Beyond 20/20 Insights

Product News

Exciting upcoming release of
Beyond 20/20 Web Data Server Version 7!

Beyond 20/20 will be releasing version 7 of the Web
Data Server (WDS)in early October 2003. The enhancements made to version 7 were based on extensive usability studies and on comments by our product users. Most excitingly, more enhancements have been made to this release than to any WDS release in the past. We are sure that you will be as excited about the changes as we are!

Click here for more details on the enhancements.

Customer News

New CD release by UNESCO Institute for Statistics, is viewed in the Beyond 20/20 Browser

In August 2003, UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) released the Global Education Digest 2003 CD. All of the data within this CD is published in the Beyond 20/20 Browser.

The UIS publishes statistical data and analysis in the fields of education, literacy, science and technology, culture and communication. Publications include:

• statistical abstracts;
• research and analysis; and
• methodological guides and international classifications.

This CD was created for countries without access to the Internet. The data on the CD can also be found on the UIS Web site at http://www.uis.unesco.org.

All of the data on the UIS site is in Beyond 20/20’s Web Data Server. If you do not have access to the Internet and would like a copy of the CD, please contact UIS at (1-514) 343- 6880.

Corporate News

New CEO/Chairman of the Board and New President Selected, as Beyond 20/20 President Retires

Robert McCrae has been named Beyond 20/20's Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board and Howard Nadler has been named President of Beyond 20/20. These two new roles have been made available due to the retirement of Beyond 20/20's long-time president and CEO. Bill Lidington announced his retirement last week, describing it as his opportunity to see the world with his wife Betty. Bill will be leaving Beyond 20/20 on September 30, 2003.

For more information on this news, please click here.

Tip of the Month

Have you ever tried to create a chart this way with the Beyond 20/20 Browser? Open the table, then select the Chart button and then select the Tile button, which is the third button from the top left of the screen. This will split your screen in two with the table view on one side and the chart view on the other. At this point you can edit the chart view by dragging a dimension, an item or many items from the table screen to the chart screen. Make sure that you let go of your mouse button at the bottom part of the chart (when it is highlighted in black) or, if there is a legend in the chart, you can let go of the mouse button when you are over the legend (highlighted in black).

This method allows you to quickly change your item selections to be included in your chart without having to close it and go back to the table view. It also allows you to change your axes with ease.

You can also browse through the chart or table with the previous and next item buttons (arrow buttons up top). This will change the chart and table view simultaneously.

If you have any questions about this tip please contact us at insights@beyond2020.com.