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1 The EDIT System, Overview European Commission – Eurostat

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The EDIT System, Overview

European Commission – Eurostat

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Introduction to the EDIT System EDIT Integration EDIT User Types and Functionality The EDIT Scripting Language, overview EDIT Installation Planned Enhancements in 2013

Agenda

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EDIT Introduction

Data Validation tool, allowing users to import data, run validation programs and export results

The validation process relies on a custom Scripting Language

Friendly web-based User Interface Independent Domains can be run in parallel on the

same EDIT instance

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EDIT Integration

Exposes full API as Web Services Integrated with ECAS Integrated with EDAMIS

– detect incoming files and process them in unattended mode

– publish validation results to the Feedback Channel Integrated with the SDMX Registry

– fetch DSDs into EDIT structures– load codelists from the Registry

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EDIT User Types

Programmer– Manages the Metadata needed by the User to execute

jobs– Sets up the unattended mode configuration

User– Executes jobs on datasets

Administrator– Manages users and permissions

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Programmer Module – Metadata Definition

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Programmer Module – Unattended Mode Configuration

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User Module

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Admin Module

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EDIT Scripting Language Overview

Custom Scripting Language designed specifically for data validation

Simple but flexible Allows the definition of

– Formats – Programs

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EDIT Scripting Language Overview

Rules can perform both Validations and Computations– Record level– Vertical (with multiple transpositions)– Hierarchical (multiple interlinked datasets loaded inside a

single composite dataset) Dataset Operations

– Create new data structures from one or multiple inputs– Copy, Merge, Alter, Aggregate, etc.

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EDIT Installation

Standalone Installation – All components running on the local user’s machine– Supported for Microsoft Windows® XP, Vista, 7 and 8– Simple installation wizard– Shortcuts are created in the Start Menu for easy user

access Server Installation

– Distributed components on centralized servers– Currently available in DG DIGIT’s Datacenter and ESTAT

User Access via Web Browser

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Planned Enhancements in 2013 (1)

Job Prioritization Multiple Job Executors & Load Balancing (Server

version) Validation Outputs External Inputs

– Read directly from a file (skip import step) or an external database

External Outputs– Write directly to a file (no export step) or external database

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Planned Enhancements in 2013 (2)

Multilingual User Interface Temporary Outputs GESMES Registry Integration (GSM Import) Simplify the User Interface Simplify the User Workflow

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EDIT (its good..)? ?

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