The
Statistical Data Warehouse.
provides features to access, find, compare, download and share the ECB's published statistical information. Several access methods tailored to different user needs are provided. Here are included the interactive graphs
, a powerful search engine
, the hierarchical navigation menu
, a list of the last updated datasets and the news archive.
The SDW is a fully metadata driven application based on the SDMX data model
. SDW's data structure
and dataset concept
gives an overview of such metadata. The list of datasets
describes the SDW data content and the SDW functions
show how the users can access them. More information can be accessed through the site directory
and glossary
.
SDW offers different views to the data tables
, data charts
and displays their associated Metadata
page by using the top of the page toolbar
. Pre-defined Reports
are also accessible with the underlying data from the side navigation hierarchy. Access the quick view and quick chart
for different series keys and apply various transformations to the data.
There are many ways to browse
for data in SDW. One can access pre-defined navigation hierarchies
or search
using text or series keys and filter/refine
its data selection.
Data in SDW can be downloaded on demand and in various formats
.
Semi-regular downloads
can be performed but for more regular downloads, a SDMX 2.1 Restful Web Service
is offered and more appropriate. Users can be notified
about changes in data using their Data Group(s)
.
Registering
on the portal offers the users additional options such as: display and presentation options (My Settings
), managing of their Data Group(s)
& Report(s) Basket(s)
and benefitting from an email or HTTP notification
on these Data Groups.
The ECB SDMX 2.1 RESTful web service
offers programmatic access to the statistical data and metadata disseminated via the ECB.