Changes for page 12 Validation and Transformation Language (VTL)
Last modified by Helena on 2025/09/10 11:19
Summary
-
Page properties (1 modified, 0 added, 0 removed)
-
Attachments (0 modified, 6 added, 0 removed)
Details
- Page properties
-
- Content
-
... ... @@ -414,14 +414,8 @@ 414 414 415 415 It should be noted that the desired VTL Data Sets (i.e. of the kind ‘DF1(1.0.0)/// INDICATORvalue//.//COUNTRYvalue//’) can be obtained also by applying the VTL operator “**sub**” (subspace) to the Dataflow DF1(1.0.0), like in the following VTL expression: 416 416 417 -‘DF1(1.0.0)/POPULATION.USA’ := 418 -DF1(1.0.0) [ sub INDICATOR=“POPULATION”, COUNTRY=“USA” ]; 417 +[[image:1747388275998-621.png]] 419 419 420 -‘DF1(1.0.0)/POPULATION.CANADA’ := 421 -DF1(1.0.0) [ sub INDICATOR=“POPULATION”, COUNTRY=“CANADA” ]; 422 - 423 -… … … 424 - 425 425 In fact the VTL operator “sub” has exactly the same behaviour. Therefore, mapping different parts of a SDMX Dataflow to different VTL Data Sets in the direction from SDMX to VTL through the ordered concatenation notation is equivalent to a proper use of the operator “**sub**” on such a Dataflow.{{footnote}}In case the ordered concatenation notation is used, the VTL Transformation described above, e.g. ‘DF1(1.0)/POPULATION.USA’ := DF1(1.0) [ sub INDICATOR=“POPULATION”, COUNTRY=“USA”], is implicitly executed. In order to test the overall compliance of the VTL program to the VTL consistency rules, it has to be considered as part of the VTL program even if it is not explicitly coded.{{/footnote}} 426 426 427 427 In the direction from SDMX to VTL it is allowed to omit the value of one or more ... ... @@ -432,8 +432,7 @@ 432 432 433 433 This is equivalent to the application of the VTL “sub” operator only to the identifier //INDICATOR//: 434 434 435 -‘DF1(1.0.0)/POPULATION.’ := 436 -DF1(1.0.0) [ sub INDICATOR=“POPULATION” ]; 429 +[[image:1747388244829-693.png]] 437 437 438 438 Therefore the VTL Data Set ‘DF1(1.0.0)/POPULATION.’ would have the identifiers COUNTRY and TIME_PERIOD. 439 439 ... ... @@ -460,51 +460,18 @@ 460 460 461 461 Some examples follow, for some specific values of INDICATOR and COUNTRY: 462 462 463 - ‘DF2(1.0.0)/GDPPERCAPITA.USA’ <- expression11; ‘DF2(1.0.0)/GDPPERCAPITA.CANADA’ <- expression12;456 +[[image:1747388222879-916.png]] 464 464 465 -… … … 466 -‘DF2(1.0.0)/POPGROWTH.USA’ <- expression21; 467 -‘DF2(1.0.0)/POPGROWTH.CANADA’ <- expression22; 468 -… … … 458 +[[image:1747388206717-256.png]] 469 469 470 470 As said, it is assumed that these VTL derived Data Sets have the TIME_PERIOD as the only identifier. In the mapping from VTL to SMDX, the Dimensions INDICATOR and COUNTRY are added to the VTL data structure on order to obtain the SDMX one, with the following values respectively: 471 471 472 - VTL dataset INDICATOR value COUNTRY value462 +[[image:1747388148322-387.png]] 473 473 474 -‘DF2(1.0.0)/GDPPERCAPITA.USA’ GDPPERCAPITA USA 475 - 476 -‘DF2(1.0.0)/GDPPERCAPITA.CANADA’ GDPPERCAPITA CANADA … … … 477 - 478 -‘DF2(1.0.0)/POPGROWTH.USA’ POPGROWTH USA 479 - 480 -‘DF2(1.0.0)/POPGROWTH.CANADA’ POPGROWTH CANADA 481 - 482 -… … … 483 - 484 484 It should be noted that the application of this many-to-one mapping from VTL to SDMX is equivalent to an appropriate sequence of VTL Transformations. These use the VTL operator “calc” to add the proper VTL identifiers (in the example, INDICATOR and COUNTRY) and to assign to them the proper values and the operator “union” in order to obtain the final VTL dataset (in the example DF2(1.0.0)), that can