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The Business Analyst widget in ArcGIS Experience Builder is out of beta with the February 2023 release of ArcGIS Online. Learn more about the release here. The Business Analyst widget allows you to view demographic, Tapestry, market potential, and business information about a specific location using ready-to-use interactive infographics. You can also create custom infographic templates in ArcGIS Business Analyst Web App (Advanced) or ArcGIS Community Analyst. Your custom templates will be available for use in Business Analyst (BA) widget when creating an Experience Builder (ExB) application. As the app creator, you are in full control of the end user experience that fits your specific business needs. This article will guide you through some of the common workflows. Creating an Experience Builder app with a Business Analyst widget (Workflow mode) 1. Sign in to your ArcGIS Online. 2. Click the Content tab, click Create app, and select Experience Builder. Or, simply open Experience Builder from the app launcher. Experience Builder 3. Click + Create new. Here you can select any template with the layout that works best for your application. Hover over the Pocket template and click Create. Select a template to start 4. Start by adding a title on the top left corner. For this example, I have titled my app 'Demographic Profile Report'. Toggle off the Lock layout on top to start modifying the application. 5. Drag the Business Analyst widget to the canvas and drop it on the right side pane. Adding the Business Analyst widget 6. Notice the BA widget defaults to the Workflow mode. The Workflow mode is a new functionality that provides the end user with step-by-step panels for defining location or geography and then running an infographic. The Preset mode allows you to embed an infographic by predefining the default location or geography boundary, and buffer type and units for point location. You can learn about creating an application in preset mode in: How to create an Experience Builder application with Business Analyst widget in Preset mode 7. Notice the widget shows 3 steps (Search, Buffers, and Infographic) which you can customize as needed. Click the help (?) link to learn more. Workflow mode 8. Now let's configure the BA widget for a specific project by exploring the available options. Make sure the BA widget is selected on the canvas to see the settings panel to the right. 9. Click the drop down menu for Select map widget and select Map. This option allows you to link the BA widget to a map. This action also adds a new search bar to the map. 10. Notice that there are two search bars on top of each other now as the Pocket template we used here had it's own. Select the search bar on the top and delete it. Delete duplicate search bars 11. Click on the BA widget on the canvas to select it again and we will continue the configuration. Use the options under Location settings to select a country/region and also to Customize search experience. Location settings 12. Click Customize buffers and set your desired buffer types (rings, drive time, or walk time) and default values. You can also disable the User-configurable buffers toggle and preset the values for end user. Notice the Buffer step will be hidden from the widget on the canvas. Customize buffers 13. Click on Customize infographics to define the set of infographic templates available for use. You can also disable the Allow infographic choice toggle and select a single infographic if you want your users run the same single infographic in the application. Notice the Infographic step will be hidden from the widget on the canvas. Customize infographics The Esri Infographics list contains ready-to-use templates available to all ArcGIS users. The My Infographics list contains custom templates you created in ArcGIS Business Analyst (Advanced) or ArcGIS Community Analyst Web Apps. The Shared Infographics list contains templates in your organization shared by other members. Infographics list 14. Expand the Infographic settings for additional options to control the appearance and layout of the infographic when running it. Infographic settings 15. The GeoEnrichment option is optional and only needed if you plan to share this application with your ArcGIS Organization members who don't have the privileges required to use the BA widget. Learn more here. Select utility 16. You can click the Live view button on the top to interact and test your Experience Builder app. Live view 17. If everything looks good, click Save and then click Publish to publish your application. Save and Publish 18. Click the Preview button and your application will open in a new tab. Preview Using Experience Builder app with Business Analyst widget 1. To share the application with your organization members, click on Change share settings > Share. You can then simply share the application link with other ArcGIS users. Sharing Note: Users must be signed in with an ArcGIS account to view and use the Business Analyst widget you shared. The widget does not support public sharing currently. 2. Open the Experience Builder application and follow the step-by-step instructions to run infographic. The search bar in the BA widget allows you to search for a location or a geography boundary. Sample ExB app with BA widget 3. In addition, you can use the search bar in the Map widget to find a specific location or click anywhere on the map to define a location if the Run on map click option is enabled under Infographic settings. 4. The controls on top of the infographic allow you to toggle between selected buffers or compare them side-by-side. Site options 5. Additional controls are available on the header based on your selection under Infographic settings. Export and view options Note: To show or hide the header controls, use the Header toggle button in Infographic settings. Advanced options when your map contains polygon, geography, or point layers If your map contains feature layers and you want to run infographics by selecting the features on the map, follow these instructions to configure the application: 1. Click Select map and click Add new data. Select a web map that contains polygon, geography, or point layers. Select map 2. Then select the added web map as shown in the image below and it will load on your Map widget. Add data to map 3. Click on the Action tab for the Map widget > Add a trigger > Record selection change > Business Analyst > Select feature. Your configuration will look like this. Add action trigger 4. Save and publish the application. Open your application and click on any feature on map. Notice the selected feature will populate in the BA widget. Click Next and run any infographic with the selection. Select map features Get started with sample Experience Builder templates with BA Widget You can find various ready-to-use Experience Builder templates configured with the BA widget when creating a new application. 1. Click + Create new and select the ArcGIS Online tab. Enter 'business analyst' in the search bar to filter. 2. Click on the Preview icon to open the sample templates. 3. Click on the Create button to customize and use it as starter template. Sample templates with BA widget Additional Resources The Business Analyst Widget in Experience Builder is coming out of beta with great new features. Business Analyst widget help documentation How to create an Experience Builder application with Business Analyst widget in Preset mode
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It looks like your custom Crime Index panel was causing this issue. I was able to replace this panel with the latest version from the gallery and confirmed your infographic template is working now. I suspect something in your custom panel might have changed and causing this problem. Please try that and let me know. Thanks, Fasil
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Hello Josh, Sorry for the inconvenience. The best way for us to troubleshoot this issue is if you can share the template. You can simply download the .brpt file and upload it as zipped file. Thanks, Fasil T. Business Analyst Team
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Hi Colin, Please add this additional detail to your original post in Pro https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/enrich-tool-no-option-to-enrich-dominant-lifemode/m-p/1150913#M52399 as well so we can follow up. Thank you, Fasil
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Thanks Colin. One of my colleagues will follow up with you on this. Fasil
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Hi Colin, You are absolutely right. Adding interactive panels from exiting templates is not working right now. But the good news is that this bug is already fixed in the upcoming release (end of March). Here is an example that shows the gallery of all interactive panels in the At Risk Population template. Good catch and thanks for reporting! Fasil T.
