{"id":2970403,"date":"2026-06-26T15:09:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T22:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=2970403"},"modified":"2026-07-21T15:45:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T22:45:09","slug":"analyze-solar-adoption-in-arcgis-online-part2","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/imagery\/analyze-solar-adoption-in-arcgis-online-part2","title":{"rendered":"Analyzing solar adoption in ArcGIS Online Part2: Coverage analysis and insights"},"author":372552,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[22931],"tags":[758311,186132,780072,439322,26391],"industry":[],"product":[36581],"class_list":["post-2970403","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-imagery","tag-ai","tag-deep-learning","tag-lawrasteranalysis","tag-solar","tag-world-imagery","product-arcgis-living-atlas"],"acf":{"authors":[{"ID":372552,"user_firstname":"Jill","user_lastname":"Mamini","nickname":"Jill Mamini","user_nicename":"jmamini","display_name":"Jill Mamini","user_email":"jmamini@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2025-06-11 16:24:36","user_description":"Jill Mamini is a Principal GIS Engineer on the ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World Imagery team at Esri. 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class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW25423317 BCX8\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW25423317 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentStart CommentHighlightPipeRest CommentHighlightRest SCXW25423317 BCX8\">F<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW25423317 BCX8\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW25423317 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentHighlightRest SCXW25423317 BCX8\">rom climate change mitigation and public health improvements to energy independence and grid resilience, s<\/span><\/span><\/span>olar power adoption delivers a range of climate, public health and economic benefits to the community, utility providers and individual homeowners.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW142587498 BCX8\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW142587498 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentStart CommentHighlightPipeRest CommentHighlightRest SCXW142587498 BCX8\">Understanding solar adoption\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW142587498 BCX8\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW142587498 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentHighlightRest SCXW142587498 BCX8\">can\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW142587498 BCX8\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW142587498 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentHighlightRest SCXW142587498 BCX8\">help to<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW142587498 BCX8\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW142587498 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentHighlightRest SCXW142587498 BCX8\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW142587498 BCX8\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW142587498 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentHighlightRest SCXW142587498 BCX8\">identify<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW142587498 BCX8\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW142587498 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentHighlightRest SCXW142587498 BCX8\">\u00a0trends\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW142587498 BCX8\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW142587498 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentHighlightRest SCXW142587498 BCX8\">and inform\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW142587498 BCX8\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW142587498 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentHighlightRest SCXW142587498 BCX8\">both private and public\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW142587498 BCX8\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW142587498 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentHighlightRest SCXW142587498 BCX8\">campaigns to increase solar adoption in your community.<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP Selected TrackedChange SCXW142587498 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/imagery\/analyze-solar-adoption-in-arcgis-online-part1\">Part 1 of this workflow<\/a> leveraged ready-to-use AI tools and models in ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Living Atlas to extract building footprints and rooftop solar panels from World Imagery.<\/p>\n<p>Part 2 of this workflow will continue using ArcGIS Online capabilities to calculate solar panel coverage on rooftops, and correlate buildings with demographic data available in Living Atlas. From this additional analysis, insights into solar power adoption within a community can be shared through a dashboard in ArcGIS Online.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h1 id=\"quick\"><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/03\/breakgray.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Quick links<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Use the links below to navigate different sections of this article.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#terms\">Terms of Use<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#sysreqs\">System Requirements<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#addanalysis\">Analyze Detected Objects<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#demographics\">Correlate Demographic Data<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#visualizeresults\">Visualize Results<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#sharinginsights\">Share Insights<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"#more\">More information<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/03\/breakgray.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Terms of Use<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2 id=\"terms\"><\/h2>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>World Imagery is available for automated information extraction under the following conditions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>World Imagery layers\/services cannot be used as direct input to automated information extraction. Users must export their area of interest to a tile package or hosted tile layer for use as input to information extraction processes.