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EUROPEAN COMMISSION EUROSTAT Directorate F: Social statistics Unit F-3: Labour market and lifelong learning

Abstract: This guide provides the technical specifications for the transmission of Labour Cost Index (LCI) data to

Eurostat according to the Council Regulation 1216/2003, using SDMX-ML 2.0 compact format data file. It

contains the list of statistical concepts, the Data Structure Definitions (DSD), the data flows, a cross-reference to

code lists and some practical guidelines.

SDMX

for

Labour Cost Index (LCI) Technical Guide

Version 2.1 – 1/09/2017

SMDX Labour Cost Index page 2

- SDMX for the Labour Cost Index Guide - Version 2.1

SDMX for the Labour Cost Index

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................................... 3

RELEVANT DOCUMENTS .............................................................................................................................................. 3

INTRODUCTION TO DATASETS ANDDATA STRUCTURE DEFINITION ........................................................... 3

DATA SETS ......................................................................................................................................................................... 3

STATISTICAL CONCEPTS ............................................................................................................................................. 4

CODE LISTS ....................................................................................................................................................................... 6

DATA SET STRUCTURES ............................................................................................................................................... 7

INDICES AND WEIGHTS OF LABOUR COST INDEX ................................................................................................................... 7

EXAMPLES......................................................................................................................................................................... 9

APPENDIX 1 - CODE LISTS .......................................................................................................................................... 10

CL_FREQ ........................................................................................................................................................................... 10 CL_AREA ........................................................................................................................................................................... 10 CL_ADJUSTMENT ........................................................................................................................................................... 10 CL_ INDIC_BZ ................................................................................................................................................................... 11 CL _ACTIVITY .................................................................................................................................................................. 11 CL_UNIT ............................................................................................................................................................................ 12 CL_UNIT_MULT ............................................................................................................................................................... 13 CL_DECIMALS ................................................................................................................................................................. 13 CL_OBS_STATUS ............................................................................................................................................................. 13 CL_CONF_STATUS .......................................................................................................................................................... 13 CL_TIME_ COLLECT ....................................................................................................................................................... 14 CL_ORGANISATION........................................................................................................................................................ 14 CL_TIME_FORMAT ......................................................................................................................................................... 15

APPENDIX 2 – MESSAGE IMPLEMENTATION GUIDELINES ............................................................................. 16

1. MESSAGE OVERVIEW FOR LCI_INDEX_Q ................................................................................................................. 16 2. MESSAGE OVERVIEW FOR LCI_WEIGHT_A .............................................................................................................. 23

3. Message Overview for LCI_LEVELS_A………………………………………………………………………..

TOOLS AVAILABLE ...................................................................................................................................................... 19

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INTRODUCTION

This document provides the technical specifications for the transmission of Labour Cost Index

statistics using SDMX_ML 2.0 compact format data file.

If clarification is required in relation to this document please contact:

For administrative matters: For SDMX matters:

Mr. Hubertus Vreeswijk / Mr Daniel Iscru SDMX Support

EUROSTAT EUROSTAT

Bâtiment Joseph Bech D3/726 Bâtiment Joseph Bech

5 Rue Alphonse Weicker, 5 Rue Alphonse Weicker

L-2721 Luxembourg L-2721 Luxembourg

Tel.: (352) 4301-34323

Fax: (352) 4301 – 33649 Functional MailBox

Email : [email protected] Email:[email protected]

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RELEVANT DOCUMENTS

WORKING PAPERS, COUNCIL AND COMMISSION REGULATIONS

Council Regulation no 450/2003 of 27 February 2003 concerning the labour cost index

Commission Regulation no 1216/2003 of 7 July 2003 implementing Regulation (EC) No

450/2003, as amended by Commission Regulations (EC) 224/2007 and 973/2007.

SDMX, for Statistical Data and Metadata eXchange

There are several guides as well as general assistance available at the SDMX wiki-page:

http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/sdmx-infospace/welcome

INTRODUCTION TO DATASETS AND DATA STRUCTURE

DEFINITION

There are 2 available data sets for Labour Cost Index reporting and these are listed in the

section Data Sets. To report this information, one Data Structure Definitions (DSD) is used

called ‘LCI’.

DATA SETS

The table below lists the available data sets.

