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DATASTREAM USER GROUP. 9 th June 2011. Key Themes . Content Additions Macro economic expansion Economics Point in Time Asset4 Analysis & Capabilities Charting Excel Add-in Datastream Direct Usability & Collaboration Enhanced Series search Sharing charts.
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DATASTREAM USER GROUP 9th June 2011
Key Themes • Content Additions • Macro economic expansion • Economics Point in Time • Asset4 • Analysis & Capabilities • Charting • Excel Add-in • Datastream Direct • Usability & Collaboration • Enhanced Series search • Sharing charts
Navigator 4.0 – free text search WHAT IS THE FREE TEXT SEARCH? • Single text box using dedicated text search engine (Microsoft’s FAST) to search multiple fields such as (un)abbreviated names, aliases, source, hierarchy name,– with associated functions – misspellings & natural language equivalents • Order influenced by closeness of word match (text engine score) and editorial input (key indicators) as well as • Filtering options for key fields to narrow down search results • Preview pane for a series displays detailed information including latest value and date, source, notes – with a chart offering different transforms and periods • Links to see the related series in the explorer hierarchies WHAT OTHER CHANGES WERE IN THIS VERSION? • Type ahead and recently selected in Advance Search for Market Currency, source, etc • Key datatypes in bold
Navigator – further enhancements • Q2 2011 release • Display of the 3-4 explorer links that are most often related to the top10 series • More link to display all related datatypes • Hyperlinks to source sites in notes • Displaying the Worldscope company description for equity series • Asset 4 /ESG datatypes • Subsequent release(s) • Addition of notes for 180,000 economics series • Futures and options contracts • Results influenced by frequency of selection • Auto suggest/complete • Selection of multiple filters (regions) • Filtering on history ranges • Ease of selection from large data set • Searching on series & datatypes • More options on the chart in the preview pane • Viewing free text search page in the Ipad
Navigator – further enhancements • Q2 2011 release • Display of the 3-4 explorer links that are most often related to the top10 series • More link to display all related datatypes • Hyperlinks to source sites in notes • Displaying the Worldscope company description for equity series • Asset 4 /ESG datatypes • Subsequent release(s) • Addition of notes for 180,000 economics series • Futures and options contracts • Results influenced by frequency of selection • Auto suggest/complete • Selection of multiple filters (regions) • Filtering on history ranges • Ease of selection from large data set • Searching on series & datatypes • More options on the chart in the preview pane • Viewing free text search page in the iPad
Datastream Charting 2.1 • Chart enhancements • Time series scatter charts • Static bar charts • Multi-pane charts - side by side, custom layout, multiple date ranges • Enhanced annotation features • More recession bands • New analytics and workflow tools • Expression builder • Export charts as image files • Set a default style • User forecasts • Slicing
CFTC reports on Datastream In addition to the futures contracts, you can now access via Datastream the Commitment of Trade reports (COT) from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
