Generate Points From Business Listings (Business Analyst)

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Available with Business Analyst license.

Summary

Generates a point feature layer from a business point location search.

Usage

  • Output Feature Class will exclude the Address field.

  • The following countries contain data required for a Business Listing search: United States, Canada.

  • To enable the Business Dataset parameter options, set the Data Source environment to Online.

  • Using the Include Only Exact Matches parameter with the Search Terms parameter will return restrictive results. For example, entering Johnson`s Supermarket in the Search Terms parameter with the Include Only Exact Matches parameter checked, the following will not be returned:

    • Johnson`s Market
    • Johnson`s Supermarket & Pharmacy
    • Johnson and Sons Supermarket & Pharmacy

  • The FilterValue option in the Filters parameter can be set by applying a minimum or maximum value only or by applying a range between the minimum and maximum values.

    • Min:Number—Filters businesses with variable values less than the number assigned, for example, min:100.
    • Max:Number—Filters businesses with variable values greater than the number assigned, for example, max:500.
    • Min:Number Max:Number—Filters businesses outside of the range of values assigned, for example, min:100 max:500.

Parameters

LabelExplanationData Type
Output Feature Class

The output feature class that will contain the returned businesses.

Feature Class
Input Search Features
(Optional)

The area that will be used to search for businesses. Selected features supersede the feature class and will be used as the search area.

Feature Layer
Search Terms
(Optional)

The terms that will be used to search for businesses. You can use terms such as business name or business type keywords. If this parameter is not set, all businesses from the Input Search Features parameter will be returned.

String
Include Only Exact Matches
(Optional)

Specifies whether only the text entered in the Search Terms parameter will be returned from the search.

  • Checked—Only exact matches to the text entered in the Search Terms parameter will be returned.
  • Unchecked—Partial matches to the text entered in the Search Terms parameter as well as exact matches will be returned. This is the default.
Boolean
Match Business or Facility Name Only
(Optional)

Specifies whether the search will be limited to the business name only.

  • Checked—Only exact matches to the business name entered in the Search Terms parameter will be returned.
  • Unchecked—Partial matches to the business name entered in the Search Terms parameter as well as exact matches will be returned. This is the default.
Boolean
Filters
(Optional)

The filters that will be applied to the Search Terms parameter.

  • FilterName—Set filter by dataset field.
  • FilterValue—Set filter by applying a value to the selected field.
  • Include—Set filter by including or excluding field values.
Value Table
Maximum Number of Points to Return
(Optional)

The limit for the number of returned features. The default value is 1000000.

Long
Business Dataset
(Optional)

The dataset that will be used in the business search.

String

Licensing information

  • Basic: Requires Business Analyst
  • Standard: Requires Business Analyst
  • Advanced: Requires Business Analyst

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