MacroView a generic software package for developing macro- editing tools Saskia Ossen, Wim Hacking, Ralph Meijers, and Peter Kruiskamp

Overview of presentation - Introduction to MacroView - Macro-editing functionalities supported by MacroView - Applications of MacroView - Future

Introduction to MacroView Structural Business statistics Road Transportation statistics International Trade statistics Before……..customer-tailored tools in a variety of standard software packages Different variables…...but a lot of common functionalities Idea: Implement these functionalities in a generic way such that they can be reused by different statistical departments And many others....

Introduction to MacroView -MacroView: Generic functionalities of macro-editing tools are implemented (and tested) once -Scripts are used to combine these functionalities into a customer-tailored macro-editing tool -Decisions about the functionalities needed were made based on: -Brainstorm and review sessions with analysts from various statistical departments -A short literature review -Continuous feedback and requests from (new) users after the launch of the first production version

Macro-editing functionalities supported by MacroView Generic funtionalities are “building blocks” of all macro-editing tools built in MacroView. Aggregation techniques Data transformations Options for linking datasets Visualisation in grids and plots Dynamic filter composition Efficient recalculation after change in micro-data

Macro-editing functionalities supported by MacroView Aggregation techniques Data transformations

Macro-editing functionalities supported by MacroView Visualisation in plots Visualisation in grids

Macro-editing functionalities supported by MacroView Dynamic filter composition

Applications of MacroView – Structural Business Statistics –Presenting a large number of variables at several different aggregation levels in a well organized way

– Short term Statistics –Dealing with a large number of micro-records (all VAT data) – Road transportation – Several other statistical departments already made a first step in using MacroView Applications of MacroView

Future - Building macro-editing tools in MacroView for interested statistical departments - Finish the English documentation - Prepare (and teach) a MacroView course