Data Set Identifier Description

LCI_INDEX_Q Labour Cost Indices-Quarterly.

LCI_ECB_Q LCI statistics – transmissions to ECB

LCI_WEIGHT_A Labour Cost Index - Weight.

LCI_LEVELS_A Labour Cost Index - Levels.

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STATISTICAL CONCEPTS

The following table shows the name and the description of the statistical concepts to be used in

LCI/LCW transmissions.

Concept Mnemonic

Concept Name

Description Code list

SEASONAL_ADJ

UST

Seasonal

adjustment

Statistical technique used to

remove the effects of seasonal

and calendar influences

operating on a data series.

CL_ADJUSTMENT

BASE_PER Base period

Period of time used as the base

of an index number, or to

which a constant series refers

FREQ Frequency of

observation

Time interval at which

observations occur over a

given time period.

CL_FREQ

ACTIVITY Economic

activity

Combination of actions that

result in the production,

distribution and consumption

of goods or services (NACE

Rev. 2)

CL_ACTIVITY

INDICATOR

Statistical

indicators for

business

statistics

Data element that represents

statistical data for a specified

time, place, and other

characteristics, and is corrected

for at least one dimension

(usually size) to allow for

meaningful comparisons. Type

of indicator, such as Total

Labour Cost, Wages and

Salaries, etc.

CL_INDIC_BZ

COMMENT_OBS Observation

comment

Comments to the observation

value

CONF_STATUS Confidentiality

status

Information about the

confidentiality status of the

object to which this attribute is

attached

CL_CONF_STATUS

PRE_BREAK_VA

LUE

Observation

pre-break value

Observation, at a time series

break period, that was

calculated using the old

methodology.

OBS_STATUS Observation

status

Information on the quality of a

value or an unusual or missing

value

CL_OBS_STATUS

OBS_VALUE Observation

value

Value of a particular variable.

REF_AREA Reference area

Country or geographic area to

which the measured statistical

phenomenon relates.

CL_AREA



TIME_PERIOD Time period

Timespan or point in time to

which the observation actually

refers.

TITLE Title

Textual label used as

identification of a statistical

object.

UNIT_MEASURE Unit of measure Unit in which the data values

are expressed. CL_UNIT

UNIT_MULT Unit multiplier

Exponent in base 10 specified

so that multiplying the

observation numeric values by

10^UNIT_MULT gives a

value expressed in the unit of

measure.

CL_UNIT_MULT

DECIMALS Decimals

Number of digits of an

observation to the right of a

decimal point.

CL_DECIMALS

COMMENT_TS Comment for

time series

Detailed description of the

group of series

DATA_COMP Data

compilation

Operations performed on data

to derive new information

according to a given set of

rules..

COVERAGE

Coverage

(geographical,

..)

Information on the parts of the

economy that would not be

covered by the data

TIME_PER_COLL

ECT

Time period

collection

Dates or periods during which

the observations have been

collected (such as middle,

average or end of period) for

the target reference period..

CL_TIME_COLLECT

DISS_ORG Dissemination

organisation

The organisation disseminating

the data CL_ORGANISATION

COMPILING_ORG Compiling

agency

Organisation collecting and/or

elaborating the data being

reported.

CL_ORGANISATION

EMBARGO_TIME

Embargo time

Exact time at which the data

can be made available to the

public

TIME_FORMAT Time format Technical format for the

representation of time. CL_TIME_FORMAT



CODE LISTS

The following table lists all the code lists used by the statistical concepts.

Code List Mnemonic Code List Name Format

CL_ADJUSTMENT Adjustment indicator AN..2

CL_AREA Area AN..5

CL_FREQ Frequency AN..1

CL_CONF_STATUS Confidentiality status AN..1

CL_OBS_STATUS Observation status AN..1

CL_ACTIVITY Economic Activity AN..9

CL_INDIC_BZ Indicators for Business Statistics AN..7

CL_UNIT Unit of measure AN..15

CL_UNIT_MULT Unit multiplier AN..2

CL_DECIMALS Decimals AN..2

CL_TIME_COLLECT Time period collection AN..1

CL_ORGANISATION Compiling organization AN..4

CL_TIME_FORMAT Time format AN..4

For each of the above code lists, the subset of code values that are relevant for Labour Cost Index

statistics are presented in APPENDIX 1.



