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SDMX Reference Infrastructure:Tools demonstration

November 2015Eurostat Unit B3 – IT and standards for data and metadata exchange

Jean-Francois LEBLANCChristian SEBASTIAN

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Table of Contents

1. Objectives2. What do we need before the demo3. SDMX RI4. Mapping Assistant

1. First Start2. Category Scheme creation3. Categories creation4. Addition of the NA_MAIN DSD5. Addition of the dataflow definition6. Dataflow categoristaion 7. Connection to the dissemination DB

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Table of Contents

8. Dataset creation9. Mapping Set creation10. Mapping between the dissemination DB and the DSD11. Transcoding

5. NSI Client1. Welcome screen2. Pivot Table3. Result of an SDMX query

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1. Objectives

• Launch Mapping Assistant for the first time• Configure mapping store database (MASTORE_DB)• Setup a dissemination tree for National Accounts• Create a mapping between a NA DSD and the

sample disseminiation database• Download a file to PUSH data• Show a web interface PULLing data

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2. What do we need before the demo

• Install Microsoft SQL Server Express 2014• Create an empty database MASTORE_NA• Create a demo database NA with some sample data

• Install SDMX-RI tools (xcopy ultimate versions)• Mapping Assistant .net 5.4.0• TestClient .net 4.4.1• NSI Web Service .net 4.3.0• NSI Web Client .net 3.4.1• Configured Web Service and Web Client in IIS• Downloaded SDMX-NA package (DSDs, Dataflows, Excel

templates)

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3. SDMX Reference Infrastructurehttps://webgate.ec.europa.eu/fpfis/mwikis/sdmx/index.php/SDMX_Reference_Infrastructure_SDMX-RI

Data Provider Data Collector

Non-SDMXlocal database

SDMX data set

SDMX Registry

DSD

SDMX-RI

Mapping Assistant

Web Svc

Test Client

Web Client

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4.1 Mapping Assistant : first start

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4.2 Category Scheme creation

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4.3 Category creation

Note:

The Category Scheme and the Catgories below represents the "navigation tree" of the dissemination system. It can be customised as you wish. It will be displayed like you set it up here in the web client later on.

In that example we only create a single Category.

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4.4 Addition of the NA_MAIN DSD

Note:

Browse to• Desktop

• Workshop• SDMX-NA

• DSDs

And choose• ESTAT+NA_MAIN+1.4

Then wait a few seconds…

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4.5 Addition of the dataflow definition

Note:

The download contains all National Accounts dataflows, but we only imported the NA_MAIN DSD.

Thus an error may appear for non-NA_MAIN dataflows, which you can ignore.

Browse for:

C:\SDMX Training\Sources\Structure Files

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4.6 Dataflow categoristaion

2 possibilites:

Drag & drop

Or

Right-click Attach

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4.7 Connection to the dissemination DB

Settings:

NA-ConnectionSqlServer

localhost\SQLEXPRESSNA√ Enter login/password

Test connection Save

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4.8 Dataset Creation

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Select table and click OK

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4.9 Mapping Set creation

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4.10 Mapping between the dissemination DB and the DSD

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Dataset DSD Comment

FREQ FREQTIME_FORMAT

Transcode:A A, P1Y

ADJUSTMENT ADJUSTMENT Transcode:NOT_ADJ N

Others 1:1

REF_AREA Constant: AT

COUNTERPART_AREA Constant: W2

INSTR_ASSET Constant: _Z

REF_PERIOD_DETAIL Constant: C

DECIMALS Constant: 2

TABLE_IDENTIFIER Constant: T0103

UNIT_MULT Constant: 6

COMPILING_ORG Constant: AT1

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4.11 Transcoding

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5.1 NSI Web Client : Welcome screen

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5.2 Pivot table

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5.3 Result of an SDMX query