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Create an Opportunity Scan Based on Predefined Boundaries

When you scan for opportunities in a large geographic area, you can scan based on predefined boundaries such as cities or counties.

This scan is often used to answer a question based on a regional agency boundary.

For example, you can scan within boundaries to find areas with high Hispanic populations and direct Spanish-speaking resources to those congregations. Church planting is also often done at a regional agency level to find higher population and higher growth areas.

  1. In the User Assistant, under What Would You Like to Do?, click Create Opportunity Scan.
  2. Select Predefined Boundaries (e.g. Zip Codes, Cities, Counties, etc).
  3. Select the Agency Boundaries and Standard Layers you want to scan, then add them to your scan. Each value displays under Areas To Report On.
  4. Click Next.
  5. Select the variables you want to scan for, then click Next. For example, you could select Overview, Race/Ethnicity, and Hispanic or Latino.
  6. Select the Year to review.
  7. To change your scan's color palette, click Choose a color palette and select the colors you want.
  8. Click Next.
  9. Under Review and Summary, review your Study and Geography Options. To make changes, click Previous. Otherwise, click Finish.
The map displays your results, and your Opportunity Scan Report displays in a new window. If it does not display, disable pop-up blockers and try again.

After scanning for opportunities in a large area, you can analyze smaller areas with a neighborhood level scan.