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  One year ago today we launched our new Esri Community. It's been an inspiring year and we wanted to say, “Thank you!” to everyone who was there on launch day last year and everyone who has joined and has been contributing ever since. We could not have had such a great year without you.  It’s been an honor and a pleasure to see all your questions, answers and ideas shared across the community. You inspire us every day with your insight, knowledge and generosity to help and desire to collaborate with each other. To celebrate this special moment, we’re having some fun with a new community badge, giving you a way to share your ideas to improve Esri Community, and inviting you to share your most meaningful and memorable stories from this past year.  Thanks for joining in and celebrating with us on this special day!    A New Idea Exchange in Community Basics  Beginning today we are launching the very first Idea Exchange for Esri Community. Previously we were taking your feedback on the Community Feedback board and on the Known Issues and Enhancements document. Now you’ll be able to submit your ideas directly into an idea exchange where they can be reviewed, voted on and receive status updates.  Learn more about the new Esri Community Idea Exchange and share your ideas today!     Year-One Badge: Released today, all members who logged on during our first year will receive a special Year-One-Badge which will be added to your list of community badges in your profile section. Learn more about how to contribute and earn badges.    Share your Year-One stories and shout-outs    It wouldn’t be Esri Community without you, so we invite you to share how Esri Community has helped you this past year in the comments below.   Let us know...how has someone helped you find a solution? How have the ArcGIS Idea Exchanges empowered you to share your Esri software and product ideas?    Give a shout-out to a fellow Esri user or Esri staff who made a difference for you this year in the community? Share your story and give them a virtual high-five below!     ... View more

Esri Community 2021 Q3 Health Metrics:   We are excited to report that during Q3 we welcomed 16,000 new community members which increased our total members to 251,000. It was great to see all the new members come in and get connected in the Member Introduction board in July after User Conference. If you’re new and haven’t posted there yet, we invite you drop in and say “hi!,” and tell us what you’re working on, we’d love to hear from you.    During the third quarter we saw an average of 51,000 member logins each month. Community members submitted 486 ideas across the ArcGIS Ideas Exchanges, and Esri Community received 1.9 million visits, with 64% coming from visitors outside of the United States.  New registrations are still tracking 40% higher yearly when compared 2020 Q3. While we did start out strong with a bump from User Conference in July, we experienced a downturn in overall activity largely due to a seasonal summer slump, however, we saw a significant increase within the community as active members, with 2.4% moving from observers to casual and super users.  Due to the summer slump, overall community engagement decreased, however, we achieved another quarterly increase in time to first response to questions.  For 2021 Q3, across the entire community we had more than 4,500 new questions asked, with 37% marked as Accepted Solutions, and combined 66% answered by Esri staff and community MVPs, which account for 1.32% of the entire community members.  At the individual place level, the top places for Accepted Solutions were:  ArcGIS Survey123 (59%) Python (51%)  ArcGIS Pro (38%)  Quick tips:   Accepted Solutions are when the person who asked the question marks it as answered, here’s how to mark questions as accepted solutions.    You can also save time by searching questions with accepted solutions.   Great solutions start with asking great questions. Follow these instructions to generate the most helpful responses to your questions.    As we head into the final months of the year, we’re looking forward to ending the year strong—and celebrating our first year on the new community platform. Thanks again for your time and contributions. You inspire us with your work every day, and we appreciate your support and dedication!  ... View more

Content Highlight: Esri Partners Clearion and ROK at IMGIS Esri Infrastructure Management GIS Conference is October 25-28. We’re excited to have Esri partners ROK and Clearion join us for the event.  Check out the pre-event messages from Esri staff below to learn more.   Right of Way Management – See Clearion at IMGIS  The Security Tripod: Three Essentials For Your GIS – See ROK at IMGIS       Place of the Week: ArcGIS GeoBIM   If you have questions or want to learn the latest updates, subscribe to the ArcGIS GeoBIM place. View the latest activity to get new blog developing learning materials for the product in ArcGIS Pro.     Go to: ArcGIS GeoBIM    :handshake: Meet a Community Member in our Introductions Board. Meet Members >>    3 Open Questions & Discussions  Share your knowledge by answering open questions to earn recognition in Esri Community.  @CharlesFriedo is asking for feedback on a market data visualization chart. Share your feedback!  @JohnnyHarley232 needs help with creating widgets to summarize field from checked layer. Help answer his question!    @MariamJamilah is unable to publish a custom python tool as a geoprocessing service. Can you share your knowledge and help solve her problem?     Product and Service Updates  A new "GIS Fundamentals" technical certification is in development!   Your ideas in September 2021 ArcGIS Online   European and North American communities updated via Community Maps Program  ---------------------------------------  Got an idea or suggestion for future weekly updates? Comment below or contact us at [email protected].  Follow @EsriCommunity_ on Twitter.  ... View more

