ArcGIS Business Analyst Blog

Your reference point for Business Analyst blogs and content published the month of November 2025

The new Nearby Analysis workflow will be available with the October 2025 update of Business Analyst Web App. 

The upcoming update of ArcGIS Business Analyst Web App, scheduled for release on October 22, 2025, adds new functionality to analyze nearby locations, provides improved credit estimation, and streamlines discovery of featured layers from ArcGIS Living Atlas. The release also contains updates to points of interest (POI) data in the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico, as well as the release of new 2025 data for Canada, France, and over 60 countries worldwide.

Please note that all planned updates are subject to change. Check out the full details in the What's New blog article and final documentation on release day.

Mapping and analysis workflow enhancements

New nearby analysis workflow: smarter insights from surrounding POIs

This release continues development efforts to support enhanced analysis capabilities for points of interest (POIs). It introduces a powerful new Advanced analysis workflow known as nearby designed to help users understand what places and POIs are within walking or driving distance of their sites. It applies to competitive analysis in retail, real estate, and restaurants, providing an instant snapshot of who is in the market and how close those competitors are. In health care, it helps to understand service delivery and network adequacy. The analysis is available for SafeGraph and Data Axle POIs. You can also bring customers, clients, patients, or any other point layer into the analysis to discover relationships and interactions between different categories of places, brands, consumers, or competition.

The analysis summarizes key statistics such as the number of points by type and distance, and points per 1,000 households. This insight is invaluable across industries:

• Public sector: locating areas lacking access to services like food, education, or health care.
• Retail and commercial real estate: identifying neighboring competitors and complementary businesses.
• Residential real estate: assessing quality of life and proximity to key amenities like schools, transit, shopping, or parks.

For organizations with customer, client, or member data, nearby analysis can be used to model catchment areas by assessing the density of individuals based on different distances and visualizing the patterns of change across distances. This improved data-driven decision making provides a deeper understanding of local context and interactions between places.

Flexible benchmarking for smarter site comparisons

In the November 2024 release, we launched the map-based benchmark comparisons workflow, transforming the traditional comparisons report into a more visual and flexible experience. In the upcoming release, we are enhancing it further by allowing users to define benchmarks not just by location, mean, or median — but also by setting custom values for each variable. This added flexibility helps tailor comparisons to specific goals, making insights more relevant and actionable.

Improved discovery of Living Atlas layers: featured content

Finding the right data just got easier. We are introducing a featured content list for Living Atlas layers inside Business Analyst Web App. This enhancement streamlines the browsing and discovery experience by highlighting layers This update makes it easier for users to locate authoritative content for mapping, analysis, and reporting, providing greater insight into the data with enhanced metadata on data categories and included layers, which reduces friction and improves the overall experience.

Visualize distributions with more control

We are enhancing the histogram tab in the Results pane for mapping and analysis workflows, making it easier to explore data distributions. New visualization includes showing mean, median, and legends in the histogram view, plus styling controls to adjust chart types, bin counts, outlier visibility, and zoom.

Localization update: suitability analysis infographic

The Suitability Analysis infographic template is now available in Japanese, French, and Spanish. When you launch the app in one of these languages and select a corresponding translated data source—such as Esri Japan, Esri France, or Mexico INEGI—the entire template will appear fully translated.

Infographic updates

ArcGIS Tapestry panel: smarter comparisons and customization

Following the launch of ArcGIS Tapestry in June, which included new infographics and the initial rollout of the Tapestry infographic panel, the upcoming release brings meaningful enhancements to this experience. A new comparison view allows users to evaluate key variables—such as population density, median household income, median home value, median age, and diversity index—across their analysis area, overlapping geographies of their choices (like states, counties, or ZIP codes), and the top Tapestry segments—all in one consolidated view. This makes it easier to understand how an area differs from or is similar to other locations and the distributions of segments within each of these geographies.

These updates make the Tapestry panel more insightful, powerful, and user-friendly, providing better means to communicate similarities and differences within their areas of interest.

New infographic templates

Numerous new templates will be added to the app!

