University of Washington now has access to Wharton Research Data Services.
The following instructions will guide
you in obtaining your WRDS account.
Step 1: Point
your web browser to http://wrds.wharton.upenn.edu
Step 2: In
the center of the page, you will see a link entitled "account
request." Click on that link.
Step 3: Click
on the "new account" link
and complete the Account Request
form.
Step 4: Once you submit an Account
Request, we will send an e-mail to
your WRDS Representatives, Lew Thorson (lthorson@u.washington.edu)
for
approval. After receiving the approval, we will
create the account and
send you an e-mail message with a special URL
and instructions for
setting the account password and logging into
WRDS.
Step 5: You
may log into WRDS and begin using your new account.
Because our service is internet-based, you can
access WRDS from anywhere in the
world.
WRDS may be accessed via the web
interface or through a UNIX log in
session. Once you have received your account
information, consult the "support" tab
on the WRDS homepage for further instructions
on using these access methods.
Account Parameters (applies to
faculty, visitor, PhD, staff, and
research accounts only):
* Projects Directory/Home
Directory: Users also receive 750MB of
home and permanent project space under /home/washington/username/
*
SAS Temp Directory: There is a 90 GB shared workspace
designed for actively running programs. Output
may be saved there at the
completion of a program, but only to be IMMEDIATELY
removed. This
directory is located at /sastemp. Any file in
/sastemp which is either
not in use by an active program or being transferred
to a user's home
school can be deleted without prior notice. Files
on /sastemp are
deleted automatically every 48 hours.
* If a user's
job exceeds these parameters, the process will
automatically be deleted. To avoid this outcome,
users are only
permitted to run one program at a time. Multiple
submissions are
prohibited.
Our staff of technical and research
specialists may be reached at
wrds-support@wharton.upenn.edu.
They are available to assist you
with difficulties pertaining to
database access, data queries, and programming
in SAS, FORTRAN, or C.
If you request support related to a particular
program which you are
unable to execute successfully, please copy the
program into the body of
your e-mail for a quicker response. This is helpful
for detecting any
errors in your program.
We hope you enjoy your new WRDS
accounts. We are confident that you will
find the ease of access, abundance of data, and
unique system features
such as downloading your information to an MS
Excel spreadsheet,
Advanced Query capabilities, and e-mail notification
feature a
significant benefit to your research and teaching
endeavors.
Please feel free to contact us
at wrds-support@wharton.upenn.edu with
any questions.
Enjoy!
-Robin
Robin Nussbaum
Marketing Director
Wharton Research Data Services
The Wharton School
Voice: 215.898.9065
RNUSS@wharton.upenn.edu
http://wrds.wharton.upenn.edu
