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QUESTION:  Is the XA database a historical database? If I run a report one release using a past date, then run a report the next release using the same past date, will the salaries reported be different?

 

The Executive Compensation Assessor reports the most recent, available salary data in updates released twice each quarter.

 

When you set the Planning Date back in time, the application uses an algorithm which yields values from the annualized trend, which can be changed by the user.

 

The comparable companies feature in the Survey & Proxy Analyses screen, on the other hand, does contain static historical data by company. See Refine List for more information on downloading historical proxies and 10-Ks.  

 

Please see Historical Analyses for related information.