Getting Started
Learn the basics and set up your Curated workspace.
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Getting Started with Curated
A high-level overview of Curated and how to navigate the platform.
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Connecting Your ArcGIS Online Account
Sign in via ArcGIS Identity, connect your hosted layers, and start using your organization's spatial data in Curated.
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Understanding Spaces, Artifacts, and Maps
The three primary containers in Curated and how they relate. Read this once and the rest of the product makes sense.
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Importing Your First Data Layer
Add CSV, GeoJSON, Shapefile, or an ArcGIS feature service URL as a layer Curated can reason over.
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Reading Your First Answer (Sources and Citations)
How to read what Curated returns — the answer, the sources, the confidence flag, and the agent trail.
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The Chat — How to Ask Spatial Questions
Patterns for writing prompts Curated can actually answer well, plus when to use voice mode and when to type.
Common questions about getting started.
What's the difference between a Space, an Artifact, and a Map?
Three primary containers, each with a distinct job:
- Space — the top-level container for related work. Think of it as a project, a market, a customer, or a portfolio. Conversations, layers, artifacts, and saved prompts inside a Space belong together.
- Artifact — a shareable output of an analysis. PlaceStory™ reports, marketing posts, scorecards, and exported maps are all artifacts. Each has its own URL, version history, and dedicated panel.
- Map — the live, interactive surface where spatial analysis renders. Maps belong to conversations; you can save a map view as an artifact or as a starting state for a new conversation.
Pick a Space first, ask your question, see the answer on the map, save the artifact when you want to share or revisit it.