SDW Functions     

The SDW comprises three major functions as described below:

The Browse and My Data Groups modules are accessible at any time through the left-hand-side navigation menu, while the Search option can be accessed by clicking on the "Search" button that appears on the upper header of all SDW pages. You may choose to log in to your SDW account at any time by clicking on the Login link located in the upper right-hand corner of all SDW pages. Note that this is only necessary for accessing the My Data Groups function.

The SDW functions further allow you to make a Data Selection of particular time series, to display Data Table, Data Chart or Explanation, or to Export or save (Add to My Data) the series of your choice. To choose an action, click on a relevant button from the "data functions toolbar" available at the top of most of the pages:

Submitting a Series Search or Metadata Search     

The Series Search is the default SDW search option. Enter your search criteria into the search text box and click on the Search button. A message will appear informing you that your search is being conducted.

Note that the free text search will, by default, retrieve series whose titles include all your search terms. Therefore it is not necessary to include the AND logical operator between your search terms.

However, combining two or more search terms with the OR logical operator requires explicit definition- e.g. industrial production "euro area" OR gdp "euro area" . Logical operators ( AND , OR and NOT ) must be specified using capital letters.

The order of search terms is unimportant. Therefore, entering seasonally adjusted unemployment Luxembourg and Luxembourg unemployment seasonally adjusted would yield identical search results. To search for a particular phrase, simply enter the phrase in double quotation marks- e.g. "gross domestic product". In this case, the order of the search terms is important.

If you are unsure whether a noun should be entered in singular or plural form (or whether a verb should be specified in the present or past tense) then consider using a stem search. This involves inserting a dollar sign ( $ ) before the search term in question. For instance, if you would like your search to generate results containing both interest rate OR interest rates , you would enter interest $rate as your search criterion. Your search would retrieve results containing "interest" plus any derivative of the noun "rate".

To search by series key, click on the "Series Key" radio button from the list of available search types (located below the text box). Enter your series key search criteria into the search text box and click on the Search button. A message will appear informing you that your search is being conducted.

You may enter partial or complete series keys with the option of using wildcards for series dimension values. The following wildcards are permitted:

• ? or % for multiple characters (e.g., BOP.M.? or EXR.%.EUR.% ),
• ^ or _ for a single character (e.g., BOP.^.U2.N.4.200.N.A1.E or EXR._.USD.EUR.SP00.A )

You may also enter a list of complete series keys separated by a comma, a tabulator or a blank space, e.g.:

• EXR.M.BGN.EUR.SP00.A, EXR.M.CHF.EUR.SP00.A, EXR.M.CZK.EUR.SP00.A, EXR.M.DKK.EUR.SP00.A, EXR.M.EEK.EUR.SP00.A, EXR.M.GBP.EUR.SP00.A, EXR.M.HUF.EUR.SP00.A

The length of time between the submission of your search criteria and the appearance of the search results will depend on the breadth (specificity) of your search criteria. Broader searches that specify very general terms (for example, GDP , HICP or M3 ) typically take longer to process than more restrictive searches (such as GDP "euro area" or HICP "euro area" energy ), and are likely to result in thousands of series whose titles contain these general terms. Restricting your search criteria will usually result in faster processing and more relevant search results. Please note that search performance may also be affected by network bandwidth availability and the general state of the ECB network and intranet environment.

The following text search operators are available:

The Search Results      

The Search Results page appears once your search is complete. It contains five different areas (not all of which will appear for every search, as this depends on the type of search conducted and the nature of the search results).

For the Series Search, the following areas are displayed:

The Search Result page contains the following areas for the Metadata Search:

Please note that the maximum of displayable series on Search Result page is 1000 per above mentioned category. If your search criteria result in more series, only the first 1000 will be displayed and you will be asked to refine your query.

Your search criteria are displayed at the top of the page, along with information on the number of series, siblings and explanatory items retrieved as a result of your search. For quick access to these areas, click on one of the numbers displayed. Each area may be collapsed and expanded as needed using the / icons displayed in the top right-hand corner of the area.

Each series title is a hyperlink on the result page of the Series Search. It leads to a Quick View page:

The following icon may appear beneath the series/sibling key of reference or published series:

Publication icon - click on this to launch the online publication table (e.g. from the Monthly Bulletin online or the Statistics Pocket Book online) that includes the associated time series. To identify a publication assigned to an icon, move a mouse cursor over the icon. The tool tip will show the publication title as well as the number of the table in which the series appears. Note that in order to view restricted publications (such as Orange Book) you need to be an authorised user (contact Statistics Hotline for more details).

