{"id":587432,"date":"2019-08-26T11:22:54","date_gmt":"2019-08-26T18:22:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=587432"},"modified":"2021-12-01T13:42:03","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T21:42:03","slug":"admin-top10","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/insights\/analytics\/admin-top10","title":{"rendered":"ArcGIS Insights &#8211; Top 10 &#8211; ways admins can help new analysts"},"author":6051,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[37501,23341],"tags":[24311,231052,43691,23391],"industry":[],"product":[36801],"class_list":["post-587432","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-administration","category-analytics","tag-analysis","tag-insights","tag-insights-for-arcgis","tag-spatial-analytics","product-insights"],"acf":{"short_description":"Here are 10 ways an ArcGIS administrator can make it easier for Insights analysts get up and running quickly.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>Here are 10 ways an ArcGIS administrator can make it easier for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/arcgis\/products\/insights-for-arcgis\/overview\">Insights<\/a>\u00a0analysts to get up and running quickly.\u00a0A little prep work and thought can speed adoption time for these analysts, who might not have a ton of GIS experience. As a GIS admin, these suggestions could help you make more efficient use of your time, improve Insights\u2019 first impression, and make it easier for new analysts to <em>just<\/em> <em>get it<\/em>.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>1. Break free from silos<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Identify who\u2019s who and break free from silos.\u00a0As a GIS admin of your ArcGIS Online or ArcGIS Enterprise organization, you hold the keys to GIS software and data access.\u00a0But the people in other divisions and departments may not know that.\u00a0Help these other departmental managers understand that you are willing and able to work with them.\u00a0You can enable them, rather than being seen as gatekeepers.\u00a0One goal could be to provide an analyst within their division with \u201cself-service location analytics\u201d (aka Insights), rather than your GIS team supporting one-off map or data export requests.<\/p>\n<p>Next, within that new department, who are the analysts that will be using Insights?\u00a0You can create an account for these folks, and assign them the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/arcgis-online\/reference\/roles.htm#USER_TYPES\">Insights Analyst user type<\/a>, which is designed and priced to provide access to just Insights, and that\u2019s it.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":688312,"id":688312,"title":"org","filename":"org.png","filesize":24232,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/08\/org.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/insights\/analytics\/admin-top10\/org","alt":"","author":"6051","description":"","caption":"","name":"org","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":587432,"date":"2019-12-23 20:24:01","modified":"2019-12-23 20:24:01","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":508,"height":445,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/08\/org-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/08\/org.png","medium-width":298,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/08\/org.png","medium_large-width":508,"medium_large-height":445,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/08\/org.png","large-width":508,"large-height":445,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/08\/org.png","1536x1536-width":508,"1536x1536-height":445,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/08\/org.png","2048x2048-width":508,"2048x2048-height":445,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/08\/org.png","card_image-width":508,"card_image-height":445,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/08\/org.png","wide_image-width":508,"wide_image-height":445}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>2. Shortcut to Insights<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Point new analysts to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/insights.arcgis.com\/\">insights.arcgis.com<\/a>, instead of going through the portal. When you point new users to ArcGIS Online or ArcGIS Enterprise, it might be a little overwhelming with all the apps and different options.\u00a0Give your new analysts just one simplified user experience and app, no need to overwhelm a new user with a ton of apps.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":588192,"id":588192,"title":"insights.arcgis.com","filename":"insightsdotcom.png","filesize":8271,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/08\/insightsdotcom.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/insights\/analytics\/admin-top10\/insightsdotcom","alt":"","author":"6051","description":"","caption":"","name":"insightsdotcom","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":587432,"date":"2019-08-20 15:13:18","modified":"2019-08-20 15:13:30","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":403,"height":203,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/08\/insightsdotcom-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/08\/insightsdotcom.png","medium-width":403,"medium-height":203,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/08\/insightsdotcom.png","medium_large-width":403,"medium_large-height":203,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/08\/insightsdotcom.png","large-width":403,"large-height":203,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/08\/insightsdotcom.png","1536x1536-width":403,"1536x1536-height":203,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/08\/insightsdotcom.png","2048x2048-width":403,"2048x2048-height":203,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/08\/insightsdotcom.png","card_image-width":403,"card_image-height":203,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/08\/insightsdotcom.png","wide_image-width":403,"wide_image-height":203}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>3. Make GIS data accessible<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Catalog your organization\u2019s data.\u00a0Invite these new users to groups, and share data appropriately with those groups, so that when they open Insights, data is immediately there. The GIS content is a hidden treasure chest of data that they have never been able to access before.