Other enhancements

Know your credit costs up front

The upcoming release brings a much-requested enhancement: the in-app credit estimation tool, giving users up-front visibility into credit usage when exporting mapping and analysis results, infographics, and reports. Before completing an export, users will see an Estimate credits option that calculates how many ArcGIS Online credits the action will consume. This helps users avoid surprises, plan more effectively, and manage resources with confidence.

Improved accessibility

We are dedicated to making our infographics more accessible to all users. We have made considerable progress in ensuring 508 compliance and enabling more organizations to share infographics on their websites for public information. We have improved keyboard tabbing and screen reading capabilities as well as updated colors for proper contrast for the histogram in the Results pane. For infographics, you can now add alt text for images.

Support for ArcGIS Online settings

We have introduced two key enhancements to improve personalization and user experience in Business Analyst Web App:

• Language preference sync: A new setting allows the app to automatically apply your ArcGIS Online member-level language preference. This means when you opt in, your Business Analyst Web App interface will now reflect your preferred language setting from ArcGIS Online, creating a more consistent experience across platforms.
• User experience improvement program: Business Analyst Web App is now part of the Esri User Experience Improvement Program. By default, users are opted in, and the app will send anonymous usage data to help the team better understand user behavior and continuously enhance the experience.

Data and boundaries updates

The upcoming release will include updates to the following datasets:

• Standard demographics for 26 North American countries and 46 African countries from Michael Bauer Research (2025)
• Advanced Demographics for Canada from Environics Analytics and Statistics Canada (2025), and for France from Esri France (2025)
• Business Summary data for U.S. from Data Axle (August 2025)
• POIs: India POI from Esri India (August 2025), USA and Canada POI from Data Axle (August 2025), USA, Canada, and Puerto Rico POI from Safegraph (August 2025), Foursquare Global Open Source (August 2025)
• USA Traffic data from Kalibrate (Q3 2025)

POI data enhancements

Other than updates to the latest data, here are a few enhancements to POI data to highlight:

• For India POI from Esri India, Puerto Rico POI from SafeGraph, and Foursquare Open Source, there is a significant increase in record numbers.
• The Top Retailers search option is now available for SafeGraph and Data Axle POI. You can quickly identify which anchor stores are located within your search area or near your sites.
• Data Axle has an additional attribute: chain name.
• Foursquare has been updated to support 2022 NAICS, which brings the dataset to parity with other datasets. Now you will be able to use the same NAICS code lists when switching POI data sources.

Canadian Advanced Demographics HouseholdSpend variable changes

Environics Analytics updated its HouseholdSpend dataset to reflect modern Canadian consumer behavior, based on major changes to the Statistics Canada Survey of Household Spending. This resulted in 145 new spending variables being added, 162 retired, and many existing codes revised. Users of ArcGIS Business Analyst Web App will need to update custom infographic reports accordingly. For more information, please refer to '25 Canadian HouseholdSpend Variable Changes.

ArcGIS Business Analyst Mobile App

Several bug fixes and minor enhancements.

ArcGIS Experience Builder: Business Analyst widget

Several bug fixes and minor enhancements.

ArcGIS Community Analyst retirement

ArcGIS Community Analyst retires March 1, 2026. Users must migrate to either ArcGIS Business Analyst Web App Standard or Advanced.

Community Analyst remains accessible to users until their license term end date, at which time they will receive a renewal notice containing Business Analyst Web App Advanced at a discounted rate. Negotiated enterprise agreement customers were migrated in September 2025.

For further details, refer to Deprecation Notice for ArcGIS Community Analyst: Transition to ArcGIS Business Analyst Web App.

We are hosting a live testing session on October 15, 2025, from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM PST. The Business Analyst development team and the Esri Demographics team will be present to gather your feedback and answer any questions you may have. If you are interested in participating, sign up here: ArcGIS Business Analyst Web App October Release Live Testing.

Additional resources

We’re so happy to share this upcoming release of ArcGIS Business Analyst Web App and ArcGIS Business Analyst Mobile App with you.

