1. Webhooks: Reeling in
Success with ArcGIS
Enterprise Integration

2. Sanae
Mendoza
Technical Support
Specialist, FME Flow
Dan
Minney
Technical Support
Specialist, FME Form
Matt
Meeboer
Technical Support
Specialist, FME Flow

3. Agenda
1 Introduction
2 ArcGIS Enterprise Webhooks
2 ArcGIS Enterprise Webhook Workflows
3 Best Practices and Tips
4 Conclusion & Resources
5 Q&A Session
Agenda

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6. Poll:
Have you used webhooks in
ArcGIS Enterprise before?

7. Leverage Webhooks and
FME to build responsive,
event-driven ArcGIS
Enterprise workflows.
Hook, Line, and Sinker:
Reeling in ArcGIS Online
Webhooks

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10. FME Form
(was FME Desktop)
FME Flow
(was FME Server)
FME Flow Hosted
(was FME Cloud)
FME Enterprise Integration Platform

12. 2
ArcGIS
Enterprise
Webhooks

13. ArcGIS Enterprise
data and user management is
time-consuming and subject
to error.

14. Tasks, requests, and
maintenance often get in the
way of long-term projects and
goals.

15. Ditch manual tasks for
responsive and automated
ArcGIS workflows.
Use FME and webhooks to respond in real-time to events and
activity in ArcGIS Enterprise.

16. Introduction to
Webhooks

17. Real-time Data
Updates and
Notifications
● Respond on-time
● Make informed decisions
● Make operations and
processes more efficient
● Reduce manual tasks

18. Real-time Data
Updates and
Notifications
● Respond on-time
● Make informed decisions
● Make operations and
processes more efficient
● Reduce manual tasks
Streamlined and
Automated
Workflows
● Automate data
validation,
transformation, and
visualization
● Uphold data standards
● Decrease human error

19. Real-time Data
Updates and
Notifications
● Respond on-time
● Make informed decisions
● Make operations and
processes more efficient
● Reduce manual tasks
Streamlined and
Automated
Workflows
● Automate data
validation,
transformation, and
visualization
● Uphold data standards
● Decrease human error
Enhanced
Collaboration and
Data Sharing
● Automate sharing -
stakeholders have the
information they need,
when they need it
● Integration with other
applications for
cross-team collaboration
● Eliminate data silos

20. What are Webhooks?
A webhook is an automated way for one application to
send data or notifications to another application when
specific events occur.

21. What are Webhooks?
In traditional workflows, we ask an
application for data.
In webhook workflows, we wait to receive
data from an application.

22. Pizza order
placed.
ArcGIS Enterprise

23. Pizza order
placed.
{“Order”: “Pizza”,
“Type”: “Pepperoni”}
ArcGIS Enterprise

24. Pizza order
placed.
Prepare and
deliver pizza.
{“Order”: “Pizza”,
“Type”: “Pepperoni”}
ArcGIS Enterprise

25. Webhooks Terms
Event: Activity, process, update, state, or change
Webhook Message: The message content, usually JSON or XML format
Webhook URL: Where the message is sent
JSON: Common format for exchanging data over the web. Structured like a dictionary.

26. ArcGIS
Enterprise
Webhooks &
FME

27. Types of ArcGIS Enterprise Webhooks
Organization
Items, Users, Roles, Groups
Feature Service
Features, Attachments, Layers, Definitions
Geoprocessing
Completion of a Geoprocessing service job Portal for ArcGIS
Documentation:
Event Triggers

28. Event-driven Workflows
A user is assigned to a new
role.
A parcel dataset is updated
with a new permit
application.
A points location is updated
by a field technician.
A public engagement survey
is sent out for feedback
collection.
User is given access to the
groups, items, and licenses
their new role requires.
Automated validation for
data integrity, accuracy and
adherence to standards.
A geoprocessing task
completes service on a
critical dataset.
Updates are propagated to a
data visualization tool

29. FME Flow
Webhook Trigger
● FME Automations run workflows
whenever an event happens, like a
schedule or file update.
● The Webhook Trigger responds to
messages from another application,
like ArcGIS Portal.
The moment the message is received,
FME responds in real-time by running an
automated workflow or process.

