The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has introduced a new method of presenting time series data to the AusStats service. The Lotus 1-2-3 time series spreadsheets are being replaced with Microsoft Excel spreadsheets.
For the February 2005 issue of Average Weekly Earnings, Australia (cat. no. 6302.0) the AusStats Time Series Spreadsheets are provided in the usual Lotus 1-2-3 format (.wks). A sample of the layout of the new Microsoft Excel format spreadsheets (.xls) is attached to this Information Paper.
From the May 2005 issue of Average Weekly Earnings, Australia (cat. no. 6302.0), due for release on 18 August 2005, the AusStats Time Series Spreadsheets will only be presented in Microsoft Excel format (.xls).
