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Common clients of ArcGIS Enterprise

ArcGIS Enterprise is designed to expand the use of maps and GIS apps within organizations. The following is a sample of the many clients you can implement to help people in your organization interact with maps and other items in your ArcGIS Enterprise portal.

Configurable apps and app builders

With configurable apps and app builders, you can share your web maps through modern and responsive web apps inside or outside of your organization. These apps provide flexibility and are appropriate for nondevelopers, because they don't require coding to create. Your options include AppStudio for ArcGIS, Web AppBuilder for ArcGIS, and Configurable application templates, all of which provide starting points to build custom web apps without writing a single line of code.

AppStudio for ArcGIS

AppStudio for ArcGIS allows you to convert maps and GIS data into native apps that can be shared with others in your enterprise or to the public through popular app stores. The apps built with AppStudio are cross-platform—that is, they run on Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, and Windows platforms. When AppStudio is included with a member's user type, it provides a low-code solution for creating apps. Members can build apps with configurable app templates, extend templates with custom code, or create apps from scratch. Administrators can assign members a license for AppStudio for ArcGIS Developer Edition to access advanced app templates and other tools. With this add-on license, members can create a custom stand-alone build of their app suitable for a public app store (App Store or Google Play) or enterprise distribution. Members with included or add-on licenses can access the app from the app launcher or download the software from appstudio.arcgis.com.

Web AppBuilder for ArcGIS

Web AppBuilder is an intuitive what-you-see-is-what-you-get app that allows you to build web apps without writing code. With Web AppBuilder, you can build and customize apps that run on desktop, tablets, and smartphones with ready-to-use widgets such as querying, geoprocessing, and printing. To learn more, see About Web AppBuilder for ArcGIS in the portal user help.

ArcGIS apps for the field

With ArcGIS location-based apps, you can focus on collecting data and imagery, navigating routes, and assigning tasks. Enable your field crews with these apps, even when disconnected. Visit Esri's Apps for Everyone website for detailed descriptions and instructions for accessing each of them.

ArcGIS QuickCapture

ArcGIS QuickCapture is a field data capture app that allows you to capture data fast. You can capture both the location and attributes of assets or incidents as you travel. A project author determines the arrangement of buttons, how they appear, and the information they collect. The app allows you to capture both photos and sensor information from the device.

See the ArcGIS QuickCapture requirements for information on the supported ArcGIS Enterprise versions.

Collector for ArcGIS

Collector for ArcGIS is a mobile data collection app that allows you to accurately capture new data and update existing features in the field, even disconnected, and integrate seamlessly into ArcGIS. Using Collector, you can collect and update data using the GPS or by tapping on the map, fill out map-driven forms, and optionally use professional-grade GPS receivers.

See the Collector for ArcGIS requirements for information on supported ArcGIS Enterprise versions.

Drone2Map for ArcGIS

Drone2Map for ArcGIS allows you to visualize and analyze geolocated images you collect with a drone to help you inspect areas from the air and monitor changes. 2D and 3D maps you create with Drone2Map can be shared to ArcGIS Enterprise.

You can provision Drone2Map licenses through ArcGIS Enterprise 10.5 and later.

Explorer for ArcGIS

Explorer for ArcGIS is a mobile app that allows everyone in your organization to access their maps everywhere they go, anytime they need them, even disconnected. You can visualize data, search for places and features in your maps, view information about your assets, mark up the maps to highlight important features, and get directed to hard-to-see assets with the compass.

See the Explorer for ArcGIS requirements for information on supported ArcGIS Enterprise versions.

Navigator for ArcGIS

Navigator for ArcGIS gets your mobile workers where they need to be using provided maps, your own data, or both while disconnected.

You can provision Navigator licenses through ArcGIS Enterprise.

See the Navigator for ArcGIS requirements for information on supported ArcGIS Enterprise versions.

Operations Dashboard for ArcGIS

Operations Dashboard for ArcGIS allows you to monitor people, services, assets, and events in real time. Using Operations Dashboard, you can create and share dashboards with your ArcGIS Enterprise portal. Dashboards include charts, gauges, maps, and other visual elements, representing the activities and key performance indicators that are most vital to meeting your objectives.

Survey123 for ArcGIS

Survey123 for ArcGIS facilitates form-centric data collection workflows in ArcGIS. For a good portion of data collection efforts, geography is critical but not central to the workflow. Survey123 for ArcGIS recognizes this fact and brings the sophistication of forms expected in the industry into ArcGIS.

