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Welcome to ArcGIS Desktop Help
Copyright information
Acknowledgements
GIS Dictionary
What's new in ArcGIS
Getting started
Map projections and coordinate systems
Mapping and visualization
Editing and data compilation
Tables and attribute information
Geoprocessing
Geoprocessing tool reference
Geodatabases and ArcSDE
Data management with ArcCatalog
Image and raster data management
Data support in ArcGIS
Extensions

About ArcGIS Desktop extensions

Evaluating ArcGIS Desktop extensions
3D Analyst
Data Interoperability
ArcGIS for AutoCAD
ArcGIS Publisher
ArcScan
ArcSketch
Business Analyst
About ArcGIS Business Analyst
Business Analyst toolbar

About the Business Analyst toolbar

Site Prospecting menu

Site prospecting using the ArcMap Find tool

Dynamic Ring Analysis tool

Using the Business Analyst Assistant

Identify Business tool

The Project Explorer
Projects and Data Organization
Study Areas
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

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 - no customer data required

About Trade Areas - no customer data required

Simple Rings

Nonoverlapping Rings

Data-driven Rings

Drive-time Polygons

Threshold Trade Areas

Equal Competition (Thiessen) Polygons

Huff Equal Probability Areas

Grids

Draw Areas

Standard Levels of Geography

Sub-geography
Trade Areas - customer data required
Trade Areas - monitor and manage
Analysis

About Analysis

Customer Prospecting

Desire Lines

Find Similar

Spatial Overlay

Mean Store Center

Managing existing analyses
Modeling

How the original Huff model (in Business Analyst) works

Original Huff model

Advanced Huff model with statistical calibration

Huff model calibration

Using Dissolve by Attribute for modeling

Managing existing modeling analyses

Managing model calibration parameters
Tools
Tools - Geoprocessing in Business Analyst

How to access the Business Analyst GP Tools

Overview of the Business Analyst toolbox
Business Analyst Preferences

About Business Analyst Preferences

General tab

Dataset tab

Analyses tab

Misc tab

Data tab

Drive Time tab

Segmentation tab
Working with maps

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
Reports - general
Reports - point and ranking based
Documentation - USA Data
Documentation - Canada Data

Adjusted Census 2001 methodology

Base data variable list

Businesses (methodology and variable list)

Demographic methodology

ESRI Geocoder

Expenditure methodology

Geography Hierarchy Chart

PRIZM Methodology

Shopping Centres (methodology and variable list)
Business Analyst Server
Territory Design
Geostatistical Analyst
JTX
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
Licensing and desktop administration
GIS Servers and services