The following button is displayed at the top and bottom of the Search Results page:

Click on this to browse your selected search result items. You will be directed to the Data Selection page where you can filter, select and export data, as well as view data and associated explanations (metadata). If the selected search results contain less than 50 individual time series, you will be directed automatically to the Data Table page, which displays the time series observations in tabular format.

Sorting of search result areas

The Reference Series, Published Series and Series areas contain retrieved as a result of your Series Search (not all search results will contain reference or published series). Each entry is identified with a key and title, and the results are sorted as follows:

1. Number of publication icons (if applicable)
2. Data source (first ECB, followed by other sources)
3. First \223Euro area\224 then other series
4. Series key and sibling key in alphabetical order

To select or unselect a series, check the corresponding series checkbox. To (un-)select all series from the section, (un-)check the box in the upper left-hand corner of the area.

The Explanatory Items and Matching Codelists areas display a list of datasets of which the dimension description fields or any other metadata match your search criteria. They are sorted as follows:

Explanatory Items:

1. Explanatory notes (alphabetically)
2. Cube descriptions

Matching Codelists:

1. Rank (desc.)
2. Relevant Dataset Name
3. Applicable Dimension

To select or unselect an item, check the corresponding checkbox.

Selected Datasets      

The Selected Datasets area displays a list of datasets that are associated with time series retrieved via data browsing or a data search, constrained by any filter criteria selected. Each dataset displayed is therefore associated with at least one time series in the Selected Series area, if no filters have been set. The number of time series retrieved for each dataset appears in parentheses after the dataset name. All datasets displayed here are selected by default. To unselect a dataset (if there is more than one dataset present), uncheck the corresponding checkbox. All series associated with the dataset will be removed from the Selected Series area. To re-select the dataset, click on the corresponding checkbox.

The following icons are displayed in the top right-hand corner of the Selected Datasets areas:

/	Collapse/Expand area - click on this to hide/show the Filter Options area.

The following icons appear next to each dataset:

Open in Excel Pivot Table - click on this to export the dataset to an Excel pivot table. The pivot table displays the time series key in the row area, the observation date in the column area, the observation value in the data area and any dimensions with more than one value in the page area. Please be aware that the exported file may be quite big depending on the amount of data apearing in the selected dataset.

Filter Options      

The Filter Options offer a mechanism for filtering time series on the basis of common dataset dimensions. You can use the Filter Options at any time to apply further data restrictions and refine your current selection, regardless of how you arrived at the Data Selection page (i.e., through data browsing, a data search, etc.).

The Filter Options contain only the key dataset dimensions shared by the series appearing in the Selected Series area. The Frequency and Geographic Area filter dimensions are almost always both available, since these dimensions are common to most datasets. Other important and frequently used dimensions shared by the series contained in the Selected Series area appear below the Frequency and Geographic Area dimensions. Filter dimensions that contain only a single value are “greyed out”.

Filter dimension values are often interdependent and are adjusted dynamically according to your filter criteria selections. If, for example, you modify the Frequency filter dimension from “Monthly” to “Quarterly”, the filter option values for the other common dimensions may change to reflect only the available values for quarterly data. Note that each time you select or change a value from a filter dimension, the entire Data Selection page will reload with the updated filter restrictions applied to the data, as well as a refreshed set of filter option values “tailored” to your current filter criteria. This mechanism prevents you from specifying a filter combination that does not yield any data.

To filter data, select the desired filter criteria from the dimensions available. To select multiple values for a particular dimension, press down on the Shift key while selecting consecutive values, or on the Ctrl key while selecting non-consecutive values.

Any criteria selected within a filter always appear at the top of the list and are highlighted in blue.

The following icons are displayed in the top right-hand corner of the Filter Options area:

/	Collapse/Expand area - click on this to hide/show the Filter Options area.
	Advanced Filter - click on this to view additional filter dimensions applicable to your data selection.
	Reset Filter Options - click on this to reset the current filter options applied to the data. Any restrictions applied to the data through the filter options will be removed, and the original set of data will appear.

The Advanced Filter     

The Advanced Filter appears on a new page and contains two areas:

The Advanced Filter presents less frequently-used dataset dimensions applying to the data contained within the Selected Series area. The primary filter options are displayed first as they appear on the Data Selection page (reflecting all current filter criteria), followed by the additional dimensions.

