# WIOD database in Julia
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/wiod-database-in-julia/100759
**Category:** Data
**Tags:** question, economics, vscode, data\_structures, input-output
**Created:** [June 23, 2023, 8:46pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/wiod-database-in-julia/100759 "2023-06-23T20:46:17Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Guido](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Guido)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2023, 8:46pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/wiod-database-in-julia/100759/1 "2023-06-23T20:46:17Z")
I’m working on World Input-Output Database (WIOD) from Groningen.
Usually, I work this data using STATA. What I have so far is my usual do file template translated in Julia language, but I want to do it in Julia from scratch. Does anyone know a template or paper explaining how is the proper way to work this specific database?
Regards
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### Author:  [@nilshg](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/nilshg)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2023, 9:12pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/wiod-database-in-julia/100759/2 "2023-06-23T21:12:02Z")
The “database” seems to be available as a simple excel file so you could just read it with XLSX.jl, but similarly you can read the Stata format with StatFiles.jl
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### Author:  [@Guido](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Guido)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2023, 9:21pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/wiod-database-in-julia/100759/3 "2023-06-23T21:21:21Z")
Thanks for the answer. I was wondering not just how to import the data, but mainly how to work and clean the data following a template as a starter.
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### Author:  [@nilshg](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/nilshg)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2023, 4:08pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/wiod-database-in-julia/100759/4 "2023-06-25T16:08:35Z")
Sorry I misunderstood then. You said you already had your do file translated to Julia, could you explain in a bit more detail what you are missing?