Below, we’ve added resources to help you with your ArcGIS Business Analyst journey:

• Business Analyst product overview page 
• Review pricing and purchase Business Analyst 
• Join our LinkedIn Business Analyst User Group 
• Join our Business Analyst Esri Community 
• Follow our weekly #BATipsandTricks posts on social media 
• Read more Business Analyst blog articles on ArcGIS Blog 
• Watch Business Analyst Web App videos 
• Watch Business Analyst Mobile App videos 
• Visit the Business Analyst Resources page 
• Visit the Community Analyst Resources page 

Following the October 2025 release, a new Environics Housing Spending survey will change the set of variables available in ArcGIS. Read the article for details on actions users should take in light of these changes.

We are excited to announce the upcoming update of ArcGIS Business Analyst Web App, scheduled for release on June 25, 2025. Below are the planned updates. Please note that all planned updates are subject to change; check back to stay informed about the latest news regarding the upcoming release. Our What's New blog and documentation will provide a comprehensive list of enhancements.

Data and Boundaries updates

The upcoming release will include updates to the following datasets:

• ArcGIS Tapestry
• 2025/2030 Esri Updated Demographics, 2025/2030 Esri Consumer Spending, 2025 Esri Market Potential, 2025 Retail Demand by Industry, 2025 Urbanicity
• 2019-2023 American Community Survey data for the U.S. and Puerto Rico
• New and updated boundaries: State Legislative District and Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMA) for USA and Puerto Rico; Tribal boundaries for USA
• Business Summary data for U.S. and Canada from Data Axle (April 2025)
• POIs: Data Axle (April 2025), Safegraph (March 2025), and Foursquare Global Open Source (April 2025)

New ArcGIS Tapestry

Tapestry is one of the most widely used tools for understanding U.S. community demographics and lifestyles. This update marks the third iteration of the Tapestry system. Notable changes include reconfigured segments and LifeMode groups, comprehensive access to urbanicity attributes, a refreshed user experience and expanded data documentation, and updated tapestry panel, infographics and reports. You may opt to display either the Tapestry name or code in mapping, analysis, and reports, based on your organization’s preference.

Crime Indexes updates

In June U. S. data update, 2024 crime data will be redelivered using 2025 boundaries and be available through October of this year. Planning is underway, we appreciate your patience while we evaluate our crime data offering to ensure we provide the best possible data to our users. We will be provide additional details as they become available.

POI data enhancements

Other than updates to the latest data, here are a few enhancements to POI data to highlight.

• For Safegraph and Foursquare, there is a significant increase in record numbers.
• Safegraph has additional attributes such as Parent Locations and Industry Sector.
• Safegraph has been updated to support 2022 NAICs, which brings the dataset to parity with other datasets. Now you’ll be able to use the same, consistent NAICS code lists when switching POI data sources.

Dominant Urbanicity variable

Dominant urbanicity is now available! You can use it for mapping in color-coded maps.

The infographic for Urbanicity Type has also been updated. This template can be found in the infographics gallery for Esri 2025.

Mapping and Analysis workflows enhancements

Points of interest (POI) search enhancements

Search POIs by code has been improved significantly to provide better results.

After running a POI search, you can now aggregate numerical statistics such as number of points, employee count, and estimated sales volume by site, hexagon, or geography of your choice. This enhancement helps answer questions like:

• How many restaurants are located within each of my analysis sites?
• Which five cities in San Diego County have the highest total sales volume for shopping malls?
• What’s the average number of employees at hospitals by county across California?

This new aggregation capability also overcomes the 5,000-point display limit previously imposed due to contractual constraints.

Additionally, 22 new Places icons are now available for mapping, giving you more flexibility and visual clarity in your visualization.

Smarter suitability analysis with correlation insights and infographic sharing

Selecting the right variables is crucial for meaningful suitability analysis. When two variables are highly correlated, including both—even with different weights—can unintentionally double-count that factor, skewing your results. To help you avoid this, you can now use the correlation matrix to examine relationships between selected variables and remove those with high correlation.

And once your analysis is complete, you can share the results more effectively. Our pre-built infographic makes it easy to present your suitability findings to stakeholders in a clear and compelling format.

