4.2 Setting up a registry as a local folder

You can use the SDMX Constructor to create SDMX artefacts on your computer without a complicated setup. You can start using it with a local folder on your computer. Following are the steps to set up a registry in a computer’s local folder.

  • On your computer, create a folder, and let’s call it LOCAL_REGISTRY. The screenshot below shows that the folder is created within the C drive.

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  • Start the SDMX Constructor.
  • Click on the Registry button on the SDMX Constructor. It will open a pop-up window showing the default entries in the SDMX Registry tab.

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  • In the pop-up window, there are only two fields where we need to make changes: Registry Name and Base URL. You can click the ‘New’ button (which will clear the fields) or type directly within the fields.
  • For Registry Name, please type the name of the folder we created before LOCAL_REGISTRY.
  • For the Base URL, get the path of the folder (shown below).

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  • After entries in two fields, the pop-up window will look like this:

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  • Hit Save. It will generate a confirmation message, as shown below.

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  • Press OK to confirm. The pop-up windows will go away.
  • To confirm if the folder is accessible from the tool, in the Editor Ribbon area, if you go to the ‘Load from registry’ option, you will see the LOCAL_REGISTRY in the dropdown options.

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  • The setup with a local folder is complete.