MIL.sd", in_server=Config.SERVER_URL)

and it produces this output:

Output

id	value
0	https://CC-GIS.CLATSOP.CO.CLATSOP.OR.US:6443/arcgis/services/Survey_Sample_MIL/MapServer
1	https://CC-GIS.CLATSOP.CO.CLATSOP.OR.US:6443/arcgis/rest/services/Survey_Sample_MIL/MapServer
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Messages
Start Time: Thursday, December 23, 2021 12:08:23 PM
Submitted.
Executing...
Executing (Publish Service Definition): PublishServiceDefinition ia976f338-6563-4da1-b591-f66b40769178 # {"buildInitialCache":false}
Start Time: Thu Dec 23 12:08:24 2021
Submitted.
Executing...
Start Time: Thursday, December 23, 2021 12:08:25 PM
Getting server information (server folders, data stores, etc.).
Validating service definition.
Creating the service.
Succeeded at Thursday, December 23, 2021 12:08:51 PM (Elapsed Time: 25.82 seconds)
Succeeded.
Succeeded at Thu Dec 23 12:08:51 2021 (Elapsed Time: 27.30 seconds)
Succeeded.
Succeeded at Thursday, December 23, 2021 12:08:53 PM (Elapsed Time: 29.60 seconds)

This cell creates or overwrites the Feature Service, it takes a minute

arcpy.server.UploadServiceDefinition(in_sd_file="C:\\Temp\\Survey_Sample_FEATURES.sd", in_server="K:/webmaps/basemap/server (publisher).ags")

Note that this DOES NOT WORK in this case.

arcpy.server.UploadServiceDefinition(in_sd_file="C:\\Temp\\Survey_Sample_FEATURES.sd", in_server=Config.SERVER_URL)

Output is

Output
id	value
0	
1	
2	
3	35886b1683e246638eca2fc2648b962f
4	
5	https://delta.co.clatsop.or.us/server/rest/services/Hosted/Survey_Sample_FEATURES/FeatureServer
6	
7	hyperlinked_surveys|0
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Messages
Start Time: Thursday, December 23, 2021 12:13:38 PM
Succeeded at Thursday, December 23, 2021 12:14:34 PM (Elapsed Time: 55.88 seconds)

Finally this cell,

arcpy.server.UploadServiceDefinition(in_sd_file="C:\\Temp\\Survey_Sample_FEATURES.sd", in_server="K:/webmaps/basemap/server (publisher).ags")

gives this output in about 20 seconds

Output
id	value
0	
1	
2	
3	151d6134e5574563937257665b41c132
4	
5	https://delta.co.clatsop.or.us/server/rest/services/Hosted/Survey_Sample_GEODATABASE_FEATURES/FeatureServer
6	
7	hyperlinked_surveys|0
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10	
Messages
Start Time: Thursday, December 23, 2021 12:59:22 PM
Succeeded at Thursday, December 23, 2021 12:59:45 PM (Elapsed Time: 22.37 seconds)

Files on Portal

When I publish, it creates an entry in Portal. I can see its ID in the URL and then go to the folder on the Portal server, <Portal>/content/items/<ID> where for me <Portal> is C:/arcgis/arcgisportal/ In the folder there is a subfolder called "esriinfo" containing these files. I am exploring with Visual Studio Code with the Remote SSH extension, and formatters installed for XML and JSON. VSCode is awesome.

metadata/metadata.xml
thumbnail/thumbnail.JPEG which I presume is... the thumbnail!! that appears in Portal
item.pkinfo    this is a tiny JSON file that has the ID, a creation date, and the type "Map Service".
iteminfo.json  this has all the properties in it including a GUID, extent, SRS, keywords (tags), a path to the thumbnail, a blank URL, and the fields you see in Portal like name and description. 
iteminfo.xml   is an XML version of a subset of the same properties

Note there is no list of layers in there and no reference to "Hyperlinked Surveys".

In Portal, I see that my MIL has one layer called "Survey_Sample_MIL", and when I click on that I see this URL: https://delta.co.clatsop.or.us/server/rest/services/Survey_Sample_MIL/MapServer Note it's referring to "server" which is the name of my ArcGIS Server instance, so it lives only on ArcGIS Server, not in Portal.

When I check out that link, everything seems okay. I can if I want enable more features in there such as WFS, WMS, and Feature Access.