Bureau of Economic Analysis

Overview

The Bureau of Economic Analysis app allows you to connect to the Bureau of Economic Analysis website and the retrieve data.

Access Key

The data from the BEA site is free, however, you need to register with the BEA and obtain an access key. Then you need to add the key to your set of authentication tokens.

Add the token with the following:

• Url = https://apps.bea.gov/api/data/
• key = UserID
• value = the key provided you by BEA

Retrieving Data

The data at the Bureau of Economic Analysis is divided into a series of tables. The drop down box in the BEA control panel allows you to select the table that you want to pull the data from. After selecting the table, click the show button. This will cause the app to contact the BEA website and to retrieve the additional parameters that you need to specify in order to pull the desired data. The parameters will be specified in a number of drop down boxes in the center panel of the app.

The parameters that the BEA site requires will be displayed one by one for you to choose from. Some parameters are required. Some parameters can accept multiple values. For the parameters that can accept multiple values, you need to enter in the values as a comma delimeted list in the text box. Alternatively, you may be able to click the parameter you wish and it will be added to the textbox for you. (this feature is not available for all parameters)

Once you have specified all the requested parameters, you can view the data by clicking the displaybutton. This will contact the BEA site and retrieving the data, placing it in a table in the center panel. If you want add the data to your workspace, you can just click add. Make sure you choose a unique descriptive name for the data. Additionally, you can add the dataset as an embedded dataset by clicking embed.

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