STATE System Help - Getting Started

STATE System - Help

Getting Started

Introduction

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	Introduction
	Using Detailed Report
	Using State Comparison Report
	Using Trend Report
	Tips

The STATE System offers the following type of reports to its users:

Detailed Report: A report format displaying data for a selected topic (e.g.: economics), measure (e.g., cigarette sales), state, and year.

State Comparison Report: A report format displaying data for a selected topic (e.g., economics), measure (e.g.: cigarette sales), year for all available states with Microsoft (MS) Excel export capability.

Trend Report: A report format displaying data for a selected topic area (e.g.: Economics), measure (e.g.: Cigarette Sales) and multiple subtopics (e.g.: Average Cost per Pack), states and years with a graphical output option and Excel export capability.

State Profile Report: A state- level report displaying economic and health impact data from multiple sources for a selected state.
Note: This report is under construction and is currently inaccessible.

Using Detailed Report

Select a Topic and click GO.
Note: The Topic selected determines the options available for the Measure, State and Year fields.
Select a Measure and click GO.
Note: The Measure selected determines the options available for the State and Year fields.
Select a State and a Year and click Submit.

Using State Comparison Report

Select a Topic and click GO.
Note: The Topic selected determines the options available for the Measure and Year fields.
Select a Measure and click GO.
Note: The Measure selected determines the options available for the Year field.
Select a Year and an Output Type in which you would like to view the data and click Submit.
Note: The application generates both tabular and graphical view for the HTML output option and only tabular view for Excel output option.

Using Trend Report

Select a Topic and click GO.
Note: The Topic selected determines the options available for the Measure, Sub topics, States and Years fields.
Select a Measure and click GO.
Note: The Measure selected determines the options available for the Sub-Topics, States and Years fields.
Select Subtopics, States, Years, Table Format, Graphic Format and Output Type in which you would like to view the data and Click Submit.
Note : (a) To select multiple values from the Sub Topics, States and Years, hold down the control key on a PC or the option key on a Mac and click on your selections.
(b) No data will be displayed if no selections are made for Sub-Topics, States and Years fields.
(c) If more than 5 states are selected, the graphic format option will not be available, and the data will be displayed in tabular format, only.
(d) If more than 10 years or less than 2 years are selected, the graphical format option will not be available. In such a case the data will be only displayed in tabular format.

TIPS

The application doesn't allow you to generate a graph if the selected criteria exceed 5 states or 10 years on the Trend Report page. However you can export the data to an Excel worksheet and generate a graph using MS Excel capabilities.
You can save the graph from the application by right clicking on the image and selecting "Save Picture As." from the menu. You can then include the saved image in applications such as MS Word and MS PowerPoint by using the Picture option from the Insert Menu at the top. You can also print the individual images from the location they are saved.
The application does not currently offer summary reports for certain topics, and certain measures and subtopics within a topic area. For example, summary reports are not available for the "Cigarette Sales" measure under "Economics" topic. However, any kind of summary report or detailed report can be replicated on the Trend Report page by making appropriate selections for the various fields available at the top of the page.
The data can be sorted in ascending or descending order by exporting the data to a MS Excel worksheet and using the "Sort Ascending" function available in MS Excel.
For optimal printing, set the left and right page margins to 0.5.

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