Application Conventions

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This is a collection of conventions, rules and limitations employed in dataZoa

Account Attributes

  • USER NAME:
    • Must start with a letter, contain only letters, numbers, and underscores (“_”), and have at least 6 characters.
    • Not case-sensitive.
  • PASSWORD:
    • Any combination of between 6 and 25 characters.
    • Case sensitive

Series Attributes

  • SERIES KEY:
    • Used to identify a particular data series as stored in dataZoa.
    • Globally unique.
    • Composed of user name followed by forward slash followed by eight digits (user_name/12345678)
    • Maximum number of series keys per user account is one hundred million (100,000,000)
  • SERIES TITLE:
    • Up to 400 characters long,
  • MAXIMUM NUMBER OF SERIES PER EXPORT:
    • 200


GroupList Attributes

  • MAXIMUM CHARACTERS IN NAME:
    • 127
  • MAXIMUM NUMBER OF GROUPLIST NAMES SHOWN:
    • 2500
    • This does not limit the actual number of grouplists, only the number displayed in the User Interface dropdown list.

Missing Data Values

Non-Numeric Type Meaning String to enter as Input String displayed as Output
No Data Data point is known not to exist ##ND## ND
Non-Disclosed Data Data point exists but is not being shown ##NDD## NDD
Not Available Data may exist but is not available ##NA## NA
Non-Numeric Type Meaning String to enter as Input String displayed as Output
No Data Data point is known not to exist ##ND## ND
Non-Disclosed Data Data point exists but is not being shown ##NDD## NDD
Not Available Data may exist but is not available ##NA## NA

Dates

  • EARLIEST DATE:
    • Because of the calendar discontinuity introduced at the Gregorian transition, the earliest year that can be stored accurately to the day is 1753.
    • Non accurate dates can begin as early as 1/1/1000.
  • LATEST DATE:
    • 12/31/9999
  • PERIODICITIES (FREQUENCIES):
    • Daily
    • Weekly
    • Monthly
    • Quarterly
    • Semiannual
    • Annual
    • Irregular


Miscellaneous

  • WORKBENCH PAGESIZE:
    • The number of series titles listed in the Workbench view can range from 5 - 500, as set in Account Controls Preferences tab.
  • DZBOARD CAPTION STRINGS:
    • Maximum 32,000 characters