DATA SET STRUCTURES

Indices and weights of Labour Cost Index

- Data Structure Definition Identifier: LCI

- Data Set Identifier: LCI_INDEX_Q / LCI_WEIGHT_A

A Data Structure Definition (DSD), also named ‘Key Family’, is a set of dimensions, measures and

attributes that gives all information necessary to fully describe the data transmitted. The DSD used

for LCI purposes is described in the following tables.

Organisation and statistical concepts involved

DIMENSIONS

Positi

on in

Key

CONCEPT REPRESENTATION

Dimension

Type ID Name CONCEPT SCHEME CODELIST TEXT

FORMAT ID VER AGENCY ID VER AGENCY

1 FREQ

Frequency

of

observation

LCI 2.1 ESTAT CL_FREQ 2.0 SDMX

2 REF_AREA Reference

area LCI 2.1 ESTAT CL_AREA 1.6 IMF

3 SEASONAL_AD

JUST

Seasonal

adjustment LCI 2.1 ESTAT

CL_ADJUS

TMENT 1.4 ESTAT

4 INDICATOR

Statistical

indicators

for business

statistics

LCI 2.1 ESTAT CL_

INDIC_BZ 1.0 ESTAT

5 ACTIVITY Economic

Activity LCI 2.1 ESTAT

CL_ACTIVI

TY 1.4 ESTAT

TIME TIME_PERIOD* Time period LCI 2.1 ESTAT

Time

period of

the

observation

TIME

* Quarters are put as yyyy-Qq, e.g. "2013-Q4". Years (for annual data) are put as simple YYYY, e.g. "2013".

MEASURES

TYPE

CONCEPT REPRESENTATION MEASU

RE

DIMENS

ION

CODE ID Name

CONCEPT SCHEME CODELIST TEXT

FORMAT ID VE

R

AGENC

Y ID

VE

R

AGENC

Y

Primary OBS_VA

LUE

Observati

on value LCI 2.1 ESTAT N/A N/A



ATTRIBUTES

ATTA

CHME

NT

LEVE

L

CONCEPT REPRESENTATION

ATTRIB

UTE

TYPE

ASSIGN

MENT

STATUS ID Name

CONCEPT SCHEME CODELIST TEXT

FORMA

T ID VE

R

AGENC

Y ID

VE

R AGENCY

Observ

ation

OBS_STAT

US

Observation

status LCI 2.1 ESTAT

CL_OBS_

STATUS 2.0 SDMX M

Observ

ation

CONF_STA

TUS

Confidential

ity status LCI 2.1 ESTAT

CL_CONF

_STATUS 1.1 SDMX M

Observ

ation

PRE_BREA

K_VALUE

Observation

pre-break

value

LCI 2.1 ESTAT C

Observ

ation

COMMENT

_OBS

Observation

comment LCI 2.1 ESTAT C

Series BASE_PER Base period LCI 2.1 ESTAT M

Series TITLE Title LCI 2.1 ESTAT C

Series UNIT_MEA

SURE

Unit of

measure LCI 2.1 ESTAT CL_UNIT 1.7 IMF M

Series UNIT_MUL

T

Unit

multiplier LCI 2.1 ESTAT

CL_UNIT

_MULT 1.0 SDMX M

Series DECIMALS Decimals LCI 2.1 ESTAT CL_DECI

MALS 1.0 SDMX C

Series COMMENT

_TS

Comment

for Time

Series

LCI 2.1 ESTAT C

Series DATA_CO

MP

Data

compilation LCI 2.1 ESTAT C

Series COVERAG

E Coverage LCI 2.1 ESTAT C

Series TIME_PER

_COLLECT

Time period

collection LCI 2.1 ESTAT

CL_TIME

_COLLEC

T

1.0 IMF M

Series DISS_ORG

Disseminati

on

organisation

LCI 2.1 ESTAT

CL_ORG

ANISATI

ON

1.5 IMF C

Series COMPILIN

G_ORG

Compiling

agency LCI 2.1 ESTAT

CL_ORG

ANISATI

ON

1.5 IMF C

Observ

ation

EMBARGO

_TIME

Embargo

time LCI 2.1 ESTAT C

Series TIME_FOR

MAT Time format LCI 2.1 ESTAT

CL_TIME

_FORMA

T

1.0 SDMX M

*: ‘M’ holds for ‘Mandatory’ and ‘C’ for ‘Conditional’ (i.e. ‘Optional’).