Esri Community 2021 Q2 Health Metrics:   We are excited to report that during Q2 we welcomed 18,022 new community members which increased our total members to 254,000. It was great to see all the new members come in and get connected in the Member Introduction board. If you’re new and haven’t posted there yet, we invite you drop in and say “hi!,” and tell us what you’re working on, we’d love to hear from you.    During the first quarter we saw an average of 54,000 member logins each month. Community members submitted 510 ideas across the ArcGIS Ideas Exchanges, and Esri Community received 2.3 million visits, with 64% coming from visitors outside of the United States.  New registrations are still tracking higher compared to the same time last year, with 12,329 (2020) compared to 18,743 (2021). Overall community engagement grew, with increases in total posts and questions, and we achieved a faster average time to first response to questions, and active members engaged 7% more than the previous quarter.  For 2021 Q2, across the entire Esri Community we had more than 4,600 new questions asked, with 40% marked as Accepted Solutions. At the individual place level, the top places for Accepted Solutions were ArcGIS Survey123 (47%), ArcGIS Pro (40%) and ArcGIS Online (27%), with 60% of Accepted Solutions answered by Esri Staff and customer MVPs.   Quick tips:   Accepted Solutions are when the person who asked the question marks it as answered, here’s how to mark questions as accepted solutions.    You can also save time by searching questions with accepted solutions.   Great solutions start with asking great questions. Follow these instructions to generate the most helpful responses to your questions.    2021 is shaping up to be a great first year in our new community! As we head into the second half of the year, we’re looking forward to engaging with you—and we can’t wait to get to know and connect with all our new members who joined after the Esri User Conference. Thanks again for your time and contributions. You inspire us with your work every day, and we appreciate your support and dedication! ... View more

Esri Community 2021 Q1 Health Metrics:   Since launching on the new platform last fall, Esri Community continues to grow. We are excited to report that during Q1 we welcomed 21,349 new community members which increased our total members to 235,609. It was great to see all the new members come in and get connected in the Member Introduction board. If you’re new and haven’t posted there yet, we invite you drop in and say “hi!,” and tell us what you’re working on, we’d love to hear from you.   During the first quarter we saw an average of 55,007 active members each month, which is an estimated 1% increase from 2020. Community members submitted 542 ideas across the ArcGIS Ideas Exchanges, and Esri Community received 1.2 million visits, with 62% coming from visitors outside of the United States.  For 2021 Q1, across the entire Esri Community we had more than 4,600 new questions asked, with 39% marked as Accepted Solutions. At the individual place level, the top places for Accepted Solutions were ArcGIS Pro (42%), ArcGIS Survey123 (44%) and ArcGIS Online (32%), with 62% of Accepted Solutions answered by Esri Staff and customer MVPs.   Quick tips:   Accepted Solutions are when the person who asked the question marks it as answered, here’s how to mark questions as accepted solutions.    You can also save time by searching questions with accepted solutions.   Great solutions start with asking great questions. Follow these instructions to generate the most helpful responses to your questions.    We’re off to a great start this year! We’re looking forward to seeing more of your questions, following your conversations and hearing about your GIS projects—and learning how our community can help you. Thanks again for your time and contributions. You inspire us with your work every day, and we appreciate your support and dedication!   ... View more

