Access Business Analyst

ArcGIS Business Analyst Web App is a browser-based mapping app that applies GIS technology to extensive demographic, consumer spending, and business data, allowing you to map locations, perform analysis, and create reports and infographics. Esri updates the data periodically so that you have access to the most current and accurate data.

A license is required to access ArcGIS Business Analyst Web App. You can sign in using your ArcGIS Online credentials or your enterprise username and password.

To sign in, do the following:

1. Open the ArcGIS Business Analyst Web App login page using a supported web browser and click Sign in.

   The Sign in window appears.

2. Provide your login credentials by doing one of the following:
   • To use ArcGIS Online credentials, click ArcGIS login, type your username and password, and click Sign in.

   • To use an organization-specific login, click Your ArcGIS organization's URL, type the subdomain name provided by your administrator, and click Continue. Sign in using your enterprise username and password.

3. Alternatively, if you are signed in to your ArcGIS organization, click the App launcher button , select Business Analyst, and click Sign in.

Licenses

A license is required to sign in to Business Analyst Web App. There are two types of Business Analyst Web App licenses: Standard and Advanced. To view your assigned license level, sign in and expand the Account details drop-down menu.

The Standard license allows you to view maps and data and create reports and infographics that you can share with other users. The Advanced license additionally allows you to perform advanced analysis and create custom report and infographic templates. Capabilities in the Standard experience and in the Advanced experience are compared in the table below.

Workflow	Standard license	Advanced license
Find optimal sites that meet success criteria.	Yes	Yes
Analyze global Esri data, ArcGIS Living Atlas data, or ArcGIS data, or use custom data.	Yes	Yes
Create data maps and tables.	Yes	Yes
Create study areas based on rings, driving, or walking distance or time.	Yes	Yes
Access more than 100 data visualization infographic and report templates.	Yes	Yes
Access custom infographics and reports shared through your organization.	Yes	Yes
Create custom infographics and reports to meet your business or community needs.	No	Yes
Compare sites using benchmark values.	Yes	Yes
Visualize gaps in services compared to region.	No	Yes
Rank sites based on criteria.	No	Yes
Create study areas based on criteria thresholds.	No	Yes
Use hexagons as a geography option.	No	Yes

If you are an administrator for your ArcGIS Online organization, you can assign and manage licenses for members of your organization.

Note:

• Both license levels include access to ArcGIS Business Analyst Mobile App, which you can install on your mobile device.
• If you currently have a Standard license and want to try the capabilities included with the Advanced license, you can sign up for a free trial.
• To learn more about managing and sharing across license levels, see How to collaborate across license levels in ArcGIS Business Analyst Web App.

User types and roles

The ability of individual organization members to access and work with content in different ways depends on the privileges they have in the organization. User types allow organizations to control the scope of privileges that can be assigned to members through roles.

User types in Business Analyst

Organizations assign user types to members based on the members' needs and requirements. Members are assigned a user type when they are invited to an ArcGIS organization.

An ArcGIS Business Analyst Web App license can be assigned to these user types:

• Creator
• Professional
• Professional Plus

Roles in Business Analyst

A role defines the privileges that a member has in an ArcGIS organization. Your administrator can assign one of the default roles or configure and assign a custom role. Default roles have the following levels of access to functionality in Business Analyst Web App:

• With a Publisher, Facilitator, or Administrator role, you can access all features and functionality of Business Analyst Web App.
• With a User role, you cannot create projects. Many functions in the app are accessible to you only if others in your ArcGIS organization have shared projects with you.
• With a Data Editor or Viewer role, you cannot access the app. If you are currently assigned one of these roles, you can request that your administrator grant you a User, Publisher, or Facilitator role or assign you a custom role.

Administrators can set up custom roles with any combination of privileges in ArcGIS Online. For access to all functionality in Business Analyst Web App, a custom role must have the following privileges enabled:

• Members—View
• Groups—Create, update, and delete; Join organizational groups; View groups shared with organization
• Content—Create, update, and delete; Publish hosted feature layers; View content shared with organization
• Sharing—Share with groups; Share with organization; Make groups visible to organization
• Premium Content—Geocoding, Network Analysis, GeoEnrichment, Demographics
• Features—Edit

In addition, for users in your organization to collaborate on shared projects, the administrator must grant them a custom role that includes the Update privilege, which is located under Administrative privileges > Content.

Credits

Credits are the currency used in ArcGIS. In Business Analyst Web App, credits are used for specific actions, such as exporting reports in PDF and Excel formats, exporting infographics in PDF and Dynamic HTML formats, and creating sites with defined drive times. Some actions do not use credits—for example, using Esri standard basemaps and imagery do not use credits. You can add credits from the Esri Store.

