1. Eurostat main tables and graphs
Nordic webseminar,
Stockholm, February 2010

2. The contents of the Eurostat tables
The tables in the database are presented according to the grouping of topics used in Official Statistics of Finland (OSF)
At the moment all tables are in English, but translating the titles of the tables to Finnish is under consideration
Eurostat has added new tables to the predifined table set almost weekly
The automatic script downloads new tables as they are added to the ES service

3. Downloading the data
SF has made a script to automatically download the ES tables
ES home > Statistics > Bulk download > Bulk download facility (>)
Bulk download area contains both predefined and database tables
All tables are downloaded but only predefined tables are used to create px-tables and PX-Web database
Data and all metadata are stored in different files: data files, dictionary files and table of contents
table of contents -> contents of the data files -> dictionary files -> PC-Axis files
The tables are downloaded from the ES site as they are
System consists of three scripts
a python script of 550 rows parses data and metadata into valid px-files
the file containing the python code: eurostat_pdt.py
Markku Huttunen 3

4. Internet-dissemination with PX-Web and Verti
DMZ
Dissemination area
Internet
PXWEB
Internal dissemination
and development area
PXWEB
StatFin (+ about 15 dissemination data bases)
PXWEB2
VERTI
test
PXWEB
PXWEB
Automatic updating system
PC-Axis -files
VERTI1
Findicator
PXWEB
VERTI
develop-
ment
VERTI2
PXWEB
VERTI
vevelop-
ment
VERTI
runtime
VERTI
runtime
Other graph and table needs
VERTIh1*
…..
Feedback service for data providers
PXWEB
VERTIh*
develop-
ment
VERTIh*
runtime
VERTIh*
runtime
VERTIh = data bases for confidential information
TP/PaTu/DB/Hans Baumgartner 4