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Insights for ArcGIS:An Introduction

Katherine Smyth, Solution Engineer

Zena Pelletier, Solution Engineer

Agenda:

• Introducing Insights for ArcGIS

• Insights for ArcGIS Workflows

• Demonstration

Introducing Insights for ArcGIS

• Discover the power of exploratory analysis

- Visual and intuitive

• Combine Analysis and Visualization on cards

- Linked and responsive

• Drive impactful decisions

- Learn, record, share and collaborate

Insights for ArcGIS: Explore a new world in your data

• Quickly Increase Decision Confidence with Insights for ArcGIS

Available with Online or Enterprise

Your infrastructure(physical, virtual, or cloud)

ArcGIS Enterprise

ArcGIS Online

OR

Insights technology

Modern Web Browser

- Supports IE11/Edge, Chrome,

Safari, Firefox

Insights and Insights Items live here

• Workbooks, Page, Models

Insights Services / Other Engines

e.g. ArcGIS, Hosting, GIS, GeoAnalytics

Server

Hosted Relational Data Store

• Insights Schema

• Insights Workspace

Web Browser

Portal

Server

Relational Data Store

Why Insights in ArcGIS Online?

• Removes Enterprise barriers

• Lowers cost to entry

• Auto-updates

• Free Trial

How Insights in ArcGIS Online is Different

• Includes most of the functionality in the ArcGIS Enterprise version

• No direct connections to enterprise databases

• No support of GeoAnalytics Server

• Some tasks will consume ArcGIS Online service credits

- Address Geocoding, Drive-Time Service Area, Demographic Enrichment, Calculate Density

Insights for ArcGIS Workflows

An Insights Workflow

1. Add data from multiple sources

2. Create maps, charts and tables

3. Explore and analyze data

4. Save and share your work

LayoutWorkbooks, Pages, Cards

Insights page in ArcGIS

Insights for ArcGIS

Visualization

& Analysis

Data -Spatial and

Tabular

Working with Data – Intelligent defaults

• Insights works directly against the fields

• Dimensional model created behind the scenes

- Geo-Dimension

- Temporal-Dimension

- Categorical (Strings)

- Quantitative (Numbers)

• Fields, or attributes are defined to a role

• …roles help define actions that can be taken in Insights for ArcGIS

Adding Data to Insights

• When adding data to a workbook, each layer, table, or view is added as a separate dataset by default.

Analysis: Interactivity

Analysis: Action Button, starts with questions

Analysis: Interactivity or Action button

What Analytic Operations can I do in Insights?

Visualizing Data Maps, Charts and Tables

Bar &

Column

Scatter Plot

Box Plot

Line & Time Series

Donut, Bubble

& TreemapChord Diagram

Data Clock

Heat Chart

Histogram

Location (Single Symbol)

Proportional Symbol

Category

ChoroplethHeat Map

https://esri.box.com/v/InsightsDataViz

Automate Analysis

• Every page has a corresponding Analysis View where every step of your work is captured automatically

• This view can be saved and shared to rerun the and automate the analysis, even with different data

Sharing in Insights

Data

Page

Model

Workbook

Share and Collaborate

• Everything in Insights is created and saved as an item in My Content

• Sharing works the same way as always

Share and Collaborate

• Across the platform

• Result datasets = ArcGIS Pro, Web Map, etc.

• Embed pages

Making data-driven decisions with Insights for ArcGIS

Demo

The Road Ahead

• What’s New in Insight for ArcGIS 3.1

- Quality Improvements

- Bug fixes

- Better error messaging

• What’s Planned for Future Releases?

- Extensibility & Integration

- Dedicated Insights login page

- Connect to Cloud DB’s

- Temporal animation

- PostgreSQL support

- More data connectors

- More visualizations and analysis

Resources:

• Insights Website: https://www.esri.com/en-us/arcgis/products/insights-for-arcgis/overview

• Insights Workbooks: https://myago.maps.arcgis.com/apps/insights/index.html#/

• New Orleans PD Sample Calls for Service in 2017: https://bit.ly/2QFTTQm

• New Orleans Police Dpt - Sample Calls for Service in 2017 - With Analysis: https://bit.ly/2ON8ko7

• HIFLD Data: https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/

• Insights Training Classes: https://www.esri.com/training/catalog/search/

• Insights Documentation: https://doc.arcgis.com/en/insights/

• Insights Geonet Community: https://community.esri.com/groups/insights-for-arcgis