The Advanced Filter operates exactly like the primary Filter Options. Each time you select or change a value from a filter dimension, the entire Advanced Filter page will reload with the updated filter restrictions applied to the data on the Data Selection page, as well as with a refreshed set of filter option values “tailored” to your current filter criteria. The number of time series retrieved appears in parentheses directly above the Dimensions area.

To return to the Data Selection page, click on the Data Selection button in the "data functions toolbar" that appears at the top of the page. Your advanced filter criteria will be displayed in the Common Description area. To modify your advanced filter criteria, click on the Advanced Filter button in the toolbar that appears at the top of the page.

The following icons are displayed in the top right-hand corner of the Filter Options area:

/	Collapse/Expand area - click on this to hide/show the Filter Options area.
	Reset Filter Options - click on this to reset the current filter options applied to the data. Any restrictions applied to the data through the filter options will be removed, and the original set of data will appear.

Common Description      

The Common Description area displays all filter criteria applying to your selection. It always appears when your data selection pertains to datasets that share the same dimensional structure. It indicates the dimension names as well as the filter values applied to the dimensions. Together with a short series title, displayed in the Selected Series area, it forms a complete description of the series.

Selected Series      

The Selected Series area displays a list of time series retrieved via data browsing or a data search, constrained by any filter criteria selected. If a selection made from the left-hand navigation menu or from the search contains more than 250 time series (which is often the case), you will be asked to restrict your search to reduce the number of series presented. Each series is identified with a title, series key, and begin/end dates. Series are grouped in the following order:

1. Reference Series - the most important set of series for a particular concept (demarcated by a light green background);
2. Published Series - series that are published, e.g. in the Monthly Bulletin or Statistics Pocket Book (demarcated by a green background);
3. Other Series - non-reference series that are not published (demarcated by a grey background).

The vast majority of reference series are also published. Note that not all navigation items and search results will contain reference and published series.

To select or unselect a series, check the corresponding series checkbox.

The following icon appears directly below each series key for all published series and reference series that are published (one icon per publication):

Publication icon - click on this to launch the online publication table (e.g. from the Monthly Bulletin online or the Statistics Pocket Book online) that includes the associated time series. To identify a publication assigned to an icon, move a mouse cursor over the icon. The tool tip will show the publication title as well as the number of the table in which the series appears. Clicking on the navigation menu Reports will reveal a list of all publications in the SDW.

A title of each series/sibling is a hyperlink. It leads to a Quick View page:

Viewing Explanations (Metadata)      

The Explanation page contains information grouped according to two levels of detail: dataset and series levels. This type of information is often referred to as metadata.

The most common definition of "metadata" is "data about data". In statistical terms, it provides information about statistical data and about processes of producing and using the data (methodology, compilation methods, data sources, etc.).

The dataset-level explanation represents the highest level of information corresponding to the datasets to which your selected time series belong. Explanatory notes will appear for each of these datasets. An example of dataset-level metadata can be information about data collection or compilation.

The series-level explanation is the lowest level of metadata. Each of your selected series will have an entry under series-level explanations. Typical series-level metadata are, for example, the series title or information about units in which the series is expressed.

The following icons are displayed in the top right-hand corner of each of the two metadata areas:

/	Collapse/Expand area - click on this to hide/show a metadata area.

On an Explanation page, the relevant button inside the "data functions toolbar" is highlighted in blue:

Click on a button from the toolbar to view Data Selection, Data Table or Data Chart or to apply Advanced Filter criteria. Please note that the Export and Add to My Data functions are deactivated on this page.

Viewing the Data Table      

The Data Table page displays your selected data in tabular format. It also enables basic data transformations

It consists of three areas: Parameters and Transformations, Common Description (if applicable) and data area.

Parameters and Transformations section

The Parameters and Transformations section allows you to change the date range of displayed series and apply one of the pre-selected data transformations. Note that the section is hidden by default; to expand it use the "Show Filter Options" icon.

To restrict the date range of the data displayed, enter a date range in DD-MM-YYYY format in the date range fields at the top of the Data Table page and click on the "Apply Settings" button. The page will refresh with data displayed in accordance with your date range restriction. To remove the date range restriction, click on the "Reset Settings" button.

To apply a simple data transformation choose one of the available functions from a dropdown list located at the bottom of the Parameters and Transformations section. It is only possible to select one transformation type at a time. A selected transformation applies to all series displayed within the data area, and the transformed values appear on the right-hand side of each time series.

