Collection and analysis of trading data in an electronic marketplace

A system for processing data in an electronic marketplace, the system comprising:

• an electronic marketplace;
• a data warehouse for storing statistical data relating to documents sent via the electronic marketplace, wherein data from predetermined data fields within each document is extracted from the documents sent via the electronic marketplace to generate the statistical data, wherein the data warehouse includes:
• an operational data storage repository for storing the extracted data from each document;
• and
• an aggregated data repository for storing extracted data that is aggregated according to predetermined statistical categories.

An article comprising a machine-readable medium storing instructions operable to cause one or more machines to perform operations comprising:

• receiving documents sent through an electronic marketplace, wherein each document includes a plurality of data fields;
• extracting data from predetermined document data fields, wherein the extracted data relates to a predetermined statistical category of transactions conducted through the electronic marketplace;
• storing the extracted data;
• and
• providing a report corresponding to the predetermined statistical category, wherein the report includes an aggregation of the stored extracted data associated with the predetermined statistical category.