Note:

Locations are sites, selected features on the map, standard geographies, or polygons.

Credit-consuming processes in Business Analyst Web App are listed in the table below.

Workflow	Details	Credits used
Points of interest search	Export to Excel, save as layer, or share as web map.	10 credits per 1,000 records.
Import file	Match addresses to locations on the map (geocoding) when importing Excel or .csv files.	40 credits per 1,000 geocodes.
Create drive times or walk times	In Find location, Import file, Web maps and layers, Setup layer workflows.	0.5 credits per drive time or walk time. For example, to create a 5-minute and 10-minute drive time around 10 points, the result is (0.5*2)*10 = 10 credits used.
Geography comparison	Export to Excel.	10 credits per 1,000 attributes. The number of attributes is calculated by multiplying the number of variables by the total number of features. For example, using standard geographies would use the following calculation: 10 variables * 10 sites = 100 attributes.
Benchmark comparisons	Export to Excel or save as a layer.	10 credits per 1,000 attributes. The number of attributes is calculated by multiplying the number of variables by the total number of locations. For example, if you expand a location in the table that has three rings, use the following calculation: 10 variables * 10 sites * 3 rings = 300 attributes. (Locations are not expanded by default in the table.) Or, if using standard geographies or polygons, use the following calculation: 10 variables * 10 sites = 100 attributes.
	View using standard geographies or hexagons.	10 credits per 1,000 map requests using standard geographies or hexagons.
Suitability analysis	Export to Excel or save as layer.	10 credits per 1,000 attributes. The number of attributes is calculated by multiplying the number of variables by the total number of locations. For example, a point location site with three rings would use the following calculation: 10 variables * 10 sites * 3 rings = 300 attributes. Or, if using standard geographies or polygons, use the following calculation: 10 variables * 10 sites = 100 attributes.
	Point layer options: Walk time and drive time calculation for the distance to the nearest point.	0.5 credits per 1,000 input origin and destination pairs.
	View using standard geographies or hexagons.	10 credits per 1,000 map requests using standard geographies or hexagons.
Void analysis	Export to PDF.	10 credits.
	Except when using a custom layer, export to Excel, or export to PDF with the Include individual business locations check box enabled.	10 credits per 1,000 records.
Threshold areas	Create a drive-time threshold area.	0.5 credits per drive time iteration + 0.01 credit. A drive-time threshold area takes approximately 6 to 12 iterations to reach one drive-time polygon. For example, if you create two drive-time threshold areas for a location, each area may need 10 iterations, resulting in ((0.5*10) + 0.01)*2 = 10.02 credits used.
	Create a ring threshold area.	0.01 credit per ring threshold area. For example, if you create three ring threshold areas for a location, the result is 0.01*3 = 0.03 credits used.
Color-coded maps and smart map search	View, pan, and zoom using standard geographies or hexagons.	10 credits per 1,000 map requests (view, pan, and zoom) using standard geographies or hexagons. Credits are used for map requests only when a color-coded map or smart map is present on the map.
Run infographics	View infographics.	10 credits per 1,000 views. Selecting a different site in the infographic, or adding sites or geographies to compare, are counted as additional views.
Infographic exports	Export infographics in PDF, Excel, or HTML format.	10 credits per export (PDF, Excel, or HTML). Credits are not used for views of an exported infographic.
Run reports	Run PDF or Excel reports.	10 credits per report.
Create PDF or image	Generate a PDF.	10 credits for each PDF created.
ArcGIS Dashboards	Create a dashboard with multiple sites and one infographic.	10 credits per dashboard + 0.01 credit per site. For example, for a dashboard with 5 sites, the calculation is 10 + (0.01*5) = 10.05 credits. No additional credits are used for views of a dashboard and the infographics in it.
	Create a dashboard with one site and multiple infographics.	10 credits per infographic + 0.01 credit per infographic view. For example, to create a dashboard with 4 infographics, the calculation is (10*4) + (0.01*4) = 40.04 credits.
ArcGIS StoryMaps	Create a story.	For a story that doesn’t include infographics, no credits are used. For a story that includes at least one infographic, the calculation is 10 credits + 0.01 per infographic. For example, if 2 sites are selected, with 3 infographics configured for the first site and 4 for the second, the number of credits used for that story is 10 + (0.01*3) + (0.01*4) = 10.07. No additional credits are used for views of a story and any infographics in it.
Facts	View facts about sites in Business Analyst Mobile App.	10 credits per 1,000 attributes. The number of attributes is calculated by multiplying the number of variables by the total number of features. For example, a point location site with three rings would use the following calculation: 10 variables * 10 sites * 3 rings = 300 attributes. A standard geography or polygon would use the following calculation: 10 variables * 10 sites = 100 attributes.