As your ArcGIS Online organization grows, so does the amount of content, and subsequently the credit consumption to store it. It is important for Creators to understand which types of items consume storage credits at a higher rate, and for administrators to identify which users and items are incurring the highest usage.

Understanding credits

Credits are the currency used across ArcGIS and are consumed for specific transactions and types of storage. As this blog post specifically looks at item storage, I would encourage readers new to ArcGIS Online and credits to review the resources below to better understand their application more broadly:

• ArcGIS Online help: Understand credits
• Esri Australia Technical Blog: Getting started with credit management in ArcGIS Online

Credits used for storage

The ArcGIS Online help documentation lists credits by capability, including the different storage rates based on the item:

ArcGIS Online > Understand Credits > Credits by capability

Storage costs are associated with size. The rates are shown per month and calculated hourly to account for changes as content is created. The documentation goes into more detail but we can see different item types incur different rates to reflect the way they are stored in the ArcGIS Online backend (database storage is more resource intensive than file).

What we can see is that there are essentially two cost rates depending on the storage type:

2.4 credits per 10 MB stored per month, calculated hourly:

• Feature storage. e.g. a Hosted Feature Layer. (excluding feature attachments i.e. photos)

1.2 credits per 1 GB stored per month, calculated hourly:

• Feature attachments
• Feature collections
• Features associated with location tracking
• imagery storage
• All other content except for hosted feature layers and content in ArcGIS notebooks.

Loosely speaking this means it costs significantly less per mb to store content that is not a Hosted Feature Layer (excluding size from their attachments, such as photos). It can also help in identifying which items are incurring more credits than others as the storage type will be reflected in ArcGIS Online usage dashboards and reports.

How many credits are being used daily for storage in my organization?

ArcGIS Online administrators can explore credit utilization by going to their Organization > Status page, pictured below. There are tools available to export this summary or define the usage period.

Observing the photo above we can identify that approximately 20 credits are being consumed daily for storage (green bars). There are a few days where we have consumed credits through Analysis (blue bars) but this is relatively low. If they were higher we could explore the usage by interacting with the graph.

Scrolling down the page we then see a Usage Aggregation by type.

By clicking on the Storage (green) section of the Chart, we can get a more detailed breakdown of the credit utilization based on type:

For Feature Storage we can bring up a report by clicking again on the chart, selecting Standard Feature Data Store in the list and clicking View item details:

Note that the credits per item are not shown as rates are based on total database storage values. We can still infer the relative costs based on the size e.g.:

• The largest Feature Storage item is 413mb. At 2.4 credits per 10mb monthly, this item would incur approximately 99 credits a month.
• From the dashboards we can identify that feature storage accounts for approximately three quarters of all storage. The Standard Feature Data store usage is currently 2.45gb. The largest 5 items are 100mb to 400mb each or 1.04gb together, accounting for nearly half of the feature storage consumption.

By exploring the credit status dashboards we have now identified which capabilities (storage) are incurring the most credits, and then further narrowed it down to a few items and their owners. You could take a similar approach to explore other credit capabilities, or define particular date periods.

Are these items being used or just taking up space?

Moving from the Credits status dashboard to the Content Dashboard, we can explore how members are creating, using, and sharing content. The charts, tables, and map support drill-down interactions that allow you to refine the details. Adjust the time at the top of the app to change the time period. You can see content activity up to the past 12 months. The default is two weeks.

Using this dashboard I can search for the largest item or owners and see its usage

We can also navigate to the item directly in ArcGIS Online by searching for it, managing the members items (requires admin privileges) or by clicking the URL from a report.

We can now identify that this item is using 99 credits a month in storage, was created in March, has not been used much since, and subsequently reach out to the owner to discuss potential removal.

I would generally advocate touching base with the item owner – and backing it up offline – before removing anything to ensure that live content is not inadvertently deleted! This is where good content management helps. Items with metadata, thumbnails and clear naming conventions help administrators understand the items purpose and usage.

Generating reports

The Feature Storage Details report from earlier has a quick link to download a CSV with some useful information – dates, owner, name, size.

We can also create Reports by going to Organization > Status > Reports > Create Report. There are a few useful reports we can create, including Activity, Members and Credits. To identify which items are the largest – and consuming more credits through storage – we can generate an Item report.

Credit consumption is calculated by the total organization size, so we won’t see a credits field in the output CSV. We can infer the approximate cost from the size of the item. Remember there are different rates for different item types – Hosted Feature Layers will consume approximately 100x more credits per mb than files.

The below documentation page gives more information on the fields generated in Item and other Status reports:

ArcGIS Online help > Report Fields

Best practice, budgeting tools and further reading

Three great ways to start on top of credits in ArcGIS Online are to:

• Enable Credit budgeting per user
• Work with users:
  • Create custom member roles with privileges to limit access to credit consuming tools
  • Educate the users on how credits are consumed. Privileges can then be provided to users who have demonstrated understanding.
• Monitor organizational usage as explored in this blog

For more information on credits and best practices:

• ArcGIS Online blog: Understanding and managing credits in ArcGIS Online
• Esri Australia Technical Blog: Getting started with credit management in ArcGIS Online
• ArcGIS Online help: Understand credits

ArcGIS GeoBIM licenses are currently an inclusion of ArcGIS Online ArcGIS Professional Standard and ArcGIS Professional Advanced user types.  You can read more on user types here.

If your organization does not have an ArcGIS Professional Standard or Advanced user type, GeoBIM can be purchased as an add-in license and then assigned to a compatible User Type, within your ArcGIS Online subscription. You can see more on how to manage licenses here.

If you would like to learn more about GeoBIM, please feel free to contact us

The following blog will explain how to download and install the two flagship ArcGIS applications for desktop:

The following steps require that you have purchased an ArcGIS license with the appropriate authorizations.

Downloading from My.Esri.com:

1. Head to my.esri.com and sign in using your My Esri credentials
2. Select: My Organizations
3. Select: Downloads
4. For both ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS for Desktop, you can then proceed to View Downloads and select the latest version of the installation files to proceed.
5. If you would prefer to download a previously released version, you may find them within the All Versions tab or the Download ISO Files tab. See the below image for reference.

Note: Within the downloads page for both products, you may find other optional extensions, support files, and license manager server installation files. 

You can also download ArcGIS Pro from arcgis.com if you are a member of an active ArcGIS Online Organization

1. Sign in to arcgis.com
2. In the top-right corner, select your User Profile and head to My Settings
3. Select the Licenses tab
4. Scroll down to find a prompt to Download ArcGIS Pro

For resources on how to license your software, please refer to the following resources:

ArcGIS Pro: Managing licences in ArcGIS Pro | Esri Australia

ArcGIS Desktop: Authorizing your software—ArcMap | Documentation (arcgis.com)

Congratulations, you may now proceed to enjoy using ArcMap or ArcGIS Pro.