EXAMPLES

Examples of SDMX messages for the data flows LCI_INDEX_Q and LCI_WEIGHT_A can be

found in Appendix 2, including explanations on their structure.

A full SDMX User Guide is referred to in the section “Relevant Documents” (page 3).


SDMX for Labour Cost Index - Version 2.1

APPENDIX 1 - CODE LISTS

CL_FREQ

Please consult the code list CL_FREQ (SDMX, ver 2.0) at: https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/sdmxregistry/

CL_AREA

Value Description

AT Austria

BE Belgium

BG Bulgaria

CH Switzerland

CY Cyprus

CZ Czech Republic

DE Germany

DK Denmark

EE Estonia

ES Spain

FI Finland

FR France

GB United Kingdom

GR Greece

HR Croatia

HU Hungary

U2 Euro area (Member States and Institutions of the Euro Area), changing

composition

I8 Euro area 19 (fixed composition)

IE Ireland

IS Iceland

IT Italy

LT Lithuania

LU Luxembourg

LV Latvia

MK FYROM

MT Malta

NL Netherlands

NO Norway

PL Poland

PT Portugal

RO Romania

SE Sweden

SI Slovenia

SK Slovakia

B0 EU (Member States and Institutions of the European Union) changing composition

B5 EU 28, fixed composition

Please consult the code list CL_AREA (IMF, ver 1.6) at: https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/sdmxregistry/

Value Description

Q Quarterly

A Annual

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CL_ADJUSTMENT

Value Description

N Neither seasonally adjusted nor calendar adjusted data

W Calendar adjusted data, not seasonally adjusted

Y Calendar and seasonally adjusted data

_Z Not applicable

Please consult the code list CL_ADJUSTMENT (ESTAT, ver 1.4) at https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/sdmxregistry

CL_ INDIC_BZ

Value Description Dataset Status

LCI_O LabourCostIndex – labour costs other than wages and salaries, quarterly data INDEX_Q M

LCI_T LabourCostIndex - total labour costs, quarterly data INDEX_Q M

LCI_TXB LabourCostIndex - total labour costs excluding bonuses, quarterly data INDEX_Q C

LCI_WAG LabourCostIndex - wages and salaries, quarterly data INDEX_Q M

WGT_O Annual weights (for NACE aggregation) for LCI_O WEIGHT_A M

WGT_T Annual weights (for NACE aggregation) for LCI_T WEIGHT_A M

WGT_TXB Annual weights (for NACE aggregation) for LCI_TXB WEIGHT_A C

WGT_WAG Annual weights (for NACE aggregation) for LCI_WAG WEIGHT_A M

LC_O Labour costs other than wages and salaries, quarterly data INDEX_Q C

LC_T Total Labour costs, quarterly data INDEX_Q C

LC_TXB Labour costs excluding bonuses, quarterly data INDEX_Q C

LC_WAG Wages and salaries, quarterly data INDEX_Q C

HW Hours worked, quarterly data INDEX_Q C

HLC_O Hourly labour costs other than wages and salaries, annual data LEVELS_A M

HLC_T Total hourly labour costs, annual data LEVELS_A M

HLC_TXB Total hourly labour costs excluding bonuses, annual data LEVELS_A C

HLC_WAG Hourly wages and salaries, annual data LEVELS_A M

Please consult the code list CL_INDIC_BZ (ESTAT, ver 1.0) at (https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/sdmxregistry/)

*: ‘M’ holds for ‘Mandatory’ and ‘C’ for ‘Conditional’ (i.e. ‘Optional’).

