Portal for ArcGIS provides built-in administrative tools to generate usage reports. These reports can be created for members, groups, and content items, providing detailed statistics on activity within the organization. The administrator can create reports that show who is creating, viewing, and editing specific types of content. These reports can be downloaded in a tabular format (.csv file), which directly fulfills the requirement to pull tabular statistics on user and group content production and consumption. This is the most direct and standard method for this task within ArcGIS Enterprise.

B: ArcGIS Server statistics focus on the performance and usage of individual web services (e.g., request counts, draw times), not on the broader portal-level content items, users, or groups.

C: ArcGIS Monitor is a separate, comprehensive monitoring product for system health and performance. While it can capture usage data, using the built-in Portal reports is the more direct and standard action for this specific administrative task.

1. Esri ArcGIS Enterprise Documentation

"View usage reports": This document details the process for administrators to generate reports on members

items

and groups within Portal for ArcGIS. It explicitly states

"You can create and view reports about members

items

and groups... The reports are provided in comma-separated values (.csv) format." This directly supports option A.

Source: Esri. (2022). ArcGIS Enterprise 11.0 Documentation

Portal for ArcGIS

Administer

View usage reports. Retrieved from https://enterprise.arcgis.com/en/portal/latest/administer/windows/view-usage-reports.htm

2. Esri ArcGIS Enterprise Documentation

"About server statistics": This source explains that ArcGIS Server statistics are used to "find the response times for your services

see how many times they are being used

and get a list of the most failed requests." This confirms that Server statistics are service-focused

making option B incorrect for analyzing user and group content types.

Source: Esri. (2022). ArcGIS Enterprise 11.0 Documentation

ArcGIS Server

Administer

About server statistics. Retrieved from https://enterprise.arcgis.com/en/server/latest/administer/windows/about-server-statistics.htm

3. Esri ArcGIS Enterprise Documentation

"What is ArcGIS Monitor?": This document describes ArcGIS Monitor as a tool to "collect data and provide information on the status

health

and usage of your enterprise GIS." While it can collect usage data

its primary purpose is comprehensive system health monitoring

making it a less direct tool for the specific reporting task described compared to the built-in Portal functionality.

Source: Esri. (2022). ArcGIS Monitor 2023.1 Documentation

Get started

What is ArcGIS Monitor?. Retrieved from https://enterprise.arcgis.com/en/monitor/latest/get-started/what-is-arcgis-monitor.htm