Note that when working with frequency conversion functions it is only possible to convert data from a higher to a lower frequency (for example, monthly data into quarterly data). The conversion method depends on the collection indicator of a selected series (this can be checked using the Explanation tab). The most common collection indicators are: average over a period (A); beginning of period (B); and end of period (E). The respective conversion method acts as follows: (A) - calculates an average over a specified period; (B) - retrieves the first observation of a specified period; and (E) - retrieves the last observation of a specified period.

Other collection indicators include highest and lowest in a period (H and L respectively) and summed through period (S).

The example below shows a monthly time series containing values for a year and the annual values resulting from conversions following the different collection indicator values.

Other transformations allow you to calculate year-to-year and period-to-period changes and percentage changes. Please note that these transformation options cannot be used if time series contain both negative and positive values. The time series have to be comprised of either negative or positive observations in order for these transformations to work.

It should also be noted that these changes require the existence of both values, i.e. the value of the previous year or period and that of the current one, otherwise the resulting value will be a "null" value. This is often the case when calculating the year-to-year or period-to-period (percentage) changes for data reported on a business frequency, as the same date of the previous year might have fallen on a weekend or a bank holiday.

You can also control the way in which missing values are treated. This is done using the "Ignore missing values" option, available on the My Settings page. The option is set to true by default (the corresponding checkbox is marked) and instructs the SDW to ignore missing values and, accordingly, drop them from the calculation.

Common Description

Also appearing on the Data Table page is the Common Description from the Data Selection page, which displays all common filter criteria currently applying to your data selection.

Data area

Within the data area, time series are displayed by default in time-descending order. To reverse the order, click on the arrow displayed at the top of the period column. Period labels are displayed on the left. The series titles identifying each series appear at the top, while time series keys are shown in the tool tips of the time series titles. Source information is provided for each of the displayed series. To identify the data provider for a selected series, check the reference note after the series title. A list of corresponding data providers (source) appears in the first line of the data area.

If you have selected time series with different frequencies and have elected to display data by frequency (on the My Settings page), you will have the option of viewing your series grouped together and presented separately by frequency. Select a frequency from the drop down options directly above the Data Table to view all selected series with the chosen frequency. To view all selected series on the same page, simply select "All" from the Frequency options. To change your frequency display preference, check/uncheck the Display Data by Frequency checkbox (under Display Options) on the My Settings page.

Please note that owing to a restriction on the amount of data that can be displayed, only a limited number of observations can be taken into account in the the data table display. If the maximum number of observations is exceeded, older observations will not be displayed in the data table. In order to access all observations, the export to Excel, CSV or XML options need to be used.

To generate a printer-friendly version of the data table, use the Print button appearing at the top of the Data Table page.

On a Data Table page, the relevant button inside the "data functions toolbar" is highlighted in blue:

Click on a button from the toolbar to view Data Selection, Data Chart or Explanation, to apply Advanced Filter criteria, or to Export or save (Add to My Data) the time series of your choice.

Viewing the Data Chart      

The Data Chart page displays your selected data in graphical format.

It consists of three areas: Parameters and Transformations, Common Description (if applicable), and a chart area.

Parameters and Transformations section

The Parameters and Transformations section allows you to change the date range of displayed series and apply one of the pre-selected data transformations. Note that the section is hidden by default; to expand it use the "Show Filter Options" icon.

To restrict the date range of the data displayed, enter a date range in DD-MM-YYYY format in the date range fields at the top of the Data Chart page and click on the "Apply Settings" button. The page will refresh with data displayed in accordance with your date range restriction. To remove the date range restriction, click on the "Reset Settings" button.

To apply a simple data transformation, choose one of the available functions from a dropdown list located at the bottom of the Parameters and Transformations section. It is only possible to select one transformation type at a time. The transformation applies to all series displayed in the chart area, and they are displayed together with the original series.

Note that when working with frequency conversion functions it is only possible to convert data from a higher to a lower frequency (for example, monthly data into quarterly data). The conversion method depends on the collection indicator of a selected series (this can be checked using the Explanation tab). The most common collection indicators are: average over a period (A); beginning of period (B); and end of period (E). The respective conversion method acts as follows: (A) - calculates an average over a specified period; (B) - retrieves the first observation of a specified period; and (E) - retrieves the last observation of a specified period.

Other collection indicators include highest and lowest in a period (H and L respectively) and summed through period (S).

The example below shows a monthly time series containing values for a year and the annual values resulting from conversions following the different collection indicator values.

Other transformations allow you to calculate year-to-year and period-to-period changes and percentage changes. Please note that these transformation options cannot be used if time series contain both negative and positive values. The time series have to be comprised of either negative or positive observations in order for these transformations to work.