CL _ACTIVITY

Value Description

B Mining and quarrying

BTE Industry (except construction)

BTF Industry and construction

BTN Business economy

BTS

Industry, construction and services (except activities of

households as employers and extra-territorial organisations

and bodies)

BTSXO

Industry, construction and services (except activities of

households as employers ; extra-territorial organisations

and bodies ; public administration and defence;

compulsory social security)

C Manufacturing

D Electricity, gas, steam, and air conditioning

E Water supply, sewerage, waste management and

remediation activities

F Construction

G Wholesale and retail trade: repair of motor vehicles and

motorcycles

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GTJ Wholesale and retail trade; transport; accommodation and

food service activities; information and communication

GTN Services of the business economy

GTS Services (except activities of households as employers and

extra-territorial organisations and bodies)

H Transportation and storage

I Accommodation and food service activities

J Information and communication

K Financial and insurance activities

KTN

Financial and insurance activities; real estate activities;

professional, scientific and technical activities;

administrative and support service activities

L Real estate activities

M Professional, scientific and technical activities

N Administrative and support service activities

O Public administration and defence: compulsory social

security

OTS

Public administration and defence; compulsory social

security; education; human health and social work

activities; arts, entertainment and recreation; other service

activities

P Education

PTS Education; human health and social work activities; arts,

entertainment and recreation; other service activities

Q Human health and social work activities

R Arts, entertainment and recreation

S Other service activities

Please consult the code list CL_ ACTIVITY (ESTAT, ver 1.4) at (https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/sdmxregistry/)

CL_UNIT

Value Description

BGN Bulgarian lev

CHF Swiss franc

CZK Czech koruna

DKK Danish krone

EUR ECU/euro

GBP UK pound sterling

HRK Croatian kuna

HUF Hungarian forint

IX Index

ISK Iceland krona

LTL Lithuanian litas

LVL Latvian lats

MKD Macedonian denar

NOK Norwegian krone

PLN Polish zloty

HW Hours Worked

RON Romanian leu

RSD Serbian Dinar




Value Description

SEK Swedish krona

TRY Turkish lira

Please consult the code list CL_UNIT (IMF, ver 1.7) at: https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/sdmxregistry/

CL_UNIT_MULT

Value Description

0 Units

6 Millions

Please consult the code list CL_UNIT_MULT (SDMX, ver 1.0) at: https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/sdmxregistry/

CL_DECIMALS

Value Description

0 Zero

1 One

2 Two

3 Three

4 Four

5 Five

6 Six

7 Seven

8 Eight

9 Nine

Please consult the code list CL_DECIMALS (SDMX, ver 1.0) at: https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/sdmxregistry/

CL_OBS_STATUS

Please consult the code list CL_OBS_STATUS (SDMX, ver 2.0) at: https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/sdmxregistry/

Value Description

A Normal value

B Time series break

D Definition differs

E Estimated value

F Forecast value

H Missing value; holiday or weekend

I Imputed value (CCSA definition)

L Missing value; data exist but were not collected

M Missing value, data cannot exist

N Not significant

P Provisional value

Q Missing value; suppressed

S Strike or other special events

U Low reliability







CL_CONF_STATUS

Value Description

F Free (free for publication)

N Not for publication, restricted for internal use only*

C Confidential statistical information

D Secondary confidentiality set by the sender, not for publication

S Secondary confidentiality set and managed by the receiver, not for publication

* This means the number may only be used for building aggregate figure.

Please consult the code list CL_CONF_STATUS (SDMX, ver 1.1) at: https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/sdmxregistry/

CL_TIME_COLLECT

Value Description

A Average of observations through the period

B Beginning of the period

E End of the period

V Other

S Summed through period

Please consult the code list CL_TIME_COLLECT (IMF, ver 1.0) at: https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/sdmxregistry/

CL_ORGANISATION

Value Description

4D0 European Commission (including Eurostat)

4D1 Statistical Office of the European Commission (Eurostat)

4F0 ECB (European Central Bank)

6O0 OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)

AL1 Institute of Statistics (Albania)

AT1 Statistik Österreich (Austria)

BE1 Institut National de Statistiques de Belgique

BG1 National Statistical Institute of Bulgaria

CH1 Swiss Federal Statistical Office

CY1 Department of Statistics and Research (Ministry of Finance) (Cyprus)

CZ1 Czech Statistical Office

DE1 Statistisches Bundesamt (Germany)

DE99 Other competent National Authority (Germany)

DK1 Danmarks Statistik (Denmark)

EE1 Estonia, State Statistical Office

ES1 Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain)

FI1 Statistics Finland (Finland)

FR1 Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques - INSEE (France)

