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. A sample of the layout for Job Vacancies, Australia of the new spreadsheets in Microsoft Excel format (.xls) is attached to this Information Paper.
For the May 2005 issue of Job Vacancies, Australia (cat. no. 6354.0) the AusStats Time Series Spreadsheets are provided in the usual Lotus 1-2-3 format (.wks).
From the August 2005 issue of Job Vacancies, Australia (cat. no. 6354.0), due for release on 29 September 2005, the AusStats Time Series Spreadsheets will only be presented in Microsoft Excel format (.xls).