It should also be noted that these changes require the existence of both values, i.e. the value of the previous year or period and that of the current one, otherwise the resulting value will be a "null" value. This is often the case when calculating the year-to-year or period-to-period (percentage) changes for data reported on a business frequency, as the same date of the previous year might have fallen on a weekend or a bank holiday.

You can also control the way in which missing values are treated. This is done with the "Ignore missing values" option, available on the My Settings page. The option is set to true by default (the corresponding checkbox is marked) and instructs the SDW to ignore missing values and, accordingly, drop them from the calculation.

Common Description

Also appearing on the Data Chart page is the Common Description from the Data Selection page, which displays all common filter criteria currently applying to your data selection.

Chart area

All of your selected series appear on a single line chart, each demarcated in a different colour. Period labels are displayed on the x-axis and observation value scales on the y-axis. Colour-coded time series titles identifying each series appear directly beneath the chart. Source information is provided for each of the displayed series. To identify the data provider for a selected series, check the reference note after the series title. A list of corresponding data providers (source) appears at the very bottom of the Data Chart page.

Please note that owing to a restriction on the amount of data that can be displayed, only a limited number of observations can be taken into account in the data chart display. If the maximum number of observations is exceeded, older observations will not be displayed on the charts. In order to access all observations, the export to Excel, CSV or XML options need to be used.

To generate a printer-friendly version of the data chart, use the Print button appearing at the top of the Data Chart page

On a Data Chart page, the relevant button inside the "data functions toolbar" is highlighted in blue:

Click on a button from the toolbar to view the Data Selection, Data Table or Explanation page, to apply Advanced Filter criteria, or to Export or save (Add to My Data) the time series of your choice.

Regular data download      

The Quick View offers an additional export functionality, which can be used to automate regular data download. Below are the steps to follow in order to establish the links:

1) find the key of the series you want to download. It is always displayed on a Quick View page, in the second line of "Series Level Information" section, and on a Data Selection page next to the series’ title. For example the series key of US dollar/euro exchange rate is:

SERIES_KEY=EXR.D.USD.EUR.SP00.A

2) choose the format of the file which you would like to get the data in

3) create an "export URL" i.e. combine the base URL of the quick view export (http://sdw.ecb.europa.eu/quickviewexport.do?) with the parameters set in steps 1) and 2), use "&" between the parameters. For example:

http://sdw.ecb.europa.eu/quickviewexport.do?SERIES_KEY=EXR.D.USD.EUR.SP00.A&type=csv

Advanced options

1) You can download multiple series with the same request, by adding more series keys. For example:

http://sdw.ecb.europa.eu/quickviewexport.do?SERIES_KEY=EXR.D.USD.EUR.SP00.A&SERIES_KEY=EXR.D.JPY.EUR.SP00.A&type=csv

2) You can specify a date range restriction by setting "start" and/or "end" parameters. For example:

http://sdw.ecb.europa.eu/quickviewexport.do?SERIES_KEY=EXR.D.USD.EUR.SP00.A&SERIES_KEY=EXR.D.JPY.EUR.SP00.A&type=csv&start=01-01-2008&end=01-03-2008

Setting Display Options      

Display Data by Frequency

By default, data presented on the Data Table page are grouped together and displayed separately by frequency. The alternative presentation mode displays all selected series, regardless of frequency, on a single page (this, for example, leads to gaps in the presentation of quarterly data that are displayed next to monthly data). To change your frequency display preference, check/uncheck the Display Data by Frequency checkbox, click on the "Apply Settings" button and refresh/reload your current page.

Highlight non-normal values

When displaying series on a Data Table page you can instruct SDW to highlight all observation values which are not classified as standard observations (e.g. estimations). To activate/deactivate this option, check/uncheck the "Highlight non-normal values" checkbox, click on the "Apply Settings" button and refresh/reload your current page. In order to display the status assigned to each observation you should activate the Display Observation Details option, also available on the My Settings page.

Display Observation Details

To display observation details - that is, observation-level attribute such as the observation status - on the Data Table page, check the Display Observation Details checkbox, click on the "Apply Settings" button and refresh/reload your current page. A legend for observation details will be provided in the Data Table. To hide observation details, click on the "Reset Settings" button or uncheck the corresponding box and refresh/reload your current page.

Show codes in filters

This option affects filter boxes displayed on Data Selection and Advanced Filter pages. By default, the boxes display only descriptions of available items and are ordered alphabetically. By activating this option you can change the display and add respective codes next to the description. The list will be ordered alphanumerically by code value.

