General user instructions for INSTAT PX-Web Statistical
Database
INSTAT’s statistical databases have been realised with a PX-Web user interface. In the PXWeb you can compile tables by selecting classes from the variable-specific drop down menus.
PX-Web will then produce a table with the selected classes.
The table can be freely pivoted in the browser and can also be saved in various export file
formats.
You can copy tables that are too large to be opened in the browser to your workstation in
various file formats.
All you need to use the service is an Internet browser.
There are different ways to access the PX-Web Statistical Database; from INSTAT's home
page; from Figures tab or from Themes tab (Figure 1, Figure 2 and Figure 3).
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Selecting a statistical table:
Once you have accessed the Statistical database the Statistical databases page opens from
which you can select and compile a table on the theme / statistics you have selected (Example,
Figure 4).
In the below example the following selections have been made: Figures / Statistical database
/ Foreign Trade / Monthly Indicators
Figure 4
See the table selection example, Figure 5.
You can select a part of a table or download the entire table in PC-Axis format e.g. if the table
is too large to be opened on screen.
Figure 5
The example explains the functionalities of the variable selection page.
In the example you can select contents and variables such as country and month.
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You can select all classes or cancel your selections in the list by clicking on the buttons
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The search functions for individual lists are located below the lists.
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The size limits of the selection are indicated in lines and columns.
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The numbers of selected rows and columns are also indicated.
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You can choose to print the table to screen or save it in an export file format, if you
want to include more rows or columns than can be shown on screen.
Figure 6
When you have completed your selections, click on Continue.
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You can edit the table from the Edit and Calculate drop down menu, e.g. you can
change the order of the row and column variables or perform calculations.
You can select the export file format from the Save as drop down menu.
At the end of the page there is information (footnotes, unit of measurement, etc) on the
specific table.
In the following example Excel has been selected as the export format.
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Figure 9
The table opened with Excel.
Limitations in the browser view
Due to the limitations of WWW browsers, the view in the browsers has been limited to 10,000
cells. When making selections you can always see the numbers of selected rows and columns.