Why should you and your organisation start using non-spatial tables in ArcGIS Field Maps. Continue reading to find out how you can add immense value to your organisation by using non-spatial tables with ArcGIS Fields Maps. Your field workers will be thanking you as you are about to make their job (yours as well) a lot easier! Continue reading to learn how!

Why should I use a non-spatial table?

Let’s look at an example of asset management, your department is responsible for maintaining a number electrical assets around the state. You already have access to all of the spatial data for these assets. this includes their location, ID, type, year_installed and owner. Currently, your field workers will inspect the assets every month and fill out a asset inspection via paper form and then when they return to the office manually input the data into a spreadsheet… Not very productive is it? What if there was a way to navigate to the asset and then complete the asset inspection in ArcGIS Field Maps. Well today is your lucky day! keep reading and we will take you through the process from start to finish.

Step 1: Create a feature class and table

• Open a new project in ArcGIS Pro
• Create a new feature class with the steps here
  • At this time please add all desired fields
  • Additionally, you could use a feature class with existing features
• Create a new table with the steps above but instead of selecting feature class select Table
  • At this time please add all desired fields
• Right click on your feature class > Manage > Add Global ID’s
• Right click on your Table > Manage > Add Global ID’s

Your Geodatabase should now look like this

Step 2: Create a relationship

Now we have to create a relationship between our asset feature class and our Asset_inpsections Table. The reason for this is so that when we complete our asset inspections that will be linked to a specific asset. To create a relationship please follow the below steps

• Open the Geoprocessing tool Create Relationship Class
• Input the following parameters as seen in the below screen shot;
  • Origin Table: Assets
  • Destination Table: Asset Inspections
  • Output Relationship Class: Asset_inspections_RC
  • Cardinality: One to Many
  • Origin Primary Key: Asset_ID
  • Origin Foreign Key: Asset_ID
• All other defaults can remain

Step 3: Publish Data to your Portal

Now that we have created a relationship between our Table and feature class we are required to publish them to our Portal as a Web Map. Once published we can view the Web Map in ArcGIS Field Maps!

To publish your Web Map with editable capabilities please follow the below steps

1. Navigate to the Share tab in the ribbon and select Web Map
2. Complete the required details as necessary
   • More information on Sharing Web Maps can be found here
3. For Select a Configuration point to “Copy all data: editable”
4. Select Configuration in the Share as web Map Pane
5. Select the Web Feature Layer
6. Select Properties
   • This will take you back to a very similar Pane (but most importantly different)
7. Select Configuration
8. Select the desired type of editing privileges allowed on the web map
   • This can be changed at a later time
9. Ensure both Enable Sync and Export Data are selected
10. Select the back button > Map to return to the first Share As Web Map Pane
11. Select Analyse
    • Resolve any errors as needed
12. Select Share

Step 4: Starting up ArcGIS Field Maps for the first time

Now that we have successfully Published our Web Map to our Portal we can now access the Web Map via ArcGIS Field Maps.

1. Download ArcGIS Field Maps from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store
2. Sign into ArcGIS Field Maps with an account that has permissions to access the Web Map and layers contained
3. Search for your Web Map Name and select to open

Step 5: Creating assets with ArcGIS Field Maps

Once you have the Web Map open we can go ahead and collect the location of the assets, if we already have the assets location we can jump to the next step!

To collect out please follow the below steps;

1. Select add point to create the features spatial location
2. Select the blue circle in the bottom right corner and enter the fields as necessary
3. Once happy with the inputs select submit
4. Repeat the process as many times as necessary to collect your assets

Step 6: Undertake asset inspections

Once we have added assets to ArcGIS Field Maps whether that is via manually collecting them in ArcGIS Field Maps or adding an existing layer, we can undertake asset inspections.

To undertake asset inspections please follow the below steps;

1. Open your asset inspections Web Map
2. Select the desired feature that you want to collect an asset inspection on
3. Navigate and select the related table
4. Select Add to create a new record
5. Once completed select submit in the top right corner

Please note that you can collect as many records/assets inspections for a single feature as needed

Introduction

Smartsheet is a dynamic workspace that empowers teams to manage projects, automate workflows, and rapidly build new solutions. Smartsheet uses spreadsheets, referred to as sheets, as the basis of everything it does, but the difference between Smartsheet and spreadsheet programs like Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets is that Smartsheet has all sorts of collaboration functionality incorporated into it. The screenshot below is a sample Smartsheet data.

In this blog, we will update a point feature layer in ArcGIS Online (AGOL) with a Smartsheet dataset using ArcGIS API for Python. In the process, first we will convert this Smartsheet into a Pandas Data Frame, remove rows with no coordinates and then update the feature layer. It is notable that the data contains longitude and latitude in X and Y columns.

The following screenshot is the feature layer that has already been published as a hosted feature layer from the Smartsheet into AGOL before and after updates. As such both the hosted feature layer and the Smartsheet have the same schema and fields. This Smartsheet gets updated on a weekly basis. Therefore the hosted feature layer needs to be updated as well to reflect the updates on the web map. Using ArcGIS API for Python, this process can be automated.

Requirements

There are three items that are required before data conversion:

1. Install Smartsheet library by running this command “pip install smartsheet-python-sdk” in Python Command Prompt (here python is in D drive: “D:\ArcGIS\Server\framework\runtime\ArcGIS\bin\Python\envs\arcgispro-py3\Scripts>”)
2. Smartsheet Access Token – here’s a link which shows how to create one
3. Sheet ID – to obtain the sheet ID, in Smartsheet go to File > Properties > Sheet ID

Methodology

1. Smartsheet Conversion into a Data Frame

First import the modules.

Input the access token generated from the Smartsheet in the script below. After the Smartsheet authentication, a function is used to implement the Smartsheet to data frame conversion.

Input the sheet ID copied from the properties into the following script, then we call the function to create the data frame.

The rows with no latitudes or longitudes are removed.

Note that X and Y columns are the longitude and latitude coordinates respectively.

2. Export Data Frame into a CSV

Once the data frame is created, it is output as a temporary csv file in a folder. Here, a TEMP folder in C drive is used.

3. Upload CSV to AGOL

Connect to AGOL, then remove any existing csv item with the same title from AGOL.

When properties are set with title, description, and tags, upload the csv file to the Smartsheet’s folder in AGOL. We can skip the description and tags here and can just use the title since this item is temporary and gets deleted when a new csv is added.

