{"id":2947647,"date":"2025-11-10T13:24:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T21:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=2947647"},"modified":"2025-11-12T15:43:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T23:43:20","slug":"arcgis-enterprise-12-are-your-web-apps-ready","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-enterprise\/administration\/arcgis-enterprise-12-are-your-web-apps-ready","title":{"rendered":"ArcGIS Enterprise 12: are your web apps ready?"},"author":313692,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[37501],"tags":[42301,400012,759832,694721,26511],"industry":[],"product":[36591,36821,36571,400032,760042,36631],"class_list":["post-2947647","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-administration","tag-arcgis-enterprise","tag-arcgis-experience-builder","tag-arcgis-instant-apps","tag-arcgis-web-appbuilder","tag-upgrade","product-apps","product-configurable-apps","product-arcgis-enterprise","product-experience-builder","product-instant-apps","product-web-appbuilder"],"acf":{"short_description":"Use this new script to inventory web apps that may need to be migrated before upgrading to ArcGIS Enterprise 12.0 and later ","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

We are excited to welcome a new generation of ArcGIS Enterprise with the upcoming release of ArcGIS Enterprise 12.0! ArcGIS Enterprise 12.0 will bring many exciting enhancements, new capabilities, server roles, and more, but it will also include the retirements of older apps and technology<\/a>. Two key applications that will be retired and thus removed in ArcGIS Enterprise 12.0 are ArcGIS Web AppBuilder and ArcGIS Configurable Apps. These applications will be superseded by modern alternatives, including ArcGIS Experience Builder and ArcGIS Instant Apps.<\/p>\n

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We understand that ArcGIS WebApp Builder and ArcGIS Configurable Apps have served you well throughout your use of ArcGIS Enterprise and you may still be using them today. To prepare for their retirement in the upcoming release, we want to help you understand the potential work involved to move from ArcGIS Web AppBuilder and ArcGIS Configurable Apps to their modern successors.<\/p>\n

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To help you, Esri has created a script<\/a> that will generate an inventory of all of the ArcGIS Web AppBuilder and ArcGIS Configurable Apps you have available in your ArcGIS Enterprise organization today. You can use this inventory to create a plan for which apps will need to be migrated before upgrading to ArcGIS Enterprise 12.0 or later.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"sidebar","content":"

Timing your upgrade<\/strong>
\nBefore upgrading, it\u2019s important to note the update to the product lifecycle updates for ArcGIS Enterprise on Windows and Linux<\/a>. Consider if ArcGIS Enterprise 12.0, which will be a short-term support release, is the best choice or consider preparing your web apps now and waiting for the next long-term support release<\/p>\n","image_reference":false,"layout":"standard","image_reference_figure":"","snippet":"","spotlight_name":"","section_title":"","position":"Center","spotlight_image":false},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Using the script<\/h2>\n

The script is available in the How To: Identify deprecated web app items in ArcGIS Enterprise Knowledge Base Article<\/a>. For deployments installed on Windows and Linux, you can download this Python script directly from the Knowledge Base Article or GitHub<\/a> onto the machine where you have the \u00a0Portal for ArcGIS component installed. \u00a0If using ArcGIS Enterprise on Kubernetes, this script will need to be run from any machine where you have permissions to run a CommandLine tool that has network access to that ArcGIS Enterprise on Kubernetes environment. You will also need the organization URL and credentials for an administrator.<\/p>\n

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Version compatibility<\/strong>
\nThis scrip is designed to work with ArcGIS Enterprise 11.0 and later. This means you can run this script against an ArcGIS Enterprise 11.x deployment to create an inventory of what applications need to be migrated before upgrading to the latest generation of ArcGIS Enterprise. This also means that, after upgrading, you can run this script against an ArcGIS Enterprise 12.0 deployment to see what ArcGIS Web AppBuilder and ArcGIS Configurable App applications will no longer work and can thus be deleted.<\/p>\n","image_reference":false,"layout":"standard","image_reference_figure":"","snippet":"","spotlight_name":"","section_title":"","position":"Center","spotlight_image":false},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Next, you will need to follow these steps:<\/p>\n

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  1. Make sure you have permissions to run CommandLine on this machine to ensure you can run the script without issue. Once the script is downloaded, you will need to edit the text file to provide the necessary parameters for the tool. This will include providing your organization URL and the username and password for an organization administrator. Once those are entered, you will save and close the file.<\/li>\n
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    2. Next you will open CommandLine to run the tool. Be sure to note the directory where your script is saved.<\/p>\n