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2022 Annual Integrated Economic Survey
(AIES) Pilot

ONLINE SURVEY
INSTRUCTIONS
This information is to assist you in responding to the questions in the online
2023 Annual Integrated Economic Survey (AIES) Pilot.
To complete the AIES online:
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Complete company totals in the “Company” tab.
Complete the customized spreadsheet in the “Survey” tab.
Add any new locations in the “Add Location(s)” tab.
Complete the “Products” tab (If applicable).
Upload the completed workbook.

For additional information or assistance, please contact:
emd.aies.help@census.gov
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Contents

Download Instructions ............................................................................................................................... 2
Spreadsheet Contents ............................................................................................................................... 3
Overview of Tabs ................................................................................................................................... 3
Additional Information: ............................................................................................................................... 4
Survey Tutorial ............................................................................................................................................ 4
Key Orientation Features: ..................................................................................................................... 4
Location Information .............................................................................................................................. 5
Consolidated Industries ......................................................................................................................... 6
Company Totals ..................................................................................................................................... 8
Question Rows ....................................................................................................................................... 9
Color Codes .......................................................................................................................................... 12
Additional Help.......................................................................................................................................... 15
A Note on Research................................................................................................................................. 15

SURVEY INSTRUCTIONS

Download Instructions

Download the template by selecting the Download Response Spreadsheet button.
Download Response Spreadsheet

Once you have completed filling out the data, select the Upload Completed Response
Spreadsheet button.
Upload Completed Response Spreadsheet

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Spreadsheet Contents
Overview of Tabs

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Overview: Provides an outline of each tab, and how to fill out the spreadsheet.
Company: Answer questions about your company.
Survey: Input the answers about your company.
Add Location(s): Add any locations that are not represented in the Survey tab here.
Products: (If applicable) Provide a specific list of the products your company
manufactures at each location.
Instructions: Detailed instructions for how to answer each individual survey question.

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Re-name, modify, or delete any of the columns in the survey tab. Doing so will make
your survey unreadable.
Re-name, modify, or delete any of the rows denoting your locations in the survey tab.
Delete any tabs.

PLEASE NOTE:
Colors indicate if a cell is a question, or if a response is required at that level, optional at that
level, or not applicable.
Blue cells represent question text.
White cells represent required answer at that level.
Yellow cells represent optional answer at that level.
Gray cells represent not applicable answers.

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Additional Information:
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Each column represents a question. The questions are grouped by topics.
Answers should be formatted in thousands of a number, unless otherwise specified in
the row below the question.
Fill in all the information on the Survey tab
Some questions are required by each location (establishment).
o For these questions, the industry level is gray (non-applicable), and the location
level is white (required).
Some questions are required by each industry, but you can choose to answer by
location.
o For these questions, the industry level will be white (required), and the location
level will be yellow (optional).
o For these questions, if you answer by location, the workbook will automatically
sum by industry.
You can type over any auto-summed cells.
Add any missing locations in the Add Locations tab.

Survey Tutorial
The Survey tab of the spreadsheet is a customized reporting spreadsheet where you can find a
listing of all your locations and corresponding information. You will input the answers for your
company's locations and industries.

Key Orientation Features:

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Location Information
Consolidated Industries
Question Rows
Company Totals
Color Codes
Auto-Summing

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Location Information

On the customized reporting spreadsheet, you can find a listing of all your locations, and
corresponding information in columns B-J.

Figure 1: Location information located on the 'Survey' tab

Note: represents a fictional company

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Consolidated Industries

Column J lists each location’s (establishment’s) industry. Scroll down to see a
consolidated listing of all your industries. They will be located beneath the list of your
locations.
Figure 2: Identifying industry by location in the ‘Survey’ tab

Note: represents a fictional company

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Scroll down past the location rows to find the consolidated industries. You can find the
same industries outlined in column J listed here. This will come in handy as you’re filling
in your data, because you can enter information on either level.
Figure 3: Scroll to the bottom of the 'Survey' tab for consolidated industry reporting

Note: represents a fictional company

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Company Totals

The last row will include the data you provided in the Company tab. You can use this to
double check your work. You may overwrite the totals at any time.

Figure 4: Your company totals will populate in the 'Survey' tab if you complete the 'Company' tab first

Note: represents a fictional company

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Question Rows

Rows 1-5 indicate the topic, question name, and question itself, and any additional
instructions.
Figure 5: The top four rows are the question topic, name, and question text.

Note: represents a fictional company

The top row should help you find the topic you’re looking for.
Figure 6: The top row includes topical keywords to search when looking for specific groups of questions.

Note: represents a fictional company

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Row 2 is a shortened title of the question
Figure 7: The second row contains additional keywords to search for specific questions.

Note: represents a fictional company

Row 4 is the full question.
Figure 8: The fourth row contains the question text.

Note: represents a fictional company

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Rows 5 includes additional instructions for specific questions. Click on this row, and you
will be automatically redirected to the ‘Instructions’ tab for more information about this question.
Figure 9: Click on Row 5 for additional instructions or further information about specific questions.

Note: represents a fictional company

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Color Codes

Different cells have different colors and indicate different things.
Here is a column with gray cells. Gray indicates that the question is not applicable, you
won’t be able to enter data into these cells.

Figure 10: Gray cells are not applicable – do not enter data here.

Note: represents a fictional company

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Here is a column that includes yellow cells, this means that you have a choice to either
answer per each location, or you can roll up the data by industry.
Figure 11: Yellow cells let you answer questions by location. You are not required to enter data in the yellow cells.

Note: represents a fictional company

This might be a useful feature if you have many locations, but only a few industries.
As you type in your location’s data, the total will auto-sum into the industry cell. You can
overwrite any auto-summed cell.
Figure 12: If you enter data into yellow cells, it will automatically sum below by matching industry.

Note: represents a fictional company

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Here you see cells in white. This indicates that an answer is required. Both location and
industry cells can be white, depending if the data are needed by location or by industry.

Figure 13: White cells require an answer.

Note: represents a fictional company

The corresponding industries will appear dark gray because the industry roll-up is not
applicable.
Figure 14: When a question is required by location (white), it is not asked by industry (gray).

Note: represents a fictional company

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Additional Help

For additional information or assistance, please contact:

Email: emd.aies.help@census.gov

A Note on Research
This response spreadsheet is the result of targeted research efforts with businesses across the
United States. We are continuing to refine the survey instrument in preparation for our full
launch in 2024. If you would like to provide feedback on your experience with completing this
survey, please send an email to the following email address, and one of our researchers may be
in touch to follow up with you: emd.aies.help@census.gov. This is your opportunity to help
shape the future of annual data collections at the Census Bureau, and we look forward to any
feedback you wish to offer.

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