Election officials across the United States are preparing for an unprecedented general election this November. The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has introduced new safety concerns for voters and poll workers, and officials are devising plans that minimize personal contact, reduce crowds, and limit common access to high-touch surfaces.   The ArcGIS Solutions team recently released the post Leveraging ArcGIS Solutions to conduct safe elections during the COVID-19 pandemic on the ArcGIS blog highlighting several ArcGIS Solutions that can be used conduct safe elections during the COVID-19 pandemic. Below you can find configuration help related to the Leveraging ArcGIS Solutions to conduct safe elections during the COVID-19 pandemic post that will help you modify election request types and    Promote Voting Alternatives The Election Outreach solution can be used to share the wait times reported with the Election Management solution with voters. See the Configuring the Election Outreach solution document for help sharing wait times in the Election Polling places and Voting Centers applications (sections 4 & 5).   Create Health Safety Plans The pattern highlighted in the Leveraging ArcGIS Solutions to conduct safe elections during the COVID-19 pandemic post is to use the Coronavirus Site Safety solution for election in 2 ways, 1) to create and share polling place or voting center health safety plans and 2) use the Crowd Counter application to track capacity as voters enter and exit. The Coronavirus Site Safety solution includes additional capabilities, however they may not be needed for use in elections.    The Coronavirus Site Safety solution includes the Coronavirus Site Safety Map Editor which can be used to build a polling place health safety plan. Additional health points, lines, and polygons  may be needed to to create the health safety plans (for example, you may want to add voting machines). To add additional health points, lines, or polygons to be used in the Coronavirus Site Safety Map Editor:   Locate the Coronavirus Site Safety Map Editor web map in your contents and open it. Click Edit.  At the bottom of the Edit pane, click Manage. Select the appropriate layer (for example, Health Points) Click Add New Type of Feature. Create a label and attribute type for the feature (for example, Voting Machine) and select a symbol. Repeat steps 4-6 as necessary. Click Save Save Changes Save the Coronavirus Site Safety Map Editor web map.   New feature types will be available for use in creating health safety plans using the Coronavirus Site Safety Map Editor application.    Manage Election Day Activities   The Election Assistant application can be used by poll workers to request assistance (for example, additional ballots or computer support) at their assigned polling place. Like all ArcGIS Solutions, Election Assistant is configurable and extensible so with simple configuration changes we can incorporate COVID-19 categories (such as requests for sanitation supplies or PPE) to ensure poll workers maintain a safe polling place on Election Day.   Follow the steps below to add additional request types to the Election Requests ArcGIS Survey123 form then add the same request types to the Election Manager Workforce project.     Modifying the Election Requests Survey123 form:   Deploy the Election Management Solution using the ArcGIS Solution App. Download and install ArcGIS Survey123 Connect. Start ArcGIS Survey123 Connect and sign in to your ArcGIS organization. \ Click on Election Requests to download the survey. Click on Election Requests again to open the survey. On the left pane, click XLSForm to open the Microsoft Excel spreadsheet that defines the survey. In the Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, click on the choices tab. This tab comprises all the selectable options for survey questions. Update the name and label of the ASSIGN_TYPE list with additional request categories such as Sanitation Supplies or COVID-19 Incident. Add additional Election Request types as needed. Note: Each ASSIGN_TYPE entry has a coded domain value listed in the name column. Increment new request types by 1, ensuring each entry is unique. Save the Microsoft Excel spreadsheet and preview your changes in ArcGIS Survey123 Connect. In ArcGIS Survey123 Connect, click Publish in the left pane to publish your changes to the Election Requests form.   Add newly defined request types to the Election Manager Workforce Project:   When poll workers create requests using Election Assistant and the Election Requests form, requests are automatically created as assignments in the corresponding Election Manager Workforce project. Using Election Manager, dispatchers can assign requests to field rovers. Occasionally a dispatcher may need to create an assignment directly without a request from a poll worker. To do that, optionally add the newly defined request types defined above into the Election Manager project. If necessary, sign into your ArcGIS Organization. At the top of the site, click Content. Locate your Election Management deployment. On the My Content tab, type Election Management in the search box. Next, locate the Assignments layer deployed with the Election Management solution. Click the Assignments feature layer to view its item details page. Click the Data tab in the header of the item details page. Select Fields. In the list of fields, click Assignment Type. Click Edit on the List of Domains.  Add the request types created above in the Election Requests form, be sure to match both the label and the code.  Click Save.   This document was generated from the following discussion: Configuring ArcGIS Solutions to conduct safe elections during the COVID-19 pandemic ... 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