What's new in September 2026

See what's new and improved in the September 2026 release. Highlights are provided below, and additional details can be found in the release notes for each solution.

New solutions

Beach Analysis

Beach Analysis can be used to create foundational beach geospatial intelligence that can be shared across a defense organization.

Electric Joint Use Permitting

Electric Joint Use Permitting can be used to streamline the joint use permitting process and develop an authoritative source of joint use attachments.

Market Planning and Development

Market Planning and Development can be used to understand business performance and identify growth opportunities.

Solar Panel Inspections

Solar Panel Inspections can be used to organize solar panel inspection programs and understand panel conditions.

Virtual Damage Reporting

Virtual Damage Reporting can be used to remotely assess damaged structures from post-disaster imagery and share qualified damage estimates with decision makers.

Major enhancements

Communications Utility Network Foundation

• The solution now provides a utility network schema designed for the telecom domain network.
• The traditional domain network schema has been removed.
• The Lifecycle Status field has been renamed Asset State in all Utility Network feature classes.
• The Construction Status field has been renamed Asset Lifecycle Status in all Utility Network feature classes.
• The Construction Status network attribute has been removed to reduce the number of dirty areas created during status updates.
• The ArcGIS Pro project now includes a single asset type map to simplify setup and configuration.
• Tasks have been removed from the ArcGIS Pro project and replaced with online documentation to provide more accessible and up-to-date resources.
• The Utility Data Management Support (UDMS) toolbox has been removed from the solution and can now be downloaded from the GitHub page.
• Data dictionaries have been removed from the solution package and are now available in an online data dictionary.
• The version 1.6 solution package and archived documentation are now included for organizations that want access to the traditional domain network schema-based solution for use in ArcGIS Enterprise 12.1.

Crime Analysis

• A new Crime Analysis add-in (2026.9.30) includes two new geoprocessing tools—Aoristic Analysis and Weighted Displacement Difference—and support for ArcGIS Pro 3.7.
• The Crime Analysis Desktop ArcGIS Pro project and associated tasks and layout and report templates are now included in the solution.
• The CrimeAnalysisSolution ArcGIS Pro project is no longer included in the solution. The project, which includes example data and maps, is now named Crime Analysis Solution Examples and is available to download. A link to the download is included in the solution folder.

Emergency Debris Management

• The debris clearance assignment workflow has been modernized so that field crews now work with tasks in ArcGIS Field Maps, while operations leads manage assignments with the Debris Clearance Assignments Manager app in the Emergency Debris Management Center. These updates support the migration of ArcGIS Workforce capabilities to use tasks in ArcGIS Field Maps.
• The Debris Removal Services app has been updated to communicate accurate results to the public.
• The Manage Removal Resources and Status workflow in the Emergency Debris Management Center has been repaired to allow editing of the DebrisAreas feature layer.
• The Debris Removal Dashboard app has been updated to resolve an issue where the data expression used in the Debris management site capacity element was not returning accurate site capacity values.
• The following critical infrastructure feature layers have been removed from the solution: CommercialFacilities, EmergencyResponseFacilities, Evacuations, IndustrialFacilities, MedicalFacilities, and ResponseFacilities.

Environmental Review

• The new Environmental Screening Notebook automates environmental screening, reporting, and notifications.
• The Environmental Review Reports ArcGIS Pro project has been replaced with the Environmental Screening Reports project package, which can be used to create custom report templates.

Incident Awareness and Assessment

• The feature layer schemas have been updated to provide intelligence analysts and UPAD staff with a consistent data structure across the solution, which improves data quality and interoperability among applications.
• The web editing forms have been updated to provide intelligence analysts with a more streamlined and consistent data entry experience and help ensure that information is captured accurately and efficiently.
• The Incident Awareness and Assessment Dashboard Overview tab has been enhanced to enable operations and intelligence personnel to interact with point, line, and polygon incidents from a single dashboard view, which improves situational awareness and incident monitoring.
• The IAA Manager now includes a home page that allows intelligence and UPAD staff to access and launch the applications they use most from a single location, which simplifies navigation and improves operational efficiency.
• The Lifeline Reporter survey has been updated to eliminate survey configuration, which allows intelligence analysts to deploy the survey more quickly and begin collecting critical infrastructure status information with less effort.

Pre-Incident Planning

• The FirePreIncidentPlans and SiteConsiderations layer schemas have been updated to align with NFPA occupancy classifications and hazardous materials requirements, support tasks in ArcGIS Field Maps, and conform to the ArcGIS Indoors Information Model.
• The FirePreIncidentPlans_dashboard and SiteConsiderations_dashboard layers have been replaced with the FirePreIncidentPlans_viewer and SiteConsiderations_viewer layers.
• The pre-incident plan site visit workflow has been modernized so that firefighters in the field can use tasks in ArcGIS Field Maps.
• The Pre-Incident Plan Manager app now includes a tablet view and two pages for program managers to manage plan assignments and edit pre-plans.
• Styles, colors, symbology, pop-ups, and tablet and mobile views have been updated in the Pre-Incident Plan Manager app, Pre-Incident Plan Dashboard app, the Pre-Incident Plan Viewer app, and the Pre-Incident Plan Site Visit map.

Resource Management

• A new Unit Locations feature layer allows supply specialists to document and maintain unit location and information that is used throughout the Resource Management solution.
• A new Survey123 inventory survey enables supply specialists to conduct resource inventories in the field and maintain current accountability data for resources and equipment.
• The new Unit Locations Map supports supply specialists by providing a common operational picture of unit locations within the Unit Staging Center app.
• The Resource Management Dashboard app has been replaced by the Resource Management Center dashboard. The new dashboard provides leadership with expanded visibility into current resource status, readiness trends, and maintenance details to support resource planning and decision-making.
• The new Resource Management Dashboard Map supports leadership by providing a geographic view of resource locations, accountability, maintenance status, and readiness information within the Resource Management Center.

Minor enhancements

Daily Activity Dashboard

• A new Daily Crimes Dashboard app, Daily Calls Dashboard app removing the list element symbology to improve overall performance of the dashboards.

Emergency Management Operations

• The Emergency Information Manager app has been updated to use the latest demographic information in the Emergency Information Infographic.
• The Emergency Management Editors group has been updated to include the new Emergency Management Information app.

Geonames Locator

• Python toolbox workflows have been updated to ArcGIS toolbox (.atbx) workflows.
• Lookup and reference code tables and data processing have been updated to support the current NGA GNS schema.

Network Path Planner

• The Path Planner Web and Path Planner toolboxes have been updated to address a licensing-related failure that occurred during consecutive runs and improve error reporting.

Wildfire Protection Planning

• The Wildfire Mitigation Planner Experience Builder app has been updated to reference the new Wildfire Protection Planning report template in the Business Analyst widget.
• The Wildfire Protection Planning report template has been updated to reference 2026 data and styles aligned for accessibility.
• The Wildfire Protection Planner Map has been updated with new class breaks and symbology for ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World layers in the Historical Wildfires group.

Life cycle changes

• The following Local and State Government solutions have been moved to Mature life cycle phase: Community Data Aggregation, Electric Joint Use, My Neighborhood Services, Neighborhood Stabilization, and School Locator.