ArcGIS Hub Blog

The ArcGIS Hub AI Assistant is a new capability  that transforms how people interact with open data. This innovative tool harnesses the power of generative AI to make open data more accessible, understandable, and actionable for everyone. It's intended to help users find answers to their questions and limited to the curated open data sets available on your Hub sites.

Metrics matter for project tracking 
Metrics play a key role in tracking project efficacy by offering transparent, data-driven insights. ArcGIS Hub Premium customers can configure metrics to track and share progress toward meeting project goals.  

Whether you are managing spatial analysis projects, monitoring workflows, or communicating progress to stakeholders, having clear, structured metrics helps ensure everyone is on the same page. Metrics allow teams to track progress against objectives, make data-informed decisions, and support improved project outcomes. 

Join our research community and gain exclusive access to preview and test new features and an opportunity to meet with the team to provide feedback on future developments.

UPDATE 9/27/2024

Today's release brings you some highly useful updates to the ArcGIS Hub downloads system. These enhancements mean that Hub will always serve cached files if they exist. If a cached file is not available, one will be generated with a version cached for every available format.

For best practices on settings and workflows, available formats based on configuration, and details on cached files, please see the recently revised Hub web help on data downloads.

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Originally published 9-23-2024: Downloading data is an important part of ArcGIS Hub. With recent updates to the Hub downloads feature, customers have provided feedback. We have listened and we are making key improvements based on this feedback.   

In a previous blog (https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-hub-blog/cloning-a-site-within-hub/ba-p/1539091), I shared steps to clone a site within an organization. Here’s another important use case we often get asked about: how to clone an Enterprise site to Hub and vice-versa. Here are the steps and actions to clone the site item along with associated site pages and groups. 

Some of our users have inquired whether it is possible to clone an ArcGIS site within the same organization. While an in-app option is not currently available to perform this action, it can be accomplished using Hub.py. This action will clone the site item and associated site pages and groups.

We are removing the ability to create/update simple maps directly within the ArcGIS Hub application.

ArcGIS Hub discussion boards were released earlier this year, and we hope you find them extremely useful. Our team is constantly working to add capabilities and enhancements to the discussion boards feature. The latest update in this effort is the ability to add web maps and web scenes to a discussion board. 

The Esri User Conference (Esri UC) has many presentations and events with hundreds of topics covered. To help you find your way to the ArcGIS Hub, open data, and community engagement sessions and events, we have prepared a more focused agenda.

Use this short link go.esri.com/uc24-hub-agenda to go straight to the agenda from your mobile or tablet device.

This ArcGIS Hub at the 2024 Esri User Conference ArcGIS Blog article will also give you a quick run down of all the ArcGIS Hub focused tech sessions and activities that you won't want to miss. 

There are also two SIG (Special Interest Group Meetings) that may be of interest to you:

Tues. July 16, 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Geospatial Collaboration SIG: Evolving Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI)

Wed. July 17, 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Community Engagement SIG: Using Hubs to Foster Deeper Collaboration

Come visit the Hub Team at the ArcGIS Hub kiosks which are located inside the ArcGIS Online area within the Esri Showcase on the Expo floor. We will be there to answer your questions on the following days and times:

Hope to see you later this month in sunny San Diego!

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ArcGIS Hub is introducing a reimagined version of 'Initiatives' that will allow organizations to effectively monitor their progress towards long-term objectives. Separating sites and initiatives will help distinguish a website (with URL, theme and brand)