FR99 Other competent National Authority (France)

GB1 Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom)

GR1 National Statistical Service of Greece (Greece)

HR1 Central Bureau of Statistics (Croatia)





Value Description

HU1 Hungarian Central Statistical Office

IE1 Central Statistical Office (Ireland)

IS1 Statistics Iceland

IT1 Instituto Nazionale di Statistica (ISTAT) (Italy)

LT1 Lithuania, Department of Statistics

LU1 STATEC - Service central de la statistique et des études économiques du Luxembourg

LV1 Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia

ME1 Statistical Office (Montenegro)

MK1 State Statistical Office (Macedonia)

MT1 National Statistics Office (Malta)

NL1 Central Bureau voor de Statistiek (Netherlands)

NO1 Statistics Norway

PL1 Central Statistical Office of Poland

PT1 Instituto Nacional de Estatística (Portugal)

PT99 Other competent National Authority (Portugal)

RO1 Romania, National Commission for Statistics

RS1 Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia

SE1 Statistics Sweden (Sweden)

SI1 Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia

SK1 Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic

TR1 State Institute of Statistics (Turkey)

Please consult the code list CL_ORGANISATION (IMF, ver 1.5) at: https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/sdmxregistry/

CL_TIME_FORMAT

Value Description

P3M Quarterly

P1Y Annual

Please consult the code list CL_TIME_FORMAT (SDMX, ver 1.0) at: https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/sdmxregistry/





APPENDIX 2 – MESSAGE IMPLEMENTATION GUIDELINES

INPUT FILE FORMAT

This section provides some guidance to design the input CSV format to be used for conversion to SDMX-ML with the SDMX Converter

Tool.

The header of the CSV file should look like this:

FREQ,REF_AREA,SEASONAL_ADJUST,INDICATOR,ACTIVITY,TIME_PERIOD,OBS_VALUE,OBS_STATUS,CONF_STATUS,PRE_BREAK_VALUE,C

OMMENT_OBS,BASE_PER,TITLE,UNIT_MEASURE,UNIT_MULT,DECIMALS,COMMENT_TS,DATA_COMP,COVERAGE,TIME_PER_COLLECT,DISS

_ORG,COMPILING_ORG,EMBARGO_TIME,TIME_FORMAT

1. This is an example of the CSV file for LCI_INDEX_Q



_ORG,COMPILING_ORG, EMBARGO_TIME,TIME_FORMAT

Q,BE,W,LCI_T,B,2014-Q1,108.831,A,N,,,2012,,IX,0,,,,,A,,, 2016-10-25T14:10:07,P3M

Q,BE,W,LCI_T,B,2014-Q2,128.612,A,F,,,2012,,IX,0,,,,,A,,,,P3M



Q,BE,N,LCI_WAG,B,2014-Q1,106.722,A,N,,,2012,,IX,0,,,,,A,,,,P3M




Q,BE,N,LCI_O,B,2014-Q1,113.95,A,N,,,2012,,IX,0,,,,,A,,,,P3M




2. This is an example of the CSV file for LCI_WEIGHT_A




A,BE,N,WGT_T,B,1996,7959,A,N,,,2012,,EUR,6,,,,,A,,, 2016-11-26T14:10:07,P1Y

A,BE,N,WGT_T,B,1997,7265,A,,,,2012,,EUR,6,,,,,A,,,,P1Y


















3. This is an example of the CSV file for LCI_LEVELS_A




A,BE,N,HLC_T,B,1996,25.6,A,N,,,2012,,EUR,0,,,,,A,,,2016-11-26T14:10:07,P1Y

A,BE,N,HLC_T,B,1997,27.6,A,,,,2012,,EUR,0,,,,,A,,,,P1Y


















OUTPUT FILE FORMAT

There are two options to generate the SDMX-ML files to be sent to Eurostat:

Generate SDMX-ML files directly from the production system.

This can be done by respecting the appropriate structure of the SDMX-ML file as specified by the DSD.

Generate SDMX-ML files from files in other formats (e.g. CSV).

The conversion from CSV to SDMX-ML can be done using Eurostat’s SDMX Converter.

In order to obtain SDMX-ML files, the conversion will be done from CSV format into COMPACT_SDMX format.

