Beyond 20/20 Insights - Summer 2006

In this edition:

1. Handy Flash Tutorials Now Packaged with Beyond 20/20 Vista
2. 2005 Data Released from OSFI
3. Beyond 20/20 WDS Technical Tip
4. French and Spanish Content Now Accessible on the Beyond 20/20 Website

Handy Flash Tutorials Now Packaged with Beyond 20/20 Vista

Flash tutorials are highly effective, providing step-by-step instructions on how to use product features. With Vista 3.0 SP2, a number of flash tutorials are now available so end users can easily learn about product capabilities when it's convenient for them. The tutorials are presented in both French and English and guide users through the following functions:

• Creating a new report
• Saving a report
• Organizing folders
• Selecting dimensions and members
• Arranging dimensions
• Downloading
• Applying calculations
• Sorting
• Ranking
• Top/bottom reduction
• Highlighting exceptions
• Drill-through

If you are interested in learning more, contact Sales at sales@beyond2020.com.

2005 Data Released from OSFI

Beyond 20/20 provides access to a comprehensive database compiled from statutory returns filed with the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) by the companies under its supervision. Annual and/or interim data is available for both Canadian and foreign life companies, fraternal benefit societies, and property and casualty companies and can be purchased by statement year.

The 2005 information packages are now available. To obtain a 2005 order form, email Beyond 20/20 at info@beyond2020.com.

Beginning this year, information is now also available in a text file format that provides limited data manipulation capabilities. Users can access these files by clicking on English (http://data.beyond2020.com/osfi/osfi_en.htm) or French (http://data.beyond2020.com/osfi/osfi_fr.htm) to retrieve data from the respective sites. While the data is available at no cost, self registration is required. The information spans from 2000 to the present and is organized by folder for each specific period. Text file format is particularly useful for anyone who imports data into their own systems for analysis purposes.

The Vista solution is particularly well suited to handling the sheer volume and complexity inherent in such multidimensional and hierarchical data settings. Because of Vista 's clever use of OLAP technology, there is virtually no limit to the size of dimensions available.

As STAT-USA continues to add to its trade data offerings, they have peace of mind knowing their Vista solution can easily grow with them, capable of handling additional volumes and increased data complexity.

Beyond 20/20 Web Data Server Technical Tip - Searching in WDS

When using the search capability in WDS, users can enter a search string to return a list of reports whose contents are filtered on the items contained within the search box.

For example, if a user wants to see all reports that contain information about females living in Ontario for the year 2000 , they can search on the text string female   Ontario 2000 and receive a list of all reports that contain those items.  When they open the resulting reports, they will automatically be filtered on the Gender dimension for female , on the Region dimension for Ontario and on the Time dimension for 2000.

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

French and Spanish Content Now Accessible on the Beyond 20/20 Website

The Beyond 20/20 corporate website content is now available in three languages. In addition to English web pages, users are able to peruse product and company literature and brochures directly through dedicated French and Spanish portals. You can access these materials by clicking on Beyond 20/20 homepage (www.beyond2020.com) and selecting the language tabs placed on the right-hand side of the pull-down menu bar.

If there is specific information you would like to see added to our website, send us an email at insights@beyond2020.com.