Helen Thompson
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I'm the Product Engineering Lead for Business Analyst and GeoEnrichment. I've spent 30 years applying spatial analysis to enable business and government to overcome their organizational challenges big and small. Customer insight and feedback drive our product and industry strategy at Esri.

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Upcoming data deprecation in ArcGIS Business Analyst Web App and ArcGIS Community Analyst (June 2024 release)

In the June 2024 release, the Esri 2021 and Esri 2022 data sources will be deprecated in ArcGIS Business Analyst Web App.

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An authoritative guide to hexagons in Business Analyst: Data enrichment

An overview of data enrichment for hexagons using Business Analyst Web App.

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An authoritative guide to hexagons in Business Analyst: Mapping and analysis

A practical guide to using hexagons for mapping and analysis in Business Analyst Web App.

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An authoritative guide to hexagons in Business Analyst: The basics

An introduction to hexagons as a geography option in ArcGIS Business Analyst.

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Performing principal component analysis (PCA) to determine weights for index indicators

This blog article outlines the process of performing PCA using Python.

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Best practices for using frequently changing geographies in Business Analyst custom data

Many geographies, like postal boundaries, change frequently. When used for analysis this can create problems when vintages change.

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What’s new with business data in ArcGIS Business Analyst

Find out what's new with Data Axle business data in ArcGIS Business Analyst.

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Understanding level of detail in Business Analyst’s color-coded maps

The new color-coded map functionality introduces enhanced map visualization, interactive panels and level of detail control.

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How we did it: Designing a web map to analyze racial disadvantage in the U.S.

Learn about the process of creating a web map that displays racial makeup of disadvantaged communities

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