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This information paper advises users of proposed changes to the time series spreadsheets associated with the publication House Price Indexes, Eight Capital Cities (cat. no. 6416.0), resulting from the conversion of the current Lotus 1-2-3 .wks spreadsheets to Excel .xls format..

A concordance between the current time series spreadsheet tables (Lotus 1-2-3 .wks format) and the proposed new tables (in Excel .xls format) is included below.

Also provided under the 'Details' tab are copies of the new tables providing time series up to and including December quarter 2005, comparable to that released on 24 February 2006.

These changes are due to come into effect with the release of the March quarter 2006 issue of 6416.0 on 25 May 2006. From that date, the current Lotus 1-2-3 .wks spreadsheets will be discontinued.

The new product provides a range of benefits for time series clients including:

• combining some existing tables thus reducing the number of individual tables that may need to accessed
• consistent and complete series metadata is provided for every series displayed
• a readily recognised file format (Excel) that will 'auto launch' in most business IT environments
• built in features on which clients can base reliable processing systems.

INQUIRIES

For further information or if you have any queries about the change or related statistics, contact Steve Whennan on (02) 6252 6251, or email <steve.whennan@abs.gov.au>.

CONCORDANCE BETWEEN CURRENT AND PROPOSED TABLES

Below is a concordance between the current Lotus 1-2-3 .wks time series spreadsheet tables and the proposed new Excel .xls time series spreadsheet tables.