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Welcome to ArcGIS Desktop Help
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What's new in ArcGIS
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Map projections and coordinate systems
Mapping and visualization
Editing and data compilation
Geoprocessing
Geoprocessing tool reference
Geodatabases and ArcSDE
Data management with ArcCatalog
Data support in ArcGIS
Extensions
3D Analyst
ArcGIS Data Interoperability extension
ArcGIS Publisher
ArcScan
Business Analyst
About ArcGIS Business Analyst

Introduction to ArcGIS Business Analyst features

How ArcGIS Business Analyst helps you make better business decisions

Overview of the Business Analyst menu

A short introduction to ArcGIS

ArcGIS versus ArcView GIS 3.x terminology

Simple versus detailed map documents

What's new in ArcGIS Business Analyst

Getting additional help for Business Analyst
Business Analyst toolbar
Organizing your work and creating a study area

Creating a My Output Data folder on a different drive

Virtual versus defined study areas

Using ZIP codes

Creating a study area from a map

Choosing a study area from a list

Using the entire United States

Clipping all your data so it only includes the study area

Using a currently selected shape on the map

Selecting subgeographies inside an existing study area

Using a simple ring

Using the current map extent

Managing existing study areas

Renaming or modifying a study area

Deleting a study area

Managing Projects
Adding data to Business Analyst

Adding data to your map

Adding customers or stores from tabular data to your study area

Adding stores as tabular data to your study area

Adding customers or stores from map-ready data

Creating an empty customer or store layer

Entering customer or store addresses manually

Adding customer or store data containing x,y coordinates

Analysis layer setup

Adding business listings

Adding an Excel table

Importing a Business Analyst add-on datapack

Setting field visiblity

Managing existing customer or store layers

Substituting your own terms for customers and stores
Trade areas - customer data required
Trade areas - no customer data required
Monitor and manage trade areas
Analysis
Modeling
Working with maps

Importing your study area

Displaying points as charts

Classification methods

Displaying points as different colors

Displaying points as different sizes

Displaying lines as different colors

Displaying lines as different thicknesses

Displaying charts in areas

Displaying areas as different colors

Setting dot density in areas
Tools

Remove trade area overlap

Create grids

Using Dissolve by Attribute

Spatial overlay tool

Find similar

Market Ranking report

Site prospecting

Store Prospecting using a store layer

Store prospecting by entering store addresses

Store prospecting by using a table of store addresses
Finding a route
Reports and batch tasks
Setting Business Analyst preferences
The Business Analyst 9.2 Importer
Data descriptions
Business Analyst tools reference

Overview of the Business Analyst toolbox
Appendix
Territory Design
Geostatistical Analyst
Maplex
Military Analyst
Military Overlay Editor
Network Analyst
PLTS
Schematics
Spatial Analyst
Survey Analyst
Tracking Analyst
Geocoding and address management
Linear referencing
Network analysis
Mobile GIS
Interoperability and standards support
Customizing and developing with ArcGIS
Guide to data that comes with ArcGIS
ESRI Data and Maps
Getting started with ESRI Data and Maps
United States (census)
United States (hydrography)
United States (landmarks)
United States (transportation)
United States (other)
StreetMap USA
World

World Administrative Boundaries

World Administrative Units

World Cities

World Continents

World Country (generalized)

World Country 2006

World CountryWatch Demographics (table)

World Country Boundries 2006

World Country Boundries (generalized)

World Country Memberships of Political Organizations (table)

World Drainage Systems

World Gazetteer

World Lakes

World Latitude and Longitude Grids

World Map Background

World Named Latitudes and Longitudes

World Regions

World Rivers

World Time Zones

World UTM Zones

World Wildlife Fund Marine Ecoregions

World Wildlife Fund Terrestrial Ecoregions
Europe
Canada
Mexico
Elevation and image data
Working with StreetMap data
Licensing and desktop administration
ArcGIS Image Server
GIS Servers and services