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IHS Global Insight Browserfor EViewsUser Manual
April 10, 2012
IHS Global Insight Browser for EViewsApril 10, 2012
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ContentsGetting Started ............................................................................................................................................ 5
Logging in ................................................................................................................................................. 5
IHS Global Insight Browser Search........................................................................................................... 6
Selecting Search Criteria .......................................................................................................................... 7
IHS Global Insight Browser Search Results............................................................................................. 8
Search Within Results .............................................................................................................................. 9Series Information Pane ........................................................................................................................... 9
Series Description ..............................................................................................................................10Graph Preview....................................................................................................................................10
Results List .............................................................................................................................................11List Action Features ................................................................................................................................11
Filters ..................................................................................................................................................11Columns .............................................................................................................................................12Series Name.......................................................................................................................................12
Import to EViews button..........................................................................................................................12Returning to the Search Pane ................................................................................................................13
Appendix A: Connecting through a Proxy Server .................................................................................14
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Getting Started
Logging in
Logging into the
To log into IHS Global Insight Browser in EViews:
1. Launch EViews.
2. (Optional) If a dialog appears asking if you want to register the IHS Global InsightDatabase with EViews, answer "Yes."
3. Select "File > Open > Database" from the EViews main menu.
4. Select "IHS Global Insight Database" from the "Database/File Type" drop-down list.
5. Log in using your MyInsight credentials, click OK and the IHS Global Insight Databasepane appears.
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IHS Global Insight
To browse for IHS Global Insight
1. Click on the "Browse" button"IHS Global Insight Database
2. For a keyword search, enterYou can also select searchnumber of results that theyou make a criteria selection.be able to click the "Results"results to under 1000. How
3. (Optional) Use the "Clear"under that node and to keepthe right of the "Results"
Insight Browser Search
Insight content in EViews:
button in the "IHS Global Insight Database" EViewsDatabase Browser" appears.
enter a keyword or part of a word or phrase in thesearch criteria before you enter a keyword to narrow
the system finds will display beneath the keywordselection. If the system finds more than 1000 results,"Results" button until you select search criteria to
How do I select search criteria?
"Clear" link that appears beside each node to clear thekeep all other selections you made. Click "Clear all
button to clear all search criteria.
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EViews pane. The
search field.your results. Thefield whenever
results, you will notto narrow your
the selections madeall selections" to
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4. When you are finished building"Results" to display the search
Selecting Search Criteria
1. Click on a criteria type and2. Make your selection by clicking
selections beneath it (markednodes under it will be selected.
3. (Optional) Move your mousesubsequent selections under
4. Click any unwanted selection(s)under a node, click the parent
Note: A parent node with
IHS Global Insight Browser Search
building your search criteria and your results are undersearch results pane.
Criteria
and a drop-down list of nodes appears.clicking on the appropriate node. If you select a node
(marked by a small arrowhead to its right, as shownselected.
mouse to the right of the small arrowhead on theunder each node. Click your target node to select it.
selection(s) again to remove the check mark. To clearparent node to remove its check mark.
with some or all of its nodes selected will turn blue
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under 1000, click
node withabove) all of the
right forit.
clear all selections
blue.
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IHS Global Insight Browser Search Results
The search results pane contains the following features:
Search within Results
Series Information pane
Results list
List Action features
Import to EViews button
Return to the Search Pane
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Search Within Results
This feature allows you to refinea keyword, partial keyword or a phrase
This field displays the number of
To clear this field quickly, click on
Series InformationThe series information that you seeof the LAST series that you select.
IHS Global Insight Browser Search Result
Results
your search for series within the search results listedphrase and then click on the "Search" button.
of series in the resulting series list beneath it.
on the "Clear" link.
Information Panesee on the left of the "Search Results" contains the
select.
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listed by entering
the information
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Series Description
The series description gives you
The "Last Update" date isInsight Database.
Series mnemonic is the name
The frequency is the number“Annual.”
The start date and end date
The description at the bottom
When you see a hyperlinkthe source or to access metadata
Graph Preview
The "Graph Preview" is a line graphvariable being observed is measured
Change the number of observationson the spinner arrowheads above
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a quick overview of an individual series.
is the last date that the series was updated in the IHS
name of the series in the IHS Global Insight Database.
number of time intervals of the series expressed as “Daily”
date mark the dates of the series first and last observation.
bottom is the series' long label.
hyperlink in the series description, you can follow it to informationabout the data.
graph where time is measured on the horizontal axismeasured on the vertical axis.
observations by typing a new number into the "Obs" fieldabove and beneath that field.