Go to https://survey123.esri.com/ to create forms and publish to ArcGIS. You can obtain the Survey123 for ArcGIS mobile app from Apple, Google Play, or Windows app stores.

See the Survey123 for ArcGIS requirements for information on supported ArcGIS Enterprise versions.

Tracker for ArcGIS

Tracker for ArcGIS uses the location tracking service in two apps: the Track Viewer web app and the Tracker for ArcGIS mobile app. The Track Viewer web app allows administrators to create track views, defining who is tracked and who can view those tracks. The Tracker mobile app is optimized for tracking locations in the background, minimizing the impact on device battery. The mobile app records tracks independently of whether there is a data connection and gives mobile users control of when they are and aren't tracked.

See the Tracker for ArcGIS requirements for information on supported ArcGIS Enterprise versions.

Workforce for ArcGIS

Workforce for ArcGIS uses the power of location to achieve better coordination and teamwork in your field workforce. Get the right worker to the right place with the right tools to do the right job. Dispatchers use the Workforce web app to create and assign work, monitor progress, and see where workers are in real time. Mobile workers use the Workforce mobile app to work through their personal To Do list and communicate status.

See the Workforce for ArcGIS requirements for information on supported ArcGIS Enterprise versions.

ArcGIS applications for the office

The ArcGIS platform offers a number of desktop and browser-based applications that can save your business time and money. Visit Esri's Apps for Everyone website for detailed descriptions and instructions for accessing these applications and more.

ArcGIS Pro

ArcGIS Desktop also includes ArcGIS Pro, which allows you to create and work with spatial data on your desktop. It provides tools to visualize, analyze, compile, and share your data in both 2D and 3D environments. You can connect from ArcGIS Pro to your ArcGIS Enterprise portal, and use the maps and layers in the portal. You can also publish hosted feature and tile layers to your portal. Map files (.mapx), layer files (.lyrx), and layout files (.pagx) you generate from ArcGIS Pro can be added to your portal content, allowing you to share your maps and data with others.

As a portal administrator, you can configure ArcGIS Pro licenses in the portal and distribute ArcGIS Pro to members of your organization through the portal.

For the best performance, use the most recent version of ArcGIS Pro.

ArcGIS Enterprise is compatible with the version of ArcGIS Pro released at the same time or earlier versions of ArcGIS Pro that are still supported. ArcGIS Pro also requires a supported version of ArcGIS License Manager.

ArcGIS Desktop

ArcGIS Desktop is a group of desktop applications, centered on ArcMap, that provide advanced capabilities to author, edit, and analyze spatial data. You can sign in to your portal from ArcGIS Desktop and use the maps and layers in your portal. Additionally, you can publish GIS services from ArcGIS Desktop to your portal. These GIS services—such as map, geoprocessing, locator, and imagery—provide the foundation for much of the work performed in ArcGIS Enterprise.

To use ArcMap with ArcGIS Enterprise, you must be using the same version or an earlier version. For example, use ArcMap 10.7.1 or earlier if you have ArcGIS Enterprise 10.7.1.

ArcGIS Business Analyst Enterprise

ArcGIS Business Analyst Enterprise allows you to share demographic analysis and spatial analytics across an organization. Included in this solution are an out-of-the-box web app and the ArcGIS GeoEnrichment Service. ArcGIS Business Analyst Enterprise helps commercial Realtors, retailers, economic development agencies, and others to evaluate markets for expansion, consolidation, or investment.

ArcGIS Earth

ArcGIS Earth is a lightweight desktop app that allows members of your organization to explore 2D and 3D data, including KML and ArcGIS services. ArcGIS Earth uses the basemap, elevation service, and geocoding settings configured for your portal.

See the ArcGIS Earth Guided tour for information on supported ArcGIS Enterprise versions.

ArcGIS Excalibur

ArcGIS Excalibur is a web app that modernizes and enhances image-based workflows through intuitive experiences. These experiences allow you to search, discover, and work with imagery in fully integrated workflows for image analytics and exploitation. To learn more, see the ArcGIS Excalibur help.

ArcGIS Maps for Office

ArcGIS Maps for Office (formerly Esri Maps for Office) provides mapping capabilities in Microsoft Office through a Microsoft add-in. You can use this add-in with Microsoft Excel to create maps in your portal that show data from your spreadsheets. Additionally, an add-in for PowerPoint allows you to embed these maps into your presentations.

