ArcGIS Business Analyst Enterprise allows users to share spatial and business analytics, publish demographic and customer insight dashboards, apply location intelligence to decision-making, and develop repeatable workflows that link common tasks together. With Business Analyst Enterprise, users can enhance their on-premises infrastructure using Esri’s latest location-based analysis tool.
The latest Business Analyst Enterprise release was on May 23, 2024 and it was jam-packed with updates. Business Analyst Enterprise includes a variety of products, and this release includes updates within the following products:
- ArcGIS GeoEnrichment Server
- ArcGIS Business Analyst Web App
- ArcGIS Business Analyst Pro
- Business Analyst widget in ArcGIS Experience Builder
Now, let’s dive right into the details.
ArcGIS GeoEnrichment Server updates
ArcGIS GeoEnrichment Server is a server engine for Esri’s industry-leading demographic data. With this tool, users can find location facts and demographic characteristics for places around the world. For this release, we’ve made the following updates:
- Reduced installation time and memory usage on the server:
In ArcGIS GeoEnrichment Server, there is a new service architecture for mapping workflows, replacing demographic feature services from previous versions. Map layers are now natively supported by GeoEnrichment server. This improves mapping performance, installs data faster, and reduces memory usage on the server. With this new service architecture, the data installation which would usually take 4-5 hours to complete, can now be done in 2.5 hours.
- Enhanced points of interest (POI) search (semantic search):
Say good-bye to memorizing exact place names. You can now include related POIs in your search and find a wider range of places with AI-powered semantic search.
ArcGIS Business Analyst Web App updates
Below, we have broken down a high-level list of the updates in ArcGIS Business Analyst Web App within Business Analyst Enterprise 11.3.
Please note – Business Analyst Web App updates in Business Analyst Enterprise are usually a release behind the online Business Analyst Web App updates. These updates align with the most recently released version of the web app, in February 2024.
- Redesigned smart map search workflow:
Smart map search is a great analysis tool that allows you to view geographic areas that match your desired criteria. With this redesigned workflow, you will notice new industry-related variable lists, improved ways of setting your analysis extent, a new interactive results pane, and the ability to save analysis layers.
- Redesigned guided tours:
Business Analyst guided tours provide an overview of the workflows’ design, and will help you get started in your analysis journey. We have updated the in-app level 1-5 guided tours to assist and provide a better user experience. You will notice the user interface has been updated and accessibility improvements have been made to streamline the tours.
- Redesigned suitability analysis workflow:
Suitability analysis helps you identify the best location by ranking and scoring sites that meet your specific criteria. We’ve updated this workflow with some exciting new capabilities. Now you can define, rank, and score locations using standard geographies or the new hexagons option.
- Updated experience for adding web maps and layers:
We have added a new interface to the add web maps and layers workflow. With this new interface, you will notice an improvement in accessibility, which creates a more connected and inclusive user experience.
- Improved capabilities when building infographics:
Infographics are a great tool to easily convey information, data, or knowledge in a visually appealing way. We have made some exciting updates to the building infographics experience, including a new preview layout option that allows you to visualize how the infographic will look on different screen sizes and layouts, as well as the ability to export Excel infographics with side-by-side improvements, add new file name options, add multiple panels from other templates, use conditional styling options, and more.
Business Analyst widget in Experience Builder updates:
The Business Analyst widget in ArcGIS Experience Builder is a popular and well-loved tool that provides users with the ability to view additional information about any point or polygon feature on a map through the creation of reports and infographics. Here are some of the latest updates we have made:
- With the new Search setting, you can turn the Business Analyst widget’s map search tool on and off.
- The new Data source drop-down menu now lists all the available data for your selected country or region. Some countries and regions have multiple available data sources that can be selected by clicking the drop-down button.
- Use Preset mode to add custom instructions before viewing an infographic.
- In Workflow mode, you now have the option to set a default infographic that will appear when using the app.
- The widget now supports changes you make to colors and fonts on the Theme tab.
- The improved navigation and infographic searching experience in Workflow mode allows you to search for infographics by name, sort by name and creation date, and view preview thumbnails.
For more details on Business Analyst Web App and the Business Analyst widget in Experience Builder, view our recent blog articles:
ArcGIS Business Analyst Pro updates:
The latest release for Business Analyst Pro was on May 6, 2023. Improvements in Business Analyst Pro 3.3 included the new color-coded layer workflow, as well as the introduction of semantic search in Business Analyst data-consuming workflows.
For the most recent updates to Business Analyst Pro, please view the following blog articles:
- What’s New in ArcGIS Business Analyst Pro | May 2024
- An introduction to the new color-coded layers in ArcGIS Business Analyst Pro
Additional resources
We’re so happy to share the latest 2024 release updates of ArcGIS Business Analyst Enterprise 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
- Watch Business Analyst Pro videos
- Visit the Business Analyst Resources page
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