Feature Highlight – Address Lookup

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In this week’s blog we’ll take a look at how to enter an address in SimplyAnalytics to find the Census Block Group or Census Tract. Let’s get started!

Use Case: You want to analyze the area surrounding your retail store or proposed restaurant location.

Getting Started: Select the “Locations” button from the left side of your screen and type in the address like this:

188 Madison Ave, New York, NY

A message appears asking if you are entering an address – click on the “Address Search” button.

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SimplyAnalytics is Coming to ER&L in Austin, TX [March 5-6]

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We are looking forward to attending our first Electronic Resources & Libraries (ER&L) conference in Austin, TX! Visit us at Table #510 for a closer look at SimplyAnalytics – the best-in-class analytics and data visualization software for academic, public, and other libraries. We hope to see you there!

 

Exhibit Hours

Monday, March 5 – 10:00am – 7:30pm

Tuesday March 6 – 10:00am – 3:15pm

Electronic Resources and Libraries

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SimplyAnalytics at PLA [March 21-23]

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We are looking forward to sharing SimplyAnalytics with the public library community at the upcoming PLA 2018 Conference in Philadelphia, PA. Our team will be exhibiting in Booth #855. Visit the booth to see what we have been talking about – we’ve taken the best functionality from SimplyMap, our award-winning geographic analytics application, and combined it with 10 years of experience and customer feedback to create the best-in-class analytics and data visualization software for academic and public libraries.

While you are visiting, don’t forget to enter our sweepstakes for your chance to win a $100 Amazon gift card! We hope to see you there.

 

Exhibit Floor Hours

Wednesday, March 21 – 3:30pm – 6:30pm

Thursday, March 22 – 9:30am – 5:00pm

Friday, March 23 – 9:30am – 2:00pm

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Looking Forward to SCELC Vendor Day! [March 8, 2018]

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We are looking forward to attending the annual SCELC (Statewide California Electronic Library Consortium) Vendor day, at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles on March 8th. In addition to exhibiting all day, Steven Swartz will give two presentations demonstrating the great new look and powerful data visualization capabilities of SimplyAnalytics.

This session will include a live demonstration of SimplyAnalytics, our easy-to-use business analytics and data visualization tool. We’ve taken the best functionality from SimplyMap, our award-winning geographic analytics application, and combined it with 10 years of experience and customer feedback to create the best-in-class analytics and data visualization software for academic and public libraries.

Stop by our table and say hi, or attend one of the presentations! They will start at 1:40pm and 2:30pm.

 

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See you at ALA Midwinter in Denver! [Feb. 9 – 12]

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The SimplyAnalytics team will be exhibiting at ALA Midwinter in Denver February 9-12. Stop by booth 2152 for a visit and a tour of SimplyAnalytics, the best-in-class analytics and data visualization software.. We hope to see you there!

Exhibit Floor Hours

Friday, February 9 – 5:30pm – 7:00pm

Saturday, February 10 – 9:00am – 5:00pm

Sunday, February 11 – 9:00am – 5:00pm

Monday, February 12 – 9:00am – 2:00pm

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OLA Super Conference 2018 is Coming [Feb. 1-2]

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The SimplyAnalytics team is looking forward to exhibiting at the Ontario Library Association Super Conference 2018!

Stop by the SimplyAnalytcs booth (115T) and take a look at our newest offering – SimplyAnalytics Canada.   We’ve taken the best functionality from SimplyMap, our award-winning geographic analytics application, and combined it with 10 years of experience and customer feedback to create the best-in-class analytics and data visualization software for Canadian academic and public libraries.

Exhibit hours:

Thursday, February 1     9:00AM – 5:00PM

Friday, February 2          9:00AM – 3:00PM

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Managing Projects in SimplyAnalytics

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Good afternoon, readers! This week we’re going to talk about project management in SimplyAnalytics and how to best take advantage of it.

Why are projects needed?

Many users  have multiple unique projects going on at the same time. For example, you could be doing: personal research, patron/student assistance, research for a presentation, etc. Projects help keep these unique activities separate from one another to avoid confusion.

What is stored in each project?

All of the locations, variables, business searches, favorites, views, etc. that you use are saved with the project – so each time you login, you can pick up right where you left off.

Getting Started:

The first recommendation we have is to rename your project. You can do this by selecting the “New Project” default title towards the top left of your screen.

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Editing the Map Legend

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Welcome to this week’s SimplyAnalytics blog post. Today we’re going to take a closer look at the options available to you when editing the map legend. Let’s get started!

First, to start editing your map legend click the Edit button located on the legend itself. Below we’ll discuss what each option does in more detail:

 

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Feature Spotlight: Custom Combination Location

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This week we’ll talk about one of our favorite features in SimplyAnalytics – the custom combination location. This feature is a simple and effective means to create custom geographies where you’re able to specify the exact makeup for. Let’s jump in.

Why would I want to use this feature?

Sometimes you may want to study a neighborhood in your city, or area that you know of that isn’t necessarily a formal geography itself. One of the common questions we get asked is, “How do I get data for “my neighborhood” or “downtown”?” and that’s a fair question – the problem is, “my neighborhood” or “downtown” is not a formal Census geography, but it’s probably a combination of a few CTs or ZIP Codes. That’s where the Custom Combination Location feature comes into play.

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Browsing & Searching for Businesses in SimplyAnalytics

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Welcome to our first ever SimplyAnalytics blog! Every Friday we’ll post a write up on a specific feature or highlight some interesting data in SimplyAnalytics. The goal of these posts is to make you more comfortable with the program and teach some interesting tips & tricks along the way.

Today we’ll take a look at the 3 methods of browsing and searching for businesses, and how to take advantage of each. Let’s get started!

 

To overlay businesses onto a map or create a Business report, first ensure you have the Businesses tab selected as shown here.

 

As noted above, there are three ways of adding businesses.

 

1. A general keyword search

2. Advanced search / query

3. Browse by NAICS/SIC codes

 

 

 

 

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