{"id":1285422,"date":"2021-07-07T11:32:39","date_gmt":"2021-07-07T18:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=1285422"},"modified":"2021-07-10T09:59:47","modified_gmt":"2021-07-10T16:59:47","slug":"whats-new-for-spatial-statistics-in-arcgis-pro-2-8-data-engineering-and-more","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/analytics\/whats-new-for-spatial-statistics-in-arcgis-pro-2-8-data-engineering-and-more","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s new for Spatial Statistics in ArcGIS Pro 2.8? Data Engineering and more!"},"author":9862,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[23771,23341,22941],"tags":[760452,25631,25581],"industry":[],"product":[36561],"class_list":["post-1285422","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3d-gis","category-analytics","category-mapping","tag-data-engineering","tag-spatial-analysis","tag-spatial-statistics","product-arcgis-pro"],"acf":{"short_description":"All the new tools and capabilities in ArcGIS Pro 2.8 for spatial statistics and data engineering.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>The latest release of ArcGIS Pro 2.8 focuses on performance and productivity. The Spatial Statistics team is excited to share some of the new capabilities in ArcGIS Pro 2.8. These include streamlined data preparation, new conversion tools for SAS\u00ae datasets, a new tool for smoothing time series data, updates to clustering methods, new and improved geoprocessing messages, and performance improvements.<br \/>\nLet&#8217;s look at some of these in more detail.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"sidebar","content":"<p>Also, check out the new <a href=\"https:\/\/spatialstats-analysis-1.hub.arcgis.com\/\">Spatial Statistics Resources website<\/a> where you can find your\u00a0favorite resources including our latest Esri User Conference presentations, hands-on tutorials, and everything you need to get started using Spatial Statistics.<\/p>\n","image_reference":false,"layout":"standard","image_reference_figure":"","snippet":"","spotlight_name":"","section_title":"","position":"Center","spotlight_image":false},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>1) <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/latest\/help\/analysis\/geoprocessing\/data-engineering\/what-is-data-engineering.htm\">Data Engineering<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We have introduced a dedicated view in ArcGIS Pro 2.8 to streamline your data preparation tasks. This view is called Data engineering. It will help you explore, visualize, clean, and prepare your data quickly and confidently. In addition, the Data Engineering view and its associated ribbon help you better understand your data and prepare it for spatial analysis and mapping workflows.<\/p>\n<p>In the Data Engineering view, you can do the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/2.8\/help\/analysis\/geoprocessing\/data-engineering\/open-data-engineering.htm\">Open a Data Engineering view<\/a>\u00a0for one or more layers.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/2.8\/help\/analysis\/geoprocessing\/data-engineering\/explore-your-fields.htm\">Explore fields<\/a>\u00a0by viewing a list of fields by type, and quickly mapping and charting the data to understand patterns.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/2.8\/help\/analysis\/geoprocessing\/data-engineering\/view-statistics.htm\">View statistics<\/a>\u00a0to gain a better understanding of the data values and distribution.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/2.8\/help\/analysis\/geoprocessing\/data-engineering\/prepare-your-data.htm\">Prepare your data<\/a>\u00a0by applying geoprocessing tools to clean, construct, integrate, and format the data.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"sidebar","content":"<p>Read the blog article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/analytics\/introducing-data-engineering-in-arcgis-pro\/\">Introducing Data Engineering in ArcGIS Pro<\/a>\u00a0to learn more and follow a workflow to explore and prepare data of <a href=\"https:\/\/sfmohcd.org\/affordable-housing-pipeline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-describedby=\"new-window\">affordable housing pipeline projects<\/a> in San Francisco, USA.<\/p>\n<p>Watch Data Engineering in action in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/analytics\/data-engineering-in-arcgis-pro\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Dev Summit 2021 plenary demo<\/a>.<\/p>\n","image_reference":false,"layout":"standard","image_reference_figure":"","snippet":"","spotlight_name":"","section_title":"","position":"Center","spotlight_image":false},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>2) SAS\u00ae-ArcGIS Bridge<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>New at\u00a0ArcGIS Pro 2.8, the\u00a0SAS-ArcGIS Bridge\u00a0consists of two new geoprocessing tools for converting between\u00a0SAS\u00a0datasets and\u00a0Esri\u00a0tables, as well as the SWAT and SASPY\u00a0Python\u00a0packages, which allow you to use\u00a0SAS\u00a0procedures and custom\u00a0SAS\u00a0code in notebooks. Additionally,\u00a0SAS\u00a0is now an alliance in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/links.esri.com\/partner-network-global-alliances\">Esri\u00a0Partner Network<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>New tools:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/2.8\/tool-reference\/conversion\/sas-to-table.htm\">SAS To Table<\/a>\u2014Converts a\u00a0SAS\u00a0dataset to a table.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/2.8\/tool-reference\/conversion\/table-to-sas.htm\">Table To SAS<\/a>\u2014Converts a table to a\u00a0SAS\u00a0dataset<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"sidebar","content":"<p>Read this blog article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/analytics\/introducing-the-sas-arcgis-bridge\/\">Introducing the SAS\u00ae-ArcGIS Bridge: Three Things to Know<\/a>\u00a0for more information and to see a demonstration leveraging the power of the SAS\u00ae-ArcGIS Bridge.