Resilience Insights

Enter Report mode and view Summary Statistics. Click the Report mode button in the Mode bar. If not already selected, select Summary Statistics from the list on the left side of the screen.

Select scenarios to compare. Use the scenario checkbox controls in the upper left corner to select the scenarios for which you would like to view statistics. By default, all scenarios are turned on. For our example, we'll look at three scenarios for our project area: Low Growth, TOD Growth, and Corridor Intensification. (We've also created a fourth scenario that includes the same land use as the Corridor Intensification scenario, but with different module parameters for the Energy Use module to represent improvements in building energy efficiency. We'll look at this in the next tutorial.)

Scenario Summary Statistics

View and compare scenario statistics. Scroll down in the Summary Statistics screen to see all the charts. They include:

Scenario Summary Statistics charts

For our example scenarios, we can see that the TOD Growth and Corridor Intensification scenarios have been built to meet approximately the same amount of population, household, and employment growth. They differ in the mix of housing types and distribution of employment by sector, as indicated by the Housing by Type and Jobs by Sector charts. (Hovering over the individual sections of stacked bar charts displays sub-category values.) Lastly, we can see variations in the amount of building area required to accommodate the growth, in total and by housing or commercial space type.

The charts are dynamically generated and cannot be downloaded. However, you can export the summary statistics to develop custom charts in other programs.

Export a Summary Statistics Report. Click the Export button. An Excel-format report containing all data as represented by the charts will be downloaded to your computer.

Partial view of Summary Statistics Report mode

Using the exported report, you can run further analysis—for example, calculating net growth relative to the Base Scenario—and create custom charts. The second tab in the workbook contains metadata including the project name, type of report, export date and time, and the names and descriptions of the included scenarios.

Enter Report mode. Click the Report mode button in the Mode bar. The Report screen appears, with the analysis modules listed at left beneath the option for Summary Statistics. The run status for each module is shown.

Default view of Report mode screen (note that the Conservation module is available in California only)

Select an analysis module. We'll select the Energy Use module.

Select scenarios to compare. Use the scenario checkbox controls in the upper left corner to select the scenarios for which you would like to view results. By default, all scenarios are turned on. For our example, we'll look at four scenarios for our project area: Low Growth, TOD Growth, and two variations of Corridor Intensification—C1 and C2 for short. C1 and C2 feature the same land use, but C2 uses different parameters for the Energy Use module to represent improved building energy efficiency.

Report Mode > Scenario Summary Statistics

View and compare summary results. Scroll down in the Energy Use report screen to see all the charts. The summary results include total annual energy use (combined electricity and natural gas), electricity use, and natural gas use for residential and commercial buildings; per-household annual energy use; annual residential energy costs (produced by the Household Costs module); and annual building energy GHG emissions (produced by the Emissions module).

Energy Use report screen

The scenario-total and per-household metrics represent different options for presenting scenario results. In our example, the Low Growth scenario features lower housing and employment growth than the TOD Growth and Corridor Intensification scenarios (as seen in the Summary Statistics charts). For this reason, it might not be appropriate to compare energy use among the scenarios on the basis of scenario-wide annual totals. They might instead be compared on the basis of the per-household metrics.

For scenarios C1 and C2, which do not vary in land use, we can see differences in energy use, household costs, and GHG emissions that are attributable to improvements in energy efficiency alone.

Some summary metrics charts feature stacked bars. For the energy use results, the stacked bars are used to delineate results for residential and commercial buildings. Rolling over the individual sections displays sub-category values.

The charts created in Analyst are dynamically generated and cannot be downloaded. However, you can export the summary results to develop custom charts in other programs.

As another option, you can work directly with analysis module layers to extract more refined outputs, for example to summarize results for specific areas.

To export scenario results, click the Export button . An Excel report containing all data as represented by the charts will be downloaded to your computer.

View of Energy Use Report export

Using the exported report, you can run further analysis—for example, calculating the differences among scenarios—and create custom charts. The second tab in the workbook contains metadata including the project name, type of report, export date and time, and the names and descriptions of the included scenarios.

Select a layer. From Explore, Build, or Analyze mode, click on a layer in the Layers List. For our first example, we'll work with the Parks & Open Space reference data layer.

Create a filtered layer to include only the features you'd like to export. Layer Export will, by default, export the entirety of a layer, even if a filter selection is active. Exports also include features, if any, that are beyond the boundaries of your project and context areas. If you want to restrict your export to features within your project area alone, you can first create a selection and save it as a filtered layer.

Export the filtered layer as a shapefile. From the Layer Details pane, click the Download layer button and select the shapefile format from the list. The available formats include:

All spatial data exports from Analyst use the WGS84 projection, while the user interface, SVG exports, and map exports use the Web Mercator projection.

Layer export format selection

Analyst will prepare the data download, and a pop-up window will appear at the bottom of your screen when the layer is ready.

Download your export. Click DOWNLOAD in the pop-up notification to download your data. The layer will be downloaded to your computer. Depending on their size, layer exports may take some time to download.

You can find the downloaded file in your default downloads folder, named according to your project and layer names. Shapefiles are exported as .zip files.