1. Message Overview for LCI_INDEX_Q

a) This is the SDMX-ML file corresponding to the CSV file for LCI_INDEX_Q sent by countries to Eurostat.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>



<CompactData

xmlns="http://www.SDMX.org/resources/SDMXML/schemas/v2_0/message"

xmlns:lci="urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.keyfamily.KeyFamily=ESTAT:LCI:2.1:compact"

xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"

xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.SDMX.org/resources/SDMXML/schemas/v2_0/message SDMXMessage.xsd

urn:sdmx:org.sdmx.infomodel.keyfamily.KeyFamily=ESTAT:LCI:2.1:compact ESTAT_LCI_Compact.xsd">

<Header>

<ID> LCI_INDEX_Q_BE_2014_0004_V0001</ID>

<Test>false</Test>

<Truncated>true</Truncated>

<Prepared>2016-03-03T14:01:28.872+01:00</Prepared>

<Sender id="BE1">

<Contact>

<Name xml:lang="en">STATBEL </Name>

<Name>Charles Philippe</Name>

<Department>6401</Department>

<Email>[email protected]</Email>

</Contact>

Part 1, the metadata



</Sender>

<Receiver id="4D0">

<Name xml:lang="en">Eurostat</Name>

<Contact>

<Name xml:lang="en"> Hubertus Vreeswijk</Name>

<Email> [email protected]></</Email>

</Contact>

</Receiver>

<DataSetID>LCI_INDEX_Q </DataSetID>

</Header>

<lci:DataSet>

<lci:Series FREQ="Q" REF_AREA="BE" SEASONAL_ADJUST="W" INDICATOR="LCI_T" ACTIVITY="B" UNIT_MEASURE="IX" UNIT_MULT="0"

TIME_FORMAT="P3M" BASE_PER="2012" TIME_PER_COLLECT="A">

<lci:Obs TIME_PERIOD="2014-Q1" OBS_VALUE="108.831" OBS_STATUS="A" CONF_STATUS="N" EMBARGO_TIME="2016-10-

25T14:10:07"/>

<lci:Obs TIME_PERIOD="2014-Q2" OBS_VALUE="128.612" OBS_STATUS="A" CONF_STATUS="F" />



</lci:Series>

<lci:Series FREQ="Q" REF_AREA="BE" SEASONAL_ADJUST="N" INDICATOR="LCI_WAG" ACTIVITY="B" UNIT_MEASURE="IX" UNIT_MULT="0"


<lci:Obs TIME_PERIOD="2014-Q1" OBS_VALUE="106.722" OBS_STATUS="A" CONF_STATUS="N" />




</lci:Series>

<lci:Series FREQ="Q" REF_AREA="BE" SEASONAL_ADJUST="N" INDICATOR="LCI_O" ACTIVITY="B" UNIT_MEASURE="IX" UNIT_MULT="0"






</lci:Series>

</lci:DataSet>

</CompactData>

Part 2, the general information

Part 3, the data



b) This is the SDMX-ML file for LCI_INDEX_Q sent by Eurostat to ECB

[The name of the file transmitted to ECB through Edamis for reference quarter 2016Q2 is: ESTAT.SDMX.LCI_ECB_Q_EU_2016_0002. The

Edamis dataflow is: LCI_ECB_Q].



<CompactData

xmlns=http://www.SDMX.org/resources/SDMXML/schemas/v2_0/message





<Header>

<ID>IREF000148</ID>

<Test>false</Test>

<Prepared>2016-08-09T11:31:43</Prepared>

<Sender id="4D0">

</Sender>

<Receiver id="4F0">

<Name xml:lang="en">ECB</Name>

</Receiver>

<KeyFamilyRef>LCI</KeyFamilyRef>

<KeyFamilyAgency>ESTAT</KeyFamilyAgency>

<DataSetAgency>ESTAT</DataSetAgency>

<DataSetID>LCI_INDEX_Q</DataSetID>

<DataSetAction>Replace</DataSetAction>

<Extracted>2016-08-09T11:31:43</Extracted>

</Header>

<lci:DataSet>

<lci:Series FREQ="Q" REF_AREA="U2" SEASONAL_ADJUST="W" INDICATOR="LCI_T" ACTIVITY="B" UNIT_MEASURE="IX"

UNIT_MULT="6" TIME_FORMAT="P3M" BASE_PER="2012" TIME_PER_COLLECT="A">

<lci:Obs TIME_PERIOD="2000-Q1" OBS_VALUE="68.424514770508" OBS_STATUS="A" CONF_STATUS="F"/>










http://www.sdmx.org/resources/SDMXML/schemas/v2_0/message






























































</lci:Series>

</lci:DataSet>

</CompactData>

Part 3, the data



2. Message Overview for LCI_WEIGHT_A

This is the SDMX-ML file corresponding to the CSV file for LCI_WEIGHT_A.