\u00a0Previously they\u2019d have to ask you in the GIS group to export them a shapefile \u2013 not any more.\u00a0Remember marking\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/insights\/get-started\/insights-items.htm#ESRI_SECTION2_CF7AAFCEDB6E4EB4B77B5A9E6DAC81EC\">data as authoritative<\/a>\u00a0also helps \u2013 Insights shows this on the data item cards.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":588242,"id":588242,"title":"insights authoritative","filename":"insights-authoritative.png","filesize":9997,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/08\/insights-authoritative.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/insights\/analytics\/admin-top10\/insights-authoritative","alt":"authoratative content","author":"6051","description":"","caption":"","name":"insights-authoritative","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":587432,"date":"2019-08-20 15:19:47","modified":"2019-08-20 15:19:55","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":427,"height":271,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/08\/insights-authoritative-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/08\/insights-authoritative.png","medium-width":411,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/08\/insights-authoritative.png","medium_large-width":427,"medium_large-height":271,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/08\/insights-authoritative.png","large-width":427,"large-height":271,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/08\/insights-authoritative.png","1536x1536-width":427,"1536x1536-height":271,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/08\/insights-authoritative.png","2048x2048-width":427,"2048x2048-height":271,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/08\/insights-authoritative.png","card_image-width":427,"card_image-height":271,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/08\/insights-authoritative.png","wide_image-width":427,"wide_image-height":271}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>4. Make business data accessible<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Create a databse connection and share it as an item to the other analysts. The other analysts can then simply add that connection, rather than trying to type in tedious connection information. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bwyCNKdww8o&amp;list=PLGZUzt4E4O2LEMMMP3AEZz9MOSFMfo7LF&amp;index=22&amp;t=0s\">This video<\/a> shows how to create and share connections. Also, work with your database administrator to make sure that the connection properties provide access to the right business tables and data. Insights honors database views that the DBA can create. Also, indexes are important for performance.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":588222,"id":588222,"title":"database connections","filename":"db-connections.png","filesize":10618,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/08\/db-connections.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/insights\/analytics\/admin-top10\/db-connections","alt":"","author":"6051","description":"","caption":"","name":"db-connections","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":587432,"date":"2019-08-20 15:18:50","modified":"2019-08-20 15:18:58","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":728,"height":334,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/08\/db-connections-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/08\/db-connections.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":213,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/08\/db-connections.png","medium_large-width":728,"medium_large-height":334,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/08\/db-connections.png","large-width":728,"large-height":334,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/08\/db-connections.png","1536x1536-width":728,"1536x1536-height":334,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/08\/db-connections.png","2048x2048-width":728,"2048x2048-height":334,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/08\/db-connections.png","card_image-width":728,"card_image-height":334,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/08\/db-connections.png","wide_image-width":728,"wide_image-height":334}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>5.\u00a0 Create &amp; share models<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Create an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/insights\/share\/share-model.htm\">Insights model and share it<\/a>\u00a0for other analysts to use and learn from.\u00a0This example should show the value of spatial and do something above and beyond what they were doing in their traditional software analysis package.\u00a0Some example tools include: geo-enable tabular business data, geo-enrich, spatial filter, spatial aggregation, calculate density, find nearest, create buffer\/drive time, and link analysis.\u00a0Additionally, identify technical subject matter experts within that new division that can continue to create new models and share with the rest of their division.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":588262,"id":588262,"title":"share model","filename":"share-model.png","filesize":11275,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/08\/share-model.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/insights\/analytics\/admin-top10\/share-model","alt":"","author":"6051","description":"","caption":"","name":"share-model","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":587432,"date":"2019-08-20 15:25:30","modified":"2019-08-20 15:25:30","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":346,"height":402,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/08\/share-model-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/08\/share-model.png","medium-width":225,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/08\/share-model.png","medium_large-width":346,"medium_large-height":402,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/08\/share-model.png","large-width":346,"large-height":402,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/08\/share-model.png","1536x1536-width":346,"1536x1536-height":402,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/08\/share-model.png","2048x2048-width":346,"2048x2048-height":402,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/08\/share-model.png","card_image-width":346,"card_image-height":402,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/08\/share-model.png","wide_image-width":346,"wide_image-height":402}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>6. Translate business problems into spatial questions<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Define and document analysis use cases that are inherently spatial. Explain how location analytics can provide information, answers, and understanding that couldn\u2019t be achieved before without <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/arcgis\/products\/spatial-analytics-data-science\/overview\">spatial analysis<\/a>.