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Beyond 20/20 Insights: May 2001
In this edition:
- More Technical Breakthroughs…
- Announcing data.beyond2020.com
- Business Corner…More International Adoption, New Customers
- International Trade Statistics Update
- Tip of the Month
More Technical Breakthroughs…
Publish your data from databases to the Web in minutes.
It's easier then ever to see your data on the Web or in a Beyond 20/20 Windows Browser!
Our new Wizard creates Beyond 20/20 tables or cubes from a variety of data formats including databases, spreadsheets and text files. We can demonstrate it with data in Excel, MS-Access, SQL Server, SAS and any ODBC data source. The Wizard also enables you to load footnotes and missing values into your table. It is also scriptable permitting the implementation of fully automated production processes.
Will your data formats be compatible with the Wizard, or can the Wizard be adapted to your data formats? Send us a description of your data, and let our consultants evaluate the suitability of the Wizard to your needs and recommend the best course of action.
It's never been easier!
Newest Version of Web Data Server Features Charting Capabilities.
The newest version of WDS is now ready for release. Version 5.3.1 offers increased visualization, improved security and a new printer friendly format option. For a full list of enhancements keep reading!
Increased visualization - New charting capabilities allows users to view, print, and save any report in a chart format. Choose from Pie, 3D Pie, Line, Area, Stacked Bar, 3D Bar, and Grouped Bar. Advanced features allows users to add data labels and control chart size.
Reach a larger audience - Multilingual reporting and a new single window approach allow you to report in German, French, Spanish, and English. End users can switch languages on the fly, from anywhere within the application. The single window approach makes the site more accessible to the visually impaired.
Easier Installation - New installer creates a virtual directory automatically during setup. You can uninstall, modify, or repair an existing installation. Also, update an old user database to the latest version without losing any data.
Increased Versatility - Maintain multiple WDS sites, each with different users and tables, using just one WDS Manager. Control which users view which reports.
Increased Security - WDS now supports 128-bit certification.
Fewer Clicks - If desired, automatically create a default report for every table in the data bank. Users can chose to open this default view of the report or complete the selection process.
Learn More - Log files allow you to track how often users access your data; find out which data is used most often.
Improved Output - A new print option allows the end user to print their report or chart with its title and without other window objects.
More Report Functionality - Administrators can now address end - users' requests to share a user formatted "My Report" with another user.
The final touches are being put on Beyond 20/20's Browser, set for release in the end of May 2001. The new version will have a new setup that will make this product easier to use than ever. There will be many great features to this new version and the print preview is one of them!
Announcing data.beyond2020.com
We have been working steadily at our new data and demo site, http://data.beyond2020.com. See Beyond 20/20 in action at the trade sites listed in section 4 below.
Business Corner…More International Adoption, New Customers
Beyond 20/20 is proud to have the Swiss Office Federal de la Statistique as a new client. The implementation of their new project is underway.
Diabase, our partner in France, had a major role with Swiss Office Federal de la Statistique becoming Beyond 20/20's newest client.
France's National Statistical Agency, INSEE (Institut National de la Statistique et d'Études Économiques) has completed an important licensing of Beyond 20/20 products. The value of the contract is 2,000,000 Euros.
Specifically, INSEE has acquired:
- A site license for the Beyond 20/20 Professional Browser, by which INSEE has the right to install the Beyond 20/20 Professional Browser on every internal desktop.
- Licensing of the Beyond 20/20 Publisher's Edition
- Licensing of the Beyond 20/20 Toolkit
- Licensing of the Beyond 20/20 Web Data Server
- The right to distribute Beyond 20/20 Professional Browser and Beyond 20/20 files on CD-ROM to external users
- Support and maintenance for the above
Of note, Beyond 20/20 will be extensively used to manipulate, visualize and disseminate France's Year 2000 Population and Housing Census, and employment statistics.
Statistics Canada has confirmed a contract extension with Beyond 20/20 Inc., continuing and extending the long term use of Beyond 20/20 software products for external dissemination projects, as well as for internal use of Beyond 20/20 in defined areas.
Beyond 20/20 is proud of keeping a continuously close relationship with their clients. We hope you continue to unleash your data through Beyond 20/20 products.
International Trade Statistics Update
1. The most current and most detailed US Trade Statistics on the Internet at: www.usatradeonline.gov. This site contains monthly detailed trade data between the United States and other countries in the world, for 18,000 export commodities and 24,000 import commodities, typically placed on the Internet within 30 minutes of their official release.
2. A new revised UK site is now available. It contains the most current and most detailed UK Trade Statistics on the Internet at www.uktradeinfo.com. This site contains a free data area where you can compile tables using high level trade and regional statistics. There is also a links area giving details of statistical authorities around the world. This information is updated each month.
3. NEW as of April 18, 2001 www.eurotradeonline.gov. This site allows you to access the European Union's ComExt (Commerce Exterieur) data series. You'll find import and export data for each of the fifteen major European countries and over 12,000 commodities up to the 8-digit European Harmonized System classification level.
4. SourceOECD available on www.sourceoecd.org. When completed, this site will comprise 19 Studies by Themes, containing all OECD's monographs and reports; 19 periodicals online; some reference titles online; and the OECD statistical databases online.
5. UNCTAD Statistics available on http://data.beyond2020.com. This site contains information on Events and Meetings, Publications and Documents, Technical Cooperation and Related Sites to UNCTAD.
Tip of the Month
Did you know in Beyond 20/20 Browser you could enter Ctrl+L in a cell and it will bring up the cell information? This will give you information on the dimension names and a description of the position, the code and the label. It's a good thing for those short cut keys!
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