You can download ArcGIS Maps for Office from the Esri website.

See ArcGIS Maps for Office Supported environments for information on ArcGIS Enterprise versions.

ArcGIS Business Analyst web app

The ArcGIS Business Analyst web app allows commercial Realtors, retailers, economic development agencies, and others to evaluate markets for expansion, consolidation, or investment.

You can provision ArcGIS Business Analyst web app licenses through ArcGIS Enterprise.

Esri Maps for IBM Cognos

Esri Maps for IBM Cognos allows you to add dynamic maps and data from your portal into IBM Cognos Business Intelligence reports.

See Esri Maps for IBM Cognos Supported environments for information on supported ArcGIS Enterprise versions.

ArcGIS Maps for SharePoint

ArcGIS Maps for SharePoint provides mapping capabilities in Microsoft SharePoint through a Map Web Part for SharePoint pages. You can use this to display content from your portal in your SharePoint pages. It also includes workflows that allow you to spatially enable and geo-enrich SharePoint lists or external data through Business Connectivity Services (BCS).

You can download ArcGIS Maps for SharePoint from the Esri website.

See ArcGIS Maps for SharePoint Supported environments for information on supported ArcGIS Enterprise versions.

Note:

ArcGIS Maps for SharePoint 3.0 and 3.0.1 are not supported in a disconnected environment. If your organization does not have access to the internet, you can't use these app versions with ArcGIS Enterprise.

GeoPlanner for ArcGIS

GeoPlanner for ArcGIS allows you to collaborate with other members of your portal organization on land-based planning and designs.

Starting with ArcGIS Enterprise 10.5, GeoPlanner for ArcGIS is delivered with Portal for ArcGIS. See What is a GeoPlanner project to get started using GeoPlanner for ArcGIS.

To allow portal members to use GeoPlanner, you must provision GeoPlanner licenses through ArcGIS Enterprise.

ArcGIS Insights

ArcGIS Insights is an app you access through your portal that allows you to perform iterative and exploratory data analysis on ArcGIS web services, Excel spreadsheets, and data stored in databases.

To allow portal members to use Insights, you must provision Insights licenses through ArcGIS Enterprise.

See the ArcGIS Insights requirements for information on supported ArcGIS Enterprise versions.

Roadway Reporter for Esri Roads and Highways

Esri Roadway Reporter for Roads and Highways is an app powered by Esri Roads and Highways for Server, which allows you to create mileage, road segment, and road log reports from a map-centric user experience. Roadway Reporter allows you to configure, save, and share reports and supports generating reports to either the Adobe PDF or CSV formats that can be manipulated further in Microsoft Excel.

To allow portal members to use Roadway Reporter, you must have an Esri Roads and Highways Server.

ArcGIS Enterprise supports the equivalent version of Roadway Reporter. For example, use Roadway Reporter 10.8 if you have ArcGIS Enterprise 10.8.

Event Editor for Esri Roads and Highways for Server and ArcGIS Pipeline Referencing for Server

Event Editor is a map-centric web app that supports linear referenced event data editing for Esri Roads and Highways for Server and ArcGIS Pipeline Referencing for Server. Event Editor allows you to search routes, define groups of event layers, query and edit data, run quality control checks, and redline routes.

To allow portal members to use Event Editor, you must have an applicable Esri Roads and Highways for Server or ArcGIS Pipeline Referencing for Server.

ArcGIS Enterprise supports the equivalent version of Esri Roads and Highways for Server and ArcGIS Pipeline Referencing for Server. For example, use Esri Roads and Highways for Server and ArcGIS Pipeline Referencing for Server 10.8 if you have ArcGIS Enterprise 10.8.

ArcGIS Enterprise portal website

Many members of your organization only access portal content through the portal website. You can configure this site with your own look and feel, feature maps and apps on the front page, and organize the maps and apps into galleries and groups. The portal website also includes Map Viewer, which authenticated users can use to create and use maps. By configuring your portal with a hosting server, users can also create feature layers from their own shapefiles, .csv files, file geodatabases, and GeoJSON files.

ArcGIS APIs and SDKs

Create and manage geospatial apps regardless of your developer experience. Build web, mobile, and desktop apps that incorporate mapping, visualization, analysis, and more. See ArcGIS for Developers for details.