Division 2 Data set structure
United Kingdom
| The data set shall consist of the following fields | ||||
| NB: | ||||
| A = Alphanumeric, N = Numeric | ||||
| Field | Type | Maximum length | Values | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Series | A | 2 | 6A, 6B, 6C, 6D, 6E, 6F, 6G, 6H. Alphanumeric code of the series (see list below) |
| 2 | Year | A | 4 | Year in four characters e.g. 2001 |
| 3 | Territorial unit | A | 6 | Corresponds to the country code for national series or to the NUTS 99 code of the region for regional series: NUTS 99 is the new nomenclature put in place in December 1999 |
| 4 | Economic activity | A | 4 | NACE rev. 1 code |
| 5 | Measurement | A | 3 | Variable — type of measurement — |
| 6 | Unit | A | 4 | Unit |
| 7 | Variable | A | 5 | Variable code. The codes laid down in Annex 6 of the SBS Regulation have 5 characters (see list below) |
| 8 | Size class | A | 4 | Code for the size class (see list below) |
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| Residence of parent enterprise | Code for the country of residence of the parent enterprise (see list below) | |||
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| Category | Code for the category of credit institutions (see list below) | |||
| 9 | Breakdown of products | A | 6 | Corresponds to the CPA code (see list below) |
| 10 | Legal status or | A | 4 | Code for the legal status of enterprise (see list below) |
| Geographical breakdown | Code for the geographical breakdown of the partner countries (see list below) | |||
| 11 | Data Value | A | 12 | Numeric value of the data (negative values are preceded by a minus sign) expressed as a whole number without decimal places. An ‘M’ should be used if the data is not sent because it is missing |
| 12 | Quality flag | A | 1 | R: revised data, M: updated data, P: provisional data |
| 13 | Confidentiality flag | A | 1 | A, B, C, D: indicates that the data is confidential and the reason for that confidentiality (see list below). A blank space indicates non-confidential data |
| 14 | Dominance | N | 3 | A numeric value less than or equal to 100. This indicates the percentage dominance of one or two enterprises which dominate the data and make it confidential. The value is rounded to the nearest whole number: e.g. 90.3 becomes 90, 94.50 becomes 95. This field is blank for non-confidential data. This field is only used when the confidentiality flags B or C are used in the previous field |
| 15 | Footnote | A | 250 | Free note on the data |