ECO Statistical Network

Statistical Center of Iran

Agenda•Problem Definition

ProblemsThe Solution Definition

•The Solution Description Pilot Plan

Exhibition of a few examples

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The Problems

•Static & dispersed web site•Manually collection data structure•Inconsistent data•Different physical frameworks and formats•Difficulty in analyze•Need to data management•Need to management in inconsistent and conflict data•Growing volume of data

ECO Statistical Network Objectives

•Design and Implement an Integrated system•Data and Information Management•Provide a suitable platform to respond for any analytical queries•Provide any Interactions with International organization•Present variety of reports in differenent formats (pdf, excel)•No need to any Special knowledge for users•Publish all information and Analysis on a portal

A need …Need to all existent data about a special subjectCross-check and transformation of all statistical data to a unified and integrated

Template through which all decision-makers needs are satisfied.

Integration

ECO Member’s Statistics

International Organizations’ Statistics

Statistical Center Of Iran

Decision Makers

The ECO Statistical Network collect various information of member countries and International Organizations automatically, and provides an environment for data to be saved for responding to any kind of analytical queries.

Definition

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Design and establish the portal of ECO Statistical Network

The Portal of ECO Statistical Network

ECO Statistical Network is constructed by Database Office Facilities•Access to ECO Statistical Network•View and Download ECO Publications•View the Chart & Figures•General Information about ECO member countries• Comparable Statistical Information of ECO member countries •Using the ECO Statistical Network facilities •Abstracts of information analysis, Charts & figures

Portal Menus• About ECO Statistical Network

oAboutoBenefitsoManualoProblem Solving

About ECOo Brief IntroductionoActivitiesoObjectives

• Member Countrieso General Informationo Focal Points

• Statisticalo General Informationo Population growth rateo Total labor forceo Unemployment rateo GDP at current priceo GDP per capitao GDP growth rateo Public sector revenues o Composition of GDP by sectors

Portal Icons

• Publication

• Upcoming Event

• ECO Statistical Network Facts & Figures

• ECO Links

• Trade & Investment Directorate

• Samples of Analysis & Time Series

Design and Establish ECO Statistical Network Database

ETLETL

ECO Data warehouseECO Data

warehouse

Reporting Tools

OLAP

Data Integration(ETL)

Extract Transform Load

Staging DB

All these processes are done automatically in Statistical Center Of Iran

Data Transformation and Integration

•Data Extraction from the country member’s folder•Checking: existing, name, format•Filtering: Is not null, greater than, less than, includes•Data calculations: average, absolute value, arctangent, natural logarithm•Mail to the country about the problems and error•Loading to main Database

FTP-Based Data Extraction

•A ftp-site will be set up•Every country member is given a folder, username and password•Every country member must upload its data•The uploaded data will be automatically extracted and loaded into main database•No need to any special Hardware and Software •A web browser is enough(IE, Firefox)

Integrated

ECO Statistical NetworkECO Statistical Network

Subject = CustomerSubject = Customer

SavingsApplication

Current Accounts

Application

LoansApplication

Subject Oriented

Operational SystemsOperational Systems

Savings

Shares

Loans

Insurance

EquityPlans

CustomerProduct, Sales Information

CustomerProduct, Sales Information

ECO Statistical NetworkECO Statistical NetworkSubject AreaSubject Area

Non Volatile

ReadRead

LoadLoad

INSERT ReadINSERT Read

UPDATEUPDATE

DELETEDELETE

Operational DatabasesOperational Databases ECO Statistical NetworkECO Statistical Network

DatabaseDatabase

Time Variant

Data is stored as a series of snapshots, each representing a period of time.

DataTime

01/97

02/97

03/97

Data for January

Data for February

Data for March

ECO Statistical NetworkECO Statistical Network

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Data Cubes

AnalysisView data “dimensionally”

• i.e. Sales by region, by channel, by time period

Navigate and explore• Ad Hoc analysis• “Drill-down” from year to

quarter• Pivot• Select specific members for

analysisInteract with high performance

• Technology optimized for rapid interactive response

Easy to export any reports(pdf, excel)Time-series

Pilot Plan

•Data extraction from http://www.ecosecretariat.org/•Categorized as a few segments (Population, Financial Intermediation,…) based on Iran Statistical yearbook•Loading to main database•Designing and Publishing 6 Data Cubes

Time-Series

Export to pdf format

Export to excel format

Variety of Graphs

and Charts

Pie Charts

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General View of Solution

Cnt 1

Cnt 2

Cnt n

SCI

Other Organization

ECO Countries

Users with Special Privileges

ETL

FTP-Site Main DB

ECO Statistical Network Portal

Ad-hoc Reporting

Analysis

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Exhibition of a few examplesExhibition of a few examples

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Financial Intermediation Cube

Storage, Transport Cube

Main objectives of ECO Statistical Network

•Information Dissemination of statistical data of countries, presents the provision of different subjects, meetings, conferences•Presents Analytical Processing and Reporting facilities

ECO Statistical Network Users:

•Ordinary Users(Limited Access):Students, Researchers, International Organizations

•Users with specific permission:High ranking authorities of countries

(Presidents, Ministers, Top Decision Makers, Politicians, …)

How To Start:Statistical Center of Iran can instruct countries member to

•Uploading data and statistical indices•Using analytical processing and ad-hoc

reporting

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