Use case
Data collection
Software tools and learning resources to assist statisticians design, optimise and maintain statistical data collection processes.
Efficient and robust metadata-driven data collection from many providers
Software tools and learning resources to assist statisticians design, optimise and maintain statistical data collection processes.
An organisation may have the best data dissemination and data production processes amongst its peers but without high quality input data, achieving data quality and relevance of data products will be unattainable.
Data collection is supported by:
- Flexible tools and integrations for data validation, data transformation (mapping) and converting data between transmission formats.
- Data collection templates using common spreadsheets apps (Excel, Google Sheets)
- Mapping, recoding, and data transformation processes.
Articles
Creating balance equality validation rules using hierarical codelists in FMR
Learn how Hierarchical Codelists can be used to define balance equality validation rules.
Simplifying Data Collection thru Dissemination using open source tools and SDMX
From data collection through dissemination using open source tools and a data model.
Dimensions vs Attributes and Time Series Breaks
Definition of Dimensions and Attributes plus how to implement a Time Series Break.
Learning Resources
Fusion Metadata Registry - data collection using Excel templates
Learn how FMR's Excel Templates help simplify and streamline data collection.
Data conversion fundamentals
Explore how datasets can be converted from one SDMX format to another.
