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# Economy.id functionality summary

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## Economy.id functionality summary

[Jim - ideas, observations and handy shortcuts](https://blog.id.com.au/author/jim-ideas-observations-and-handy-shortcuts) 08 Oct, 2013

Economy.id has now been completely redeveloped with a raft of new functions and features.

Each section of economy.id provides information in data tables and graphs with detailed explanations and data sources.

Data is presented in context, using both time series and benchmarks to other areas to highlight growth trends or declining characteristics and to clearly pinpoint areas of relative advantage.

All tables are exportable to Excel in .csv format and all charts are exportable directly to Word as a .jpg image.

Some functions, such as journey to work by industry and work destination profiles use interactive maps as well as tables to convey the information most clearly.

[![economy\_button](https://blog.id.com.au/hs-fs/hubfs/ID-Blog-Media-2024/economy_button.png?width=216&height=98&name=economy_button.png)](https://home.id.com.au/id-community/public-resources/economic-profiles)

The table below explains the data available, benefits and potential uses of the information:

[![economy-id-table-summary1](https://blog.id.com.au/hs-fs/hubfs/ID-Blog-Media-2024/economy-id-table-summary1.png?width=560&height=1623&name=economy-id-table-summary1.png)](https://blog.id.com.au/hs-fs/hubfs/ID-Blog-Media-2024/economy-id-table-summary1.png)

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Tags: [Economic analysis](https://blog.id.com.au/topic/economic-analysis) [Local area analysis](https://blog.id.com.au/topic/local-area-analysis)

##### Jim - ideas, observations and handy shortcuts

Jim has been a member of the .id team since early 2010, following 10 years as a Director in local government and prior to that, many years at IBM. Jim is also a former .id client and recognised the value of .id’s tools in council decision making. He decided to join .id to help spread the word! He manages .id’s local government clients in Queensland and South Australia, helping them to use .id’s tools for informed strategy and policy decisions. Outside work, Jim enjoys learning Spanish, travel (especially to Spanish speaking locales) and collects the odd car or two…

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