4. Truncate and Append

After that we get the hosted feature layer by id and we truncate it. This hosted feature layer becomes empty but still retains all the properties and settings. Finally, we use the Append method to update this feature layer with the newly added csv file.

The good thing about using Append method is that the feature layer’s id does not change. This means that if the feature layer is already used in a web map or a web application, it will not break.

Now the hosted feature layer updated with the Smartsheet is displayed in the web map.

There are some points to note:

• The hosted feature layer has initially been created from the same Smartsheet. Hence the schema, field names and types of both data are the same.
• Append is currently only available in AGOL and cannot be used in Portal for ArcGIS.
• I did not talk about the data used here as it can be any data as long as it contains coordinates since the emphasis is predominantly on the methodology.

This script can be used in e.g., Windows Task Scheduler to run on a regular basis for automation of the whole process.

Summary

Smartsheet integration with AGOL has been made easier and more efficient using ArcGIS API for Python with just a few lines of code. Therefore, when there are some updates in Smartsheet, these updates will automatically occur in the hosted feature layer whenever the script is run. This ensures the web maps and web applications such as Operations Dashboard display the latest features.

We are often asked for assistance on how to configure Single Sign-on for ArcGIS Online by Education institutions. 

The Esri Education Team has put together a great resource in the form of A Story Map Collection that steps us through this process.    

The collection includes all the information you need to address the benefits of using Single-Sign on, and explanations for the technical jargon we may not all be familiar with such is ‘What is a Name ID‘. 

The identity providers included are:

• Google SAML
• Microsoft ADFS SAML
• ClassLink SAML
• OKTA SAML
• Simple SAML RapidIdentity SAML

Learn how to configure Single-Sign with ArcGIS Online with the documentation here.

Another great place for you to ask questions and interact with the Education GIS Community is the Esri Geonet Education Page

If you have further questions please don’t hesitate to reach out to Esri Australia Technical Support via My Esri, support@esriaustralia.com.au or 1800 447 111

Additional Resources

ArcGIS Online Set up Enterprise Logins

The Benefits of using Enterprise Logins for ArcGIS Online: 

Configure Security Settings:

Restrictive State

When your ArcGIS Online falls into negative credits it will move into a restrictive state. A restricted subscription access to some items and workflows that consume credits-such as premium content and batch geocoding-is blocked. However, the subscription remains usable so that you can continue to manage resources and run administrative reports to see how your organisation credits were consumed. if you see a message indicating that your ArcGIS Online subscription is in a restricted state you can purchase additional credits. Please note that only administrators will receive this banner stating that they are in a restrictive state.

How do I purchase Credits?

ArcGIS Online Service Credits can be purchase in blocks of 1,000 from here

How are ArcGIS Service Credits Consumed?

The most common approach capability that consume credits are Feature Storage, File Storage and geocoding. Be mindful of the difference between feature and file storage. Feature storage may include a hosted feature service that you have published from ArcGIS Pro. While, file storage may include photo attachments for each point collected from your web layer. Be mindful that a feature service can increase in size over time as updates are made.

Looking to get started with Credit Management in ArcGIS Online?

The below blog will help your organisation get started with credit management

• https://esriaustraliatechblog.wordpress.com/2021/05/31/getting-started-with-credit-management-in-arcgis-online/

• https://esriaustraliatechblog.wordpress.com/2021/06/22/which-arcgis-online-items-are-consuming-the-most-credits-through-storage/

This blog looks at how to activate your ArcGIS Developer subscription and the associated ArcGIS Online accounts.  If you do not already have your ADS code an My Esri Administrator will need to email you the ADS Code by selecting Send Developer Subscription Code from the Licensing> Manage Developer Subscriptions page in My Esri. You will also require access to My Esri.

Once you have received this code you can then follow the steps outlined below to complete the activation process.

Step 1: Once you have received an email with the ADS code, select Register Your Subscription. This will launch My Esri where you can enter the ADS/ Subscription ID and subscribe to the ArcGIS Developer Account.

Step 2: Once you have entered the ADS code you will have access to the Developer tab in My Esri. When clicking on the “Developer” tab option, by default you will be taken to the ‘Developer Subscription” page, and at the bottom of this page select Create Developer Account.

Step 3: This will launch the Developers Dashboard and prompt you to either create a Developers Account or Activate the subscription with an Existing Account. In this example we will be creating a new account.

More info on the developers dashboard can be found here

Step 4: After selecting how you will activate the subscription and filling in the form, a confirmation link will be sent to your email to complete the activation. From the email click the activation token to launch the Developers Dashboard.

Step 5: From here you will be asked to set up your Developers Account.

*Please note this is one of two accounts you will create in this process.

Step 6: After selecting Create Developer Account you will be prompted to create the first of two ArcGIS Online subscriptions.

Step 7: The Dashboard will launch and you will be prompted to select an API or SDK, this can be done at a later time and is not required to progress with the activation.

Step 8: From here you will create the second of two ArcGIS Online accounts and organisations. This will be your Dev and Test subscription. To activate this second subscription select “Activate” from under the Accounts sections.

*This subscription includes the 5 users as well as the ArcGIS Pro license.

Step 9: Here you will need to create another account that will be used to access the Dev and Test organisation.

Two separate accounts are required as ArcGIS Online usernames are unique. This is why we go through the process of creating two separate accounts/usernames as one will be tied to each organisation.

Step 10: Once this account has been created you will then Setup the Dev and Test Organisation by signing into ArcGIS Online

Step 11: Next, arcgis.com will launch and you can sign in with you Dev and Test account that was just created. This will prompt you to finishing setting up the organisation where you can specify the name of the ArcGIS Online organisation and short url that you wish to use.

You will now have access and have completed setting up your ArcGIS Developer subscription and associated ArcGIS Online accounts.

In the prequel to this blog, we looked at the basic construction of URL schemes, important parameters and key/pair values within ArcGIS Web AppBuilder. As a result, we were able to use our existing Web AppBuilder template and swap out the default web map for another web map by utilizing the capabilities that lie within the URL.

This blog introduces additional concepts with regards to these available URL capabilities and explores different parameters surrounding the position, selection and extent of the map when displayed on app launch. As mission control, we are able to modify parameters that allow us to pre-define and articulate the placement of our app before blasting off.

The document, URL parameters for ArcGIS Web AppBuilder covers the URL parameters available for use in ArcGIS Web AppBuilder.

Of the parameters, there are some that allow us to control the extent and position of our web map. In this blog post, we are going to focus on the ‘center‘, ‘extent‘, ‘find‘ and the ‘query‘ parameters.

