Author: Ørnulf Risnes

Choose decimal separator when copying

When copying tables from microdata.no to tools such as Excel with Norwegian locale, a problem with decimal separators often arises. Microdata.no, like most other tools, uses a period (.) as the decimal separator. However, the Norwegian version of Excel uses a comma as the decimal separator. This means that when you paste decimal numbers that…

Improvements in performance and user experience

A handful of performance and user experience improvements are now ready. Performance We have removed a few bottlenecks to improve script speed. You will notice that execution of scripts now is limited to the portion of the script that has been changed since the previous execution. This improvement builds on earlier optimizations, and monitors changed…

New functionality spring 2022

Overview of new functionality made available during the first half of 2022. We have developed and made available new functionality this spring, in collaboration with users. Below follows a quick summary of key functionality rolled out in this period. Increased user-friendliness – more efficient workflows During March we launched a range of big and small…

New recode tool

Microdata.no now has a new tool that simplifies larger recode operations. In microdata.no you can recode both numeric and alphanumeric variables. Users can freely define their own ranges and rules. In some situations it is useful to base recode rules on official classifications and/or reuse well defined correspondence tables when recoding. In script-mode you can…