Data Formats and Delivery
How do I access my reports after subscribing?
Industry Economics & Competitiveness reports are delivered as monthly PDF documents, one per country. To access them:
- Log in at intratec.us with the registered email and password
- Click on My Products in the account menu
- Filter by Industry Economics & Competitiveness to see your country subscriptions
- Click on the desired country to open the current monthly report
- Click View to read online or Download PDF to save locally (download availability depends on your plan)
Beyond the PDF, Advanced and Ultimate subscribers can also access the same data through the Excel Add-In, Power BI connector, REST Web API, and Monthly Downloadable Spreadsheets — all included at no additional cost on those plans.
Can I download or print the reports?
Whether you can download or print a PDF depends on your subscription plan:
Starter subscribers can read the full report through the browser. Downloading requires Pro or higher; printing requires Advanced or Ultimate.
Can I pull the data into Excel?
Yes — the Intratec Excel Add-In is available on Advanced and Ultimate plans. It lets you pull subscription data directly into Excel without manual data entry, so you can feed scores, ranks, and historical series into your own models and spreadsheets automatically.
Each time you retrieve a data series through the Add-In, it counts as one request against your monthly limit (shared across Excel, Power BI, and the API). Advanced plans include 10 requests per country per month; this can be expanded with the optional Extra Automation Package.
The Excel Add-In is included at no extra cost with Advanced or Ultimate. Subscribers on Starter or Pro need to upgrade to access it.
Can I connect the data to Power BI?
Yes — Power BI integration is available on Advanced and Ultimate plans. We provide pre-configured, open-source .pbix project files that connect directly to your subscription data with no setup required. You can use the dashboards as-is or customize them — since the files are open source, you can modify Power Queries and build entirely custom dashboards to fit your reporting needs.
The integration gives you access to the full historical data available under your plan, including the 10-year monthly history available through automated channels. Power BI access is included at no extra cost with Advanced or Ultimate.
Is there an API for automated data access?
Yes — Industry Economics & Competitiveness includes a REST Web API on Advanced and Ultimate plans, at no additional cost.
The API provides programmatic access to current data and full historical archives within your plan's depth. It follows standard REST conventions and returns JSON responses, making it straightforward to integrate with any system or language your team already uses. Supported languages include JavaScript, Python, Ruby, C#, PHP, Go, and R.
The API is also compatible with workflow automation tools such as Microsoft Logic Apps, N8N, and Zapier, and can feed data directly into ERP or proprietary systems.
To get started, subscribe to an Advanced or Ultimate plan, invite your developer user, assign the Developer role through Users Management, and follow the API documentation.
Can I download the data as a spreadsheet?
Yes — Monthly Downloadable Spreadsheets are available on Advanced and Ultimate plans. These are ready-made files uploaded each month with the latest data, which you can download directly from your account under My Products.
This is a separate feature from the Excel Add-In: Downloadable Spreadsheets are static files you save and use locally, while the Excel Add-In connects live to your subscription and refreshes data automatically inside your own models. Downloading a spreadsheet does not count against your monthly request limit.
Do Excel, Power BI, and the API share request limits?
Yes — the Excel Add-In, Power BI connector, and REST Web API all draw from the same monthly request pool.
The monthly limit is applied per country across all three delivery channels combined. It does not matter which channel makes the request — every retrieval of subscription data counts toward the same allowance.
The included allowance can be expanded at any time with the optional Extra Automation Package: +450 requests per country per month for $349 USD/year.
If your subscription for one country has a limit of 10 requests per month and you retrieve 6 series through the Excel Add-In, you have 4 requests remaining for that country — across Power BI and the API as well.
What happens when I run out of data requests?
When the monthly request allowance for a country is exhausted, no further data can be retrieved for that country through the Excel Add-In, Power BI, or the API until the limit resets. The reset happens automatically when new data is published according to the release schedule — you do not need to take any action.
Requests are non-cumulative: unused allowance from the current cycle does not carry over.
If you consistently reach the limit before the reset, you can increase your allowance at any time by adding the Extra Automation Package: log in at intratec.us, go to Subscriptions, click Upgrade Plan, and select the Extra Automation Package. You pay only the prorated difference for the remainder of the current billing period.
Is only the latest report available?
Yes — only the most recent monthly edition is accessible through My Products. When a new edition is published, it replaces the previous one in the platform. Prior editions are not archived online.
Subscribers on plans that permit downloading (Pro and above) can save each month's PDF locally when it is published, building their own archive over time. Historical data from prior editions remains accessible through the Excel Add-In, Power BI, and the API on Advanced and Ultimate plans — the monthly data is not lost, only the PDF document itself is replaced.