ERROR 001243 preventing automatic publishing of geoprocessing service

Question

I am trying to automate the process of publishing a geoprocessing service to ArcGIS for Server 10.2.2, using a python script:

import arcpy  
result = r"C:\data\ContourLineFunction.rlt"  
connectionPath = r"C:\Users\sof\AppData\Roaming\ESRI\Desktop10.2\ArcCatalog\arcgis on localhost_6080 (admin).ags"  
sddraft = "ContourLineFunction.sddraft"  
sd = "ContourLineFunction.sd"  
serviceName = "ContourLineFunction"  

# create service definition draft  
arcpy.CreateGPSDDraft(  
    result, sddraft, serviceName, server_type="ARCGIS_SERVER",  
    connection_file_path=connectionPath, copy_data_to_server=False,  
    folder_name=None, summary="lorem ipsum", tags="gp",  
    executionType="Synchronous", resultMapServer=False,  
    showMessages="INFO", maximumRecords=1000, minInstances=1,  
    maxInstances=5, maxUsageTime=100, maxWaitTime=10, maxIdleTime=180)  

analyzeMessages = arcpy.mapping.AnalyzeForSD(sddraft)

The result from the AnalyzeForSD function contains multiple errors 001243:

{  
  'errors':  
    {  
      (u'ERROR 001243: The ContourLineFunction/in_string_version parameter is missing a syntax dialog explanation in the item description', 92): [],  
      (u'ERROR 001243: The ContourLineFunction/yCoordinate parameter is missing a syntax dialog explanation in the item description', 92): [],  
      (u'ERROR 001242: Tool ContourLineFunction is missing item description summary', 80): [],  
      (u'ERROR 001243: The ContourLineFunction/xCoordinate parameter is missing a syntax dialog explanation in the item description', 92): [],  
      (u'ERROR 001243: The ContourLineFunction/radius parameter is missing a syntax dialog explanation in the item description', 92): []} ...  

I know I can get rid of the errors by manually entering item descriptions in the Service Editor in ArcMap/ArcCatalog.

I have tried to find the settings in the sddraft file, but nothing looked like the right place for the values.

I have tried to find something inside the .rlt-file (geoprocessing result), but this was all binary stuff inside a ZIP file :-(

How can I automate the setting of the item descriptions?

Answer 1

To deploy a custom .NET tool, you would need to document the tool first. Refer to A quick tour of documenting tools and toolboxes for the steps.

However, to document a DLL-based custom tool, you need to enable Item Description first. Consult Enable ArcMap to create documentation for custom geoprocessing tools for details.

After editing the registry as outlined in the KB article, you should be able to edit the item details in Catalog window just as for other GP tools and models.