1. Some remarks and questions Ragnhild Rein Bore, Statistics Norway
Great tables in the time of accessibility, smartphones and an increasing demand for more efficient dissemination
Some remarks and questions
Ragnhild Rein Bore, Statistics Norway

2. Some topics How we do it today Challenges with html tables
Challenges with our statbank
Challenges with the production of tables
Best practice html tables?
Best practice databases?

3. How do we do it today? Statistical releases
Statbank -> Table builder -> Dashboard -> CMS -> ssb.no
Articles
Excel macro –> Dashboard -> CMS ->

4. Our challenges in SSB (html tables)
Tables are from the time of paper - too big, too complex for a smaller screen
Accessibility demands – we don’t always meet them
Not interactive, cannot click on variables to get a definition
The statisticians don’t like the table builder – too many and too few html tables

6. Our challenges in SSB (the statbank)
A lot of figures only in the statbank – but high user threshold there
Not UU, not responsive
Lacks percentages, ranking etc. – what is needed for automatically updated user friendly graphs and tables
Not human language – but super rigid and difficult to change

7. Databases we’ve looked at
OECD Stat
Statline
PX-web
Eurostat’s new data browser

8. PX-web
Works, but difficult to use on a smartphone

9. Statbank Denmark
Responsive
Experiences?

10. OECD Stats
d.org/

11. Eurostat’s new Data browser

18. Our challenges in SSB (efficient dissemination)
The need for more automatically updated graphs – direct from statbank doesn’t always work
Tables in articles based on a excel macro that doesn’t really work with Office 365
The table builder is based on a technology that is no longer supported and IT has no resources for maintenance

19. Are there any best practice complex html- tables?
That are:
Easy to read and understand
Smartphone friendly
Meet accessibility rules
Visually pleasing
In context
Easy to publish

20. Are there any best practice table databases?
Pre-selected table extracts?
Responsive?
Intuitive?
Meet accessibility rules?
Graph friendly?

21. What is the way forward?
Saved queries instead of table builder and API?
Different kind of tables in the statbank – with percentages etc.?
Smaller, less complex tables?

22. Discussion – if it has not already started
What works with your way of publishing tables?
What are your plans ahead when it comes to tables and the production of them?