The sections below outline basic limitations to take into consideration when working with the ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Enterprise Sharing API. This is a dynamic list that may be updated as new functionality is introduced.
Search limitations
| Limitation type | Maximum limit |
|---|---|
Maximum Search results per request or page | Maximum of 100 results returned. |
Maximum Search results per query | Only the first 10,000 results can be paginated; more than 10,000 results cannot be returned through pagination. The actual number of total returned results may be more than 10,000. |
Maximum size of query string | 10KB |
File upload limitations
| Limitation type | Maximum limit |
|---|---|
Maximum file upload size for Generate | 2MB for shapefiles and 10MB for other supported file types. |
Maximum file upload size for Analyze | 2MB for shapefiles and 10MB for other supported file types. |
Add Item in a single upload | Maximum file size 5GB. |
Add Item in multipart uploads | Maximum file size 500GB; maximum number of parts 10,000. |
Add Item via chunked transfer upload | Maximum file size 50MB |
Item info limitations
| Limitation type | Maximum limit |
|---|---|
Maximum file size allowed for Item Info files | 100KB |
Maximum number of Item Info files per request | 20 |
Maximum thumbnail size | 10MB |
Token generation limitations
| Limitation type | Maximum limit |
|---|---|
Maximum token expiration time | Two weeks |
Users and groups limitations
| Limitation type | Maximum limit |
|---|---|
Maximum number of groups a User can belong to (both owning and joined as a group member) | 512 |
Maximum number of usernames allowed for | 200 |
Maximum number of external organizations allowed per group | 250 |
Adding and updating items limitations
| Limitation type | Maximum limit |
|---|---|
Maximum number of images per item | 10 |
Maximum size of item description | 64KB |
Maximum number of characters for item title | 256 |
Maximum number of characters for item snippet | 2048 |
Maximum number of type keywords on an item | 128 |
Maximum number of characters for each type keyword | 256 |
Maximum number of tags on an item | 128 |
Maximum number of characters for each tag | 256 |
Maximum size of any other text field item properties | 64KB |
Maximum number of type keywords on a group | 128 |
Maximum number of characters for each type keyword | 256 |
Folder limitations
| Limitation type | Maximum limit |
|---|---|
Maximum number of characters for folder title | 250 |
Collaborations
| Limitation type | Maximum limit |
|---|---|
Number of partnered collaborations allowed in an organization | 20 |
Scheduled Task limitations
| Limitation type | Maximum limit | User significance |
|---|---|---|
| 50 | The maximum number of total active scheduled notebook tasks for an organization. See here for ArcGIS Enterprise limits. |
| 5 | The maximum number of total active scheduled notebook tasks that can be owned by an individual user. See here for ArcGIS Enterprise limits. |
| 100 | The maximum total number of active scheduled recurring workflow manager jobs for an organization. |
| 30 | The maximum number of active scheduled recurring workflow manager jobs that can be created by an individual user. |
| 5 | The number of times a task can fail consecutively before it is switched to a failed state or disabled. |
| 100 | The maximum total number of active scheduled geoprocessing service tasks for an organization. |
| 20 | The maximum number of active scheduled geoprocessing service tasks that can be owned by an individual user. |
| 50 | The maximum number of active Run Data Pipelines tasks for an organization. |
| 10 | The maximum number of active Run Data Pipelines tasks that can be owned by an individual user. |
| 30 | The total number of runs that are reported and maintained for a scheduled task. |
| 50 | The maximum number of active scheduled Insight reports for an organization. |
| 5 | The maximum total number of active scheduled Insight reports that can be created by an individual user. |