Nesstar 4.0 Workshop: Publisher and WebView Basics

1. Nesstar 4.0 Ørnulf Risnes Norwegian Social Science Data Services IASSIST 09 Tampere Finland, 26 May 2009 <ornulf.risnes@nsd.uib.no>

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. Publisher 4.0 – the basicsIntegrating all tools into one • Publisher • Publisher Nesstar 3.5 Publishing tools Nesstar 4.0 Publishing tool Resource Publisher Hierarchy Builder Cube Builder

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 Validate variables too Validation result

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 Output options Preview

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

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 Cubes have cells, not cases Dimension categories make up cell coordinates Rectangular microdata cases

25. Publisher 4.0 – advanced functionality Nesstar Cubes explained (cont.) Specify table layout Add cube setup(s) 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 Subset entire level Select dimension Free subset

28. Publisher 4.0 – advanced functionality Default cube layout (cont.) Declare measure additivity Stock/flow applies to variables with category hierarchy 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) Measures are here

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

30. Publisher 4.0 • Q & A

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

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

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 Mix live data with textual content Embed live views Link to complete (web)view

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

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

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

40. Server 4.0 – added supportBe 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/