<CompactData






<Header>

<ID> LCI_WEIGHT_A_BE_2012_0000_V0001</ID>

<Test>false</Test>



<Sender id="BE1">

<Contact>

<Name xml:lang="en">STATBEL</Name>




</Contact>

</Sender>

<Receiver id="4D0">


<Contact>



</Contact>

</Receiver>

<DataSetID> LCI_WEIGHT_A </DataSetID>

<lci:DataSet>

<lci:Series FREQ="A" REF_AREA="BE" SEASONAL_ADJUST="N" INDICATOR="WGT_T" ACTIVITY="B" UNIT_MEASURE="EUR" UNIT_MULT="6"

TIME_FORMAT="P1Y" BASE_PER="2012" TIME_PER_COLLECT="A">

<lci:Obs TIME_PERIOD="1996" OBS_VALUE="7959" OBS_STATUS="A" CONF_STATUS="N" EMBARGO_TIME="2016-11-26T14:10:07" />

<lci:Obs TIME_PERIOD="1997" OBS_VALUE="7265" OBS_STATUS="A" CONF_STATUS="F" />




















</lci:Series>

</lci:DataSet>

</CompactData>

Part 3, the data



3. Message Overview for LCI_LEVELS_A

This is the SDMX-ML file corresponding to the CSV file for LCI_LEVELS_A.



<CompactData






<Header>

<ID> LCI_LEVELS_A_BE_2012_0000_V0001</ID>

<Test>false</Test>



<Sender id="BE1">

<Contact>

<Name xml:lang="en">STATBEL</Name>




</Contact>

</Sender>

<Receiver id="4D0">


<Contact>



</Contact>

</Receiver>

<DataSetID> LCI_LEVELS_A </DataSetID>

</Header>

<lci:DataSet>

<lci:Series FREQ="A" REF_AREA="BE" SEASONAL_ADJUST="N" INDICATOR="HLC_T " ACTIVITY="B" UNIT_MEASURE="EUR" UNIT_MULT="0"

TIME_FORMAT="P1Y" BASE_PER="2012" TIME_PER_COLLECT="A">

<lci:Obs TIME_PERIOD="1996" OBS_VALUE="25.6" OBS_STATUS="A" CONF_STATUS="N" EMBARGO_TIME="2016-11-26T14:10:07" />

<lci:Obs TIME_PERIOD="1997" OBS_VALUE="27.6" OBS_STATUS="A" CONF_STATUS="F" />




















</lci:Series>

</lci:DataSet>

</CompactData>

The first part of the data message contains the instructions on where to find the code list information for the data in the file. This is indeed one of

the main advantages with an XML-based message that all the information needed to decode the message is contained with the message itself.

The second part contains general information on the ID of the dataset, production date and the sender id of the institution providing the data.

Finally the third part contains the actual data. The above shown messages are heavily truncated compared to a real datasets: the first example

only shows four quarters of data for NACE section B for the three main indicators; the total (LCI_T) and its two components (LCI_WAG and

LCI_O). The first indicator is not adjusted (N) and free for dissemination (F) whereas the other two are calendar adjusted (W) and not for

publication (N). The second example shows annual time series of total weights (WGT_T) for NACE section B. As it can be seen the only real

difference between both examples is in the data part of the messages, therefore it can also be envisaged to include both in the same message. An

important difference to the SDMX-EDI (previously known as GESMES/TS) format is the fact that all items have a description with them,

whereas is SDMX-EDI (or indeed in csv) the order of the items indicates what it is.

Part 3, the data



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If clarification is required in relation to this document please contact

Mr. Hubertus Vreeswijk / Daniel Iscru

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