<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"newsr-art-heading--title font-size-6 avenir-light \"><\/h1>\n","image_reference":false,"layout":"standard","image_reference_figure":"","snippet":"","spotlight_name":"","section_title":"","position":"Center","spotlight_image":false},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>3) <a href=\"https:\/\/prodev.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/latest\/tool-reference\/spatial-statistics\/time-series-smoothing.htm\">Time Series Smoothing <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Time series are often messy, and noise can hide important patterns.\u00a0 Time Series Smoothing removes the noise in time series and often makes the underlying signal clearer.<\/p>\n<p>The Time Series Smoothing tool smooths a numeric variable of one or more time series using centered, forward, and backward moving averages, as well as an adaptive method based on local linear regression. After smoothing short-term fluctuations, longer-term trends or cycles often become apparent. This tool is available in the <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/latest\/tool-reference\/spatial-statistics\/an-overview-of-the-utilities-toolset.htm\">Spatial Statistics toolbox (Utilities toolset)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1285502,"id":1285502,"title":"TimeSeriesSmoothing","filename":"TimeSeriesSmoothing.png","filesize":41274,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/07\/TimeSeriesSmoothing.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/analytics\/whats-new-for-spatial-statistics-in-arcgis-pro-2-8-data-engineering-and-more\/timeseriessmoothing","alt":"An illustration showing time series smoothing","author":"9862","description":"An illustration showing time series smoothing.","caption":"An illustration showing time series smoothing.","name":"timeseriessmoothing","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1285422,"date":"2021-07-07 17:59:46","modified":"2021-07-07 18:00:40","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":578,"height":437,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/07\/TimeSeriesSmoothing-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/07\/TimeSeriesSmoothing.png","medium-width":345,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/07\/TimeSeriesSmoothing.png","medium_large-width":578,"medium_large-height":437,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/07\/TimeSeriesSmoothing.png","large-width":578,"large-height":437,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/07\/TimeSeriesSmoothing.png","1536x1536-width":578,"1536x1536-height":437,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/07\/TimeSeriesSmoothing.png","2048x2048-width":578,"2048x2048-height":437,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/07\/TimeSeriesSmoothing.png","card_image-width":578,"card_image-height":437,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/07\/TimeSeriesSmoothing.png","wide_image-width":578,"wide_image-height":437}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>4) <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/latest\/tool-reference\/spatial-statistics\/densitybasedclustering.htm\">Density-Based Clustering<\/a> with Time Enhancement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Density-based clustering tool finds clusters of point features within surrounding noise based on their spatial distribution. In ArcGIS Pro 2.8, the two algorithms, <strong>Defined distance (DBSCAN)<\/strong> and <strong>Multi-scale (OPTICS)\u00a0<\/strong>have been enhanced to find spatio-temporal clusters.<\/p>\n<p>The new <strong>Time Field<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Search Time Interval<\/strong> parameters identify clusters of points in space and time. 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Other performance and productivity improvements<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/latest\/tool-reference\/spatial-statistics\/incremental-spatial-autocorrelation.htm\">incremental spatial autocorrelation<\/a> tool has been improved to work with larger datasets with better speed and performance.<\/p>\n<p>Various tools now use HTML formatting for their geoprocessing messages.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1285582,"id":1285582,"title":"HTML Messages","filename":"HTML.png","filesize":41837,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/07\/HTML.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/analytics\/whats-new-for-spatial-statistics-in-arcgis-pro-2-8-data-engineering-and-more\/html","alt":"A screenshot of Forest based classification and regression tool's new and improved HTML formatted message.","author":"9862","description":"A screenshot of Forest based classification and 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a complete list of all the new capabilities in ArcGIS Pro 2.8, see <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/latest\/get-started\/whats-new-in-arcgis-pro.htm\">What&#8217;s new in ArcGIS Pro 2.8<\/a>.<\/p>\n"}],"related_articles":[{"ID":1235582,"post_author":"10232","post_date":"2021-05-20 09:38:34","post_date_gmt":"2021-05-20 16:38:34","post_content":"","post_title":"Introducing Data Engineering in ArcGIS Pro","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"introducing-data-engineering-in-arcgis-pro","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-03-30 15:09:05","post_modified_gmt":"2022-03-30 22:09:05","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=1235582","menu_order":0,"post_type":"blog","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"1","filter":"raw"},{"ID":1096581,"post_author":"9862","post_date":"2020-12-23 07:45:25","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-23 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