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Revision as of 08:51, 15 December 2016
If you spend your time dealing with time-series, dataZoa will improve your life substantially. Here's how to get the most from it:
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| Timeliness | Whenever a number changes, everything flows from there, automatically. It is actually safe to schedule that vacation! |
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| Accuracy | No more confusion about who has the latest version of that spreadsheet, or whether that annoying PDF got updated... |
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| Independence | You are in full control; no waiting on Admins and Programmers. If you know your job and you can handle a browser, congratulations, you're more effective than they are. |
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| Productivity | If you waste a week every month clawing data from websites and redoing your work, you now have a free week. Do something new and wonderful! |
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| Exposure | Your work goes right where it is needed. Send that chart to the boss's phone, now. |
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Dealing with time series?
dataZoa has a radically different approach.
Here's what you need to know...
- When you work with open data from Web sources (like the UN, EIA, BLS, Kids Count, etc.):
- All series are completely harmonized, no matter the source
- You get your data with one click
- Your series update automatically - no more exporting and importing
- When you work with your own data series:
- Your series are fully harmonized as well - they work together, along with Web data
- As you add or update values, your calculations and displays update automatically.
- More generally:
- Save many, many, many, many, many, many hours of data drudgery
- You never forget a thing - your table and charts are already updated
- Your work goes right where you want it - phone, Web, email, blogs, open or restricted
- No programming - if you can use a spreadsheet you can use dataZoa
