Item Lookup

Data as of 09 Nov 2023, 23:59

Lookup table, to be left-joined against item code in the main PriceCatcher data.

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How is this data produced?

Prices are collected and verified by groundstaff on a daily basis, with over 2 million prices collected every month.

What caveats I should bear in mind when using this data?

This data is collected for the purpose of price surveillance, and is excellent for high-frequency analysis of specific items in specific locations. Inflation surveillance requires a different approach, in particular to ensure proper representativeness. Inflation analysis should be conducted using DOSM's CPI data.

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Dataset description

Lookup table, to be left-joined against item code in the main PriceCatcher data.

Variable definitions
  • Item Code
  • Item Name
  • Unit of Measurement
  • Item Group
  • Item Category
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Data source(s)
  • KPDN
License

This data is made open under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). A copy of the license is available Here.

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Code

Connect directly to the data with Python.

# If not already installed, do: pip install pandas fastparquet import pandas as pd URL_DATA = 'https://storage.data.gov.my/pricecatcher/lookup_item.parquet' df = pd.read_parquet(URL_DATA) if 'date' in df.columns: df['date'] = pd.to_datetime(df['date']) print(df)

Sample OpenAPI query

This data catalog is not available through OpenAPI as the nature of the data makes it unsuitable for API access. For the full dataset, please use the provided download link as shown in the above section.