1. Administering Your ArcGIS Organization Through Scripting
Witt Mathot
Evan Caldwell
Dan OLeary

2. Online Content and Services
ArcGIS
Your Favorite GIS
Desktop
Web
Device
Server
Online Content and Services
portal
Web GIS
Simple
Integrated
Open
Available in the Cloud…
… or On-Premises

3. GeoInformation Model Portal ArcGIS Desktop Apps APIs & SDKs Maps
http:
http:
Portal
http:
Maps
Scenes
Scene Layers
Tile
Layers
Image
Layers
Feature
Layers & Tables
Analytics
Analytics
Services
Data

4. GeoInformation Model Organization Group Item User Application
Web Scene
Web Map
Web Layer
Service
Dataset

5. Common Administrative Tasks
Feature content
Curate public groups
On-board & off-board users
Transfer ownership of items & groups
Review content, groups, comments …

6. Some Tasks May Demand Scripting
Batch content, group, and user management (e.g. remove/add users in bulk)
Advanced Housekeeping
Front end (e.g. find/remove test items, find incomplete groups/items and alert owners)
Back end (e.g. find broken links and escalate, update references as hosts/services change)
Custom reports (e.g. weekly summary reports)
Managing content across multiple portals (e.g. sync, back/up restore items)

7. Demo Time!

8. Want to learn more? Documentation & Links Sessions
Portal Services REST API
ArcGIS Organization Administration Wiki
ArcGIS Marketplace
Portalpy
Sessions
Using the ArcREST Python Package
ArcGIS API for JavaScript: An Introduction
ArcGIS API for JavaScript: Road Ahead

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