{"id":129641,"date":"2018-03-28T18:29:17","date_gmt":"2018-03-28T18:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=129641"},"modified":"2025-08-16T11:06:30","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T18:06:30","slug":"whats-coming-in-community-analyst-4","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/apps\/analytics\/whats-coming-in-community-analyst-4","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s Coming in Community Analyst"},"author":5521,"featured_media":129671,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[23341,22841],"tags":[27001,32481,33021,33601,41681],"industry":[],"product":[36591],"class_list":["post-129641","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-analytics","category-local-government","tag-demographic-data","tag-demographic-reports","tag-infographics","tag-whats-coming","tag-whats-coming-april-2018","product-apps"],"acf":{"flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>The next update of the Community Analyst is planned for April 2018. Here are the key highlights of what\u2019s coming:<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Use New Options for Competitor Locations in Suitability Analysis<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Use distance to nearest competitor and attributes from the competition layer e.g. sales, number of employees, size of business when factoring-in competitive locations. 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Use a good performing location as a benchmark to evaluate other locations against it. Create multi-variable charts and more informative visualizations in just a few clicks. 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Use various filtering, sorting, and search options and get a content browsing experience very similar to what it is in ArcGIS Online.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":129801,"id":129801,"title":"Add Web Maps and Layers_CA","filename":"Add-Web-Maps-and-Layers_CA.jpg","filesize":45868,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Add-Web-Maps-and-Layers_CA.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/apps\/analytics\/whats-coming-in-community-analyst-4\/add-web-maps-and-layers_ca","alt":"","author":"5521","description":"","caption":"","name":"add-web-maps-and-layers_ca","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":129641,"date":"2018-03-28 18:53:30","modified":"2018-03-28 18:53:30","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":812,"height":526,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Add-Web-Maps-and-Layers_CA.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":138,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Add-Web-Maps-and-Layers_CA.jpg","medium-width":403,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Add-Web-Maps-and-Layers_CA.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":497,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Add-Web-Maps-and-Layers_CA.jpg","large-width":812,"large-height":526,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Add-Web-Maps-and-Layers_CA.jpg","1536x1536-width":812,"1536x1536-height":526,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Add-Web-Maps-and-Layers_CA.jpg","2048x2048-width":812,"2048x2048-height":526,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Add-Web-Maps-and-Layers_CA.jpg","card_image-width":718,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Add-Web-Maps-and-Layers_CA.jpg","wide_image-width":812,"wide_image-height":526}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">You will also notice that the More Maps button will be replaced by a Basemaps icon to provide an easier way for changing basemaps. The experience of adding data from ArcGIS Online will continue to be available from the Add Data menu along with other options for bringing data in Community Analyst.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":129811,"id":129811,"title":"More Maps Change CA","filename":"More-Maps-Change-CA.jpg","filesize":80439,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/More-Maps-Change-CA.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/apps\/analytics\/whats-coming-in-community-analyst-4\/more-maps-change-ca","alt":"","author":"5521","description":"","caption":"","name":"more-maps-change-ca","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":129641,"date":"2018-03-28 18:56:20","modified":"2018-03-28 18:56:20","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1174,"height":592,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/More-Maps-Change-CA.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":107,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/More-Maps-Change-CA.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":234,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/More-Maps-Change-CA.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":387,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/More-Maps-Change-CA.jpg","large-width":1174,"large-height":592,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/More-Maps-Change-CA.jpg","1536x1536-width":1174,"1536x1536-height":592,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/More-Maps-Change-CA.jpg","2048x2048-width":1174,"2048x2048-height":592,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/More-Maps-Change-CA.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":417,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/More-Maps-Change-CA.jpg","wide_image-width":1174,"wide_image-height":592}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Use More Customization Options in Infographics<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Create custom age pyramids. For example, use the Population by Age distribution variables for France and create an age pyramid to understand male and female population distribution by age in one view.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":127831,"id":127831,"title":"infographics2","filename":"infographics2.jpg","filesize":13001,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/infographics2.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/bus-analyst\/analytics\/whats-coming-business-analyst-web-mobile-apps\/infographics2","alt":"","author":"5521","description":"","caption":"","name":"infographics2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":127231,"date":"2018-03-26 20:26:59","modified":"2018-03-26 20:26:59","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":420,"height":429,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/infographics2.jpg","thumbnail-width":196,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/infographics2.jpg","medium-width":256,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/infographics2.jpg","medium_large-width":420,"medium_large-height":429,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/infographics2.jpg","large-width":420,"large-height":429,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/infographics2.jpg","1536x1536-width":420,"1536x1536-height":429,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/infographics2.jpg","2048x2048-width":420,"2048x2048-height":429,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/infographics2.jpg","card_image-width":420,"card_image-height":429,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/infographics2.jpg","wide_image-width":420,"wide_image-height":429}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Use text attributes from your own data in reports and infographics. For example, include the text-based parcel land use information in custom reports and infographics and put it together with numerical data (e.g. demographics) aggregated for your sites.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":127821,"id":127821,"title":"Infographics text attributes1","filename":"Infographics-text-attributes1.jpg","filesize":47182,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Infographics-text-attributes1.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/bus-analyst\/analytics\/whats-coming-business-analyst-web-mobile-apps\/infographics-text-attributes1","alt":"","author":"5521","description":"","caption":"","name":"infographics-text-attributes1","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":127231,"date":"2018-03-26 20:22:17","modified":"2018-03-26 20:22:17","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1046,"height":797,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Infographics-text-attributes1.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":162,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Infographics-text-attributes1.jpg","medium-width":343,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Infographics-text-attributes1.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":585,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Infographics-text-attributes1.jpg","large-width":1046,"large-height":797,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Infographics-text-attributes1.jpg","1536x1536-width":1046,"1536x1536-height":797,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Infographics-text-attributes1.jpg","2048x2048-width":1046,"2048x2048-height":797,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Infographics-text-attributes1.jpg","card_image-width":610,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Infographics-text-attributes1.jpg","wide_image-width":1046,"wide_image-height":797}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Create charts using negative values. 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The rich experience of using infographics as beautiful, visual, and interactive data summary in Community Analyst will be available to embed in your custom applications. Use Esri standard templates such as Key Facts, Demographics Summary, and more or any custom template built in Community Analyst.<\/p>\n<p><em>Please note that all planned updates are subject to change without notice. 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