<\/li>\n<li>Tile packages and tile layers created from World Imagery layers\/services are strictly for use within ArcGIS.<\/li>\n<li>Data and information derived from World Imagery layers, services, and tiles, including but not limited to vector and raster derivatives, are strictly for non-commercial use within ArcGIS.<\/li>\n<li>Each user is required to have an ArcGIS organizational account.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/03\/breakgray.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>System Requirements<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2 id=\"sysreqs\"><\/h2>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW136113386 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW136113386 BCX8\">This workflow requires an ArcGIS organizational account, a minimum of a\u00a0<\/span><\/span><a class=\"Hyperlink TrackedChange TrackChangeHyperlinkInstruction SCXW136113386 BCX8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/arcgis\/products\/user-types\/explore\/professional\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW136113386 BCX8\"><span class=\"TextRun Underlined SCXW136113386 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW136113386 BCX8\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">Professional\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW136113386 BCX8\"><span class=\"TextRun Underlined SCXW136113386 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentStart CommentHighlightPipeRest CommentHighlightRest SCXW136113386 BCX8\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">user type<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"TextRun 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data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">role<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"TextRun SCXW136113386 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW136113386 BCX8\">\u00a0and involves raster analysis in ArcGIS Online which consumes\u202f<\/span><\/span><a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW136113386 BCX8\" href=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/arcgis-online\/administer\/credits.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"TextRun Underlined SCXW136113386 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW136113386 BCX8\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">credits<\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"TextRun SCXW136113386 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW136113386 BCX8\">.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP Selected SCXW136113386 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/03\/breakgray.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Analyze Detected Objects<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h1 id=\"addanalysis\"><\/h1>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>In Part 1 of this workflow, Feature extraction with AI and World Imagery was executed with two different pre-trained deep learning models available in Living Atlas.\u00a0 In the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/imagery\/analyze-solar-adoption-in-arcgis-online-part1?preview=true#refiningresults\">Refining Results portion of that workflow<\/a>, solar panel and building footprint features are stylized, displayed on the source World Imagery tile layer, and saved as a web map.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2968700,"id":2968700,"title":"BuildingsBlueSolarPurple","filename":"BuildingsBlueSolarPurple.png","filesize":3734245,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/09\/BuildingsBlueSolarPurple.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/imagery\/analyze-solar-adoption-in-arcgis-online-part1\/buildingsbluesolarpurple","alt":"","author":"372552","description":"","caption":"","name":"buildingsbluesolarpurple","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2968451,"date":"2026-06-02 20:27:31","modified":"2026-06-02 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the feature layers contained in the Part 1 web map, you can start analyzing solar adoption using built-in capabilities in ArcGIS Online.<\/p>\n<p>Begin by calculating feature area of each detected solar panel, then join these features with the building footprints, to start deriving key metrics about solar panel coverage at the individual building level.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1<\/strong> &#8211; Add a field<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>With the detected <em>Tutorial_Solar_Panels<\/em> feature layer selected, click on the toolbar <strong>Field<\/strong> button.<\/li>\n<li>Select <strong>Add field.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>When prompted add <strong>Numbers<\/strong> field and specify data type of <strong>Double <\/strong>before clicking<strong> Next.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Assign the <strong>Field name<\/strong>: <em>SolarPanelAreaSqFt <\/em>and <strong>Display name<\/strong>: <em>Solar Panel Area Sq. Ft.\u00a0<\/em>then <strong>Add Field<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2969994,"id":2969994,"title":"FieldAddField","filename":"FieldAddField.png","filesize":31581,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/FieldAddField.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/imagery\/analyze-solar-adoption-in-arcgis-online-part1\/fieldaddfield","alt":"","author":"372552","description":"","caption":"","name":"fieldaddfield","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2968451,"date":"2026-06-12 20:51:33","modified":"2026-06-12 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resulting layer has a record for each building and building\/solar panel combination. In the table below you can see that the building TARGET_FID is the same for four records. This means that the building footprint with an original OID of 961 has four solar panels intersecting with its footprint.\u00a0 The building with an original OID of 960 does not have any solar panels intersecting with it, but because Left Join type was used, this building record was retained.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2968852,"id":2968852,"title":"SolarJOIN","filename":"SolarJOIN.png","filesize":36578,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/SolarJOIN.