Effects

Effects bring Photoshop-like capabilities to your maps, points of interest and other layers in the map. An effect can be applied to all the layers types and map workflows including suitability analysis, smart map search, add points of interest and benchmark analysis. Effects can be applied to maps you bring in from Living Atlas, ArcGIS Online or your own organization to enhance your operational layers and even your basemap layers. This includes adding a drop shadow, de-emphasizing areas, and other effects to make your data story stand out or focus on a specific part of the map.

Infographics updates

Improving accessibility in the infographics player

We are dedicated to making our infographics more accessible to all users. To ensure 508 compliance and enable more organizations to share infographics on their websites for public information, we have made considerable progress. Users can now add alternative text to images during infographic creation. We’ve also introduced thoughtful enhancements to keyboard navigation.

You now have more flexibility and control when customizing your infographics!

• New chart type: Progress bar chart
• Enhanced panel styling: Customize outlines and corner radius
• Label management: Use the Auto compact setting with chart labels
• Cleaner data display: Percentage variables now default to one decimal place

Business Analyst Web App assistant (preview*)

Great news to our international users - Business Analyst Web App assistant (preview) will start to support multiple languages, including Brazilian Portuguese, English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish (Mexico), and Spanish (Spain).

In addition to language support, the assistant is now smarter and more capable. It can handle more complex requests, such as combining site creation with mapping tasks, helping you get more done with less effort.

*Preview is designed to offer users the opportunity to use AI assistants prior to general availability, without the typical constraints associated with beta software. The purpose of the preview is to enable users to utilize the feature in their ArcGIS environment for a limited duration, until the transition to general availability. For more information, please read the Knowledge Base FAQ article. 

Other enhancements

• Users can now quickly select all their favorite variables in one click in data browser when mapping and analysis.
• Improved filtering behavior in color-coded maps: When using the legend to filter a variable, the filter will now be updated and synced to match.
• Additional preference setting options.

ArcGIS Business Analyst Mobile App

• Updates to tapestry segmentation images.

ArcGIS Experience Builder: Business Analyst widget

• A new infographic category called "Esri Tabular Reports" that contains the new report styles of the classic Esri reports that were available in the previous Business Analyst widget for ArcGIS Web AppBuilder. These new reports have presentation-ready design for improved accessibility.
• A new option to allow your app to use the latest data and infographics automatically when there is a data release annually for the USA.
• Support for custom travel modes when creating drive times. 

We’re hosting a live testing session on June 18, 2025, from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM PST. The Business Analyst development team and the Esri Demographics team will be present to gather your feedback and answer any questions you may have. If you’re interested in participating, please contact us at businessanalyst@esri.com.

We are excited to announce the upcoming update of ArcGIS Business Analyst Web App, scheduled for release on February 26, 2025. Below are the planned updates. Please note that all planned updates are subject to change; check back to stay informed about the latest news regarding the upcoming release. Our What's New blog and documentation will provide a comprehensive list of enhancements.

Data enhancement and deprecation

The upcoming release will include updates to the following datasets:

• Advanced Demographics: Thailand 2023, Germany 2024, Japan 2025, India 2024.
  • India includes 117 new variables including new categories for spending and segmentation. The village and wards geographic areas have been remodeled into a single consistent layer which provides improved data detail in urban areas.
  • Japan includes approximately 350 variables available within 1km and 500m meshes, also known as a grid. The mesh is based on the Japanese Census geographies and has been enriched with additional variables than available in the official Census release. Meshes are only available when working with specific geographic areas of interest and with zoom levels that show extents under approximately 120km or 75 miles for the 1km mesh and 30km or about 20 miles for the 500m mesh.
  • Germany includes 28 new spending variables.
  • Thailand data has been revised with new demographic models and data inputs.
• Standard Demographics from Michael Bauer Research for 25 Western European countries are updated to the 2025 vintage and 39 Asian countries are updated to align with other global data released in 2024.
• Points of interest (POI) data from Data Axle (November 2024) for US and Canada and SafeGraph (December 2024) for US, Canada, and Puerto Rico. New global Open-Source data from Foursquare (January 2025).
• USA Traffic data from Kalibrate (Q4 2024).               

