Credits

Credits are the currency used in ArcGIS. In ArcGIS for SharePoint, credits are used to access tools and premium content provided by Esri.

The number of credits available to you depends on your user type and your organization's credit budget. The amount of credits you need depends on the processes you use, each of which has associated costs.

Most of what you can do in ArcGIS for SharePoint does not require credits. For more information about how ArcGIS uses credits, see Understand credits in the ArcGIS Online help.

Credit use

In ArcGIS for SharePoint, credits are used primarily for geocoding (transforming a place to a coordinate) and data enrichment (adding context to existing data). The ArcGIS World Geocoding Service turns an address or a place-name into x,y coordinates that can be mapped. The ArcGIS GeoEnrichment Service provides localized information, such as demographic data, that you can include on a map using standard administrative boundaries including ZIP Codes, states, and counties.

Both services charge your organization credits based on the number of attributes you add to a dataset.

Credit consuming capabilities

The following are other ArcGIS capabilities and user actions in ArcGIS for SharePoint that consume credits:

Capability	User action
Geocoding	Add premium content from ArcGIS. Interact with ArcGIS Living Atlas premium layers in the map. Interact with information cards that use ArcGIS GeoEnrichment Service data. Interact with layers that use ArcGIS GeoEnrichment Service data (for example, U.S. states layers and U.S. ZIP Code layers). Share a map. Create buffer/drive time analyses that use the ArcGIS GeoEnrichment Service and Network Analysis (traffic) Service. See Create Drive-Time Areas in the ArcGIS Online help to learn more about these services. Store various items. Storage credit consumption varies.
Demographic Maps and Layers
Information tool
Storage
Analysis