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/imagery\/analyze-solar-adoption-in-arcgis-online-part1\/solarjoin","alt":"","author":"372552","description":"","caption":"","name":"solarjoin","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2968451,"date":"2026-06-03 21:17:14","modified":"2026-06-03 21:17:14","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":1248,"height":434,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/SolarJOIN-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/SolarJOIN.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":161,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/SolarJOIN.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":267,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/SolarJOIN.png","large-width":1248,"large-height":434,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/SolarJOIN.png","1536x1536-width":1248,"1536x1536-height":434,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/SolarJOIN.png","2048x2048-width":1248,"2048x2048-height":434,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/SolarJOIN-826x287.png","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":287,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/SolarJOIN.png","wide_image-width":1248,"wide_image-height":434}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Step 4<\/strong> &#8211; Dissolve boundaries and summarize area statistics<\/p>\n<p>This will create a feature layer where each building has a single record, and an accumulated area for all the solar panels on its roof.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Open the <strong>Analysis<\/strong> Window.<\/li>\n<li>Select <strong>Tools.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Search for and Select <strong>Dissolve Boundaries<\/strong> Tool.<\/li>\n<li>Select <em>Tutorial_JoinFeatures_Intersect<\/em> as the <strong>Input Features<\/strong>\u00a0layer.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dissolve Features<\/strong> based on the <strong>Target_FID <\/strong>field.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Calculate statistics<\/strong> for the dissolved features and add the field\u00a0 <em>SolarPanelAreaSqFt<\/em> and select SUM.<\/li>\n<li>Specify an<strong> Output name<\/strong> of <em>Tutorial_Dissolve_Boundaries.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Estimate Credits<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Run<\/strong> to submit the job.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2970041,"id":2970041,"title":"DissolveBoundary_9step","filename":"DissolveBoundary_9step.png","filesize":116100,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DissolveBoundary_9step.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/imagery\/analyze-solar-adoption-in-arcgis-online-part1\/dissolveboundary_9step","alt":"","author":"372552","description":"","caption":"","name":"dissolveboundary_9step","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2968451,"date":"2026-06-12 22:16:20","modified":"2026-06-12 22:16:20","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":600,"height":1161,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DissolveBoundary_9step-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DissolveBoundary_9step.png","medium-width":135,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DissolveBoundary_9step.png","medium_large-width":600,"medium_large-height":1161,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DissolveBoundary_9step.png","large-width":558,"large-height":1080,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DissolveBoundary_9step.png","1536x1536-width":600,"1536x1536-height":1161,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DissolveBoundary_9step.png","2048x2048-width":600,"2048x2048-height":1161,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DissolveBoundary_9step-240x465.png","card_image-width":240,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DissolveBoundary_9step-558x1080.png","wide_image-width":558,"wide_image-height":1080}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>Perfom the following steps 5 through 7 on the table of the resulting <strong>Tutorial_Dissolve_Boundaries<\/strong> layer.<\/p>\n<p>All three steps involve adding and calculating new fields. References the supporting images from Steps 1 and 2 of this section if you need a refresher on how to access the required tools.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 5<\/strong> &#8211; Add a new field and calculate the square footage area for each building.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Select <strong>Add field<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>When prompted add a <strong>Number<\/strong> field and specify data type of <strong>Double <\/strong>before clicking<strong> Next<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Assign the <strong>Field name<\/strong>: <em>RooftopAreaSqFt<\/em>\u00a0 and <strong>Display name<\/strong>: <em>Rooftop Area Sq. Ft.<\/em> then <strong>Add Field<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Calculate<\/strong> the field<\/li>\n<li>When prompted select <strong>Arcade<\/strong> language.<\/li>\n<li>When prompted to define a filter, select <strong>Next<\/strong> to calculate the field for all records.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW258234261 BCX8\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW258234261 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258234261 BCX8\">Copy and paste th<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW258234261 BCX8\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW258234261 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258234261 BCX8\">is\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW258234261 BCX8\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW258234261 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258234261 BCX8\">snippet\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW258234261 BCX8\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW258234261 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258234261 BCX8\">into the\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW258234261 BCX8\"><span class=\"TrackedChange SCXW258234261 BCX8\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW258234261 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258234261 BCX8\">Arcade expression<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW258234261 BCX8\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW258234261 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258234261 BCX8\">\u00a0window<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW258234261 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258234261 BCX8\">:\u202f<\/span><\/span>\n<div>\n<div><strong>var units = &#8220;square feet&#8221;; Round(AreaGeodetic($feature, units),2)<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Run<\/strong> <strong>calculation<\/strong> to determine the square footage of each building footprint<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Step 6<\/strong> &#8211; Add a new field and calculate the percentage of rooftop solar for each building.