be mapped oneto-one to the homonymous SDMX Dataflow. Following the same example, these VTL Transformations would be: 485 485 486 - DF2bis_GDPPERCAPITA_USA:= ‘DF2(1.0.0)/GDPPERCAPITA.USA’ [calc identifier INDICATOR := ”GDPPERCAPITA”, identifier COUNTRY := ”USA”];466 +[[image:1747388179021-814.png]] 487 487 488 -DF2bis_GDPPERCAPITA_CANADA := ‘DF2(1.0.0)/GDPPERCAPITA.CANADA’ [calc identifier INDICATOR:=”GDPPERCAPITA”, identifier COUNTRY:=”CANADA”]; … … … 489 - 490 -DF2bis_POPGROWTH_USA := ‘DF2(1.0.0)/POPGROWTH.USA’ 491 - 492 -[calc identifier INDICATOR := ”POPGROWTH”, identifier COUNTRY := ”USA”]; 493 - 494 -DF2bis_POPGROWTH_CANADA’ := ‘DF2(1.0.0)/POPGROWTH.CANADA’ [calc identifier INDICATOR := ”POPGROWTH”, identifier COUNTRY := ”CANADA”]; … … … 495 - 496 -DF2(1.0) <- UNION (DF2bis_GDPPERCAPITA_USA’, 497 - 498 -DF2bis_GDPPERCAPITA_CANADA’, 499 - 500 -… , 501 - 502 -DF2bis_POPGROWTH_USA’, 503 - 504 -DF2bis_POPGROWTH_CANADA’ 505 - 506 -…); 507 - 508 508 In other words, starting from the datasets explicitly calculated through VTL (in the example ‘DF2(1.0)/GDPPERCAPITA.USA’ and so on), the first step consists in calculating other (non-persistent) VTL datasets (in the example 509 509 510 510 DF2bis_GDPPERCAPITA_USA and so on) by adding the identifiers INDICATOR and COUNTRY with the desired values (//INDICATORvalue// and //COUNTRYvalue)//. Finally, all these non-persistent Data Sets are united and give the final result DF2(1.0){{footnote}}The result is persistent in this example but it can be also non persistent if needed.{{/footnote}}, which can be mapped one-to-one to the homonymous SDMX Dataflow having the dimension components TIME_PERIOD, INDICATOR and COUNTRY. ... ... @@ -518,37 +518,30 @@ 518 518 With reference to the VTL “model for Variables and Value domains”, the following additional mappings have to be considered: 519 519 520 520 (% style="width:1170.29px" %) 521 -|**VTL**|(% style="width:7 54px" %)**SDMX**522 -|**Data Set Component**|(% style="width:7 54px" %)Although this abstraction exists in SDMX, it does not have an explicit definition and correspond to a Component (either a DimensionComponent or a Measure or a DataAttribute) belonging to one specific Dataflow{{footnote}}Through SDMX Constraints, it is possible to specify the values that a Component of a Dataflow can assume.{{/footnote}}523 -|**Represented Variable**|(% style="width:7 54px" %)(((481 +|(% style="width:392px" %)**VTL**|(% style="width:776px" %)**SDMX** 482 +|(% style="width:392px" %)**Data Set Component**|(% style="width:776px" %)Although this abstraction exists in SDMX, it does not have an explicit definition and correspond to a Component (either a DimensionComponent or a Measure or a DataAttribute) belonging to one specific Dataflow{{footnote}}Through SDMX Constraints, it is possible to specify the values that a Component of a Dataflow can assume.{{/footnote}} 483 +|(% style="width:392px" %)**Represented Variable**|(% style="width:776px" %)((( 524 524 **Concept** with a definite 525 525 526 526 Representation 527 527 ))) 528 -|**Value Domain**|(% style="width:754px" %)((( 529 -**Representation** (see the Structure 530 - 531 -Pattern in the Base Package) 488 +|(% style="width:392px" %)**Value Domain**|(% style="width:776px" %)((( 489 +**Representation** (see the Structure Pattern in the Base Package) 532 532 ))) 533 -|**Enumerated Value Domain / Code List**|(% style="width:7 54px" %)**Codelist**534 -|**Code**|(% style="width:7 54px" %)(((491 +|(% style="width:392px" %)**Enumerated Value Domain / Code