By linking a Predictor Simulation to an ArcGIS Online feature service layer, the results of the simulation can be published and visualized as a year-by-year comparison, or animated to run through the simulation years sequentially. This can highlight failure patterns in the asset stock portfolio, whilst also enabling detailed funding scenario comparisons and spatial analysis.

Linking

To link a Simulation to a layer, click on the ‘Esri ArcGIS Integration’ tab, then select the simulation:

 

Next, click on the ‘Link Service Layer’ button to open the ‘Add Service Layer Link’ window:

 

• Simulation: The name of the selected Predictor Simulation
• Publish Options: A drop-down menu in which specific years of the Simulation results can be selected or deselected for publishing to ArcGIS online.
• Start Year: Determines the calendar year from which the published simulation results will begin.
• Include: A pair of checkboxes which allow for Service Potential and/or Native Scale values in the published Simulation results. Please note that enabling either of these can result in a slower upload time for a full upload of the Simulation results, as the compact data feature is disabled when these checkboxes are checked.
• Feature Service: A drop-down menu to select which ArcGIS Feature Service Layer to publish the results to.
• Display Field: A drop-down field to choose what label will be used to identify the assets when they are published.
• Layer Name: The name of the layer that will be created in ArcGIS when the simulation results are published.
• Layer Description: The description of the layer, which will appear in ArcGIS when the layer is published. By default, this will automatically be pre-filled with the creation date.

 

Click ‘Ok’ to complete the link between with Simulation and the details of the linked Service will appear in the list:

Publishing

Once the Simulation has been linked to a layer, the simulation results can be published to ArcGIS online.

To do this, select the Simulation, and click the 'Publish' button in the bottom left. A window will appear titled 'Publish Progress' which shows the simulation being run and published:

Once the publishing process is completed, click 'close'. The Simulation results can now be view in Esri ArcGIS Online in a web browser, visualizing the effects of budget and strategy over time. The publishing process can be repeated using different strategies in Predictor, to compare the effects of changes in factors such as budget, or treatments intervention timing.