Summarize Points Report (Business Analyst)

Summary

Aggregates data from a point layer (such as a customer layer) to a polygon layer (such as a trade area).

Learn more about how Summarize Points Report works

Usage

Syntax

SummarizePoints_ba (InputPointLayer, InputBoundaryLayer, IDField, NameField, SummarizePointsFields, {UseSelectedFeatures}, {UseSelectedBoundaries}, {CreateReport}, {ReportTitle}, {ReportFile}, {CreateFeatureClass}, {OutputFeatureClass}, {ReportFormats})
ParameterExplanationData Type
InputPointLayer

The point layer containing the data to be appended to the boundary layer.

Feature Layer
InputBoundaryLayer

The boundary layer that will inherit the selected attributes of the point layer.

Feature Layer
IDField

The ID field of the boundary layer.

Field
NameField

The name field associated with the boundary layer.

Field
SummarizePointsFields
[SummarizePointsFields,...]

The fields (or attributes) of the point layer that will be appended and summed to the boundary layer.

Field
UseSelectedFeatures
(Optional)

Uses selected points to summarize to the boundary layer.

  • TrueUses selected points to summarize to the boundary layer.
  • FalseSummarizes the points to the boundary layer on all features. This is the default.
Boolean
UseSelectedBoundaries
(Optional)

Uses the selected boundaries for the point summarization.

  • TrueUses the selected boundaries for the point summarization.
  • FalseUses the selected boundaries for the point summarization on all features. This is the default.
Boolean
CreateReport
(Optional)

Generates a report.

  • TrueWill generate a Summarize Points report. This is the default.
  • FalseWill not generate a Summarize Points report.
Boolean
ReportTitle
(Optional)

The descriptive title on the output report.

String
ReportFile
(Optional)

Determines the directory the Summarize Points report will be saved to.

Folder
CreateFeatureClass
(Optional)

Generates a new boundary layer with the point data summarizations appended.

  • TrueWill generate a Summarized Points boundary layer.
  • FalseWill not generate a Summarized Points boundary layer. This is the default.
Boolean
OutputFeatureClass
(Optional)

Determines the directory the new boundary layer will be saved to.

Feature Class
ReportFormats
[ReportFormats,...]
(Optional)

Select the desired report output format

  • Simple XML
  • PDF
  • HTML
  • CSV
  • ZIP
  • XLSV
  • Stripped XLSX
String

Code Sample

SummarizePoints Example (Stand-alone Script)
# Name: SummarizePoints.py
# Description: Summarizes sales data to a trade area in the San Francisco market. 
# Author: ESRI

# Import system modules 
 
import arcpy 

arcpy.AddToolbox("C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Desktop10.0\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Business Analyst Tools.tbx")

try: 
  # Acquire extension license 
  arcpy.CheckOutExtension("Business") 

  # Define input and output parameters for the Summarize Points Report tool

  PointInput = "C:/My Output Data/Projects/Default Project/CustLayers/sf_custs/CustomerLayer.shp" 
  Boundary = "C:/My Output Data/Projects/Default Project/TradeAreas/Sub-geography/TradeArea.shp" 
  Id = "ID" 
  Name = "NAME" 
  Fields = "SALES" 
  Report = "SanFranBGs" 
  Output = "C:/My Output Data/Projects/Default Project/Reports/SummarizePoints_0/Report.rpt" 

  # Create the Summarize Points report 

  arcpy.SummarizePoints_ba(PointInput, Boundary, Id, Name, Fields, "false", "false", "true", Report, Output) 

  # Release extension license
  arcpy.CheckInExtension("Business")

 
except:
  print arcpy.GetMessages(2)

Environments

This tool does not use any geoprocessing environments

Related Topics

Licensing Information

ArcView: Requires Business Analyst
ArcEditor: Requires Business Analyst
ArcInfo: Requires Business Analyst

11/8/2010