Center

Utilising the American spelling format, this parameter is used to centre our map at a predefined coordinate pair value (x,y) or coordinate pair value with well known ID (x,y,WKID). The basic structure of a URL using the ‘center’ parameter is shown below.

Geographic Coordinate System (GCS) format
https://<your app>?center=123,-456

Projected coordinate System (PCS) format (with WKID)
https://<your app>?center=123,-456,102100

An example of this in action could be centring a map around the Esri head office coordinates like this:

https://<your app>?appid=<AppID>&center=-117.19479001927878,34.057264995787875

You can additionally add the level parameter to the above so the zoom level is to your liking. For example,

 https://<your app>?appid=<AppID>&center=-117.19479001927878,34.057264995787875&level=<level number> 

The below graphic shows the JSON result returned when directly calling the Esri geocoding service. From this, we are able to see the various parameters it holds including the X and Y coordinates we used in the above example that references the center parameter.

Extent

Similar to the ‘center’ parameter, the ‘extent’ parameter is also used to centre our map in a predefined nature. However, the difference is that this parameter uses a bounding box to do so, instead of centring using a single coordinate pair. The extent parameter takes four values for geographic coordinate systems (GCS): MinX, MinY, MaxX, MaxY, and follows the same format for projected coordinate systems (PCS), with an optional well-known text value at the end. Unlike the ‘center’ parameter, ‘extent’ usually won’t need to be used in conjunction with parameters like ‘level’ because the desired bounding box is already specified.

The example below shows the extent parameter used in a URL to return the extent for Esri’s head office in Redlands, California in a WebAppBuilder application.

https://<your app>?appid=<AppID>&extent=-117.19579001927879,34.056264995787878,-117.19379001927878,34.058264995787873

Find

The ‘find’ parameter calls the Esri World Geocoding Service (EWGS), performing a findAddressCandidates operation using the SingleLine address type. This ‘find’ parameter works in the same way that an interactive location search function would. That is, instead of manually entering the address in the location search bar, the location is appended to the URL, and the web map is consequently panned and zoomed to the nominated address location.

For example.

https://<your app>?appid=<AppID>&find=80 new york street, redlands

The above URL statement will call a findAddressCandidates operation to the Esri geocoding service as captured below.

Query

The ‘query’ parameter is arguably the most versatile of the available parameters, having a number of uses. For example, it may be used to select and zoom to a particular feature/record,  identify a group of features via the popup window upon launch, or even query multiple features.

There are a few ways to format a query parameter into our URL but, in this section, we will be focusing on two of the aforementioned uses: 1. The standard three-argument [Layer Name, Field, Value] format, which selects, zooms and presents a popup window for a subject feature, and, 2. The more versatile two-argument [Layer Name; Where clause] format, may be used to return a single feature or multiple features.
(For more information on the Query parameter please click here.)

Format 1 – Standard:

query=<layer name>,<field name>,<field value>

https://<your app>?appid=<AppID>&query=BNE_Test_Cllips,Name,3

Below we can see an image of a URL with a standard query parameter applied to it, following the format above. This approach separates each of its three arguments using a comma in a top-down approach. e.g.[Layer Name, Layer Field, Field Value]

Upon launch, the web app should zoom into and select the queried feature. A pop-up window should also appear by default displaying the feature as configured.

Format 2 – Where clause:

Return single feature

query=<layer name>; <where clause>

https://<your app>?appid=<AppID>&query=BNE_Test_Cllips;Name=10

Note the use of the semi-colon to separate the layer name and the where clause. This varies from the usual approach of using a comma as the delimiter.

Return multiple features

https://<your app>?appid=<AppID>&query=BNE_Test_Cllips;Name in (10,8,4,7)
OR
https://<your app>?appid=<AppID>&query=BNE_Test_Cllips;Name%20in%20(10,8,4,7)

When querying multiple features via a URL, not all queried features are selected/highlighted in the map like the image above suggests. Rather, one item in our list of features is selected on the map screen and the rest of the queried features are added to the popup window, where we can step through the query result records using forward and back arrows. (Note: features in a query result popup will be in ascending order (e.g. 4,7,8,10) as opposed to the order provided in the URL where clause (e.g. 10,8,4,7). This will be dependent on the field/data type.  For the above example, numeric field values were queried.

Furthermore, the extent of the map should include at least some part of the queried features’ shared extent (see below image). This appears to be because the ‘level’ parameter is ineffective when used alongside the query parameter.

Note: Formatting our ‘query’ statement with URL encoded values is regarded as the best practice. Especially when using operators such as ‘in’ that require spaces on either side. Although the browser should populate these values automatically, this will act as a safety net and provide an extra level of control.

As mentioned above, the extent of the map should include all queried features but doesn’t necessarily encompass them entirely. The image above shows partial inclusion of features 8 and 10 although both are registered in the query string of the URL.

Conclusion

There are certain parameters we can utilise that allow the user to have more control over placement, position, and selections of our Web AppBuilder mapping applications. This is useful because we are able to pre-determine these parameters into our URL so our ‘rocket’ (Application) knows where to go before it leaves the launchpad. Use these parameters to enable functionality already built into the ArcGIS Platform, to more effectively work with Web Apps.

Good luck on your upcoming Web AppBuilder journey, shoot for the stars.

Resources

BLOG Part 1: Boost your Web AppBuilder Productivity with the URL Scheme

Use URL parameters

Esri Geocoding service – Find Address Candidates operation

Query a Feature (Anchor Point): from URL parameters

HTML URL Encoding Reference

So, you have just purchased a new Personal Use License and you have been wondering what the next step is. 

After you purchase your ArcGIS Personal Use license, you will receive an email containing two activation tokens for both My Esri and ArcGIS Online from the Esri Australia Client Services team. This will take 3 to 5 business days from the time of purchase to arrive (if you are having trouble finding this, please check your spam folder as they can sometimes be filtered out by your email provider). 

Before you click any of the links provided for you in the email, you need to create an ArcGIS Public Account. This blog will run through the steps to create an ArcGIS public account and set up your My Esri. 

Step 1. Create an ArcGIS public account 

a- Open a new web browser and go to esri.com and click Sign In at the top right corner. 

b- Click Create an ArcGIS public account. 

c- Enter your details and review the Esri Master Agreement and Privacy Policy, then click Next. Completing this will send an activation link to your email. 

d- Find and open the ArcGIS public account activation email in your inbox and click on the activation link. 

f- Clicking on the activation link will take you to a page to set up your ArcGIS Public Account username, password, and security questions. Enter the details and click Create account.

This will create an ArcGIS public account and will open your newly created ArcGIS public account page.

Step 2. Activating My Esri account  

Once you have created your ArcGIS public account, you can go back to the ArcGIS Personal Use License order delivery email and click on the link to activate your My Esri account.

