1. Ørnulf Risnes IASSIST 09 Tampere Finland, 26 May 2009 Norwegian Social Science Data Services Nesstar 4.0

2. Workshop agenda Publisher 4.0 - the basics - manage server - advanced WebView 4.0 – the basics - advanced Server 4.0 - selected new features Hands-on WebView –Try out new and advanced functions in Nesstar WebView yourself

3. Nesstar 4.0 Publishing tool Nesstar 3.5 Publishing tools Publisher 4.0 – the basics Integrating all tools into one Resource Publisher Publisher Hierarchy Builder Cube Builder Publisher

4. Publisher 4.0 – the basics Project-oriented user-interface More files open at a time Shared projects Project metadata goes here Personal, local projects

5. Publisher 4.0 – the basics Project-oriented user-interface (cont.) But...where is everything? One tab pr. dataset Multiple tabs Tabs replaced by tree elements 3.5 4.0 The rest (almost) unchanged

6. Publisher 4.0 – the basics Translate your metadata Default language + sub-languages Language menu Default language on top Toggle for quick switch

7. Publisher 4.0 – the basics Search your documentation Search in all projects or single study Search for what? Results highlighted

8. Publisher 4.0 – the basics Compute variables Compute expression Function library Numeric key pad Real-time validator

9. Publisher 4.0 – the basics Recode variables Source categories Target categories Create new or replace

10. Publisher 4.0 – the basics Import data Powerful text- and Excel-import Edit data- types Rearrange order Inspect data

11. Publisher 4.0 – the basics Metadata validation Template editor DDI/Dublin Core Customise metadata input Mandatory can be validated

12. Publisher 4.0 – the basics Metadata validation (cont.) M = mandatory Validation result Validate variables too

13. Publisher 4.0 – the basics Customizable variable view Cleaner variable list Select columns

14. Publisher 4.0 – the basics Publish documents, links Links......or documents Dublin core metadata

15. Publisher 4.0 – manage server Translate catalogue labels Switch language Add translation

16. Publisher 4.0 – manage server List published resources Customize columns Remove Copy/export list Shortcut to WebView Sortable columns The ”other” tab

17. Publisher 4.0 – manage server Scheduled publishing Publish into the future (Bulk) edit schedule time

18. Publisher 4.0 – manage server Notify your subscribers on publishing Enter email- notification text here (no text = no emails)

19. Publisher 4.0 – manage server More editing power Select multiple Copy/ paste Drag-and-drop multiple objects Bulk delete

20. Publisher 4.0 – manage server Auto-select catalogues 1) Checks if Study topCClass / keywords match catalogue names 2) If not, last catalogues published to are checked

21. Publisher 4.0 – advanced functionality Aggregating microdata Open tool Crosstab options Preview Output options

22. Publisher 4.0 – advanced functionality Aggregating microdata (cont.) Aggregated variable Break variables: Country, Gender Add aggregated variable(s) to current dataset’s cases

23. Publisher 4.0 – advanced functionality Aggregating microdata (cont.) Create new aggregated dataset Aggregated variable Grouped by Country, Gender

24. Publisher 4.0 – advanced functionality Nesstar Cubes explained Rectangular microdata cases Cubes have cells, not cases Dimension categories make up cell coordinates

25. Publisher 4.0 – advanced functionality Nesstar Cubes explained (cont.) Add cube setup(s) Specify table layout Specify dimension subset Specify additivity on measures

26. Publisher 4.0 – advanced functionality Default cube layout Place dimensions on Rows/Columns/Filter

27. Publisher 4.0 – advanced functionality Default cube layout (cont.) Subset on dimensions Select dimension Subset entire level Free subset

28. Publisher 4.0 – advanced functionality Default cube layout (cont.) Declare measure additivity Measures are here Non-additive: Cannot be aggregated further (e.g. percentages/rates) Stock: Can be aggregated, but not over time (e.g. population figures) Flow: Can be aggregated, also over time (e.g. migration figures) Stock/flow applies to variables with category hierarchy

29. Publisher 4.0 – advanced functionality Cube cell-notes Add cell- notes Declare coordinates Add note- text

30. Publisher 4.0 Q & A

31. WebView 4.0 – the basics Hideable Browse-list Show/ hide toggle Nesstar goes wide-screen

32. WebView 4.0 – the basics OpenGIS/WMS Thematic Maps Integrated tool No more applets Map-icon

33. WebView 4.0 – new functionality Language switcher List of available languages

34. WebView 4.0 – new functionality Subscribe to updates Subscribe to updates

35. WebView 4.0 – new functionality Understandable bookmarks Link to this page

36. WebView 4.0 – new functionality Embed views Embed live views Link to complete (web)view Mix live data with textual content

37. WebView 4.0 – new functionality Embed views (cont.) Copy snippet Customise and preview Microdata, cubes, tables, charts, maps

38. WebView 4.0 – new functionality Improved category selection Custom selection Or simply check boxes Type-to- select

39. WebView 4.0 – new functionality Improved searching Fast, Lucene powered Search-term highlighting Advanced search window stays up

40. Server 4.0 – added support Be found, log traffic Server-holdings exposed to search-engines Metadata is re-used for increasing findability (No screenshots available yet) Drop-in support for 3rd party logging to e.g. Google Analytics Yahoo Web Analytics

41. Hands-on WebView 4.0 Tasks available at: http://tinyurl.com/nessassist

42. Try Publisher yourself Nesstar Publisher 4.0 Beta 29 available at: http://www.nesstar.org/iassist09/