The chart changes dynamically as youchange the number of observations.
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IHS Global
Database.
“Daily” through
observation.
information about
axis and the
field or by clicking
The chart changes dynamically as youchange the number of observations.
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Results List
The Results list contains the seriesme to the Search topic.
You can sort the Results list by clickingcolumn. A small arrowhead appearsascending or descending order.
You can also rearrange the columns
Use the "Select All" link to select
Alternately, this feature is availableAll" from the context menu tat appears.
To unselect them all, click on any
List Action Features
Filters
Filter Descriptions
Nominal/Real Nominal timecontain values
IHS Global Insight Browser Search Results
series that match your search criteria from the "Search"
clicking on the header that you want to use as theappears in that column heading to indicate if the list
columns in the results list by drag-and-dropping the headers.
select all series in the results list.
available by right-clicking on the results list and thenappears.
any series in the list, which will select only that one.
Features
time series have inflation accounted for while real timevalues in units of present day currency without looking
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"Search" pane. Take
the primary sortis sorted in
headers.
selecting "Select
one.
time serieslooking at inflation.
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SeasonalAdjustment
The use or nota time series to
DiscontinuedSeries
ARCHIVE or
ColumnsThis feature allows you to hide oroff. When a column is clicked on,
Series NameThis feature allows you to select
Import to EViews buttonYou can use the "Select all" linkimporting to the EViews IHS Globalimport or use the Windows conventionsyou don not want them all. OnceEViews" button.
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not of X-12-ARIMA to estimate and remove seasonalto discover non-seasonal features.
or EXPIRED Series Types.
or display available time series columns by clickingon, a blue checkmark displays to the left of its header
between DRI or WEFA mnemonics when they
buttonor the context menu to select all the series in the
Global Insight Database pane. You can also selectconventions of Ctrl-click and Shift-click to select multipleOnce you have selected the series you want, click on
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seasonal effects from
clicking them on andheader in the list.
are available.
the results list forone series to
multiple series ifthe "Import to
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Alternately, this import feature is"Import to EViews" from the context
The series you import appear in thecreate a separate container, or anEViews help for more information
Returning to the Search
To do another search, click the
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is available by right-clicking on the results list andcontext menu that appears.
the EViews IHS Global Insight pane and, from there,an EViews workfile, to work with the time series data.
information about workfiles and creating workfiles.
Search Pane
"< Go Back to Search" link above the "Series
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and then selecting
there, you candata. See
"Series Description."
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Appendix A: Connecting through a Proxy Server
Here are the modifications to be made to the configuration file for accessing the system througha Proxy Server.
When you install IHS Global Insight Database Browser for EViews, the defaultedn.common.config file contains the following lines:
<xml version="1.0"?>
<CommonConfig>
<UseProxy>False</UseProxy>
<DetectProxySettings>False</DetectProxySettings>
<ProxySettings>
<Server />
<Port />
<Username />
<Password />
<EnableProxyRedirect>False</EnableProxyRedirect>
<DisableKeepAlive>False</DisableKeepAlive>
</ProxySettings>
<Timeout>120</Timeout>
<ConnectionTimeout>30</ConnectionTimeout>
<SeriesPerEviewsRead>50</SeriesPerEviewsRead>
</CommonConfig>
To access the IHS Global Insight Browser through a Proxy Server make the modificationsBOLDED IN RED below to the edn.common.config file (located in%USERPROFILE%\Application Data\IHS Global Insight\EViews Data Navigation):
<UseProxy>true</UseProxy>
<DetectProxySettings>false (means take settings from this config file below) or true (means take
settings from registry*) </DetectProxySettings>
<ProxySettings>
<Server>Proxy Server Address</Server>
<Port>Port number used</Port>
<Username>Proxy Server Username if required</Username>
<Password>Proxy Server Password if required</Password>
<EnableProxyRedirect>false</EnableProxyRedirect>
<DisableKeepAlive>true</DisableKeepAlive>
</ProxySettings>
* If settings are being taken from the registry setting between the <ProxySettings></ProxySettings> entries do not need to be modified to reflect the Proxy Server <Server>,<Port>, <Username>, <Password>. These lines can stay as they are in the default Config file.
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