When you click on the link above, depending on your web browser settings, your log-in details may have been retained. Otherwise, if you are prompted to sign in, enter the newly created public account credentials and sign in to your account. 

Now your My Esri account has been activated, and you are ready to activate your ArcGIS Online subscription with a Personal Use License.

Please reach out to Esri Australia technical support via support@esriaustralia.com.au if you encounter any issues while activating My Esri.  

So, you have just purchased a new Personal Use License and need to activate your ArcGIS Online subscription. This blog will run through the steps to activate and set up your ArcGIS Online Organisation and how to assign your extensions for use in ArcGIS Pro.  

To get started, you will need the order delivery email from the Esri Customer Service team. This will take 3 to 5 business days from the time of purchase to arrive (if you are having trouble finding this, please check your spam folder as they can sometimes be filtered out by your email provider). You should have already set up your Public My Esri account and accepted the permissions; If you haven’t, you can find the steps for that process on the Creating an ArcGIS public account and setting up your My Esri blog.

Step 1. Begin the activation process of your Personal Use License 

In the delivery email from Esri Customer Service, click the second activation link  

Step 2. Convert your Public My Esri Account to an ArcGIS Online Organisational Account  

Clicking the activation link will open the Activate your organisational subscription process where you will be given two options of how to activate the account; select the By converting an existing ArcGIS Public Account and click Next. (Once you have made this selection your activation link will have been used, so try to complete the process in one session.) 

A pop-up will ask to you confirm the upgrade of your Public My Esri Account to an Organisational Account; click Upgrade Account. 

Step 3. Sign – into ArcGIS Online 

A sign-in page will prompt you to log in. Enter the username and password you have previously set up for your Public My Esri Account and click Sign In. You will then see the same activation page from Step 2. Click Next to continue. 

Step 4. Set up your ArcGIS Online Organisation 

Here you will enter the details of your ArcGIS Online Organisation. You should have chosen a name for your ArcGIS Online organisation, along with a short name that will be used in your organisation’s ArcGIS Online homepage URL, like the following:  https://Personal-User.maps.arcgis.com. This will be unique to your organisation.  

When you have entered all the required information, click Save and Continue. 

Step 5. Manage your ArcGIS Pro extensions 

Now that your ArcGIS Online subscription has been activated and your organisation is set up, you will need to manage your Add-on licenses for use in ArcGIS Pro. Navigate to Organisation > Members > Click the ellipses next to your user > Manage add-on licenses.  

To select all the available extensions and apps, ensure box to the left is ticked for each and click Save at the bottom right of the page. 

Now your ArcGIS Online subscription is complete, and you are ready to access ArcGIS Pro. The Accessing ArcGIS Pro with a Personal Use License blog takes you through the final steps on how to get started with the desktop application. 

Please reach out to Esri Australia technical support via support@esriaustralia.com.au if you encounter any issues while activating ArcGIS Online.

You have purchased a new Personal Use License and want to get started working with your data in ArcGIS Pro.  This blog will show you how to download the ArcGIS Pro desktop application and how to access it with your Personal Use License.  

Before you can jump into ArcGIS Pro for Personal Use, you will have to have set up your My Esri Account activated your ArcGIS Online subscription and assigned yourself the available extensions. If you have missed these important steps, first take a look at the Creating an ArcGIS public account and setting up your My Esri and Activating your ArcGIS Online subscription with a Personal Use License then return here to finish your ArcGIS Pro set-up. 

Step 1. You can find the ArcGIS Pro desktop application download in your ArcGIS Online account. Sign in to ArcGIS Online from www.arcgis.com or the homepage you set up for your organisation ( eg. https://Personal-User.maps.arcgis.com) 

Step 2. In the top right-hand side of the screen, click your name to open your profile and select My settings.  

Step 3. On the My Settings page navigate to Licenses > ArcGIS Pro, click on the option to Download ArcGIS Pro.  

You can find more information on the system requirements for ArcGIS Pro here, to check that it can operate on your machine.

Step 4. When the ArcGIS Pro download is complete, you are ready to install the software.  

See the steps for the installation process here.  

Step 5. Once installed, open ArcGIS Pro and you will be prompted to sign in. Enter the username and password that you set up for your ArcGIS Online Organisation. 

You can also tick the box at the bottom left-hand side of the sign-in pop-up to sign you in automatically when you open the application in the future to prevent being prompted to enter your details each time. 

ArcGIS Pro will now open, and you are ready to get started working with your data. On the top right-hand side of the screen, you will be able to see which account you are logged in with and sign out if you want to switch accounts or users. 

If you are new to ArcGIS Pro, you can find resources to help you get started on the right-hand side of the opening page.  

Additionally, you can find further information, training courses and web tutorials at the following links: 

ArcGIS Pro – Get Started 

ArcGIS Pro quick start tutorials 

Esri Academy 

Esri Australia Training 

Please reach out to Esri Australia technical support via support@esriaustralia.com.au if you encounter any issues while activating your subscription or accessing ArcGIS Pro.  

So, you have just purchased a new Personal Use License and you have been wondering what the next step is. This blog will outline the steps to activate your subscription.

After you purchase your ArcGIS Personal Use license, you will receive an email containing two activation tokens for both My Esri and ArcGIS Online from Esri Australia Client Services team. This will take 3 to 5 business days from the time of purchase to arrive (if you are having trouble finding this, please check your spam folder as they can sometimes be filtered out by your email provider).

1. You will need to create a Public Account and activate My Esri.
2. Next, you will need to activate your ArcGIS Online account, using your newly created Public Account.
3. Finally, you will need to download ArcGIS Pro and sign in with your ArcGIS ArcGIS online account.

For additional products such as ArcGIS Desktop (ArcMap), please refer to the following blog for information regarding download and authorization: Authorising ArcGIS Desktop (ArcMap) Single Use

More information and FAQs can be found here: FAQs

Personal Users are entitled to support surrounding Licensing and Authorisation inquiries. For assistance with Licensing, please go to My Esri or call 1800 447 111. For requests by email please contact support@esriaustralia.com.au. Technical support queries outside of the scope can be directed to the Esri Community.

What is included in your subscription:  

• GIS Professional Advanced user type 
• A suite of ready-to-use apps, including these premium apps: 
  • ArcGIS Business Analyst Web App Standard 
  • ArcGIS GeoPlanner 
  • ArcGIS Insights 
  • ArcGIS Urban Suite (includes ArcGIS CityEngine) 
• The most popular ArcGIS Pro extensions: 
  • ArcGIS 3D Analyst 
  • ArcGIS Data Interoperability 
  • ArcGIS Data Reviewer 
  • ArcGIS Geostatistical Analyst 
  • ArcGIS Image Analyst 
  • ArcGIS LocateXT 
  • ArcGIS Network Analyst 
  • ArcGIS Publisher 
  • ArcGIS Spatial Analyst 
  • ArcGIS Workflow Manager 
• ArcGIS Desktop Advanced Single Use license with popular extensions 
• 100 credits for data storage, premium data access, and geocoding and analysis 
• ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World with maps and data on thousands of topics, including access to foundational content from Esri  
• Installation support 
• Software updates 
• Unlimited access to self-paced e-learning through the Esri Training website 

Additional training resources can be found:

• Esri Training Catalog
• Esri Australia Training Courses

Published July 5th 2022

June 2022 has seen an exciting array of updates, and new products being released. With major updates to ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Field Maps and many of the available Web Applications within ArcGIS Online. This update also introduces a number of licensing changes in ArcGIS Online for Mobile applications and Drone2Map. Additionally, we also see a number of enhancements added to some of the SDK and API developer products as well as advancement in big data GeoAnalytics, by releasing ArcGIS GeoAnalytics Engine. This blog provides an overview of the key highlights and lists a comprehensive amount of supporting documentation such as blogs, knowledge articles and forum posts highlighting what’s new.

1. ArcGIS Pro 3.0
2. ArcGIS Online
3. Mobile Applications
4. ArcGIS Drone2Map
5. ArcGIS Site Scan Manager and ArcGIS Site Scan Flight
6. ArcGIS Maps SDK for Unity
7. ArcGIS API for Javascript
8. ArcGIS GeoAnalytics Engine
9. ArcGIS CityEngine
10. ArcGIS Urban

ArcGIS Pro 3.0

Almost 7 years since ArcGIS pro 1.0 was released, we now have ArcGIS pro 3.0 which introduces an updated interface, export presets for layouts, new image analyst processing tools and geoprocessing’s tools now indicate how many features are selected (A personal favourite, no longer will I unwilling run my analysis tools on a single feature). 

Through community engagement we have seen over 50 community members ideas implemented into ArcGIS Pro 3.0!! Have an idea that you would like to see implemented into ArcGIS Pro in the Future? Head over to the ArcGIS Pro Ideas board.

• Get Ready for ArcGIS Pro 3.0
• What’s new in ArcGIS Pro 3.0
• What’s new in ArcGIS Pro 3.0 help topic
• Should i Upgrade to ArcGIS Pro 3 to share my work?
• Install the drivers to work with Microsoft Excel files
• What’s New in ArcGIS Business Analyst Pro
• What’s New in ArcGIS Pro Intelligence
• What’s New in the ArcGIS Pro SDK
• What’s New in the ArcGIS Image Analyst Extension
• What’s New in ArcGIS Data Reviewer
• What’s New in Forest-based Forecast
• Ideas in ArcGIS Pro 3.0

A new ArcGIS Pro Roadmap has also been released, here is a sneak peek of what the development team are focusing on for the near, mid and long-term of ArcGIS Pro development.

* Capabilities on this roadmap are tentative and subject to change, delay, or cancellation. The continued development or release of a capability is at the sole discretion of Esri.

Some new capabilities will be made available for testing through Early Adopters Programs prior to a release. The roadmap will be updated throughout the year to ensure it reflects the latest information.

• ArcGIS Pro Roadmap

ArcGIS Online

ArcGIS Online received a number of enhancements, capabilities and features across Map Viewer, web applications, Notebooks, and administration of ArcGIS Online members! Interested in virtual reality? It has never been easier to create your own Virtual reality experience with ArcGIS 360 VR experiences which can now be created from existing web scenes!!

For an overview of updates seen across ArcGIS Online please see What’s New in ArcGIS Online

From a more comprehensive overview of the updates seen in ArcGIS Online please the below links;

• What’s New in ArcGIS StoryMaps
• What’s New in Instant Apps
• What’s New in ArcGIS Experience Builder
• What’s New in ArcGIS GeoBIM
• What’s New in Scene Viewer
• What’s New in Map Viewer
• What’s New in ArcGIS Velocity

Mobile Applications

Alongside the updates released to ArcGIS Online we have seen several changes to User Types which benefit users of mobile applications. The Mobile Worker User Type will replace the Field Worker User Type. The ArcGIS Tracker App extension will be replaced by the ArcGIS Locations Sharing User Type. ArcGIS Enterprise 11.0 upon release will see similar updates.

ArcGIS Field Maps has received a Major Updates, which all users should be excited about. Long awaited features have now arrived such as, Geofencing, Utility Network support and additional functionality for contingent values. To read more about these features see the below blog;

• What’s New in ArcGIS Field Maps

One more thing… The development team has given us a sneak peek into what’s next!! The community should be excited with long awaited enhancements that are within development such as Layer Filtering (the most kudos ArcGIS Field Maps Idea), additional geofencing support, Popups and create Web Maps and Layers within ArcGIS Field Maps web app. Read more below to see what is next!

• What’s Next In ArcGIS Field Maps

Survey123 just keeps getting better! In the latest update we now see share to LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter with social media sharing cards. New streaming data collection tools now allow user to create lines and polygons while walking or driving. We also get a sneak peak to what’s coming next for Survey123.

• What’s New in ArcGIS Survey123

ArcGIS Drone2Map

Drone2Map has received a major update with the exciting implementation of Esri’s Sure processing engine which allows us to generate higher quality products and a new licensing model implemented. ArcGIS Drone2Map Standard allows for 2D products to be generated. While, ArcGIS Drone2Map Advanced provides the additional capability to generated 3D products. To learn more about these updates please see the below documentation;

• What’s New in ArcGIS Drone2Map
• What’s New in ArcGIS Drone2Map Help Topic

ArcGIS Site Scan Manager and ArcGIS Site Scan Flight

• Another major update! This time for ArcGIS Site Scan Manager and ArcGIS Site Scan Flight. For the first time users can now sign into Site Scan with ArcGIS Online logins. Be sure to check out the How To: ArcGIS Online Sign In, user authentication, and the new member invitation workflow to see if this will be suitable for your organisation! Be sure to update ArcGIS Site Scan Flight to the latest version as this is required to fly if you are using ArcGIS Online logins! To find out more, go to the below documentation;
  
• What’s New in Site Scan
• How To: ArcGIS Online Sign In, user authentication, and the new member invitation workflow

ArcGIS Maps SDK for Unity

A great new product for developers, ArcGIS Maps SDK for Unity, opens up a new opportunity for developers to use game engines to integrate Unity real-time 3D platform with their GIS data.

