This guide provides step by step instructions for using the IMF elibrary Data - My Data area. In this guide, you ll learn how to:

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1 This guide provides step by step instructions for using the IMF elibrary Data - area. In this guide, you ll learn how to: Access your favorite and recently used data reports. Make sure you receive alerts and notifications. Access, share and manage your queries. Access and delete your download files. Manage usage statistics for Administrators accounts A. on the Homepage When you mark a data report as one of your favorites, it is saved to your section. Your four most recent favorites are displayed in the My Data box at the top of the center column. Under the Recent tab, find your four most recently accessed data reports. B. Personal Information To change your display name and enter your address for alerts and notifications, click on the More button at the bottom of the box on the IMF elibrary Data homepage. Next, click on the Personal Information menu item. To change your display name, enter your new display name in the Display Name box and click on OK. You will receive a confirmation message that your display name has been changed. In order to receive alerts, notifications and subscriptions, you need to add your address into the field. Once you have entered your address, click OK. You will receive a confirmation message that your details have been saved.

2 C. Favorites To manage your favorites, click on the More button at the bottom of the box on the IMF elibrary Data homepage. To open one of your favorite data reports, simply click on the favorite s name. To rename, delete or move a favorite to a folder, simply mouse over the favorite s name, and then select the action you wish to take. For information about saving your favorite data reports, see the Data Reports user guide. D. Queries To access, share and manage your queries, click on the More button at the bottom of the box on the IMF elibrary Data homepage. Next, click on Queries menu item. To open one of your existing queries, simply click on the query s name. To share a query with other users, mouse over the query s name, then click on the icon to Share. This will allow any other user to view your query. Once you have marked the query as shared, you can obtain a link to the query by clicking on the icon for Get Link. You can then share the link via . To make a shared query private, mouse over the query s name and click on the icon to Stop Sharing.

3 To edit the title, add description, delete a query or move it to a folder, simply mouse over the name of the query, and select the action you wish to take. To create folders to place queries, click on the New Folder icon on the top right corner of the Queries section.. For information about creating and saving queries, see the Query Builder Selection and Query Builder View Data user guides. E. Downloads To access and delete your download files, click on the More button at the bottom of the My Data box on the elibrary Data homepage. Next, click on the Downloads menu item. To see the contents of a download file, click on the View Dataset Filter link for that download. This will display a list of all of the filters that determine the content of that download file. To download the file, click on the Download link. To delete the download file, click on Delete, then click OK in the confirmation box. Note that download files will automatically expire after 30 days, and will no longer be available for download. To start creating a new download file, click on the New Download Request button at the top.

4 F. Notifications To subscribe, unsubscribe or change the frequency of notifications to Latest News items, click on the More button at the bottom of the box on the IMF elibrary Data homepage. Next, click on the Notifications menu item. You can also access the Notifications page by clicking on the notifications icon of the Latest News section on the IMF elibray Data homepage on the top To subscribe to notifications to Latest News simply make a selection from the drop down menu next to Frequency, then click on Subscribe. A pop up message will inform you that your data has been saved successfully, click OK. To stop receiving updates simply click Unsubscribe, click Cancel to return to the previous screen without saving any changes. You must configure a valid address in your Personal Information section before subscribing to Latest News. G. Usage Statistics Direct access to usage statistics within IMF elibrary Data site is available to subscription administrators. Signing in using the administrator s account will make the Usage Statistics link appear on the left side of the section menu.

5 Click on the Usage Statistics Report link. Please note that there are three sheets (Downloads, Queries by Data Source, and Downloads by Data Source). You may adjust the time period under Report Controls on the left side as well as consult usage by specific subscribers under the administrator s account. You can print or save your usage statistics reports in Excel, Word or Pdf formats. For more user guides and other help information, go to the elibrary Data help page at: