User Group Meeting 5 th March 2008 Presentation by Gary Armstrong & Vicki Hook

Introduction WasteDataFlow progress to date New WasteDataFlow Factsheet 2006 / 2007 Development Review Development Plan 2007/2008 Open Floor

Comparison of timeliness of returns

Factsheet: Validation Process Why required? Overview Feedback?

2006/7 Development review Large list of items for development Built up into specifications Specifications prioritised by –England user group –WDF Operational group Developed and delivered through the year

2006/7 Development review Question navigation and status page New reporting system –giving Excel output –Unlimited benchmarking Advanced reporting to support data authorisation –Mass Balance Report –On-line status reports on quarterly Roll Up and Authorisation Queued processing of data roll-ups Block Negative numbers on data-entry Ability to give questions a start and end date Review of Questions System maintenance

Development Screen Shots

2007/8 Development Plan First Phase More Excel based benchmarking reports - complete Pre authorisation validation checks page – in finalisation Auto upload of data –For fixed questions end of January 2008 –For variable length (destination/district) questions to come in March Selection list update process to go quarterly – working on cleaner data file from EA.

2008 Development Plan Second Phase CSV Generation Destination Lists Help System Interface Improvements New Report Question Review Reports Generation Roll-up Process XML upload

CSV Generation Make the CSV generation process same as reports process with associated options. Give CSV format options, eg. include blanks, include comments.

Destination List Make destination lists associated with a question filter to only show destinations of the appropriate type. Give user search access to all fields held on a destination facility when picking destination to report on.to go on list, eg licence number.

Help System Make sure ? Help is up to date Ongoing task – New help menu

Interface Improvements "Authorisation screen: –Allow list of actions to be ordered by the columns (period, authority, level) –Keep position in list/options when going to and from the screen. –Set default order to have most recent at top" Make the user and authority management screens easier to use Make system request user to log-on and then show you the menus you can use Remove the 'unused' periods from the roll-up screen Create a screen where the calculated c-vars for an authority can be seen and a comment field that would appear on reports Enable reject from level 50 after 'x' months Add back the asterix to the questions drop down to show complete Ongoing task - to set up a screen at rollup that shows c-var values prior to actual approval

New Report Have the Mass Balance as a report in the reports screen Have a set of reports based on a Waste Destination. Make a report that outputs in the XML upload format Ongoing task - to create a set of c-vars for use in Scottish reports

Question Review When data is loaded from previous period the previous period notes are appended to any already in the current period Make sure load comments/data is correct on each question Add a comment field to each row of a question Where questions use/request population/household etc figures, show those figures on the question page. Ongoing task - to standardise wording on destination questions Ongoing task - to change to allow qu16 and part of qu23 to accept data by CA site rather than WCA/total

Question Review (cont) Give option for more than one disposal destinations for waste type. Change qu19/35 to allow a destination to be selected under a material rather than having all materials showing Add total/subtotals to qu19/35 by material "Add more materials to the existing list of 32 materials, eg tyres, foodwaste.(note this will not affect LATS biodegradability)" Make it compulsory to enter a destination to any reject tonnage entered in qu19/35 When data is loaded from previous period the previous period notes are appended to any already in the current period

Reports Generation Predefined groupings of authorities based on the authority eg family, partnerships Sort options on the excel output Tidy up the reports screen to give options panels ability to be open/closed Add more authority data to reports, eg region, type. Give user search access to all fields held on a destination facility when picking destination to report on, eg licence number.

Reports Generation (cont) Make sure report headings are correct Bring the basic (question layout) reports into the excel system. (we have the possible layout with the xml generator) Be able to limit the data in a report by the level of the data rather than the level of the user. Configure reporting system to include automatic subtotals by some chosen element of the report, eg material, destination, authority grouping. Add more information about a c-var to the c-var tab Ongoing task – to ensure the current destination reports for EA are okay.

Roll-up Process Make roll up process a little quicker and conserve space Change the textual labels of the c-vars Create a monthly dataset based on the entered months that can be used with all reports Create an annual dataset based on the four quarters that can be used with all reports Ongoing task – to ensure c-vars/m-vars are reliably calculated at rollup

XML Upload Ongoing task - to add developer page Ongoing task - to add destination type questions

Any questions on the presentation? Open Floor