This direct integration includes support for fundamental ArcGIS content types and capabilities. The key features to highlight are the support for both online and offline data as well as supporting data in local coordinate systems.

To learn more about this new product see the following link:

• Introducing ArcGIS Maps SDK for Unity

ArcGIS API for Javascript

With updates to ArcGIS API for Javascript, developers will have the ability to overlay both images and videos on the map, style layers with pie charts, play around with faster heatmaps, use client-side binning for dense datasets, and lots more.

• What’s New in ArcGIS API for JavaScript (version 4.24)
• Live discussion: What’s New in the ArcGIS API for JavaScript v4.24

ArcGIS GeoAnalytics Engine

ArcGIS GeoAnalytics Engine released on June 22, 2022; exciting new capability for the data scientists and analysts, providing direct access to over 120 spatiotemporal functions in the big data processing services from Apache Spark

• ArcGIS GeoAnalytics Engine: Big Data Gets a Spatial Upgrade

ArcGIS CityEngine

With the release of ArcGIS CityEngine 2022.0 comes one of the coolest updates in my opinion. Now export your CityEngine scenes to Twinmotion to create your own high quality visualizations!

• What’s New in ArcGIS CityEngine 2022.0

ArcGIS Urban

ArcGIS Urban 4.1 sees ArcGIS urban API 1.0 come out of beta. This allows users to access ArcGIS Urban programmatically, where they can access data, automate workflows and create integrations. Another enhancement which integrates seamlessly is the ability for users to now publish a web scene from ArcGIS urban.

• What’s new in ArcGIS Urban

When migrating from ArcMap to ArcGIS Pro, a really common question we get is “How can we get our ArcMap styles into ArcGIS Pro?”

The good news is, we can get them into ArcGIS Pro.

But first, why aren’t they already in there? Styles were loaded by default in ArcMap; but the installation of ArcGIS Pro does not include all the available styles. This is by design; to save disk space and to reduce having to browse through styles that you may never use!

So how do we get the styles we want to work with into ArcGIS Pro?

Importing ArcMap styles into ArcGIS Pro

• Open the relevant ArcGIS Pro Project
• Click the Insert tab
• On the Insert ribbon, in the Styles group, click Import
• Navigate to your ArcMap install location (e.g., …\ArcGIS\Desktop 10.x\Styles)
• Click on a style name to select it (Tip: holding Ctrl allows you to select more than one at a time).
• Click OK to add the style(s).

In addition to importing ArcMap styles, we can also create new ones, or even add them from ArcGIS Online or ArcGIS Enterprise. See the Resources section below for how to get up and running with those workflows.

Resources

• Overview: Styles in ArcGIS Pro
• Learn ArcGIS Tutorial: Design symbology for a thematic map in ArcGIS Pro
• Download Styles for ArcGIS Pro
• Gallery for Esri Styles

As the Administrator of the ArcGIS Online account, you want to keep track of credits available each month.  The Administrator needs to budget, not only for credit usage by members, but to allow for purchasing more if required.

Why estimate credit use?

Using the calculation to estimate credit costs, an administrator can manage credit use for the organisation. They can determine if it’s necessary to reduce data storage, to reduce credit consumption, and plan for purchasing credits if required. 

How do I estimate credit usage monthly?

Credits are charged at a monthly rate and so the number of days per month impacts on daily cost. The costs will be higher in a month with fewer days if nothing else changes.

How do I estimate credit usage for feature storage?

The feature storage is charged credits at a rate of 2.4 credits per 10 MB stored per month, calculated hourly. 

What is the estimation methodology?

Example: An ArcGIS Online subscription has 35.68GB feature storage. The cost has changed from approximately 283 credits to 313 credits charged each day for the months of January and February. 

Calculation is 2.4 credits per 10 MB stored per month, calculated hourly. 

• Convert Gigabyte to Megabyte

35.68GB converted to MB (where 1GB = 1024MB) = 36,536MB

• Calculate 2.4 credits per 10MB stored per month.

Divide total by 10 = 3,653.63

Multiplied by 2.4 credits per month for feature storage = 8,768.712 credits per month

• Results of Credit usage in months with different number of days:

8,768.712 divided by 31 days in January = ~283

8,768.712 divided by 28 days in February = ~313

With the above calculation of credit use, the Administrator can see that although data size doesn’t change, the number of days in the month can impact on the cost of credits.

Disclaimer:

The credit estimation was correct for March 2023. The credit costs are subject to change.

References:

ArcGIS Online credits

ArcGIS Online Credits – Storage

Esri’s AGOL credits site.

Getting started with credit management in ArcGIS Online

How To: Generate credit usage reports going back further than a year in ArcGIS Online.

Digital Atlas of Australia (DAA) brings together trusted national datasets from across government. As a GIS Professional, this is very exciting.

The DAA platform allows you to easily find and interact with a range of curated and categorised datasets, as well as a range of applications that provide some additional context behind the datasets.

Whilst the platform offers the option to download and do what you will with the content, this blog post is going to focus on how you can search for content from a variety of ArcGIS interfaces and reference the web services direct.

Search, discover and add this trusted content directly from your GIS with just a few clicks. All via web services and no faffing about with downloading and re-hosting (unless you want to, which you can do as well).

• This could be adding in ABS Census data into an ArcGIS Pro project
• Add historical bushfire extents into an ArcGIS Enterprise Web Map, and then share into an app with year filters.
• Add a national electric transmission lines layers to a 3D Web Scene in ArcGIS Online

The following are some quick examples of how you might find and use the content from a range of different ArcGIS interfaces:

You can use the content directly from ArcGIS Living Atlas for your analysis workflows and include them in models and scripts directly from the web services. However, ArcGIS Pro makes it very easy to take the datasets offline with one click. This might be useful when you want to do more repetitive analysis workflows against some of the more detailed national datasets, or if you want to use them in offline workflows such as areas with poor internet reception.

You get the idea. With a search and few clicks you can start using this content right now. Go take a look – digital.atlas.gov.au

In ArcGIS Online it is possible to identify the view count for layers and applications managed by our organisation. There are many reasons for identifying resource usage for layers and applications in ArcGIS Online. This process can be a good starting point when investigating overutilised data store issues and the need to change out feature data store levels.

Process to filter ArcGIS Online layers and application by view count:

1. Click the Content tab and then the My Organisation tab to view all content in your organisation. Ensure that the item view is either List or Grid to be able to see the View Count

2. Using the View Count filter in the right-hand corner of the item list, we can sort our items by view count. Listing from most to least, allows us to identify the most viewed items. The more often an item is viewed, the more resource requests it will consume, contributing to the overall resource usage and data store utilisation for our organisation.

