Add Business listings tool

Available with Business Analyst license.

Add businesses from local data

Add Business Listings employs the use of a dialog box where you can search for business listings using a business name. Results can be adjusted and refined prior to displaying locations on the map.

1. Access the Add Business Listings search capabilities from Business Analyst menu > Search command or directly from the main search box on the Business Analyst menu.

   

2. The Add Business Listing dialog box appears. Search for businesses by entering a keyword (such as schools, pharmacy or groceries) in the text box and click Search.

   

   Click Advanced Options to refine and filter your results before adding the desired businesses to the map.

   

   Here are some features:

   • Search (text box): Allows you to enter the business name or business type keywords.
   • Search (button): Searches for businesses.
   • Classic View: Opens a traditional business search dialog containing search options such as SIC, NAICS, annual sales, location, etc.
   • Advanced Options: Enables more search features such as limiting the geographic extent, number of results, and keywords.
   • Search box down arrow: Allows you to change and set the searchable business databases. For example you can search within the default Data Axledatabase or change the search to find only custom businesses.
   • Exact Match: Searches only for text entered. For example, if you type Johnson's Supermarket, then Johnson's Supermarket & Pharmacy will not be returned.
   • Search for Company name only: Search is limited to the company name field. This will refine your search results and return potential matches.
   • Show All: Returns all businesses within the extent, regardless of keywords or filters.

When Search is clicked, the Preview dialog box appears and allows you to better filter and refine your potential business locations. The filters section, at left, allows you to limit the entries added to the map.



Search results options:

The results section allows you to preview business entries and modify them. For example you can right click on the entries to enable additional options, such as removing them from the analysis.

• Remove from this search excludes an entry from the analysis.
• Remove permanently excludes the entry from the current and future searching.
• Select all selects all entries which is convenient for performing actions such as removing entries. For example, select all pharmacies in a particular area, exclude them, then they will be unavailable the next time a search is performed.
• Restore all removed allows you to add all removed entries back to the Preview dialog box.
• Clear Search removes the previous search parameters and filters allowing you to enter new search parameters without closing the Preview dialog box.
• Save results as layer allows you to enter a name for the business layer. Business layers are saved to \My Output Data\Projects\<Project>\Custom Data. They can be retrieved from the Custom Data node in the in the Business Analyst Window’s Project Explorer.

Filter Section options:

• Uncheck an entry to exclude it from the analysis.
• Select an entry to make it the only entry available. Active entries will appear with an underline.
• Numeric volume fields are shown with a slider to refine the results. You can also manually enter the desired minimum or maximum values. Refine modifies <Min> and <Max> to the nearest available value in the business point database and recalculates the histogram.

  

• When filtering options are used, a Clear Filters entry is added. Clicking Clear Filters will return the Preview dialog to its original state.

  

Add businesses using online data

With the ability to connect to ArcGIS Online you have the flexibility to access Esri-hosted content and resources to add business listings to your map. An advantage to using online-hosted data is that the latest Esri Data release is accessible through ArcGIS Online prior to becoming available as Business Analyst data which needs to be installed locally.

To enable online data search make sure you are logged into your AGOL account and choose Online Businesses from the Add Business Listings drop-down menu or the Online Businesses search... textbox on the Business Analyst menubar.

You will follow the same steps as described above from the Add businesses from local data section.

Note:

The number of returned businesses in online mode is limited to 5000 records.