New Database Audit Analytics

By high demand Data Center is happy to announce as from today database Audit Analytics has become available for students and employees VU.

The database provides detailed audit information on over 1,200 accounting firms on 15,000 publicly registered companies. These companies are all registered at the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. The database contains auditing details and fees paid for specific services provided by the auditors.

Audit Analytics can be used through the Wharton Portal. (click here)

Help and support is available in the Data Center course in Blackboard. For questions about access and help using the database, please contact the Data Center.

Wharton changes in the coming months

At the end of last year Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS) launched their new platform for accessing databases. The old platform has been kept up and running simultaneously but is now actively being phased out. The databases are currently no longer being updated through the old platform.

Below you find a schedule for the databases that shows when they will be removed from the old platform in the coming months:

5/19/10 Free datasets
5/26/10 CISDM, CENTRIS, CUSIP, GOVPX, IRI
6/9/10 The Corporate Library, Mergent FISD/NAIC, MFLINKS, S&P Credit Ratings, SMAR
6/23/10 AuditAnalytics, comScore, Nastraq, Riskmetrics, Bureau van Dijk
6/30/10 TAQ
7/21/10 Compustat, CRSP

At the moment we still offer links to both the new and the old Wharton platform for accessing databases. Be aware that if you are doing research through the old platform you may need to start doing your searches using the new platform in the coming months!

The Data Team

New Wharton Interface

The past year Wharton has developed a new platform/interface for searching subscribed databases. The new interface has now replaced the previous version. In practice this means that searching databases like CRSP, Compustat etc. has become easier. Help information is now also more readily available when doing a search.

Contrary to earlier annoucements the new Wharton interface is available without users having to mail and using an Access pass. Below you see a screenshot of the new Interface: