Available with Business Analyst license.
Understanding the following terms will help you learn about the capabilities of Territory Design in ArcGIS Pro.
| Term | Description |
|---|---|
Alignment layer | The base geography on which all territories and their levels are based |
Balance index | A figure between 0 and 100 that determines how close territory parameters are met |
Balancing | The process of creating territories that have equal statistics across a market |
Barriers | Used to restrict territory creation in some areas and restrict areas of the territory |
Capacity | An attribute threshold to constrain territories |
Compactness score | A figure between 0 and 100 that determines how close a territory, or group of territories, is to the circumference of a perfect circle—the higher the score, the more efficient the territory |
Constraints | Customizable parameters that control the shape and size of territories |
Locked territories | Territories that won’t be reassigned to other territories during balance |
Overlapped territories | One territory assigned to two or more managers |
Restricted areas | Areas that are restricted when creating territories |
Seed points | Territory centers representative of actual locations, such as offices or stores |
Territory | An individual geography, or group of geographies, that forms a boundary |
Territory extent | A defined area used to ensure the analysis will include only the specified geographies |
Territory index | A prebuilt data index used to improve the automatic creation or adjusting performance of territories |
Territory network index | A prebuilt point-to-point street network distance cache used to improve performance when creating or adjusting territories |
Territory Solution | A layer containing all the necessary elements for building, editing, and maintaining territories |