PCAXIS EXPERIENCE

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PC-AXIS EXPERIENCE

• Prepared by
• Chief Specialists of
• Dissemination of Statistical information Division
• Giedre Jerinoviciute
• Ana Gricevic

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Statistics Lithuania activity

• Statistics Lithuania provides high quality
  statistical information to population, business,
  academic institutions, public and municipal
  institutions.
• Statistical information is published in the
  publications and on-line.
• In 2012, 100 per cent of statistical information
  is planned to be provided on the Internet
  according to the Official Statistics Work
  Programme.
• The website of Statistics Lithuania provides the
  Database of Indicators which has been created
  with the help of the PC-Axis family.

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Use of PC-Axis in Statistics Lithuania

• The PC-Axis family has been a basic part of
  Statistics Lithuania dissemination strategy from
  2004 and onwards.
• In August 2007, Statistics Lithuania launched a
  new web page of the Database of Indicators. It
  works directly with macro database and now we
  dont use px-files creation for dissemination of
  statistical information via Internet.
• Online system was implemented in our office with
  great support of colleagues from Statistics
  Denmark. They allowed us using their system and
  did the basic work on adjustment to our needs.
• Currently we use the following components
• PC-Axis SQL Macro
• PC-Web components, PX-iMap, PX-iGraph as a parts
  of Database of Indicators

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Information update in the Database of Indicators
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Database of Indicators
Logon of registered users. Language. Help. Search.
Hierarchy tree
Registration of new user
Logon of registered users
List of 20 recently updated tables
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Statistical information tree

• Tables of the Database of Indicators systemized
  by thematic domains.

The symbol gtgtgt means that statistical
information is also presented broken down by
countries and municipalities. Regional
statistics cover statistical information prepared
at county, municipal and ward levels
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Table sample

• Tables up to 1 000 data cells are presented on
  the screen

Possibility to save the table in desirable
format (Excel, Px-Axis, text file, ...)
Statistical information can be represented in
diagrams
Statistical information by counties and
municipalities can be presented in map
Tables can be transformed
Information about measure unit, contact person
and additional information is provided below the
table
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Key statistics

• The use of Database of Indicators is showing an
  increasing trend continually
• At the end of August 2009, the Database of
  Indicators contains 1676 public tables, or by 41
  per cent more than over the previous year.
  Currently the Database of indicators covers all
  statistical domains.

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Users of the Database of Indicators

• Training how to use the Database of Indicators
  with a view to improve the literacy of users is
  organized for internal and external users.
• Increase in the number of visits to the Database
  of Indicators in II quarter 2009 against I
  quarter 2009 was observed.

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Future works

• The Strategy 2008-2012 of Statistics Lithuania
  provides for
• the development of the system for evaluation of
  individual user needs and its adjustment for the
  development of individual services.
• Placement of new public tables by NACE 2.

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Thank you!