VERTI
© 2013 Tieto Corporation
Tieto’s statistical data distribution tool
Pavel Bublavy
Tieto
pavel.bublavy@tieto.com
Verti team
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Markku Koskela
Arto Hahto
UI
Helsinki
DB layer
Helsinki
Pavel Bublavý
Jan Czopik
UI
Ostrava
UI
Ostrava
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VERTI - Tieto’s statistical data distribution tool
2014-10-02
Overall solution for distribution of statistical data
Text base
Presentation tool
Reporting
Diagrams and tables can be used as
elements in building sophisticated
reporting applications
Helsinki Region Trends
Findikaattori of Statistics Finland and
Prime Minister’s Office of Finland
Diagram base
Statistical base
Data refining tool
Combining
Calculation
Graphics
Population forecasting model for
communes (City of Lahti)
Statistical data distribution tool
Displays data as tables and diagrams
Data distribution
Huge statistical cubes, complicated
data structures
Education resources optimation model
Kohti (for Ministry of Employment and
Economy of Finland)
The number of cells in the cube is
2.333665125407577e+37
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Verti main features
Scalability
Tailored views for authenticated users
ability to handle very big data tables
Authentication
Big statistical tables
• Interface to customer single signon service Verti’s own logging service
• Views to the database and picture base can be tailored according to the
• The biggest cube at present in production has 30 dimensions
user
• Size of the cube is several GB
• Number of non-zero cells in the cube is > 100 billion
• The number expressing the count of cells contains about 30 digits
Long classifications
• CN commodity classification has over 20.000 rows
Big databases
• Size of the database of Finnish Employment Service Statistics is
about 60 GB.
• Statistics Finland’s Verti database contains > 7 000 cubes (px
files)
Two methods to delimit the view (methods can be used in parallel)
• By database sector (subject area) – the user sees only parts of the
database
• By classification – the user sees only parts of cubes
Platform for report applications
• Verti has tools to build report pages
• It’s possible to combine graphics with texts, both are updated peridically
• Example, Helsinki Economic Trends http://www.helsinkitrends.fi
• Finnish Foreign Trade Statistics in http://uljas.tulli.fi
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CN statistics contain > 20 billion numbers
Verti picture base
• Built by Verti’s graphical tool
• Graphics is created dynamically based on actual data
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References
Finnish State Treasury (Valtiokonttori)
Finland
More than 20 public sector customers
Main producers of Finnish Official Statistics use Verti
• Administrator of public sector debt, pensions and occupational
insurances
• Extranet statistical and picture base on pensions, occupational accidents
and insurances
• Used by HR personnel in public sector organizations all over the country
Statistics Finland (Statistical Office of Finland)
• Verti is used as platform for special applications
(www.findikaattori.fi)
• Under Construction: Report pages for Finnish and foreign investors on
amount, structure, rent, etc. of Finlands public debt, based on Verti
database and graphics
• Verti Graphics is used within selected PX-Web databases
Finnish Board of Education
Finnish Customs
• Finnish Foreign Trade Statistics (uljas.tulli.fi)
• Under construction: National database on education need forecasts by
area, branch and degree of education
Finnish Ministry for Employment and the Economy (TEM)
City of Helsinki
• Finnish Labor statistics (only internal database)
• Helsinki Metropolitan area statistical database (www.aluesarjat.fi)
• Four other sites, including ToimialaOnline (www2.toimialaonline.fi)
• Environment statistics (www.helsinginymparistotilasto.fi)
Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute
• Helsinki Metropolitan area economic indicators (www.helsinkitrends.fi)
• Finnish fisheries and hunting statistics
City of Lahti
The Finnish Centre for Pensions (ETK)
• Common statistical database for all departments of the city organization
• Central organization of private sector employment pension
companies of Finland
• Intranet, internet (www4.lahti.fi/verkkotilastointi)
• The database contains detailed statistics on pensions
• Internal PX-Web databases
• Intranet database
City of Lahti, City of Lohja, City of Kokkola
• Extranet database (with authentication/authorization) for pension
companies
City of Joensuu
• Public internet database will be opened later
City of Espoo, City of Oulu
• Venni (population growth and housing construction forecasting model for
municipalities)
Finnish Forest Research Institute (Metla)
• Has just bought Verti license
Etc.
• Database for Finnish Forest Statistics will be built
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Verti structure
server
client
UI framework
Web browser
IIS, ASP.NET, C#
Javascript, HTML, CSS
Graphics engine
Runtime base
APL
Database engine
APL
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Development base
CSV, PX WEB PAX
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VERTI
Map Graphics
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Map visualization of statistics data
From Px-iMap2 to PX-Map3
Map component Px-iMap2 originally developed by
Statistics Norway but discontinued
Agreement with Statistics Norway
• Statistics Norway will get right use use basic version
and distribute basic version to the statistical institutions
which are members of PC-Axis Reference Group
• Tieto will get right to use Px-iMap2 in Verti Map
Graphics
Development finished and Map Graphics integrated into
Verti application by Tieto
• Verti standalone >> PX-Map3
• Basic and Advanced version
Distribution of PX-Map3 installation package for PC-Axis
Reference Group will be handled by Statistics Finland
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Installation
Download will be available from Statistic Finland website
• http://stat.fi/tup/pcaxis/lataus_tyokalut_en.html
Installation packages will be provided for
• 64bit
• 32bit
Verti Installer
Manual installation
Support
• Jan.Czopik@tieto.com – installation issues
• Pavel.Bublavy@tieto.com – runtime issues
• Petri.Friberg@tieto.com – sales
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Data communication between PX-Web and Verti
PX-Web application
PX-Web plugin created by Statistics Sweeden allowing
data exchange between PX-Web and Verti
Data exchange via PX file
Verti plugin
PX file
temp
Verti application
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PX-Map3 in Verti structure
Verti
Verti standalone
Graph
Map Graphics
Basic
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Advanced
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Basic
Advanced
Basic version implements features which were originally
intended for Px-iMap2
Advanced versiosn provides additional set of advanced
features
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• Area level selection
• Multimap layers
• Zooming- detail selection
Plugin for PX-Web
Free of charge
Choropleth map
Circle map
Pie symbol
• Map data reselection
• Bar symbol map
• Svg, vml and png graphics supported
• Export of graphics to png, svg and html
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• Saved queries
• Tools for adminstrators for building graphics into web
pages and creating reports
VERTI - Tieto’s statistical data distribution tool
2014-10-02
Roadmap
Latest PX-Web integration
support
Visual appearance
improvement
Performance
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• Facelift
• Mobile version
• Ajax
Graphics enhancements
• More graph types
• Animated graphs
Open data
• Imports & Exports
Verti cloud
• Turnkey solution
• Scalable solution
VERTI - Tieto’s statistical data distribution tool
2014-10-02
© 2013 Tieto Corporation
Pavel Bublavy
Tieto
pavel.bublavy@tieto.com