Latest Contributions by ScottBall

‎09-12-2018

Hey Michael - We're still looking into the technical feasibility of supporting ArcGIS Enterprise (including Portal for ArcGIS). As a consequence of 'living' inside Power BI, there are some authentication types that can't be supported by the app. We're currently trying to evaluate what's possible vs what's useful to users. Could you help us with that by providing your company / organization name and security protocol your company uses to authenticate to ArcGIS Enterprise (Portal)? If you prefer not to share that publicly feel free to email me at sball at esri dot com. Thanks!

‎09-06-2018

Hey Tyson Taylor - another follow-up question regarding your request: at your company do you use the out-of-the-box version of Power BI that is based in the cloud ("Power BI service"), or do you use the on-prem version ("Power BI Report Server")?

‎09-04-2018

There hasn't been any talk of adding this capability to the visual, as Power BI handles data connections through their data connectors in the 'Get Data' area of the product. Our map visual simply visualizes the data model you've set up. To my knowledge there have been no talks of adding an ArcGIS data connector into Power BI, but it's an interesting thought. Might want to add it to the Power BI ideas site and see if it catches on...

‎09-04-2018

Hey Kimberley - I think you're asking for something slightly different. It sounds like you're wanting to add tabular data from the ArcGIS feature layer into Power BI as a table in the Power BI data model so you can then use Power BI visuals to display data from ArcGIS - is that right? If so, that's not something that is supported. At this time you can add ArcGIS feature layers as reference layers in the ArcGIS Maps for Power BI map visual for visualization and spatial interaction on the map (more here). You can view the information for each feature via popups on the map but we don't provide a direct connection to those underlying data.

‎09-04-2018

Hey Steven - sorry to hear the process has been so frustrating. Can we start with what tools you have access to and are familiar with? Are you using ArcGIS Online, ArcMap, or ArcGIS Pro when trying to publish you hosted feature service? Once we identify a good starting point I'll try to help walk you through it.

‎08-27-2018

Hey Tyson - at this time no, this map visual does not support ArcGIS Enterprise / connections to Portal for ArcGIS. It's a hot topic of discussion here at Esri, though, and we're working through some technical challenges to see if it's possible to provide ArcGIS Enterprise support. One of the technical challenges is supporting secure connections from Power BI back to ArcGIS Enterprise. The underlying technology (chromium) that Power BI provides for visuals doesn't support all authentication types. It would be great if you (and anyone else requesting ArcGIS Enterprise support) could email me information about how you authenticate to ArcGIS Enterprise. This would help us understand if what we can build will actually work for those of you who want this feature. You can reach me at s b a l l @ e s r i . c o m - thanks!

‎07-09-2018

Hey Adam - Maps for Power BI uses the drive time service on ArcGIS Online using the default driving mode. You can learn more here: Create Drive-Time Areas—ArcGIS Online Help | ArcGIS

‎06-07-2018

Hey Matt, thanks for the feedback. At this time there aren't options to turn off autozoom or go to certain areas based on bookmarks. These are great suggestions and I'll make sure they're passed along to the development team.

‎06-04-2018

Hey Steven - looks like you are publishing vector tile packages, web maps, and layer packages. At this time Maps for Power BI only support feature services - so you will need to publish your polygons as a hosted feature service. See the help doc for more info.

‎05-25-2018

We've received a number of questions regarding how and when Power BI data is sent to Esri when Power BI users interact with the ArcGIS Maps for Power BI visual. I'd like to share these answers with the community so everyone is aware of when their data is - and isn't being sent to Esri for geoprocessing. Q: There are data going to and from the ArcGIS site. I am assuming this is just address data for mapping purposes only. The question is what data is sent between Power BI and ArcGIS? And is this data being stored by ArcGIS? A: Correct, only the data needed to geocode the address (ie, fields placed in the Location field well) are passed to Esri servers. These data are only used to generate the information used to place the locations on the map and they are not stored by Esri servers. Q: Does ArcGIS offer a service where this data is not collected for internal use or shared with any partners? A: As mentioned, we do not store this data. We also do not share it with partners. If data being passed to Esri is a concern, you can use the latitude and longitude field wells to map their point data instead of using the Location field well. When using the latitude and longitude field wells, no data is passed to Esri for mapping – but it does require you to have performed the geocoding process some other way. Q: Does ArcGIS maps geo-coding have a limit on the number of waypoints that can be sent? If so, what is the limit? Is there a limit per day? A: Limits to geocoding are on a per-map basis and can be found in our documentation here. Q: Is it possible our address list or search history is never shared for marketing purposes to any partner of ArcGIS? A: Address list and search history information from ArcGIS Maps for Power BI is never shared for any purpose to any partner of Esri.

User Conference Blog · ‎05-21-2018

Which goes hand-in-hand with another piece of advice: don't read your slides word for word and call that your presentation. Nobody likes slide-readers.

‎05-21-2018

Hey Steven - the easiest way is to upload the shapefile to a map in ArcGIS Online, make your edits there, then save the layer that you want to use as a reference map in Power BI. Here are some links to the ArcGIS Online help doc that might be helpful: Uploading shapefiles You will need to edit the attribute table to add your own data You will want to save and share the individual layer that you'd like to use as a reference layer in Power BI. It's important that you save/share individual layers because if you save the entire map, web maps aren't supported in Maps for Power BI and you won't find your layer. You can save an individual layer using the '...' overflow menu in the legend on the layer you want to save.

‎05-16-2018

Hi Michael - just wanted to make sure you saw the announcement about the latest releases on Android and iOS. The doc site has been updated as well. Let us know if you have specific questions!

‎05-14-2018

I'm guessing they are asking for the ability to connect tabular data from Power BI to custom boundaries using a common join field. In addition to 'points' and 'standard boundaries' in the location type tool, I believe they are requesting a third option - 'custom boundaries'. A user would have to have a feature layer with their boundaries hosted on ArcGIS and both datasets would need a common join field (feature layer and Power BI data). We've definitely heard this request before and are evaluating it for potential inclusion. Urbis Perth‌ please comment if this would satisfy your needs. Thanks!

‎05-11-2018

Hey Sarah Anderson‌ - glad Mark was able to help get you going with offline raster! Yeah! There are a few 'known issues' on our side that we are working on and we think might be related to what you're seeing with Arcade and social logins. Would you be able to jump on a call with us next week so we can confirm?

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