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 in 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:

For some workflows, you can click Estimate credits to perform in-app credit estimation.

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

Capability	Workflows	Credits used
Create service areas.	Create drive times and walk times for sites. Perform a void analysis. Find a location. Import a file. Add buffers to web map features when you add web maps and layers. Set up a layer.	0.5 credits per service area. 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.
Create threshold areas with rings or walk times.	Create threshold areas.	If you are using rings, 0.01 credits per ring. For example, if you create three ring threshold areas for a location, the result is 0.01 * 3 = 0.03 credits used.
		If you are using drive times, 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.
Calculate distance to points.	Perform a suitability analysis.	0.5 credits per 1,000 input origin/destination pairs.
Geocode.	Import data using addresses. Create point-based sites.	40 credits per 1,000 geocodes.
Display maps.	Compare geographies. Create color-coded maps. Use smart map search. Perform point data aggregation. Run benchmark comparisons. Perform a suitability analysis. Perform a void analysis. Select a geographic boundaries and labels on the map. Use nearby analysis	10 credits per 1,000 map requests.
Use custom data.	Compare geographies. Combine custom data and standard data when creating color-coded maps or using smart map search. Perform point data aggregation. Run benchmark comparisons. Perform a suitability analysis. Perform a void analysis.	10 credits per 1,000 map requests.
Export results to PDF.	Use void analysis. Create PDF or image.	10 credits per export.
Export results to Excel.	Create color-coded maps. Use smart map search. Map points of interest. Perform point data aggregation. Compare geographies. Run benchmark comparisons. Perform a void analysis. Use nearby analysis	10 credits per 1,000 records. If you are using sites, standard geographies, or hexagons, you can calculate the number of records by multiplying the number of variables by the total number of features. If you perform a suitability analysis using sites with rings, the results populate in the table by site. You can expand the sites in the table to show the records for all three rings of each site. Use the following calculation to estimate credit consumption: 10 variables * 10 sites * 3 rings = 300 records. If you perform a suitability analysis using standard geographies or polygons, use the following calculation to estimate credit consumption: 10 variables * 10 sites = 100 records.
		10 credits per 1,000 records. If you are using point-based data, the number of records is based on the total number of returned points. For example, if you perform a points of interest search and 100 points are mapped, the number of records is 100 and the process consumes 1 credit.
Export infographics and reports.	Export infographics. Export reports.	10 credits per export. Credits are not used for views of an exported infographic.
View 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.
Save as a layer. Share as a web map.	Create color-coded maps. Use smart map search. Map points of interest. Perform point data aggregation. Run benchmark comparisons. Perform a suitability analysis Use nearby analysis	10 credits per 1,000 records. If you are using sites, standard geographies, or hexagons, you can calculate the number of records by multiplying the number of variables by the total number of features. If you perform a suitability analysis using sites with rings, the results populate in the table by site. You can expand the sites in the table to show the records for all three rings of each site. Use the following calculation to estimate credit consumption: 10 variables * 10 sites * 3 rings = 300 records. If you perform a suitability analysis using standard geographies or polygons, use the following calculation to estimate credit consumption: 10 variables * 10 sites = 100 records.
		10 credits per 1,000 records. If you are using point-based data, the number of records is based on the total number of returned points. For example, if you perform a points of interest search and 100 points are mapped, the number of records is 100 and the process consumes 1 credit.
Create a dashboard.	Share to ArcGIS Dashboards.	10 credits per dashboard + 0.01 credit per site or infographic. For example, for a dashboard with 5 sites, the calculation is 10 + (0.01*5) = 10.05 credits. For example, to create a dashboard with 4 infographics, the calculation is (10*4) + (0.01*4) = 40.04 credits. No additional credits are used for views of a dashboard and the infographics in it.
Create a story.	Share to ArcGIS StoryMaps.	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.
View facts about sites in Business Analyst Mobile App.	View facts.	10 credits per 1,000 records.