List**|(% style="width:776px" %)**Codelist** 492 +|(% style="width:392px" %)**Code**|(% style="width:776px" %)((( 535 535 **Code** (for enumerated 536 536 537 537 DimensionComponent, Measure, DataAttribute) 538 538 ))) 539 -|**Described Value Domain**|(% style="width:754px" %)((( 540 -non-enumerated** Representation** 541 - 542 -(having Facets / ExtendedFacets, see the Structure Pattern in the Base Package) 497 +|(% style="width:392px" %)**Described Value Domain**|(% style="width:776px" %)((( 498 +non-enumerated** Representation **(having Facets / ExtendedFacets, see the Structure Pattern in the Base Package) 543 543 ))) 544 -|**Value**|(% style="width:754px" %)Although this abstraction exists in SDMX, it does not have an explicit definition and correspond to a **Code** of a Codelist (for enumerated Representations) or 545 -| |(% style="width:754px" %)((( 546 -to a valid **value **(for non-enumerated** **Representations) 547 -))) 548 -|**Value Domain Subset / Set**|(% style="width:754px" %)This abstraction does not exist in SDMX 549 -|**Enumerated Value Domain Subset / Enumerated Set**|(% style="width:754px" %)This abstraction does not exist in SDMX 550 -|**Described Value Domain Subset / Described Set**|(% style="width:754px" %)This abstraction does not exist in SDMX 551 -|**Set list**|(% style="width:754px" %)This abstraction does not exist in SDMX 500 +|(% style="width:392px" %)**Value**|(% style="width:776px" %)Although this abstraction exists in SDMX, it does not have an explicit definition and correspond to a **Code** of a Codelist (for enumerated Representations) or to a valid **value **(for non-enumerated** **Representations) 501 +|(% style="width:392px" %)**Value Domain Subset / Set**|(% style="width:776px" %)This abstraction does not exist in SDMX 502 +|(% style="width:392px" %)**Enumerated Value Domain Subset / Enumerated Set**|(% style="width:776px" %)This abstraction does not exist in SDMX 503 +|(% style="width:392px" %)**Described Value Domain Subset / Described Set**|(% style="width:776px" %)This abstraction does not exist in SDMX 504 +|(% style="width:392px" %)**Set list**|(% style="width:776px" %)This abstraction does not exist in SDMX 552 552 553 553 The main difference between VTL and SDMX relies on the fact that the VTL artefacts for defining subsets of Value Domains do not exist in SDMX, therefore the VTL features for referring to predefined subsets are not available in SDMX. These artefacts are the Value Domain Subset (or Set), either enumerated or described, the Set List (list of values belonging to enumerated subsets) and the Data Set Component (aimed at defining the set of values that the Component of a Data Set can take, possibly a subset of the codes of Value Domain). 554 554
- 1747388148322-387.png
-
- Author
-
... ... @@ -1,0 +1,1 @@ 1 +XWiki.helena - Size
-
... ... @@ -1,0 +1,1 @@ 1 +23.0 KB - Content
- 1747388179021-814.png
-
- Author
-
... ... @@ -1,0 +1,1 @@ 1 +XWiki.helena - Size
-
... ... @@ -1,0 +1,1 @@ 1 +66.2 KB - Content
- 1747388206717-256.png
-
- Author
-
... ... @@ -1,0 +1,1 @@ 1 +XWiki.helena - Size
-
... ... @@ -1,0 +1,1 @@ 1 +10.3 KB - Content
- 1747388222879-916.png
-
- Author
-
... ... @@ -1,0 +1,1 @@ 1 +XWiki.helena - Size
-
... ... @@ -1,0 +1,1 @@ 1 +9.9 KB - Content
- 1747388244829-693.png
-
- Author
-
... ... @@ -1,0 +1,1 @@ 1 +XWiki.helena - Size
-
... ... @@ -1,0 +1,1 @@ 1 +7.4 KB - Content
- 1747388275998-621.png
-
- Author
-
... ... @@ -1,0 +1,1 @@ 1 +XWiki.helena - Size
-
... ... @@ -1,0 +1,1 @@ 1 +19.2 KB - Content