"},{"ID":290952,"user_firstname":"Fizza","user_lastname":"Chaudhry","nickname":"Fizza Chaudhry","user_nicename":"fchaudhry","display_name":"Fizza Chaudhry","user_email":"fchaudhry@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2021-10-27 22:31:08","user_description":"Fizza Chaudhry is the Senior Product Marketing Manager for the ArcGIS Business Analyst suite of products. She is a visionary and innovative marketer with expertise in SaaS, creative marketing and applying a user-first mindset to develop powerful marketing tools for customers.","user_avatar":"
"}],"short_description":"The first ArcGIS Business Analyst release of 2025 is here! ","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"Hello 2025!<\/span> The<\/span> first release of ArcGIS Business Analyst<\/a> of <\/span>the<\/span> new year<\/span> is here<\/span>, and w<\/span>e are thrilled to announce the latest updates and enhancements to<\/span><\/span> ArcGIS Business Analyst Web App<\/span> and <\/span>ArcGIS Business Analyst Mobile App<\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n ArcGIS Business Analyst is Esri\u2019s location-based market intelligence tool designed to help you make smarter decisions for market planning, site selection, and customer segmentation. You can <\/span>identify<\/span> under-performing markets, pinpoint the right growth sites, <\/span>locate<\/span> your target audience, and share the market research across your organization. If <\/span>you\u2019d<\/span> like to learn more or want to try ArcGIS Business Analyst Web App, <\/span><\/span>sign up for a 21-day free trial<\/span><\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The <\/span>February <\/span>202<\/span>5<\/span> release includes loads <\/span>of enhancements<\/span> to your favorite workflows<\/span>. Make sure to read on to get all the details on how you can incorporate ArcGIS Business <\/span>Analyst<\/span> Web App <\/span>in your daily mapping framework.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Please note that this release does <\/span><\/i>not<\/span><\/i><\/b> include updates to ArcGIS Community Analyst. Community Analyst is being deprecated entirely, and the final release update was in November 2024. The data within Community Analyst will be updated but no other updates and enhancements will be made. We highly recommend that users migrate to Business Analyst Web App for the latest updates and enhancements. For more information, please read our <\/span><\/i>Deprecation Notice for ArcGIS Community Analyst: Transition to ArcGIS Business Analyst Web App<\/span><\/i><\/a> blog article or visit our <\/span><\/i>Migrate to ArcGIS Business Analyst<\/span><\/i><\/a> page.\u00a0<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":" ArcGIS Business Analyst includes over 15,000 variable options from more than 170 countries, and we are constantly updating our data. All Business Analyst users<\/span> have<\/span> access to<\/span> the data within Business Analyst<\/span>,<\/span> including<\/span> <\/span>Advanced Demographics<\/span><\/span><\/a> source<\/span>d<\/span> from a number of data <\/span>providers, and<\/span> <\/span>Standard Demographics<\/span><\/span><\/a> sourced from Michael Bauer GmbH. <\/span>Here are the latest data updates:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The following POI data sources have been updated:<\/p>\n As you are aware, d<\/span>ata is constantly evolving<\/span> and changing. To ensure we are <\/span>continuously <\/span>provid<\/span>ing<\/span> the most up-to-date data<\/span>, we have made<\/span> the following data changes.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n With the February 2025 release, we will be transitioning to the Foursquare Open-Source Places data as our global POI data source. <\/span>We understand that this change may be disruptive due to the reduced number of attributes and changes to categories. This release is aligned with Foursquare’s strategy to improve their data through crowdsourced assessment. Esri has made several significant improvements to data filtering that have resulted in a reduction in the number of POIs available.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n While there are minimal impacts on your workflows, some are unavoidable.<\/span> To make this transition smoother, we <\/span>would like to notify our users of the below:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n To provide ample <\/span>awareness<\/span>, the Business Analyst team would like to notify its users that in 2026, we will transition to<\/span> NAICS codes as a replacement for the legacy SIC <\/span>\n
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Advanced Demographics <\/span>u<\/span>pdates:<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n
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Standard Demographics <\/span>u<\/span>pdates:<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n
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Points of interest (POI) data:<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n
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Important data changes<\/strong><\/h2>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"
Global POI data changes:<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n
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Data changes to SIC codes:<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n