1. EUROSTAT Unit B3 IT for statistical production Ewa Stacewicz
EDIT Data Validation System for the BoP (Balance of Payments) Statistics
EUROSTAT Unit B3
IT for statistical production
Ewa Stacewicz
Luxembourg, 2nd of June 2015

2. EDIT as a part of the ESS
EDIT is the statistical data validation software used for the validation services provided by EUROSTAT
EDIT was selected as a base of the validation service for the implementation of several projects under the ESS.VIP Programme
Some statistics:
EDIT is used at Eurostat in 27 statistical domains
EDIT is used by the Member States and other institutions in 13 statistical domains
ESS Vision 2020 Implementation Portfolio

3. EDIT use in Member States
EDIT Domains used by the Member States:
BoP ITS – International Trade in Services
BoP FDI – Foreign Direct Investment
ASYLUM statistics
TOURISM statistics
SBS – Structural Business Statistics
Business Demography
FSS - Farm Structure Survey
EHSIS - European Health and Social Inclusion Survey …

4. Advantages of using EDIT by Member States
Validation is performed "at the beginning" of the production process (the sooner, the better), by the data provider (NSIs)
All MSs are using the same, agreed data validation rules
The validation done by MS has positive impact on the whole business process – the workload and data exchanges between MSs and Eurostat are reduced considerably
Both sides (Eurostat and MSs) have more time to concentrate on data analysis

5. EDIT Introduction Data validation and editing tool Allowing users to:
import data
run validation programs
browse or export validation results
Friendly web-based User Interface
Available as a standalone application – can be installed locally on the user's PC and serve for the validation of confidential data 5

6. User Workflow
Data Import
Job Execution
Job Results 6

7. EDIT local version for the BoP Statistics
Download from CIRCABC
Easy deployment
All components running locally on the user’s machine
Local authentication 7

8. User Module Functionality
Change Password
Allows users to change their password
Dataset Import/Export
Allows users to import and export data to and from the System as well as monitor any ongoing import/export processes
Job Execution
Allows users to execute programs on imported datasets and view the results of the execution 8

9. Validation types for BoP data
As far:
File Structure (number of fields, mandatory fields, length, data types) – executed at the data import step
Intra-dataset checks
correctness of codes - code lists
integrity checks – breakdowns
Enhancements planned in 2015:
Separate reports for each set of integrity rules (grouped by dimensions)
For integrity rules - the difference and the ratio will be shown in the error report along with an error info
Completeness check in some dimensions

10. User interface – Data Import (simplified)
Predefined
Import Templates

11. User interface – Data Import
User can adjust manually
the file properties

12. User interface – Create Job
User can overwrite the default values
User selects a file for validation

13. User Interface –
Error report Statistics

14. User Interface – View Error report

15. Error report – export to a CSV file

16. More info on EDIT EDIT webinars:
14 October 2015 registration via
For next webinars please check the section
Editing & Validation Events on:

17. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION
I want to use it!
You can contact the validation support team of EDIT at: 17 17