Global POIs data changes

In this release, we will be transitioning to the Foursquare Open-Source Places data as our global POI data source. We understand that this change may be disruptive due to the reduced number of attributes and changes to categories. This release is aligned with Foursquare's strategy to improve their data through crowdsourced assessment. Esri has made several significant improvements to data filtering that have resulted in a reduction in the number of POIs available.

While there are minimal impacts on your workflows, some are unavoidable. You will need to rebuild saved searches and infographics that used previous Foursquare data. Saved POI search layers that were created with Foursquare search results prior to the February 2025 release can still be viewed on the map, but the option to open and edit the POI search layer will no longer be available. All Foursquare-based POI searches that use data from the February release will be editable.

Data changes to SICs codes

SIC codes, or Standard Industrial Classification codes, have traditionally been one of the industry categorization systems available in Data Axle datasets. Starting in 2026, only NAICS codes will be available for searching in Business Analyst. This will allow users to adopt a common, consistent global system for searching for POIs that is source, vendor, and geography independent.

To assist with this transition, several changes will be implemented within Business Analyst Web App to help you gradually migrate to the NAICS code system across different datasets and countries. More details on specific SIC changes to POI and demographic data will be available in upcoming releases.

Infographics updates

Introducing the new report style

Classic reports have long been a favorite among many users. We are excited to introduce a toggle in the Run classic reports interface that will allow you to switch to new, modernized versions of these reports. New style reports are enhanced versions of the Esri classic reports, created through the infographics builder. They offer numerous benefits over the older classic versions, including improved design for better accessibility and interactivity. Additionally, the new report style publishes in digital formats and can be shared through other ArcGIS Online applications (such as Story Maps and Experience Builder).

Enhanced editing experience – Adding logos in infographics

The logo that you can set in the app’s preferences can now be utilized in infographics for both display and export. Plus, a new option in the infographics builder makes adding a logo to a template easier than ever. In addition to image-based logos, SVG logos can also be used, giving you more flexibility.

Improving accessibility in the infographics player

We are dedicated to making our infographics more accessible to all users. To ensure 508 compliance and enable more organizations to share infographics on their websites for public information, we have made considerable progress. The infographics player and the templates displayed will now support keyboard tabbing, making it easier for users to navigate through the content using only their keyboard.

New Gallery infographic templates

• Health Care for At-Risk Populations
• Demographic Snapshot 
• Business Summary Report – NAICS (Tabular)

Revisions to Foursquare-based infographic templates

Standard and Gallery templates which use Foursquare data including What's in My Community, Nearby Restaurants and Emergency Information have been updated to use the new data and category system.

Business Analyst Assistant (Beta) updates

Support for the new benchmark comparisons workflow will be added in the upcoming release.

Other enhancements

• Improved performance of the benchmark comparisons workflow.
• Users can now set their own default variables and use customize table options in Geography comparison. 
• Added support for sorting custom variables by dates added in the data browser.
• Various minor bug fixes.

ArcGIS Experience Builder: Business Analyst widget

• Several bug fixes and minor enhancements.

The next update of ArcGIS Business Analyst Web App and ArcGIS Community Analyst is planned for November 12, 2024. Below are the planned updates. Note that all planned updates are subject to change; please check back to stay apprised of the latest news regarding the upcoming release.

Our What's New blog article and documentation will provide a comprehensive list of enhancements. 

Data enhancements and deprecations

The upcoming November release will include updates to the following datasets:

• Advanced Demographics: Canada 2024 (Environics Analytics), India 2024 (Esri India). 
• Standard Demographics from Michael Bauer Research for 18 South American and Oceania countries (2024).
• Points of interest data (POI) from Data Axle (June 2024) for U.S. and Canada.
• Points of interest data (POI) from SafeGraph (August 2024) for U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico.
• Global POI data from Foursquare (August 2024).
• USA Business Summary from Data Axle (June 2024).
• USA Traffic data from Kalibrate (Q3 2024).

In addition, here are some new datasets and boundaries to explore:

• School district boundaries are now available for mapping and analysis, including Unified School Districts, Elementary School Districts, and Secondary School Districts.
• Urbanicity is the level of urbanization in a particular area, ranging from “urban cores” (i.e. Manhattan, Los Angeles, other dense areas) to rural communities. This data is a classification system built by Esri that designates land into one of ten urbanicity categories. These categories can share characteristics such as density, distance, and socioeconomic dependence on urban cores.

