Executive Dashboard

Create maps

The Executive Dashboard consumes maps that are tagged in ArcGIS Online with key performance areas and, in certain cases, a key indicator flag. When tagged correctly, the Executive Dashboard application will display:

  • A default map for your local government
  • A series of web maps containing reporting layers showing the distribution of incidents or each performance indicator
  • A series of web maps containing features such as community events or capital projects with configured information pop-ups

ArcGIS Online must be used to author, tag, and catalog the maps displayed in Executive Dashboard.

Executive Dashboard group

To create an ArcGIS Online group for your Executive Dashboard content, complete the following steps:

  1. Sign in to ArcGIS Online and create a group to manage your Executive Dashboard maps.
  2. Create ArcGIS Online accounts for the decision makers in your community, and invite them to join the group.

Executive Dashboard default map

To author a default map for your community, complete the following steps:

  1. Click Map and search for Naperville, Illinois, or your local area.
  2. Click Basemap and choose a basemap. For best results, the Light Gray Canvas basemap is recommended.
  3. Click Save As and type the following properties:
    • Title: Basemap
    • Tags: Basemap
    • Summary: The default map for Executive Dashboard. The default map must be titled and tagged Basemap for the application to identify it as the default map.
  4. Click Save Map.
  5. Share the map with the group created previously.

Executive Dashboard maps

Create the maps for the reporting layers. This process is the same for each reporting layer, but the titles, tags, and summaries will vary.

The following steps author the maps using the services published using the sample data. When you deploy Executive Dashboard with your organization's data, you'll follow a similar process to catalog the maps important to your decision makers. During this process, keep in mind the following:

  • The tags for each map are used to group individual maps into pods on the main Executive Dashboard page.
  • The titles of the maps are visible on the pods.
  • The Key Indicator tag is used to designate which performance indicator will be visible in a specific pod on the main Executive Dashboard page.

Begin building each of these maps by opening your default map in ArcGIS Online. Once the maps are built, share them with your Executive Dashboard group.

Animal Complaints map

To create a map for the Violations pod using the sample animal complaints data, complete the following steps:

  1. Add the AnimalControl layer from the PerformanceIndicators service to your map from a ArcGIS Server service or from your organizational account.
  2. Apply a filter to the layer to show only the features from within the current reporting period. This query can be updated automatically if updates to this service are scheduled. For this automatic update to occur, the filter must meet the following formatting requirements:
    • The filter must not be nested as part of a set.
    • The filter must reference the date field listed in the script configuration file (indicator_constants.py) as the value for the date_field parameter.
    • The filter must be in the format date_field is between startdate and enddate where startdate and enddate are the beginning and end dates of the reporting period.
    Other filters of any format may also be present on the layer.
  3. Symbolize the layer using heat map symbology.
  4. Add the AnimalControlStats layer from the PerformanceIndicators service to your map. This will add the current and historical count information to the map for display in the trend graph in your dashboard.
  5. Rename the AnimalControlStats layer to Stats and remove the pop-up.
  6. Click Save as and type the following properties:
    • Title: Animal Complaints
    • Tags: Violations
    • Summary: Animal Complaints map for Executive Dashboard.
  7. Click Save Map.
  8. Share the map with the group created previously.
  9. Remove the AnimalControlStats and AnimalControl layers from the map.
Pothole Complaints map

To create a key indicator map for the City Services pod using the sample pothole complaints data, complete the following steps:

  1. Add the Potholes layer from the PerformanceIndicators service to your map from a ArcGIS Server service or from your organizational account.
  2. Apply a filter to the layer to show only the features from within the current reporting period. This query can be updated automatically if updates to this service are scheduled. For this automatic update to occur, the filter must meet the following formatting requirements:
    • The filter must not be nested as part of a set.
    • The filter must reference the date field listed in the script configuration file (indicator_constants.py) as the value for the date_field parameter.
    • The filter must be in the format date_field is between startdate and enddate where startdate and enddate are the beginning and end dates of the reporting period.
    Other filters of any format may also be present on the layer.
  3. Symbolize the layer using heat map symbology.
  4. Add the PotholeStats layer from the PerformanceIndicators service to your map. This will add the current and historical count information to the map for display in the trend graph in your dashboard.
  5. Rename the PotholeStats feature service layer to Stats and remove the pop-up.
  6. Click Save as and type the following properties:
    • Title: Pothole Complaints
    • Tags: City Services, Key Indicator
    • Summary: Pothole Complaints map for Executive Dashboard.
  7. Click Save Map.
  8. Share the map with the group created previously.
  9. remove the PotholeStats and Potholes layers from the map.
Street Light Outages map

To create a map for the City Services pod using the sample street light outages data, complete the following steps:

  1. Add the StreetLights layer from the PerformanceIndicators service to your map from a ArcGIS Server service or from your organizational account.
  2. Apply a filter to the layer to show only the features from within the current reporting period. This query can be updated automatically if updates to this service are scheduled. For this automatic update to occur, the filter must meet the following formatting requirements:
    • The filter must not be nested as part of a set.
    • The filter must reference the date field listed in the script configuration file (indicator_constants.py) as the value for the date_field parameter.
    • The filter must be in the format date_field is between startdate and enddate where startdate and enddate are the beginning and end dates of the reporting period.
    Other filters of any format may also be present on the layer.
  3. Symbolize the layer using heat map symbology.
  4. Add the StreetLightStats layer from the PerformanceIndicators service to your map. This will add the current and historical count information to the map for display in the trend graph in your dashboard.
  5. Rename the StreetLightsStats feature service layer to Stats and remove the pop-up.
  6. Click Save as and type the following properties:
    • Title: Street Light Outages
    • Tags: City Services
    • Summary: Street Light Outages map for Executive Dashboard.
  7. Click Save Map.
  8. Share the map with the group created previously.
  9. Remove the StreetLightStats and StreetLights layers from the map.
Community Events map

To create a feature-based web map for the Community Events pod, complete the following steps:

  1. Add the CommunityEvents layer from the PerformanceIndicators service to your map from a ArcGIS Server service or from your organizational account.
  2. Click Save as and type the following properties:
    • Title: Community Events
    • Tags: Community Events
    • Summary: Community events map for Executive Dashboard.
  3. Click Save Map.
  4. Share the map with the group created previously.
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