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Select <strong>Add field.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>When prompted add a <strong>Number<\/strong> field and specify data type of <strong>Double <\/strong>before clicking<strong> Next<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Assign the <strong>Field name<\/strong><em>\u00a0Rooftop_Solar_Percentage<\/em> with the <strong>Display name<\/strong><em> Rooftop Solar Percentage <\/em>and <strong>Add Field<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Calculate<\/strong> the field<\/li>\n<li>When prompted select <strong>Arcade<\/strong> language.<\/li>\n<li>When prompted to define a filter, select <strong>Next<\/strong> to calculate the field for all records.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW258234261 BCX8\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW258234261 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258234261 BCX8\">Copy and paste th<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW258234261 BCX8\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW258234261 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258234261 BCX8\">is\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW258234261 BCX8\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW258234261 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258234261 BCX8\">snippet\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW258234261 BCX8\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW258234261 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258234261 BCX8\">into the\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW258234261 BCX8\"><span class=\"TrackedChange SCXW258234261 BCX8\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW258234261 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258234261 BCX8\">Arcade expression<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW258234261 BCX8\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW258234261 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258234261 BCX8\">\u00a0window<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW258234261 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258234261 BCX8\">: <\/span><\/span><strong>Round(($feature.SUM_SolarPanelAreaSqFt\/$feature.AnalysisArea) *100,2)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Run<\/strong> <strong>calculation<\/strong> to determine the percentage of rooftop area covered by solar panels.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><strong>Step 7<\/strong> &#8211; Add a new field and calculate the solar status of a building.<\/div>\n<div>\n<ol>\n<li>Select <strong>Add field.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>When prompted add a <strong>Text <\/strong>field.<\/li>\n<li>Assign the <strong>Field name<\/strong>:<em> Solar_Status and <strong>Display<\/strong><\/em><strong> name<\/strong>: <em>Solar Status<\/em> then <strong>Add Field<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Calculate<\/strong> the field<\/li>\n<li>When prompted select <strong>Arcade<\/strong> language.<\/li>\n<li>When prompted to define a filter, select <strong>Next<\/strong> to calculate the field for all records.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW258234261 BCX8\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW258234261 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258234261 BCX8\">Copy and paste th<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW258234261 BCX8\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW258234261 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258234261 BCX8\">is\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW258234261 BCX8\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW258234261 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258234261 BCX8\">snippet\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW258234261 BCX8\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW258234261 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258234261 BCX8\">into the\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW258234261 BCX8\"><span class=\"TrackedChange SCXW258234261 BCX8\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW258234261 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258234261 BCX8\">Arcade expression<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW258234261 BCX8\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW258234261 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258234261 BCX8\">\u00a0window<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW258234261 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258234261 BCX8\">: <\/span><\/span><strong>var solarArea = $feature.SUM_SolarPanelAreaSqFt;<\/strong>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\">\n<div><strong>if (solarArea &gt; 0) {<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 return &#8220;Solar Power&#8221;;<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>} else {<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 return &#8220;No Solar&#8221;;<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>}<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"TextRun SCXW258234261 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258234261 BCX8\"><strong>Run<\/strong> <strong>calculation<\/strong> to determine the solar status of buildings.\u202f<\/span><\/span>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/03\/breakgray.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Correlate Demographic Data<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2 id=\"demographics\"><\/h2>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>Household income can correlate with rooftop solar adoption. American Community Survey (ACS) household median income data is available in Living Atlas. Joining this demographic data with the enhanced building layer, will enable visualization of trends around adoption for the community as they relate to household median income.