Insights (beta)
Beta:
Insights is in beta and available only for stories. If you encounter issues with a beta feature, share your feedback on the Esri Community.
Insights helps you identify potential improvements and gaps in your story content. It suggests actions you can take to improve accessibility, content quality, and reader experience.
Open the Insights panel
Complete the following steps to generate insights for your story:
Open your story in the story builder.
In the header, click Insights.
The panel opens and automatically generates suggestions based on your content.
Important:
Use insights after you have made progress building your story. If your story is short or contains minimal content, insights may not be able to generate suggestions or a summary.
Suggestions
The Suggestions section highlights ways to improve your content in three key areas:
Accessibility—Flags media without alternative text
Media—Identifies images or videos without captions or attribution
Experience—Recommends features that can enhance the reading experience for your audience
About this story
The About this story section provides an AI-generated overview of your story, including the following information:
Summary—A concise description of your content
Tone, sentiment, and readability—Classification of your writing style and complexity
Word count and reading time—Estimated length and time to read
Detected languages—Languages found in your content
Keywords and places—Extracted terms and geographic references
You can update the ArcGIS item details with this information by clicking Update item description.
For more details, see Summarize your story.
Best practices
Use the following tips to get the most value from insights:
Review suggestions regularly—Run Insights after major edits to ensure new content meets accessibility and quality standards.
Act on accessibility flags first—Adding alternative text and captions improves usability for all readers.
Attribute media—Properly credit images and videos to maintain transparency and trust.
Use experience recommendations—Enable features that improve navigation, readability, and engagement.
Update item details—Keep your ArcGIS item description current using the AI-generated summary and keywords.