From TEISS To EIS Angelique Luedeker, ITEP/TAMS Center
Homework Discussion Does anyone have questions on how to back-up a TEISS project? Does anyone have any other questions?
Steps of Exporting Data from TEISS and Submitting to EIS A.Run QA Check on data with TEISS Correct formatting flagged by TEISS B.Generate EIS QA XML files with TEISS C.Submit EIS QA XML files to QA Environment of EIS Gateway D.Review QA feedback reports
Steps (continued) E.Make corrections based on QA feedback reports, if necessary F.Regenerate EIS QA XML files with TEISS, if necessary G.Resubmit EIS QA XML files to QA Environment and review feedback reports, if necessary H.Generate EIS Production XML files with TEISS
Steps (continued) I.Submit EIS Production XML files to Production Environment of EIS Gateway J.Review Production feedback reports
A. Run TEISS QA Check 1.From TEISS menu, select NEI, then QA Check Options
A. Run TEISS QA Check (continued) 2.Specify what pollutant data you want TEISS to include in QA check and click Next button
A. Run TEISS QA Check (continued) 3.Select source types and locations to check To check everything, leave Validate All selected Otherwise, click Validate Selected, choose source types and locations you want TEISS to check
A. Run TEISS QA Check (continued) 4.Click on Finish button to view any necessary formatting corrections TEISS has flagged
A. Run TEISS QA Check (continued) 5.Options for correcting formatting If only a few necessary corrections, can double-click on correction to go directly to it in TEISS project Use list to find necessary corrections in TEISS project Print option to print list Save To File option to generate a text file of list Can copy list to word processing program to outline action plan
A. Run TEISS QA Check (continued) TEISS generates emissions for a wide range of pollutants, some do not have valid pollutant codes in EIS Some pollutants might still be of interest to the tribe, even if not accepted by EIS If many pollutants are no longer valid according to check and you do not want to delete them from your TEISS project, it is okay to leave them in TEISS project EIS gives you an error (error code 470) but it is okay to ignore only this error since EIS simply does not import these pollutants
B. Generate QA XML Files 1.Click on NEI button on TEISS toolbar (fourth icon on toolbar) Select “Export…” option to get this screen Make any needed adjustments and click Next button
B. Generate QA XML Files (continued) 2.Specify where file is saved in this screen, select the “Compress…” option (if not a point file), give file a descriptive name, and click Next button
B. Generate QA XML Files (continued)
3.In this example, we are focusing on nonpoint Click on Nonpoint tab Select the “Export Nonpoint Sources” option and give file a descriptive name Make sure only tribe data is selected Make sure Submission Type of “QA” is selected on Transmittal Information tab Must fill in all fields on Transmittal Information tab
B. Generate QA XML Files (continued) For example, if Tribal Code is 000, Program System Code: Point=TR000, Other=000 EPA Tribal Codes are in Code list on EIS Gateway
B. Generate QA XML Files (continued) 4.Click on Finish button to view flagged data, then click on the Export to NEI format button to generate file
C. Submit to QA Environment i.Register for EIS if you do not yet have an account Instructions located at: x.html x.html Two step process Step One is to join EIS Community in EPA Portal Step Two is to complete profile in EIS
C. Submit to QA Environment (continued) 1.Find XML file or zipped file you generated with TEISS By default, these files go into same folder your TEISS project is in 2.Zip file if not already zipped 3.Log on to the Exchange Network Web Client ( ) For Domain, select IAMLdap, if you do not have an EPA address
C. Submit to QA Environment (continued) 4.Click on EIS on left side of screen, then use Browse… button to navigate to zipped file, double-click on file to select it
C. Submit to QA Environment (continued) 5.Click on Submit button 6.You should receive an from CDX when file was submitted and another when file has been processed The second could take minutes or days depending on how busy the system is
C. Submit to QA Environment (continued) Example of first from CDX, Transaction Status = Pending
C. Submit to QA Environment (continued) Example of second from CDX, make sure Transaction Status = Processed
D. Review QA Feedback Report 1.You should receive an from EIS Gateway system acknowledging submission
D. Review QA Feedback Report (continued) Example of from EIS Gateway, click on link in to review feedback report
D. Review QA Feedback Report (continued) 2.A spreadsheet comes up with several worksheets
D. Review QA Feedback Reports (continued) 3.Review Statistics worksheet to make sure it is what you expected
D. Review QA Feedback Report (continued) 4.If there are errors other than error code 470 (pollutant code not valid) they must be corrected in TEISS and data must be resubmitted to EIS QA Environment
E. Correct Based on QA Feedback Report 1.Find data in TEISS and make corrections
F. Regenerate QA XML Files 1.Repeat Step B to regenerate QA XML file with TEISS Use same file name to overwrite initial file or if using a different file name, make sure it indicates that this is corrected file
G. Resubmit to QA Environment 1.Repeat Step C and Step D to resubmit data to QA Environment 2.When you have a clean QA feedback report (no errors) or only error codes 470, you are ready generate an EIS Production XML file
H. Generate Production XML Files with TEISS 1.Process is nearly identical to generating a QA XML file, Step B The only difference is you need to modify Submission Type selection of “QA” to “Production” in Transmittal Information tab
I. Submit to Production Environment 1.Complete same steps as submitting to QA Environment, Step C
J. Review Production Feedback Report 1.You should receive an from EIS Gateway system acknowledging submission Click on link in to review feedback report
J. Review Production Feedback Report (continued) 2.Verify in Summary worksheet that file was submitted to Production Environment 3.Verify in Summary worksheet that there are no errors or only error codes Review Statistics worksheet to make sure it is what you expected
Homework due in 5 days: Run a QA Check on your data with TEISS. Use Save To File option to generate a text file of initial results. text file to the instructors. Make any necessary corrections to data in TEISS project.