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1 &#8211;<\/strong> Add demographic data to the map<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\u00a0Click on the<strong> plus + icon<\/strong> to add a new layer to the map.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Search <strong>Living Atlas<\/strong> for ACS median household income data.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<strong>Add<\/strong> the latest <em>ACS data for Median Household Income<\/em> layer.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2970059,"id":2970059,"title":"AddACSData","filename":"AddACSData.png","filesize":74851,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AddACSData.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/imagery\/analyze-solar-adoption-in-arcgis-online-part1\/addacsdata","alt":"","author":"372552","description":"","caption":"","name":"addacsdata","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2968451,"date":"2026-06-12 23:09:34","modified":"2026-06-12 23:09:34","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":511,"height":588,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AddACSData-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AddACSData.png","medium-width":227,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AddACSData.png","medium_large-width":511,"medium_large-height":588,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AddACSData.png","large-width":511,"large-height":588,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AddACSData.png","1536x1536-width":511,"1536x1536-height":588,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AddACSData.png","2048x2048-width":511,"2048x2048-height":588,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AddACSData-404x465.png","card_image-width":404,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AddACSData.png","wide_image-width":511,"wide_image-height":588}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Step 2<\/strong> &#8211; Explore the Demographic Data<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Click on the layer <\/strong><em>ACS Median Household Income<\/em>\u00a0to expand the dataset.<\/li>\n<li>Observe that the ACS data has layers at the State, County and <em>Tract level<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Notice that at the Tract level, the area where building and solar features were extracted covers 3 distinct Median Household Income<em> Tracts.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2970287,"id":2970287,"title":"ACSDate3TractsCenter","filename":"ACSDate3TractsCenter.png","filesize":197482,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ACSDate3TractsCenter.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/imagery\/analyze-solar-adoption-in-arcgis-online-part1\/acsdate3tractscenter","alt":"","author":"372552","description":"","caption":"","name":"acsdate3tractscenter","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2968451,"date":"2026-06-15 16:50:37","modified":"2026-06-15 16:50:37","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":1320,"height":986,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ACSDate3TractsCenter-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ACSDate3TractsCenter.png","medium-width":349,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ACSDate3TractsCenter.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":574,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ACSDate3TractsCenter.png","large-width":1320,"large-height":986,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ACSDate3TractsCenter.png","1536x1536-width":1320,"1536x1536-height":986,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ACSDate3TractsCenter.png","2048x2048-width":1320,"2048x2048-height":986,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ACSDate3TractsCenter-623x465.png","card_image-width":623,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ACSDate3TractsCenter.png","wide_image-width":1320,"wide_image-height":986}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>With the ACS Median Income Tract data added to your map, you can Join Features to associate the median income tract information with individual building footprints.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 3<\/strong> &#8211; Join Features<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Open the <strong>Analysis<\/strong> Window<\/li>\n<li>Select <strong>Tools<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Search for and Select <strong>Join Features<\/strong> Tool<\/li>\n<li>Select Tutorial_Dissolve Boundaries as the <strong>Target Layer<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Select ACS Median Household Income <strong>Tract Layer<\/strong> as the<strong> Join Layer<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Under Join operation, <strong>Use spatial relationship <\/strong>of <strong>Completely Within<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Under Join Operation, select<strong> One to One<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Calculate field statistics<\/strong> using the Median Household Income in past year (B19049_001E)<\/li>\n<li>Select a Join type of <strong>Inner Join<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>In Environment Settings set <strong>Processing extent<\/strong> to <b>Layer,<\/b>\u00a0add Tutorial_Dissolve Boundaries layer<\/li>\n<li><strong>Estimate Credits<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Run<\/strong> to submit the job<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2970072,"id":2970072,"title":"JoinACS_9Step","filename":"JoinACS_9Step.png","filesize":122076,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/JoinACS_9Step.