Work with indicators

In ArcGIS Urban, you can analyze data in context of plans and projects of a city. To accomplish this, you can display and add indicator data to the overview.

ArcGIS Urban supports two types of indicators:

• Custom indicators
• ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World indicators

Users with the appropriate licensing and permissions can curate these indicators, and any user with access to the urban model can view them. To access indicators in the overview, click the Indicator button below the search field in the overview.

Custom indicators

Custom indicators can be prepublished web scenes and dashboards that you create from data synthesis or spatial analysis and reference in ArcGIS Urban. This means that any GIS data that you can display on a map or in a scene can be used as a custom indicator. With the appropriate permissions, you can add a custom indicator by clicking the add button in the overview and completing the input fields on the dialog box.

Add and configure a custom indicator

A custom indicator can consist of a name, a description, a start and end date, an external layer (a scene layer or a web scene), and a dashboard.

To create a custom indicator, complete the following steps:

Note:

• Editing privileges are required on the urban model to add and configure custom indicators.
• In this section, a web scene is considered a collection of multiple external layers. However, you can also add an individual scene layer, such as a point cloud.

1. Start ArcGIS Urban and sign in.
2. Click the Add button in the upper right of the header in the overview.

   The drop-down list expands.

3. Choose Indicator.

   The Indicator settings dialog box appears.

4. On the General tab, provide a name, description, and start and end date.

   You can also mark the indicator as featured.

   • You can style the indicator description with markdown syntax elements. See Description styling to learn more.
   • Featured indicators are displayed at the top of the indicators list.
5. Click the Sources tab.
   • If you have published a web scene and a dashboard that can be used for an indicator, click Select item to select them using the Select external layers or the Select dashboard dialog box. Once configured, click OK in the lower right corner of the Sources tab. The custom indicator is listed in the side panel in the overview. Once the indicator is clicked, it appears in the view.
   • If you have not published a web scene and dashboard, continue with the steps below.

   The indicator layers in the web scene must be in the same coordinate system as the urban model, with the exception of noncached layers such as feature layers. See Understanding local and global urban models to learn more.

6. Create a web scene in your organization. See Create a global or local scene and Add layers to scenes to learn more about creating web scenes.
7. Start ArcGIS Urban and choose the saved web scene in the external layers section of the Indicator settings dialog box.

Create and add a dashboard

To create and add ArcGIS Dashboards, complete the following steps:

1. Sign in to ArcGIS Online.
2. Create a dashboard using Dashboards.
3. Start ArcGIS Urban and choose the custom indicator from the side panel list.
4. Open the Indicator settings dialog box and click the Sources tab.
5. In the Dashboard section, click Select item .

   The Select dashboard dialog box appears.

6. Select the new dashboard and click Select.
7. Click OK to close the Indicator settings dialog box.

Configure layers to display with a custom indicator

To define which layers are visible with the custom indicator, complete the following steps:

1. Start ArcGIS Urban and choose the custom indicator from the side panel list.

   The Indicator details card appears.

2. Click the Settings button .
3. On the Indicator settings dialog box, click the Options tab.
4. Check all the layers that you want to display with the custom indicator.
5. Uncheck all the layers that you do not want to display with the custom indicator.
6. Optionally, for existing and future buildings, make the layers transparent when they are visible with the custom indicator.
7. Click OK to close the Indicator settings dialog box.

ArcGIS Living Atlas indicators

ArcGIS Living Atlas indicators are available when you create an urban model based on the USA Default Urban template. They are only available for cities in the United States. You cannot add them manually. ArcGIS Living Atlas indicators include data regarding general topics of interest such as population, housing, and education. Learn more about the US Default template in the Set up ArcGIS Urban topic.