Updating data in ArcGIS Business Analyst Enterprise

Available with Business Analyst license.

An annual update of the U.S. data is available with Business Analyst Enterprise and can be downloaded from My Esri. The U.S. 2024 can be downloaded now. This topic will instruct you on how to download, extract, and deploy the updated data to the system.

Downloading the data from My Esri

The following steps will guide you on downloading data for ArcGIS Business Analyst Enterprise.

1. On the My Esri site, click Downloads and then click ArcGIS Enterprise 11.4 (Windows). Click Products and then click All Versions and search for Business Analyst.
2. Locate U.S. Data for use with ArcGIS Business Analyst Enterprise and ensure the latest version is used. Click View Downloads.

   The 2024 U.S. data page is opened. Ensure the Downloads tab is highlighted.

3. Under the Data and Content heading, there are seven files listed.
4. Download all files.

Extracting downloads

1. The Business Analyst Enterprise 2024 Data for the U.S. is split into two 7-Zip archive files because of the size of the download. 7-Zip will be needed to extract it. Only the first file with the extension of 001 needs to be extracted, 7-Zip will automatically extract the second part of the archive with the 002 extension along with it.

   Note:

   7-Zip is a free software download that can be used on any computer without needing to be registered, if it is not already installed, it can be downloaded from the 7-Zip website.

2. The points of interest (POI) data is a single zip folder and does not need to be extracted.
3. The streets data is split into three 7-Zip archive files because of the size of the download. Use 7-Zip to extract the first file with the 001 extension, the files with the 002 and 003 extensions will be automatically assembled along with it.
4. The Geocoding data is a single zip folder and can be extracted with 7-Zip or with the built in Windows installer.
5. After extracting these files, there should be four folders:

   • GEDatapack_USA_2024R1.zip
   • Streets Data
   • Geocoding Data for ArcGIS Pro
   • GEDDatapack_USA_DataAxle_POI_2024R1.zip

Deploying the updated data to Business Analyst Enterprise

1. The 2024 data can be deployed alongside the 2023 data or installed by itself. If you want to remove the previous vintages of data, see Removing data packs.
2. Install the 2024 data pack using the data management wizard. See Installing data packs for a walk-through on using the add data option.
3. Update the routing services with the updated 2024 streets data.
   1. Delete the existing routing services from ArcGIS Server Manager as the publish routing services utility cannot overwrite them. The entire routing folder can be deleted, and it will delete all of the service within the folder.

      

   2. Publish new routing services from the 2024 data following the walk-through in this topic.
4. Share the updated 2024 USA address locator in the as a geocoding service:
   1. Add the 2024 USA address locator to ArcGIS Pro and share as a service. See Sharing the locator as a hosted service.
   2. Configure it as a utility service in the portal. See Configuring as a utility service.
   3. The 2023 USA geocode service can be deleted from ArcGIS Server Manager as it's no longer needed.