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Hello @ColinMcNamara, If you use this variable in the Business Analyst Web app, you will also notice a similar behavior. For example, that this specific variable is available for Color-Coded Maps but not in Smart Map Search. Unlike the other tapestry variables, this variable is code based (unique values) and it cannot be apportioned when enriching your sites. As a result, it might not be available in all workflows. Thanks for reaching out. Fasil T. Business Analyst Team
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Hello @ColinMcNamara, Unless I'm missing something in your workflow, it seems like this functionality is still there and you should be able to add interactive panels from exiting templates. Step 1: Step 2: Step 3: Let me know if this is not working for you. Thanks, Fasil T. Business Analyst Team
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Hello @JanHaskell-Mohr , Here is a workaround that might work for you: 1. Go to Maps tab > Add Data > Web Maps and Layers > select the Living Atlas tab > search for "USA ZIP Code Areas" and Open it 2. The layer will be added to your project table > expand the layer > filter it by States 3. For example, I filtered the zip codes for AZ as follows: 4. Click Done > and click the Setup layer option for the layer 5. Select the ZIP_CODE field to label your sites > click Setup Layer > setup the layer as follows: 6. You will get a message that some of the zip code entries do not match geographic boundaries. Click OK. 7. Now all zip codes in AZ are ready for your analysis. For example, you can Run Comparisons from the last step: 8. Click on the From layers tab and select all zip codes in AZ from your previous setup > Apply 9. You can select any variables you need and can compare a maximum of 1000 zip codes (sites) in this workflow. You can repeat the same workflow to add other zip codes in other states for your analysis. I hope this is helpful. Fasil T. Business Analyst Team
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Hello @ALI_AZZOUHRI , Since we don't provide a sample template in Qatar, please proceed to create your own infographics. You can learn more about creating infographics by watching these videos: I also encourage you to go through the guided tours here: And go through building infographics guided tour. I hope this helps. Fasil T. Business Analyst Team
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Hello @BobbiLay Please follow these steps to access the PL94-171 data, infographics and report: Click on the country picker (flag) at the top right corner of the app. Find USA and click on the gear icon Here you can pick between the Standard and Census PL94-171 datasets. You will find the report and infographics there. Please read this blog for additional information: https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/bus-analyst/announcements/census-2020-redistricting-data-coming-to-arcgis-business-analyst/ Thanks, Fasil T. Business Analyst Team
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Hello @JoshDryer2, Sorry for the inconvenience but this appears to be a Safari specific issue. I recommend using other browsers like Chrome as a workaround for now. Thanks for reporting this issue and I have submitted a bug. Fasil T. BA Team
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Hello @unica3602, Infographics and reports are filtered based on the selected country and data source. For example, there are two data sources for Spain here: If you create a report while working with "AIS Group" dataset and switch to "Standard", those reports will be filtered out based on the data source. That's why you can't see all reports under Build Reports or Build Infographics because these reports contain variables from different data sources that can't be mixed. You also mentioned switching projects affects the reports list. This is because when you open any project, it will automatically open with the last selected country and data source used with that project. You can simply switch back to the desired country/data source and all your reports will be available again. So please pay attention to the country/data source selection when building reports and infographics. However, if your goal is to run all these reports and infographics regardless of the data source, go to Preferences and enable these options under Classic Reports and Run Infographics: When these options are enabled, all reports you created using AIS Group and Standard data sources will be available under Run Reports and Run Infographics. I hope this is helpful! Fasil BA Team
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This is already available. Please go to Preferences and check this box. The business search table will show the industry description field as follows: Thank you, Fasil BA Team
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To setup your boundaries (zipcode, census tract...), please go to Define Areas > Select Geography. And your custom data is already setup using points input data as discussed above. The square footage field has to be a numeric field so you can use it as custom data. Then you should be able to summarize the square footage variables of all points with in each geographies you select using the steps I provided above.
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