Please also note that Esri will discontinue its 4orange data offering for the Netherlands. Customers must prepare to transition their workflows and processes to Esri’s Michael Bauer Research (MBR) data for the Netherlands as an alternative dataset.

European Cross-border Data (Beta)

Looking to conduct cross-border analysis? The European cross-border data (Beta) has now been introduced! This dataset covers 39 countries and can be used for mapping, running reports, and performing analyses that span country borders.

Please note availability of this beta capability and its boundaries are subject to change in the future.

New benchmark comparisons workflow

Benchmark comparisons will replace comparison reports in the upcoming release. The previous table and chart-based workflow has now been integrated into the mapping workflow to offer enhanced analysis and visualization capabilities, including industry-specific variable lists, a new results pane, incorporation of more comparison methods for statistical analysis (high to low, top and bottom, quantiles, standard deviation, and outlier highlighting), exporting results to Excel with benchmark indicators, and ability to save layers (variables and sites) for future reuse.

Enhancements to points of interest (POI) search workflow

• Introducing a new advanced search that utilizes conditions to enhance search queries, enabling users to set filters before initiating the search for a more efficient search experience.
• New Places icons available for map styling.
• A dedicated section for saved POI layers under the project’s content list.  

Enhancements to Business Analyst Assistant (Beta) 

• Business Analyst Assistant (Beta) now supports smart map search and find location workflows.
• Multiple docking options are now supported in the assistant for improved organization and viewing choices.

Other enhancements

• In the smart map search workflow, users can now customize the style of both matching and non-matching areas by adjusting their fill and outline.
• Results panes now allow for expansion to provide larger views and include pagination in tables, enhancing accessibility and user-friendliness.
• Need access to documentation and guidance while using the workflow? No worries! A resource menu has been incorporated into all workflows under the Maps tab for easy access.
• Organizational admins now have the ability to prevent users from sharing a project with all members of the organization.

New infographics and improvements

Numerous new templates will be added to the app.

Other infographics enhancement includes conditional formatting for POI-related templates.

ArcGIS Community Analyst – Migrate to Business Analyst

Upon commencement of the migration period starting on December 1st, Community Analyst users who have purchased one of the Business Analyst Web App products (Standard or Advanced) and have been assigned a license can view and use all their current Community Analyst content (including projects, custom data, infographics, and report templates) within Business Analyst. Furthermore, an onboarding experience will assist users in discovering the exclusive features offered solely in the Business Analyst Web App.

For further details, refer to Deprecation Notice for ArcGIS Community Analyst: Transition to ArcGIS Business Analyst Web App.

ArcGIS Business Analyst Mobile App

• View facts and run infographics and reports for school district boundary sites.
• Access updated data for Canada, India (Esri India), and Michael Bauer Research countries and regions, global points of interest, and U.S. traffic counts.
• Bug fixes and performance improvements.

ArcGIS Experience Builder: Business Analyst widget enhancements & improvements

• The widget now supports drive-time options that allow travel modes and traffic selection when creating drive times.
• Several bug fixes and minor enhancements.

The June 2024 release of ArcGIS Business Analyst Web App, ArcGIS Business Analyst Mobile App, and ArcGIS Community Analyst is here and we can't contain our excitement! In the past quarter, the Business Analyst team has been working around the clock to bring you exciting new updates that you’ve all been waiting for.

The next update of ArcGIS Business Analyst Web App, Mobile App, and Community Analyst is planned for June 26, 2024. Below are the planned updates. Please note that all planned updates are subject to change; please check back to stay apprised of the latest news.

Our What's New blog article and documentation will provide a comprehensive list of enhancements. 

