A.Gsella, J.Targa | 5 th of October 2015 | 20 th EIONET Workshop, Ljubljana, Slovenia Air Quality e-Reporting: state of play

Data quality Feedback efficiency Data dissemination Presentation plan

Data quality AQ e-Reporting workflow Generic envelope checks Core checks vs warnings – automated QA

Data quality – Automated QA checks Great improvement during 2015 –Hard work by EEA & ETC/ACM –Input by countries during summer 2015 to further improve QA and remove errors United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, Luxembourg, Italy, Croatia, etc…

Data quality – Automated QA checks Benefits in Sept 2015 reporting –Errors in FORMAT & CONTENT detected earlier –EEA-ETC/ACM able to focus on BLOCKERs –Better and quicker assistance to countries –Earlier detection of issues between meta-data information (D) & primary data (E1a)

Data quality – Automated QA checks Examples of errors detected during reporting: –Wrong reporting year **** –Invalid files, invalid XML, missing files –Missing Sampling Points or Stations –Wrong network identification or wrong UTC –Important inconsistencies between data-flows

Data quality – Automated QA checks What’s next? –Further implementation of QA document Like better checks & feedback on Primary data –Improvement on some QAs which are not 100% –Warnings checks might turn to blockers in next cycle*** –QA description to be more user-friendly

Data quality – Automated QA checks IPR meeting in November (16 th – 17 th in Cph) –Possibly, another hands on session with CDR Checking XML deliveries in DRAFT Checking XML outside CDR … –Welcome to suggestions by Member States…

Feedback efficiency Monitoring of data deliveries Feedback phases (workflow) o support for effective release (automated QA) o final feedback (manual QA)  end with correction request  end with data technical accepted

Data dissemination DATA VALIDATION ONGOING Published & LIVE European AQD data sets o new technologies under evaluation o aim: improved efficiency of data dissemination o AQ data & indicators available LIVE within days after reporting deadline o publishing European AQ data sets within 2-3 months after reporting deadline

Artur Gsella | 5 th of October 2015 | 20 th EIONET Workshop, Ljubljana, Slovenia Thank you for your efforts! / AQD e-Reporting Helpdesk

Data quality AQ e-Reporting workflow

Data quality AQ e-Reporting workflow

Data quality Automated QA checks

Data quality Automated QA checks

Feedback efficiency Monitoring of data deliveries

Feedback efficiency Monitoring of data deliveries

Feedback efficiency Monitoring of data deliveries

Feedback efficiency Monitoring of data deliveries