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Once you have applied your search terms and filters, you will be presented with a list of all available data series that match your criteria. A data series is a collection of related data points from a single data source that are viewable as a single row within a table of data. They represent the change over time of a specific indicator. Data series are presented in table format where each row represents a single data series.

The Trade domain data selection table includes the following columns:

  • Reporting country: The country that reports the trade flow. Mostly this is the source country but it can also be the destination.

  • Source: The source country of the trade flow; where the product has been originated.

  • Destination: The destination country of the trade flow; where the product is destined to.

  • Product name: The commodity or service classified using a modified FEWS NET version of the UN CPC v2 codes.

  • Flow type: The type of flow designation (i.e., Import, Export or Transit).

  • Trade type: The trade type designation as either Informal or Formal.

  • First: Period date for the first collection/reporting period in the data series.

  • Last: Period date for the last collection/reporting period in the data series.

  • Count: The number of data points in the data series.

  • Info: Hover over the information icon in a row to see more details including the data series ID and data source document.

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To visualize and export data, you will need to select one or more data series by checking the box at the beginning of the row containing that series.

In addition to selecting data series, you can interact with the data selection table in the following ways:

  • Selected data series can be viewed in the Selected tab.

  • You can clear your selections using the Clear Selected button.

  • By default the series are ordered alphabetically by country. You can click on the header of any column to sort by that column instead of by country.

  • Selecting one or more data series creates a savable dataset. For more information on creating and saving datasets, see Create and Save Datasets.

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Options within the Trade domain allow for aggregation or conversion of the trade data into reporting schedules and units of measures specified by the user. The available parameters are:

  • Reporting schedule: Specifies the intervals that the search result data is displayed. The available intervals include Schedule: Provides reporting options on a daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly , and annual basis. The default reporting schedule is monthly.

  • Common weight unitWeight Unit: Specifies Allows the user to specify a unit of measure weight to be used for the weight of the products in the search resultsdisplay the data. The available weight units include: grams, kilograms, cuartilla, dry metric tonne, hectogram, kantar, media cuartilla, monton, ns malwa, pound, tonne, and troy oz. The default common weight unit is kilogram (kg).

  • Common volume unitVolume Unit: Specifies Allows the user to specify a unit of measure to be used for the volume of the products in the search resultsvolume used to display the data. The available volume units include: bag, barrel, bottle, bunch, bundle, sack, cubic meter, liter, milliliter, million British thermal units, pile, and US liquid gallon. The default common volume unit is liter.

  • Common item unit: Specifies a non-standard Item Unit: Allows the user to specify a unit of measure to be used for the packaged items of the products in the search resultsto display the data. The available item units include: tray, tubers, cart_load, day, hour, individual item, jerkin, large carton, loaf, medium carton, one way trip (passenger transport by bus), person, small bunch (handful), tuber, and week. The default common item unit is individual item.

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Chart

The Chart tab in the Trade domain displays a bar graph where each data series is represented by bars of a different color. The chart plots the product quantity against time with the x-axis representing the time and y-axis showing the product quantity.

You can interact with the chart in the following ways:

  • Hover over a bar to see more details including period and quantity.

  • Single click on a legend item to exclude it from the graph.

  • Double click on a legend item to display only its trace.

  • Use your mouse to draw a box around any part of the graph, or move the sliders in the timeline bar below the graph, to zoom in.

  • Double click on the graph background to return it into the initial zoom state.

  • Click the pan icon in the top right to enable panning functionality. This will allow you to use your mouse to drag the graph left or right.

  • Click the autoscale icon in the top right to have the graph automatically select to the best period to display.

  • Click the camera icon in the top right to download the chart as a .png file.

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