Maps and nearby panels add location-based context to an infographic. Using these panel types, you can display information about point locations or geographic features near your sites.
Add a map panel
To add a map panel to an infographic template, start by selecting a basemap on which to display data. This basic map automatically shows the location of the site for which you run the infographic.
To add a map panel, do the following:
- In the infographic builder, click Add element. Alternatively, hover over an existing panel and click Add or Replace .
- Select Map .
The Browse and select maps window appears.
- On the Basemaps tab, select a basemap for the panel.
The map panel is added to the infographic template.
Customize a map panel
You can use the Panel options and Map properties windows to modify a map panel. You can also add elements to the panel, such as images or charts. To customize a map panel, do the following:
- Hover over a map panel and click Edit .
- Click Panel options and use the Background color swatch to select a color. Check the Crop content check box to limit the view of elements to the borders of the panel.
- Hover over the panel and click Edit map . Check the Show map legend check box to turn the legend on or off. Use the Dimensions and Arrange & position sections to adjust the dimensions and position of the panel.
- Click Change map to select a different basemap or ArcGIS web map for the panel.
- To add an element to the panel, click Add element and select from the options.
You can add a title, subtitle, image, shape, text box, variable indicator, chart, or map.
- When you are finished, click Apply.
Add a nearby panel
A nearby panel summarizes information about point locations near a site. You can show the locations as a table with attributes or as a summary infographic. For example, you can create a nearby panel showing hospitals near your site and display it in either format:
Add a ready-to-use nearby panel
You can add a standard nearby panel to an infographic template. These ready-to-use panels allow you to select and display demographic and business categories included with ArcGIS Business Analyst Pro. To add a ready-to-use nearby panel, do the following:
- In the infographic builder, click Add element. Alternatively, hover over an existing panel and click Add or Replace .
- Select Nearby .
The Add nearby locations window appears.
- In the Add nearby locations window, hover over Nearby points of interest and click Select business type.
- Search for a business name or type, use the drop-down menu to browse business types, or select Add all points of interest to the nearby locations table and click Next.
- Format the display options for the panel:
- Choose Show as table or Show as summary infographic.
- Depending on which you select, customize the table's or summary infographic's appearance.
- Check the Add the resulting nearby location points to the map check box to display the Nearby points on a map in the infographic. If a map panel has been added, the table is linked automatically to that map. If there is no map in the infographic, checking this box creates a new map panel.
- Click Apply.
If you linked the nearby panel to a map panel and there is more than one map panel in the infographic, the Select map window appears.
- Click Add to select a map panel.
The panel is added to the template.
Add a custom nearby panel
You can create your own nearby panel using Esri layers. To add a custom nearby panel to an infographic, do the following:
- In the infographic builder, click Add element. Alternatively, hover over an existing panel and click Add or Replace .
- Select Nearby .
The Add nearby locations window appears.
- In the Add nearby locations window, click Use Esri layers.
- Select attributes to include in the nearby panel.
Optionally, use the check boxes to deselect the attributes automatically included in nearby panels: Direction to site and Distance from site.
- Click Next.
- Optionally, filter the results using a keyword, such as coffee.
- Click Next.
- Format the display options for the panel:
- Choose Show as table or Show as summary infographic.
- Depending on which you select, customize the table's or summary infographic's appearance and calculation options.
- Check the Add the resulting nearby location points to the map check box to display the nearby points on a map in the infographic. If a map panel has been added, the table is linked automatically to that map. If there is no map in the infographic, checking this box creates a new map panel.
- Click Apply.
If you linked the nearby panel to a map panel and there is more than one map panel in the infographic, the Select map window appears.
- Click Add to select a map panel.
The panel is added to the template.
Customize a nearby panel
You can use the More options window to modify a nearby panel. You can also modify the filters. To customize a nearby panel, do the following:
- Hover over a nearby panel and click Edit .
- Click More options to open the More options window.
Note:
You can also open the More options window by hovering over a nearby table and clicking Edit table style and number of locations, or by hovering over a nearby summary infographic and clicking Edit infographic style.
- Edit the panel. Do any of the following:
- For Nearby points of interest panels, click Edit business type to modify the businesses displayed.
- Click Edit variables to modify the variables in the nearby panel.
- Click Edit filters to modify the filters.
- Customize the display style of the panel, including the number of locations shown, the title, and the format (including grouping, sorting, and ordering of results).
- When the panel is in edit mode, do any of the following:
- Optionally, hover over the nearby panel and click Update attribute fields and filters. You can filter the results using a keyword, such as coffee.
- If the panel is a premade Nearby points of interest panel, you can hover over the panel and click Change the business type to select another category.
- Hover over the panel and click Switch to display as summary count or Switch to display as table to change the display style of the nearby panel.
- If the panel was created from a layer, click View source layer info to open the layer information in a new tab.
- When you are finished customizing the nearby panel, click Apply.