Beyond 20/20^TM enables economists, analysts, policy makers and other nontechnical professionals to quickly access and view data from different perspectives.

Beyond 20/20^TM enables economists, analysts, policy makers and other nontechnical professionals to quickly access and view data from different perspectives.

Beyond 20/20's pivoting and nesting capabilities make it easy to switch dimensions and show more than one dimension along rows and columns. In addition, Beyond 20/20's dynamic data format enables you to quickly and easily integrate and manipulate information from your own data sources.

Beyond 20/20's graphs and maps, especially its unique ChartBrowse^TM and MapBrowse^TM features, make it much easier to examine trends, cycles and geographic distributions within the data. As well, the tables you receive in Beyond 20/20 format are usually documented with metadata to clarify the context of the information for better understanding and statistical interpretation.

Beyond 20/20 is time intelligent. When working with statistics, the analysis of a sequence of information measurements made at specified time intervals is usually the dominating dimension of the data. If you are an analyst or economist, you may need to average or aggregate data into different time intervals to view annual versus monthly figures. Beyond 20/20 enables you to compare the aggregated figures over a specified time interval to gain insights into the trends and cycles inherent in the data.

Beyond 20/20 helps users turn information into knowledge.

This QuickStart Guide contains the information you'll need to start using the Beyond 20/20 Browser^TM with data tables or extracts prepared with the Beyond 20/20 Builder^TM. For more details on using the Browser, see the On-line Help or the Beyond 20/20 Browser User's Guide.

A table is an integrated presentation of multi-dimensional data and descriptive text prepared with the Beyond 20/20 Builder. Tables are composed of descriptive components, dimension field information and data values. When a table is opened, the Browser presents the data in a table view.

A dimension describes an attribute of the table data, e.g. sex, geography or time. Beyond 20/20 tables can have up to ten dimensions.

An item is an element of a dimension, e.g. June is an item of the time dimension; and Male, of the sex dimension.

A label is a title or display heading of an item. An item can have more than one label although you see only one label at a time, e.g. United States is a label for the code "U.S."

An extract is a special type of database file that is created with the Beyond 20/20 Builder. Extracts provide complete data documentation and are optimized to permit rapid table creation with the Browser. You can create a table by opening an extract, defining the dimensions and content of the table, and clicking the Go button on the toolbar.

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