Use Cases:

Identifying the most popular layers and applications is particularly of interest when we are experiencing service disruptions due to the number of request units and query limits exceeding the available computation limits. For more information about this please see this blog: Tracking your ArcGIS Online Feature Data Store Key Health Indicators (esri.com). After we have identified when items are contributing the most to the organisation’s data store utilisation, we can take action to alter the item to reduce resource usage.

We can also filter the View Count from least to most. From here, we can identify items in our ArcGIS that are not being used very often and may be able to be removed to reduce the amount of storage and credits our ArcGIS Online organisation is consuming.

Ultimately, filtering ArcGIS Online layers and applications by view count allows us to identify items that are contributing the most to organisational data store resource usage, and items that can be removed to reduce credit consumption.

Hopefully, this blog explains another tool in our arsenal to better manage our ArcGIS Online organisations.

Are you just starting to explore the ArcGIS Platform? May be you have come across the latest features of ArcGIS Products and are interested in acquiring new skills. If that’s the case, our E-Learning Program is perfect for you.

Esri offers their clients the chance to continuously learn and enhance their skills in utilizing ArcGIS without incurring any extra charges. Every Esri customer who maintains their current subscription is granted unrestricted access to E-learning resources on Esri Academy.

The E-Learning advantage is not dependent on product licensing or user type status. All individuals associated with customer organizations are eligible to participate in E-Learning. The organization holds the authority to determine who can access the E-Learning and the method of enabling that access.

E-Learning access can be managed either through My Esri or through ArcGIS Online.

1. Access E-Learning through My Esri:

My Esri administrators have the capability to invite multiple individuals simultaneously for connection. To establish connections between users either: Login to My Esri > Users> User to connect- Enter email address >Validate or Login to My Esri > Users> Upload a CSV or XLSX file of usernames.

Note: XLS files are not supported.

Upon successfully establishing a connection with the organization, e-Learning access will be automatically enabled for the user. Login to My Esri> Training > either select Esri Academy or Free unlimited Training.

By clicking on either Esri Academy or Free Unlimited Training, you will be directed to the Esri Academy page where you will find a variety of course options.

The Request Permissions form can be submitted by anyone to establish a connection with your My Esri organization. Customer Service will then forward these requests to all My Esri administrators within your organization, any of whom have the authority to grant the connection request.

2. Access E-Learning through ArcGIS Online:

In order to grant Esri access to individual members, an administrator needs to enable Esri access and notify them to utilize their ArcGIS Online organizational account for accessing E-Learning materials on Esri Academy. Using public account will not have the ability to access E-learning as it requires Esri Maintenance.

Note for Enterprise users : Members of an ArcGIS Enterprise organization must establish a connection in My Esri in order to access E-Learning resources on Esri Academy. Esri do not possess the ability to authenticate or verify ArcGIS Enterprise organizational logins.

With the June 2024 update of ArcGIS Online, the ArcGIS Business Analyst web app is also getting an update with new features, enhancements, and data that will enhance your analysis workflows. You may have read about some of the new enhancements on the ArcGIS Community, so now let’s take a look at these new enhancements in the ArcGIS Business Analyst web app.

Business Analyst Assistant (Beta)

Perhaps the most exciting new introduction in this release is the Business Analyst Assistant, an AI-powered tool to help you quickly generate maps using simple prompts. Available from the Header menu, the Assistant allows you to generate maps or reports, search points of interest, or learn how to perform various workflows in ArcGIS Business Analyst.

Once you have entered a prompt, the Assistant will provide a list of suggestions on a map to create with your prompt keywords, along with recommended Tips and resources that may be relevant.

Using the prompt ‘Generate a hexagon map of Fast Food consumption in Redlands, CA’, the following map was generated as an output.

Some interesting prompts that you can use within the AI tool to familiarise yourself with its potential:

• Generate a Community Profile for Australia
• Create a Dot Density map of 2021 Occupied Private Dwellings in Queensland, Australia
• How do I access the Guided tours?

This tool is currently in Beta, and the Assistant provides you with the option to upvote or downvote outputs depending on how well it was able to generate information from your prompt. Providing feedback when using this tool will help Esri improve this tool’s accuracy in future releases.

You can read more about the Business Analyst Assistant (Beta) from the product documentation: Business Analyst Assistant (Beta) reference—ArcGIS Business Analyst help | Documentation

Data Browser Enhancements

Navigation within the Data Browser has been significantly overhauled, with the introduction of a new vertical sidebar to be able to navigate to different variables without having to go back to the home screen.

Previous Data Browser (Main Screen)

New Data Browser (Main Screen)

Below the Search bar, there are new options to automatically filter down on Popular variables and New and noteworthy variables.

Within the Data Browser groups, popular variables are now included as a group at the top of the list to easily identify commonly used variables within the category. Contextual bubbles also highlight where new variables have been included, and these can be clicked on to automatically filter these new variables for selection.

A welcome improvement in the Data Browser is the ability to filter by category, keyword, calculation, year, dataset, and other variables.

User Interface Enhancements

The June 2024 update includes several User Interface enhancements the refine the user experience.

The Points of Interest (POI) search is now contained in one step within the side panel – once your data source and search information (keywords, categories, or codes) is searched, you can append the Style and Legend below the search criteria (previously you needed to progress to a separate page with a Next button). Searches can now be saved in the June 2024 release and recalled at a later time. Results summaries, charts, and tables appear below the map once a search is completed.

The Help button has also been changed to an icon and now includes the Guided tours link (which was previously under the Profile dropdown)

Reports and Infographics Improvements

Esri has added State of the Community to the list of available infographics which summarises key population, housing, income, employment, health, and community participation statistics in a single page. Below is an example of a report for a hexagonal block located in Redlands, California.

Reports have also been improved. Previously, exported charts were captured as images in Excel. Now, they are exported as data which can be used to create new charts and reports within Excel or in other applications.

Below is an infographic of the same hexagonal area in Redlands, California summarising community statistics:

When exporting the same inforgraphic to Excel, the chart data is listed as values.

Improvements in Other ArcGIS Web Applications

ArcGIS Business Analyst is available as a widget in ArcGIS Experience Builder. Simply add the Business Analyst widget from the Widget gallery to access ArcGIS Business Analyst projects.

The Business Analyst mobile app also has several improvements, namely additional support for Gallery infographics along with bug fixes and performance improvements.

For a full list of updates, enhancements, and deprecation notices, please refer to the Esri Community post: What’s coming in ArcGIS Business Analyst Web App (… – Esri Community

Originally published 28 June 2024. User interface elements and workflow steps may be different in future versions.