30. FME Tools for ArcGIS Portal Data
ArcGIS Portal Feature Service Reader and Writer
Read and write to Feature Services/Layers
ArcGISOnlineConnecter
Upload, update, download, delete, or list data about items belonging to
users and groups. Change sharing settings or publish items as hosted
feature layers.
HTTPCaller
Create custom requests via ArcGIS REST APIs

31. Portal Authentication Types
Web-tier
● Basic
● Digest
● NTLM (Integrated Windows Authentication)
● Kerberos (IWA and LDAP)
SAML
● SAML 2.0 ( Single Sign-On/SSO)
Connecting to ArcGIS Portal
1. ArcGIS Portal Web Service
FME Form
FME Flow
2. ArcGIS Portal Web Connection
Article: How to Create an
ArcGIS Enterprise Portal
Web Connection (0Auth 2.0)

32. Working with JSON
ArcGIS webhooks use JSON (JavaScript Object Notation), a common
format for exchanging information over the web. Its built like a dictionary.
Use JSON transformers in FME to create workable data from JSON.

33. Requirements for ArcGIS Enterprise Webhooks
● An ArcGIS Portal Web Connection
● An ArcGIS Portal/Server account with either:
○ Privilege for the type of webhook you are creating
○ Administrator role
● HTTPS/SSL for ArcGIS Portal/Server and FME Flow
● ArcGIS Portal/Server must trust the certificate used by FME Flow
● Network communication by either:
○ FME Flow and ArcGIS Portal/Server within the same network
○ FME Flow is enabled for public access
Article: Enabling FME
Server for Public
Access

34. 3
ArcGIS
Enterprise
Webhook
Workflows

35. Monitor ArcGIS
Portal content for
updated
permissions
Goal Block Key
Organization Webhooks for ArcGIS Portal Administration
Result
Manually reviewing
item activity is
time-consuming
Organization
webhooks allow
Portal item activity
to trigger automated
workflows in FME
Respond to item
activity in real-time
and automate a
response

36. Demo

37. Slide Title
Monitor an
ArcGIS Portal
feature service
for new records
Goal Block Key
Feature Service Webhooks
Result
We don’t have a
method to
automatically check
for changes made
to the feature
service layer
ArcGIS
Enterprise
Feature service
webhooks &
FME Flow
Automations
Hands-off data
enrichment and
instantaneous
notifications when
features are added
to the layer

38. Demo

39. Recap
● Feature Service Webhooks allow for the
monitoring of Adds, Updates & Deletes
● Feature Service Webhooks must be created
through the ArcGIS Server Administrator
Directory
● Feature Service Webhooks can only be
created by admins or members with the
Feature layer privilege
● Editing Capabilities must be enabled on the
Feature Service

40. Slide Title
Start a
downstream
process when a
geoprocessing
service
completes on
ArcGIS Server
Goal Block Key
Geoprocessing Webhook
Result
How do we know
when it has
completed? How
do we start the
downstream
process?
ArcGIS
Enterprise
Geoprocessing
Webhooks &
FME Flow
Automations
Near real-time
notifications
when a
geoprocessing
service
completes

41. Demo

42. Key Points
● Using webhooks, FME can start another
process whenever an ArcGIS Server
geoprocessing service completes
● Geoprocessing webhooks are created in
ArcGIS Server, not Portal
● Use the custom
ArcGISPortalWebHookDataGetter
transformer to get additional messages

43. 4
Conclusion

44. Conclusion
● FME Form & Flow make it easy to implement
ArcGIS Enterprise Webhooks
● Organization, Geoprocessing, and Feature
Service Webhooks
● Use the ArcGISPortalWebhookDataGetter
● Networking considerations
○ HTTPS needs to be enabled in both
FME Flow & ArcGIS Enterprise to
communicate with each other

45. 5
Resources

46. Resources
● Automating Workflow Submission from a
Third Party Application To FME Server
● Integrating ArcGIS Feature Service
Webhooks with FME
● Automate ArcGIS Enterprise Portal
Administration with Organization
Webhooks and FME Flow
● Integrating ArcGIS Enterprise
Geoprocessing Webhooks With FME
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