What's new in version 1.5

New

• Updated the Map Widget to use the ArcGIS API for JavaScript 4x release
  • Broader support for authoring and rendering WebScenes
  • Full support for JupyterLab. See JupyterLab Guide.
  • Support for specifying autocast JavaScript renderers from Python code
  • Support for exporting Map Widgets to standalone HTML pages
  • Support for using an external ArcGIS API for JavaScript CDN for disconnected environments
  • Miscellaneous bug fixes
• Added the new Spatially Enabled Dataframe to eventually replace the SpatialDataFrame() class
  • New implementation: Accessor-based spatial namespace accessible as the sdf property on a Pandas dataframe
  • Improvements to rendering, projections and support for Arcade expressions
• Added usage property on Item class to inspect individual statistics
• Added attribute checks for geometries in environments where ArcPy is not available
• Added summary property to arcgis.admin.ux to add description of Portal or ArcGIS Online Organization instance
• Added support for using server raster functions in raster analytics jobs using apply()
• Enhancements to support for mosaic_rules on ImageryLayers, incdluding when using save() and identity()
• Added AssignmentIntegrationManager class to Workforce module as the integrations property on a Project
• Added url builder functions to the apps module
• Enhanced numerous Global Raster functions with parameter validation checks, including cost_distance(), cost_allocation(), flow_distance(), zonal_statistics() and others
• Added cost_backlink(), euclidean_direction(), cost_path(), kernel_density(), and calculate_travel_cost() to Global Raster Functions and optimum_travel_cost_network() to Raster Analytics
• Added category_filters parameter to improve search() capabilities
• Added find_centroids function to arcgis.features.find_locations submodule

Fixes

• Fixed BUG-000114520 where assigning categories with a Python script removed previously assigned categories
• Fixed issue when returning sharing properties on an Item if item is in a folder
• Fixed issue when passing colors in as a list on the Spatially Enabled Dataframe
• Fixed issue where arcgis.network.analysis.solve_vehicle_routing_problem failed because of missing parameters
• Fixed mis-matched parameters on the SyncMananger.synchronize() method
• Fixed issue where spatial_join() failed if ArcPy was not available in the environment
• Fixed issue when exporting to a feature class failed if ArcPy was not available in the environment
• Fixed issue where creating a FeatureSet from a Pandas dataframe failed
• Fixed issue on the Spatially Enabled Dataframe plot method using the unique values renderer
• Fixed issue for ensuring valid values passed to the rendering_rules parameter of the ImageryLayer identify() and computer_stats_and_histogrames() functions
• Added item_rendering_rule parameter to ImageryLayer.mosaic_by() function
• Corrected invalid internal key in ImageryLayer.mosaic_rule()
• Updated parameters in the GeoAnalytics summarize_data.summarize_within(), find_locations.detect_incidents(), and analyze_patters.find_hot_spots() functions
• Fixed GeoAnalytics.find_locations.geocode_locations() function
• Increased flexibility of the output_datastore environment variable
• Fixed issue where dates older than the Unix Epoch caused failures
• Fixed issue where Item.protect() failed to repopulate the Item object
• Fixed bug in gis.admin.SSLCertificates.get() method and improved documentation
• Fixed issue where Item.comments and Item.add_comment() returned invalid URL
• Added LicenseManager documentation to the arcgis.gis.admin
• Fixed issue with clone_items() function failing to update paths for Tiled Map Service Layers
• Added create_thumbnail() function to Item class
• Fixed issue where arcgis.server.Server() did not read the verify_cert parameter
• Fixed FeatureLayerCollectionManager.overwrite() method to work with Portal items

• Available at ArcGIS Enterprise 10.7: Added arcgis.geonalytics.manage_data.clip_layer() functionality