Observation Decimal Places

To change the default number of decimal places for time series observations (according to the decimals attribute of the time series), select the desired number of decimal places from the dropdown menu, click on the "Apply Settings" button and refresh/reload your current page. To return to the default number of decimal places, click on the "Reset Settings" button or select "Default" from the dropdown list and click on "Apply Settings". To view the data with new settings, refresh/reload your current page

Ignore missing values in frequency transformations

When using SDW frequency conversion functions, you can control the way in which missing values are treated. The "Ignore missing values" option is by default set to true (i.e. the corresponding checkbox is marked) and instructs the SDW to ignore missing values and, accordingly, drop them from the calculation. For example, when dealing with daily exchange rates you will notice that the daily series does not have any values for Saturdays and Sundays (exchange rates are calculated only during working days!); in other words, it has some missing values. If you instruct the SDW to ignore them, you will, when converting the daily series into, for example, monthly series, obtain a time series showing an average exchange rate for each month. (Note that you will also obtain a value for the current month which is still incomplete, unless you are using the convert function on the very last day of the month!). If you instruct the SDW not to ignore missing values (i.e. uncheck the corresponding checkbox), then, whenever a missing value appears within a specified period, the SDW will not calculate any value for that period. In such a case, the exchange rate example described above will yield only empty series. However, such settings can be useful in the event of converting, for example, a monthly series with observations available up to August 2006 into quarterly series when you do not want a value for the third quarter of 2006 to be calculated on account of the unavailability of data for September 2006.

Compiling, Storing and Managing My Reports     

The My Reports function can be accessed at any time by clicking on the My Reports option from the left-hand navigation menu. My reports enable you to create your own baskets of predefined reports from the Reports part of the SDW. Check the Viewing Reports part of this help to learn more about how to view reports.

Within the content of the My Reports page you will find a link to Manage My Reports, the page which enables managing all Report Groups created by you. To view a Report Group, click on the "Browse" button, to edit it click on "Edit" button and to delete it from the MyReports, click on the "Delete" button.

To add a new batch of selected pages to My Reports you have to choose an existing report or group of reports in the Reports section of the SDW. Click on the "Add to My Reports" button. You will then be asked to either add your chosen page(s) to an existing Reports group that you have created previously, or to specify a name for a new group.

To store your reports selection in a new reports group, enter a name for the new report group and click on the "New Group" button. To add your selection to an existing reports group, select the desired group and click on the "Add to Group" button. Your selection will be added to the reports already present in the reports group. To replace the contents of an existing reports group with your new selection, select the desired reports group and click on the "Replace Group" button. The existing pages will be permanently deleted from the reports group and replaced with your new selection.

Compiling, Storing and Managing Data Using My Data     

The My Data Groups function can be accessed at any time by clicking on the My Data Groups option from the left-hand navigation menu. If you have not logged in to your SDW account, you will be redirected to the login page.

Within the content of the My Data Groups page you will find a link to Manage Data Groups, the page which displays all data groups created by you. Each group is identified with its assigned name and the date/time the group was last updated. To view a data group, click on the "Browse Data" button. If the selected group contains fewer than 25 time series, you will be directed to the Data Table page. If the group contains more than 25 time series, the data will appear on the Data Selection page. These pages are no different from those accessible through the SDW Browse and Search functions, and may be used to modify/filter data selections as well as view and export data and their explanations (metadata).

To delete a data group from the Manage Data Groups page, click on the "Delete Group" button. Your group will be permanently deleted.

There is no explicit function to duplicate existing groups. However, this is easily performed by selecting a data group and adding it as a new or existing group in My Data through the Data Selection page.

To add a new batch of selected time series to My Data, click on the "Add to My Data" button on the "data functions toolbar". If you are not logged in to your SDW account, you will be asked to log in using your user name and password. You will then be asked to either select an existing data group that you have created previously, or to specify a name for a new data group.

To store your data selection in a new data group, enter a name for the group and click on the “New Group” button. To add your data selection to an existing data group, select the desired group and click on the “Add to Group” button. Your data selection will be added to the data already present in the group. To replace the contents of an existing data group with your data selection, select the desired group and click on the “Replace Group” button. The existing data will be permanently deleted from the group and replaced with your data selection.

In each case, the Manage Data Groups page displaying all data groups created by you, will appear.

Notification Service     

This functionality is available on My Data Groups page and applies to private data groups only.

E-mail notification

HTTP notification