Infographics in Business Analyst Web App and Community Analyst are presentation-ready reports that visualize key indicators and information for your sites. Premade infographics are available in the Standard and Gallery collections. Popular Standard templates include the Economic Development Profile, Childhood and Female Equity, and Housing Market Characteristics templates. Gallery templates are a collection of specialized templates, many of which are designed for a particular dataset, industry, or country. Both Standard and Gallery templates can be run as-is, modified with different data selections or visualizations, or built from scratch.
Both types of templates include interactive experiences, which are pop-up panels that appear when you hover over an element. Infographics can be shared with your entire organization, your groups, or specific individuals.
Modify an existing infographic template
There are a variety of ways that you can customize a Standard or Gallery infographic template to better suit your analysis. For instance, panels can be removed if the information is not applicable to your use case. Or a panel can be replaced with another element that is more specific to your needs. Infographic elements include charts, tables, preconfigured standard infographic panels, maps, and other options.
To see an example of how we modified a Key Facts infographic, check out Modify an existing infographic template in ArcGIS Business Analyst Web App and Community Analyst.
Create an infographic from scratch
You can create custom infographics in the infographic builder. To get started, consider creating a list of guiding questions for which data to use and how to visualize it. The following are a few guiding questions:
- What is the purpose of this infographic? What is the guiding question that the data in this infographic can answer? Is the organization researching a specific topic?
- Who is the audience for the infographic? Are they an expert in the field, or someone looking for a general summary of relevant demographic information? Does the audience understand complex data visualization, or do they require simplified visualizations?
- How will this infographic be used? Will it be shared in a presentation or distributed amongst a team?
The following blog articles provide a variety of resources and recommended best practices for creating infographics:
- Infographic design in Business Analyst: Best practices for layers and display modes
- Infographic design in Business Analyst: Best practices for themes
- Infographic design in Business Analyst: Best practices for tables and charts
- Infographic design in Business Analyst: Best practices for text
Learn more about infographics
There are a variety of resources available regarding infographics, including blog articles, tutorials, and help documentation. The collection of infographics and their capabilities are available across Business Analyst Web App and Community Analyst. The resources listed below are applicable to both, even if only Business Analyst Web App is mentioned.
Use the the Design infographics in ArcGIS Business Analyst tutorial to get hands-on experience designing an infographic in Business Analyst Web App.
Tabular infographics are modern data tables that leverage infographic capabilities. A tabular infographic is like a classic report, but with an updated design and improved accessibility and readability. Check out these three blog articles to learn more:
- What are tabular infographics in ArcGIS Business Analyst Web App
- Explore tabular infographics in ArcGIS Business Analyst Web App
- Build tabular infographics from scratch in ArcGIS Business Analyst Web App
The Get more out of Business Analyst infographics and dashboards blog article describes how infographics in Business Analyst can be used in tandem with the functionality of ArcGIS Dashboards.
To learn about how you can customize infographics panels, see the Using custom infographic panels in Business Analyst blog article and associated video.
Did you know that you can run infographics in Business Analyst Mobile App? To learn more about the most recent update, see What’s new in Business Analyst Mobile | March 2024.
Did you know that you can use infographics in an ArcGIS Experience Builder app using the ArcGIS Business Analyst widget? Check out these tutorials to get hands-on experience:
- Build an infographic-focused app in workflow mode
- Build an infographic-focused app in preset mode
- Customize an infographic-focused web app
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