\u00a0Or, perhaps it\u2019s more accuracy or granularity that is being achieved.\u00a0Simply provide a bullet-point list of problems and analysis, specific to the division and their data.\u00a0 Often, it\u2019s not understood how to think spatially, or realize the possibilities that exist with this new spatial component.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>7.\u00a0 Create &amp; share a theme<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Create a theme, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/insights\/share\/share-theme.htm\">share it<\/a>.\u00a0The theme should have the organization\u2019s branding and authoritative look.\u00a0The new analysts can then simply apply the theme to their pages and workbooks.\u00a0This also creates consistency among shared reports, so that they are immediately recognizable and familiar.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>8. Create &amp; share polished examples<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Get visibility within your organization, and make sure that senior management sees the shared pages and workbooks.\u00a0 These\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/insights\/gallery\/\">information products<\/a>\u00a0can be beautiful and compelling when done correctly.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>9.\u00a0 Export resulting datasets, for reuse<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Emphasize that resulting datasets from analysis can be exported and used in other business systems. Once you\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/insights\/share\/share-data.htm\">share a result dataset<\/a>\u00a0as a feature layer, just\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/insights\/create\/export-data.htm\">export it as a .csv or .shp<\/a>\u00a0from the Insights home page. Identify some broader workflows where Insights could be an analysis link in the information chain.\u00a0Data into Insights \u2013&gt; analysis results out \u2013&gt; off to a larger system or process.<\/p>\n<p>Insights is also interoperable with the ArcGIS platform, so data is easily be used in other ArcGIS apps.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":588282,"id":588282,"title":"share resulting data","filename":"share-resulting-data.png","filesize":45650,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/08\/share-resulting-data.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/insights\/analytics\/admin-top10\/share-resulting-data","alt":"","author":"6051","description":"","caption":"","name":"share-resulting-data","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":587432,"date":"2019-08-20 15:28:19","modified":"2019-08-20 15:28:24","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":644,"height":376,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/08\/share-resulting-data-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/08\/share-resulting-data.png","medium-width":447,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/08\/share-resulting-data.png","medium_large-width":644,"medium_large-height":376,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/08\/share-resulting-data.png","large-width":644,"large-height":376,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/08\/share-resulting-data.png","1536x1536-width":644,"1536x1536-height":376,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/08\/share-resulting-data.png","2048x2048-width":644,"2048x2048-height":376,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/08\/share-resulting-data.png","card_image-width":644,"card_image-height":376,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/08\/share-resulting-data.png","wide_image-width":644,"wide_image-height":376}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>10. Training Plan<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Use training materials to develop a training plan. There are a lot of good resources \u2013 use them.\u00a0Here are a few:\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLGZUzt4E4O2LEMMMP3AEZz9MOSFMfo7LF\">YouTube video playlist<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/insights\/get-started\/get-started.htm\">hands-on tutorials<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aPCyJwOcU_g&amp;list=PLaPDDLTCmy4bcqd8fyG4RBCydi-bktLic&amp;index=34\">intro presentation video<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PQ6zFM3I3Ss&amp;list=PLaPDDLTCmy4bcqd8fyG4RBCydi-bktLic&amp;index=35\">advanced presentation video<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/training\/catalog\/5899f4b295dd882431ce77b7\/get-started-with-insights-for-arcgis\/\">instructor led training<\/a>.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>11.\u00a0 Enterprise logins<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Okay, this is technically the 11th item in this list, more than 10 as promised.\u00a0But I couldn\u2019t resist.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/arcgis-online\/administer\/enterprise-logins.htm\">Enterprise logins<\/a>\u00a0make it incredibly easy for your users to sign in and gain access to ArcGIS.\u00a0They allow members of your organization to sign in to\u00a0ArcGIS\u00a0using the same logins they use to access your other enterprise information systems. The advantage is that members do not need to create additional logins within the\u00a0ArcGIS\u00a0system; instead, they can use the login that is already set up within their enterprise system.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><em><strong>In Conclusion&#8230;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>As a GIS owner, give your coworkers a fishing pole, instead of a fish.\u00a0Teach them how to fish for themselves and catch a location analytics monster!\u00a0This will allow you to move away from the data export and map requests, and on to more strategic GIS activities. 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