Data enhancements

The upcoming June release will include updates to the following datasets:

• 2024/2029 Esri Updated Demographics, 2024/2029 Esri Consumer Spending, 2024 Esri Market Potential, 2024 Retail Demand by Industry, 2024 Esri Tapestry Segmentation.
• 2018-2022 American Community Survey data for the U.S. and Puerto Rico.
• Census 2000 and 2010 data for Puerto Rico (aligned with the U.S.).
• 2024A Crime Indexes.
• Q2 2024 Traffic Counts data from Kalibrate (Q2 2024).
• New and updated boundaries: Esri 2023 and Esri 2024 ZIP Codes for the U.S. and Puerto Rico, new Connecticut coding structures, and updated CBSAs. To find out more, take a look at Updated U.S. geographic boundaries in ArcGIS Business Analyst (June 2024).
• Standard Demographics from Michael Bauer Research for 25 Eastern European countries (2023).
• Premium data: Esri India POI (2024), Esri Japan, updated Esri France data.
• Business Summary data for the U.S. (Feb 2024) from Data Axle.
• POIs: Data Axle (Q1 2024), Safegraph (Q1 2024), and Foursquare (Q1 2024).

Data deprecation

• The Esri 2021 and Esri 2022 data sources will be deprecated in the June release. Learn more about the deprecation here.
• Netherlands (4orange) will be deprecated in October 2024. 

Revamped data browser

Significant improvements have been made to the data browser interface, enhancing the user-friendliness of the experience when exploring data. The key changes include the addition of a vertical navigation bar, which allows users to switch between categories seamlessly without the need to navigate back and forth from the main page. Additionally, a "popular" category has been introduced, displaying popular variables from all categories together on one page, and a "new and noteworthy" category highlights new variables. The search functionality has been enhanced with the ability to segment by standard variables, my variables, and shared variables. Browsing options such as viewing variables by category, year, or source as well as advanced filtering options have also been added to provide more flexibility and ease of use.

Enhanced POI search workflow

The POI search has been streamlined into a single-page process. This workflow now includes improved summary results panes, scatterplot charts for numerical attributes, and a customizable results table to assist users in interpreting search results. Additionally, users can save their search criteria for future reuse. They can also save POI search layers.

Enhanced suitability analysis workflow

Key enhancements include a new and improved interaction experience between the results table and the map, chart controls and a zoom feature for better data analysis, and improved site pop-up information for more detailed insights.

Introduction of Business Analyst Assistant (Beta)

Our in-app, AI-powered assistant is here to guide you with various tasks in the app! It offers intelligent suggestions and can understand geographic context through prompts or search queries. It can help users create thematic maps, add points of interest to the map, and run infographics based on their topics of interest. Additionally, the Business Analyst Assistant (Beta) provides FAQs and how-tos to guide you through the software. Whether you're a beginner looking to learn the app or a power user seeking efficiency improvements, the assistant is a valuable tool. Please keep in mind that Business Analyst Assistant will only support English during the initial beta phase, and it will not be added to Community Analyst.

New infographics and reports improvements

• New infographic gallery templates: State of the Community
• Report improvements: Creating and exporting reports offers more user control than ever. Previously, charts in Excel reports were exported as images, which prevented users from exploring or interacting with the data. Now you can use the chart data for calculation and analysis, allowing you to create customized charts that highlight the most important information. These new report formats have an updated design and improved readability to meet accessibility requirements. 

Improved accessibility with Calcite

Delivering accessible software continues to be a top priority. We are continuing the Calcite component migration and improvements in areas like accessibility, internationalization, and standardization.

ArcGIS Experience Builder: Business Analyst widget key enhancements

• The Business Analyst widget can be used in a publicly shared Experience Builder app.
• Added support for polygon feature map styles.
• The user interface has a refreshed new look.

Business Analyst Mobile App

• Added support for running Gallery infographics. 
• Bug fixes and performance improvements.

Community Analyst deprecation

ArcGIS Community Analyst is being deprecated entirely.

The final release of Community Analyst will be in October 2024. Community Analyst will remain accessible to users until their next annual renewal date after December 1, 2024.

For additional details, refer to Deprecation Notice for ArcGIS Community Analyst: Transition to ArcGIS Business Analyst Web App.

Learn about the latest enhancements to the Business Analyst Mobile App:

1. You can now view facts, comparisons, infographics and classic reports for polygon and point features from web maps.
2. You can now export infographics in PDF format.