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/imagery\/analyze-solar-adoption-in-arcgis-online-part1\/joinacs_9step","alt":"","author":"372552","description":"","caption":"","name":"joinacs_9step","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2968451,"date":"2026-06-12 23:36:05","modified":"2026-06-12 23:36:05","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":554,"height":1203,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/JoinACS_9Step-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/JoinACS_9Step.png","medium-width":120,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/JoinACS_9Step.png","medium_large-width":554,"medium_large-height":1203,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/JoinACS_9Step.png","large-width":497,"large-height":1080,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/JoinACS_9Step.png","1536x1536-width":554,"1536x1536-height":1203,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/JoinACS_9Step.png","2048x2048-width":554,"2048x2048-height":1203,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/JoinACS_9Step-214x465.png","card_image-width":214,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/JoinACS_9Step-497x1080.png","wide_image-width":497,"wide_image-height":1080}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Note:\u00a0<\/strong> The ASC Median Income Item is nationwide data, so be sure to limit the extents of your output to the Tutorial_Dissolve_Boundaries layer, and not the Full Extents of the input data. One warning sign is if the estimated credits for this join are higher than expected.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2970080,"id":2970080,"title":"joinACSExtents","filename":"joinACSExtents.png","filesize":80146,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/joinACSExtents.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/imagery\/analyze-solar-adoption-in-arcgis-online-part1\/joinacsextents","alt":"","author":"372552","description":"","caption":"","name":"joinacsextents","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2968451,"date":"2026-06-12 23:56:54","modified":"2026-06-12 23:56:54","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":819,"height":584,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/joinACSExtents-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/joinACSExtents.png","medium-width":366,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/joinACSExtents.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":548,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/joinACSExtents.png","large-width":819,"large-height":584,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/joinACSExtents.png","1536x1536-width":819,"1536x1536-height":584,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/joinACSExtents.png","2048x2048-width":819,"2048x2048-height":584,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/joinACSExtents-652x465.png","card_image-width":652,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/joinACSExtents.png","wide_image-width":819,"wide_image-height":584}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<div>The resulting layer will contain the following fields:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Rooftop Area Sq. Ft.<\/li>\n<li>Solar Panel Area Sq. Ft.<\/li>\n<li>Rooftop Solar Area Percentage<\/li>\n<li>Solar Status<\/li>\n<li>A new field (SUM_B19049_001E) that associates each building with the Median Household Income associated with the census tract that the building is contained in.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 4<\/strong> &#8211; <span data-teams=\"true\">Add a new field for Median Household Income that is more descriptive<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<ol>\n<li>Select <strong>Add field.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>When prompted add a <strong>Number<\/strong> field and specify data type of <strong>Double <\/strong>before clicking<strong> Next<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Assign the <strong>Field name<\/strong>: <em>Median_Household_Income<\/em> with the <strong>Display name<\/strong>:<em> Median Household Income<\/em> and <strong>Add field<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW258234261 BCX8\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW258234261 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258234261 BCX8\">Copy and paste th<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW258234261 BCX8\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW258234261 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258234261 BCX8\">is\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW258234261 BCX8\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW258234261 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258234261 BCX8\">snippet\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW258234261 BCX8\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW258234261 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258234261 BCX8\">into the\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW258234261 BCX8\"><span class=\"TrackedChange SCXW258234261 BCX8\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW258234261 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258234261 BCX8\">Arcade expression<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW258234261 BCX8\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW258234261 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258234261 BCX8\">\u00a0window<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW258234261 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258234261 BCX8\">: <\/span><\/span><strong>$feature.SUM_B19049_001E<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Run<\/strong> <strong>calculation<\/strong> to populate the new Median Household Income Field with the Summarized Statistics.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/03\/breakgray.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Visualize Results<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2 id=\"visualizeresults\"><\/h2>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<div>Web maps serve as the foundation for visualizing insights and powering downstream applications such as dashboards and other ArcGIS tools.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1<\/strong> &#8211; Use the Solar Status field to symbolize the building layer.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Edit Symbology<\/strong>, with the Tutorial_Buildings_MedianIncome layer selected<\/li>\n<li>Choose an attribute <strong>field<\/strong> to style based on.<\/li>\n<li>Select<strong> Solar Status<\/strong> field<\/li>\n<li>Select<strong> Style Options<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Click on Solar Status legend items to <strong>customize Names and Colors<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Run<\/strong> to execute the symbology changes.