Statistical Databases: A short review Slide: 1 Demonstration of the Prototype model for ECA Statistical Database Statistical Database Application March

Statistical Databases: A short review Slide: 1

Demonstration of the Prototype model for ECA Statistical Database

Demonstration of the Prototype model for ECA Statistical Database

Statistical Database

Application

Statistical Database

Application March 2009

Molla HUNEGNAWStatistician

African Centre for Statistics

October 2009

The ECA Statistical Data management platform

The ECA Statistical Data management platform

Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)


Contents

• Background• The ECA Statistical

Database• Objective• Platform• Components• Ongoing developments


Background

Database dealing with micro level data management Huge data size Highly sensitive Raw data

Database dealing with aggregated data Less sensitive Dissemination Processed data


Background

Statistical DatabasesDevInfoCountryStatWorld Bank Live DatabaseCRISThe ECA Statistical DatabaseSeveral organizations have in-

house statistical systems…


The ECA Statistical Database

ObjectivesTo create a central database

system to manage all socio-economic data on African region at ECA

To create a corporate platform at ECA for statistical data management

To provide easy access to statistical data to users



FeaturesA web-enabled application A database system that could be

customized as a platformCan be configured to stand-alone,

LAN, and Internet versionsFacilitates textual data managementBilingual



The Development platformDot Net Framework 2.0Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Active Server Pages (ASP.NET) Extensible Markup Language

(XML)


The ECA Statistical DatabaseSystem requirementsServer

HardwareSoftware

ClientHardwareSoftware

“Peopleware”Knowledge and Skill of backend

software



PurposesData productionData disseminationReport production


Data models• Periodicity

•Annual

•Quarterly

•Monthly

Time-series data DocumentsPeriodicityAreaPartnerValueNoteData status….

TitleDescriptionLink/FileDocument

typeKeywordsCategoryTheme

• Coverage

• Area


The ECA Statistical DatabaseComponentsData management

Manage data Online/Public access

End users


Data management

AdministrationMetadataData managerData publish


Data management: Administration

User managementNew usersModify user detailsDelete users

RolesAccess roles (Compiler, Approver,

administrator)Domain roles (Assign

countries/Areas, Assign sectors)

Reports


Administration: Security model

Roles Compiler Approver Administrator

Sectors User will be assigned to

one or more sectors

Security model

Users

Username

Password

Areas User will be assigned to

one or more areas


Data management: Metadata

Secteurs IndicateursUnités Pays Partenaires Statut de données Fournisseurs de données Apostille Année Glossaire….


Data management: Data manager

CompilationData entry (grid, batch)Documents and resourcesDefine tables

PublishDataDocuments and resourcesTables


Data collection

Data sourcesWebsite, Online databasesCDsPublicationsData collection mission

Data providersCountries, Sub-regional, Regional

and International organizations


Login


Administration

Users, roles, assignments, activity logs, etc


MetadataMetadata definitions


Data managerData entry, publish…


Data access

BrowseSearchData presentation formatsDownload


Data access: Browse

Browse data by sectorby country by periods

Browse documents and resourcesby type of resourcesby title of resources


Data access: Search

Quick searchBasic searchAdvanced search


Data access: Data formats

TabularChartsMaps


Data access: Downloads

ExcelCSVXML


Data access opening page


Tabular presentation


Tabular presentation


Chart


Charts


Ongoing developments and plans

Moving to “Smart Client” components for data collection and validation Offline data collection Validation and validation More robust data production module

Data exchange Web services SDMX, RSS Towards to Programmable web

Geo-spatial presentationsAnalytical components Aggregation, derivation

Exploring Web 2.0


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