Insights for ArcGIS:An Introduction
Katherine Smyth, Solution Engineer
Zena Pelletier, Solution Engineer
Agenda:
• Introducing Insights for ArcGIS
• Insights for ArcGIS Workflows
• Demonstration
Introducing Insights for ArcGIS
• Discover the power of exploratory analysis
- Visual and intuitive
• Combine Analysis and Visualization on cards
- Linked and responsive
• Drive impactful decisions
- Learn, record, share and collaborate
Insights for ArcGIS: Explore a new world in your data
• Quickly Increase Decision Confidence with Insights for ArcGIS
Available with Online or Enterprise
Your infrastructure(physical, virtual, or cloud)
ArcGIS Enterprise
ArcGIS Online
OR
Insights technology
Modern Web Browser
- Supports IE11/Edge, Chrome,
Safari, Firefox
Insights and Insights Items live here
• Workbooks, Page, Models
Insights Services / Other Engines
e.g. ArcGIS, Hosting, GIS, GeoAnalytics
Server
Hosted Relational Data Store
• Insights Schema
• Insights Workspace
Web Browser
Portal
Server
Relational Data Store
Why Insights in ArcGIS Online?
• Removes Enterprise barriers
• Lowers cost to entry
• Auto-updates
• Free Trial
How Insights in ArcGIS Online is Different
• Includes most of the functionality in the ArcGIS Enterprise version
• No direct connections to enterprise databases
• No support of GeoAnalytics Server
• Some tasks will consume ArcGIS Online service credits
- Address Geocoding, Drive-Time Service Area, Demographic Enrichment, Calculate Density
Insights for ArcGIS Workflows
An Insights Workflow
1. Add data from multiple sources
2. Create maps, charts and tables
3. Explore and analyze data
4. Save and share your work
LayoutWorkbooks, Pages, Cards
Insights page in ArcGIS
Insights for ArcGIS
Visualization
& Analysis
Data -Spatial and
Tabular
Working with Data – Intelligent defaults
• Insights works directly against the fields
• Dimensional model created behind the scenes
- Geo-Dimension
- Temporal-Dimension
- Categorical (Strings)
- Quantitative (Numbers)
• Fields, or attributes are defined to a role
• …roles help define actions that can be taken in Insights for ArcGIS
Adding Data to Insights
• When adding data to a workbook, each layer, table, or view is added as a separate dataset by default.
Analysis: Interactivity
Analysis: Action Button, starts with questions
Analysis: Interactivity or Action button
What Analytic Operations can I do in Insights?
Visualizing Data Maps, Charts and Tables
Bar &
Column
Scatter Plot
Box Plot
Line & Time Series
Donut, Bubble
& TreemapChord Diagram
Data Clock
Heat Chart
Histogram
Location (Single Symbol)
Proportional Symbol
Category
ChoroplethHeat Map
https://esri.box.com/v/InsightsDataViz
Automate Analysis
• Every page has a corresponding Analysis View where every step of your work is captured automatically
• This view can be saved and shared to rerun the and automate the analysis, even with different data
Sharing in Insights
Data
Page
Model
Workbook
Share and Collaborate
• Everything in Insights is created and saved as an item in My Content
• Sharing works the same way as always
Share and Collaborate
• Across the platform
• Result datasets = ArcGIS Pro, Web Map, etc.
• Embed pages
Making data-driven decisions with Insights for ArcGIS
Demo
The Road Ahead
• What’s New in Insight for ArcGIS 3.1
- Quality Improvements
- Bug fixes
- Better error messaging
• What’s Planned for Future Releases?
- Extensibility & Integration
- Dedicated Insights login page
- Connect to Cloud DB’s
- Temporal animation
- PostgreSQL support
- More data connectors
- More visualizations and analysis
Resources:
• Insights Website: https://www.esri.com/en-us/arcgis/products/insights-for-arcgis/overview
• Insights Workbooks: https://myago.maps.arcgis.com/apps/insights/index.html#/
• New Orleans PD Sample Calls for Service in 2017: https://bit.ly/2QFTTQm
• New Orleans Police Dpt - Sample Calls for Service in 2017 - With Analysis: https://bit.ly/2ON8ko7
• HIFLD Data: https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/
• Insights Training Classes: https://www.esri.com/training/catalog/search/
• Insights Documentation: https://doc.arcgis.com/en/insights/
• Insights Geonet Community: https://community.esri.com/groups/insights-for-arcgis