Export the filtered layer as an SVG file. Now, we'll export to SVG format. To support mapmaking in Illustrator and other graphics programs, SVG exports contain vector features grouped by class. With the Parks & Open Space layer, this means that we can export features grouped by Park Type. Analyst uses the currently mapped column (the column selected in the Style tab) as the basis for grouping features. While the data classes are maintained, fill and stroke styling are not.

Download your export. Click DOWNLOAD in the pop-up notification to download your data. The layer will be downloaded to your computer. Depending on their size, layer exports may take some time to download.

You can find the downloaded file in your default downloads folder, named according to the project and layer names.

Open the SVG file in Illustrator. For our example, we'll look at the contents of the SVG file in Illustrator. If you use Illustrator, follow along and open the file.

Parks & Open Space layer SVG export in Illustrator

Take note of a few elements:

SVG layer exports provide flexibility for custom mapmaking, and the creation of graphics incorporating geographic features.

Style your map as desired. To support graphics handling in Illustrator and other programs, SVG exports include vector features grouped by layer and class. Analyst uses the currently mapped column (the column selected in the Style tab) as the basis for grouping features. The data classes are maintained as specified, as are fill and stroke styling.

Layer features that appear in the map are cropped to the rectangular extent shown in the map layout view. You'll have the opportunity to fine-tune the map layout view later.

Click the Export button that appears above the top right corner of the map. The Export button is accessible from Explore, Build, or Analyze modes.

The Map Export window appears.

Map Export window with PNG export controls

Select the SVG export option at the top left corner of the window. Only the map export options applicable to SVG exports will remain active. All others—including controls for the map resolution, inclusion of the base map, legend, title, logo, north arrow, and scale bar—will be disabled since they are applicable only for PNG exports.

Set your map orientation and size.

Pan, zoom, and set a map scale to adjust your map view.

Save your map position. Saving your map position is recommended so you can create other maps at the same extent.

Click Export to export your map. Exporting your map will take time depending on its scope. When complete, you'll be prompted by a notification to download your map.

Click Download in the notification bar. The SVG file will be downloaded to your computer.

Open your SVG file in a vector graphics editing program. For our example, we'll look at the contents of the SVG file in Illustrator. If you use Illustrator, follow along and open the SVG map file that you exported.

SVG file contents, shown in Illustrator

Take note of a few elements:

Also note that SVG exports include data layers only. To export a base map image to use as an underlay, continue with the next steps.

In Analyst, hide all layers. Our plan is to export the base map on its own.

Change your base map selection, if needed. Click the Base Map control in the lower right corner of the map view. The Base Map Selection window appears. Select a base map option and features, then click outside the window to close it. (Note that if you include labels, they can get overlapped by features in your SVG file. Omit labels from the base map if you want to create custom labels in your graphics editing program.)

Base Map Selection window

Click the Export button that appears above the top right corner of the map. The Map Export window appears again, this time with only the base map showing.

Exporting the base map

Select the PNG export option at the top left corner of the window.

Restore your saved map position. The map extent should match that of your SVG export.

Select the elements you want to include in your map. You can include a logo, north arrow, and scale bar. Keep in mind, though, that this layer will be used as a background to the vector layers in your SVG file.

Click Export to export the base map. When complete, you will be prompted by a notification to download your map.

Click Download in the notification bar. The PNG file will be downloaded to your computer.

Place the PNG file on a new layer in your SVG file. You will need to scale the PNG image to align with the edges of the SVG layer. Order the layer containing the PNG file so it sits below your feature layers. You can see our sample Illustrator file below.

SVG file with an added base map layer

Export your map to PDF format. When you have finished styling your map, you can export it to your specifications as a PDF file using the export controls of your graphics program.

Upload a custom layer or create a saved filtered layer that represents your subarea boundary. For our example, we'll create a saved filtered layer for a single transit station area using the Public Transit Stops reference data layer. (While you can always select features in a subarea using on-the-fly filters, creating a subarea boundary layer in advance makes it easy to repeat subarea selections.)

Select the layer to be summarized. For our example, we'll summarize the scenario canvas. Click on the tab for the desired scenario, then click on the Scenario Canvas in the Layers list.

Create a subarea selection from your scenario or analysis output layer. We'll select the subarea features using a join filter. You can use a custom boundary layer, if you have uploaded one, or a saved boundary layer. We'll use the subarea boundary layer that we created for the Ashby BART station area in Step 1.

Since we're working with a scenario canvas, the saved subarea layer will be dynamic. If you make changes to the scenario canvas, the content of the subarea layer will be updated to match. This is useful for summarizing data as you iterate on scenarios.

Use the subarea layer to view data. Now we can work with the new subarea layer, which includes the scenario canvas features within the subarea.

Export the subarea data. You can export CSV data from the data table, or to other formats using layer export.

Summarize the CSV data. You can work with CSV data in Excel, Google Sheets, or other spreadsheet programs. Pivot tables are useful for summarizing base or scenario canvas data, as shown in the example below.

View of a Google Sheets pivot table summarizing CSV data for a subarea of the Base Canvas

Please refer to Excel help, Google help, or other resources for guidance on using pivot tables.