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Save<\/strong> the web map as Solar Power Adoption<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2970089,"id":2970089,"title":"SolarStatusSymbols","filename":"SolarStatusSymbols.png","filesize":158500,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/SolarStatusSymbols.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/imagery\/analyze-solar-adoption-in-arcgis-online-part1\/solarstatussymbols","alt":"","author":"372552","description":"","caption":"","name":"solarstatussymbols","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2968451,"date":"2026-06-13 00:09:52","modified":"2026-06-13 00:09:52","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":1000,"height":846,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/SolarStatusSymbols-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/SolarStatusSymbols.png","medium-width":309,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/SolarStatusSymbols.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":650,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/SolarStatusSymbols.png","large-width":1000,"large-height":846,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/SolarStatusSymbols.png","1536x1536-width":1000,"1536x1536-height":846,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/SolarStatusSymbols.png","2048x2048-width":1000,"2048x2048-height":846,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/SolarStatusSymbols-550x465.png","card_image-width":550,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/SolarStatusSymbols.png","wide_image-width":1000,"wide_image-height":846}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>Once a web map is configured and saved, you can use it as a foundation for building a dashboard, to visualize patterns related to solar adoption in the community.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/03\/breakgray.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Share Insights<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2 id=\"sharinginsights\"><\/h2>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>Creation of a web map and application move us from feature extraction and data preparation into visualization and storytelling within ArcGIS Online.<\/p>\n<p>The following web map and\u00a0dashboard help summarize patterns and trends\u2014making it easier to explore and communicate insights about solar adoption in a community. It can help users answer questions such as:<\/p>\n<p>Is solar power adoption growing in the community?<\/p>\n<p>Is there a correlation between solar power adoption and median household income?<\/p>\n<p>Are existing solar powered homes increasing their capacity?<\/p>\n<p>What percentage of growth is related to new solar adoption?<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2971191,"id":2971191,"title":"SolarAdoptionDashboard2015to2024","filename":"SolarAdoptionDashboard2015to2024.png","filesize":2051348,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/SolarAdoptionDashboard2015to2024.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/imagery\/analyze-solar-adoption-in-arcgis-online-part1\/solaradoptiondashboard2015to2024","alt":"","author":"372552","description":"","caption":"","name":"solaradoptiondashboard2015to2024","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2968451,"date":"2026-06-18 15:03:28","modified":"2026-06-18 15:03:28","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":1920,"height":1080,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/SolarAdoptionDashboard2015to2024-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/SolarAdoptionDashboard2015to2024.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/SolarAdoptionDashboard2015to2024.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":432,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/SolarAdoptionDashboard2015to2024.png","large-width":1920,"large-height":1080,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/SolarAdoptionDashboard2015to2024-1536x864.png","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":864,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/SolarAdoptionDashboard2015to2024.png","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":1080,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/SolarAdoptionDashboard2015to2024-826x465.png","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/06\/SolarAdoptionDashboard2015to2024.png","wide_image-width":1920,"wide_image-height":1080}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/8afb242966774bac91fab1b54aefe1ae"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>For creation of the above dashboard, historical context was added by repeating <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/imagery\/analyze-solar-adoption-in-arcgis-online-part1\">Part 1: Feature Extraction with AI and World Imagery<\/a>\u00a0using the 2016-02-04 release of the World Imagery basemap, which contains Nearmap aerial imagery captured on <strong>2015-11-21.\u00a0 <\/strong>Explore this version of World Imagery using the <a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/wayback\/#mapCenter=-117.15314%2C34.05523%2C15&amp;mode=explore&amp;active=6354\">Wayback<\/a> app.<\/p>\n<p>The Analyze Detected Objects portion of this Part 2 workflow was repeated using the 2015 building and solar panel data, then combined with the 2024 results in a <a href=\"https:\/\/arcgis-content.maps.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=c371c3d4f01d47288ae12c5a98b0ed6b\">web map<\/a>. Symbology highlights solar adoption over time, while a custom Arcade pop-up helps illustrate changes in solar coverage at the individual building level.<\/p>\n<p>The resulting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/8afb242966774bac91fab1b54aefe1ae#\">dashboard<\/a> illustrates solar adoption correlation to median household income, and changes in solar adoption in the community over the nine-year period.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/03\/breakgray.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>More Information<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2 id=\"more\"><\/h2>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>ArcGIS Dashboard is a web-based application used to visualize the data represented in the source web map. In addition to displaying the web map, several components can be added to the dashboard to help focus users on insights extracted directly from the data. 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