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The June 2026 update of the Business Analyst Widget in Experience Builder includes the following new features: 1. View infographic within the widget extent instead of the default full screen When you run infographics in Workflow mode, it will open in full screen mode by default. The new Run in widget option allows you to view infographic within the extent of the Business Analyst widget rather than opening it in full screen. Click Customize infographics button under Workflow mode to find this new option as shown below: Run in widget setting Then, when you click Run Infographic at step 3 of the Workflow mode: Run Infographic The infographic will open within the extent of the Business Analyst widget instead of full screen: Run in widget Depending on the size of the BA widget, the infographic is displayed automatically in one of the view modes that is most suitable. You can still change the view mode that best fits your application. Infographic view mode 2. Batch export infographics directly to PDF, HTML, or Excel When you run infographics in Workflow mode, you can only view and export one infographic at a time by default. The new Export directly option allows you to export multiple infographics (Maximum of 5) directly to PDF, Excel or HTML without viewing them first. Click Customize infographics button under Workflow mode to find this new option. Export directly setting When this setting is toggled on, you will have the option to select up to 5 infographics and batch export them directly to any of the 3 supported file formats (PDF, Excel, HTML) Batch export Click on Estimate credits before exporting to understand the credit consumption for batch exporting the selected number of reports. Estimate credits Click the Export button and the selected infographics will be automatically downloaded in a zipped file.  3. Cache infographic Let's say you want to include a demographic profile infographic of your county in a public facing app, but worried about the potential credit consumption whenever someone opens the app. The new cache infographic functionality will resolve that specific concern. Caching creates a static copy of an infographic, which is stored with the Experience Builder app. You are charged 10 credits for each infographic you cache once. This is similar to the credit consumption when exporting infographic to PDF/HTML/Excel in Business Analyst web app products. Then, when the app is published and shared, there are no additional credit charges for viewing the infographic.  Caching infographic is only available in Preset mode. Cache settings You must first set a location or geography, buffer (for point locations only) and infographic to enable caching. Click Cache settings to confirm your selection and then click Cache infographic. It will take few seconds to create a cached infographic, and you will see a confirmation message when the process is complete. Save and publish the app to save your cached infographic. You will be charged 10 credits for each infographic you cache upfront. So please make sure your infographic settings are correct before caching. Users of the app can view the cached infographic without incurring additional credits. Please consider the following when using this feature: Infographic cache is helpful when sharing an application publicly or all organization members as there is no additional credit usage when it's viewed by users. The GeoEnrichment configuration must be configured and authorized when publishing the app if you plan to share the app publicly or with organization members that do not have GeoEnrichment privilege.  Infographic cache is not recommended if your infographic is updated frequently, or if you want to dynamically run infographic on different input locations.   A cached infographic is static. You cannot have it update based on interactions with the map or other widgets. For example, you can’t search for a new location on map and update the infographic for that new location. Cached infographic currently does not support customizing the display and export options. When an infographic is cached, the location and data, buffer and infographic settings are automatically disabled. You must first Clear cache in order to make any changes. Please be aware that once you clear cache, the cached infographic is removed from the app and can't be recovered.  Clear cache Additional resource: Business Analyst widget help documentation       ... View more

The June 2024 update of the Business Analyst Widget in Experience Builder includes the following new features: 1. Public sharing The Business Analyst widget can now be configured for use in a publicly shared Experience Builder app. To enable this functionality, the creator of the app will need to authorize GeoEnrichment using their own subscription when publishing the app, and then share the app publicly. The creator of the app must also share any custom infographics and contents publicly for the Business Analyst widget to work properly.  Authorize GeoEnrichment when publishing When the Experience Builder app is shared only with the organization, members of the same organization including those without GeoEnrichment privileges can access the Business Analyst widget after signing in. When the app is shared with everyone (public), anyone outside your organization can also access the widget without signing in.  Note: The credit consumptions by the Business Analyst widget will count towards the organization when the app is published by authorizing GeoEnrichment. We recommend being cautious when sharing your application publicly. The Business Analyst widget provides additional configuration options to limit infographic exports and GeoEnrichment request rate limiting when publishing the app. However, setting a low request limit is not recommended as the widget makes several GeoEnrichment requests that do not consume credits. When the GeoEnrichment request limit is exceeded, users will not be able to use the Business Analyst widget. Click here to learn more about these configurations. 2. The user interface has a refreshed new look The search and buffer steps of the workflow mode have been redesigned.  Updated user interface 3. Polygon feature styles The styles of polygon features in a web map are now preserved when running infographics by selecting those features. Previously, the infographics only showed the polygons with red outlines that caused accessibility issues for color blindness. Web Map styles preserved in infographics 4. Data updates The Esri 2024 data update is here. That means the Business Analyst widget will now include updated infographics with the latest data sources.  If your existing widget is previously configured with Esri 2023 data for United States, the infographics will continue to work as expected. However, to get the latest infographics with Esri 2024 data source, you will need to edit the app and select the new data source, and then the updated infographics. If you have any custom infographics (My/Shared infographics), you will need to complete the update process in the Business Analyst and Community Analyst web apps first. Esri 2024 data source available Due to the deprecation of the Esri 2021/2022 data sources, you will see this message if your existing widgets are configured with these data sources. To update to the latest data source, edit your app and select one of the latest data sources available. You can learn more about the data deprecation in this blog article. Esri 2021/2022 data sources deprecated Important: If you have an older app created sometime in 2023 with Esri 2023 data source (USA), you might see this error message as well. In this case, you will need to edit the app and re-configure the widget with desired data source and re-select the infographics list if using the Workflow mode, and re-select the preset infographics if using Preset mode. Then save and publish the app.  Additional resource: ArcGIS Experience Builder applications with the Business Analyst widget fail to load with a deprecated data source error ... View more