1. eDAMIS Status for UA collection
Berthold Huber
Eurostat

2. Why eDAMIS for UA collection?
Official acknowledgement to the data provider
Notification to the receiver of the data
Automatically available in production environment
Backup of data at arrival
Allows better distinction of data domain

3. 9 datasets defined for Urban Audit
URBANREG_DE_A3
URBANREG_SA_A3
URBANREG_EC_A3
URBANREG_IT_A3
URBANREG_CI_A3
URBANREG_TE_A3
URBANREG_TT_A3
URBANREG_EN_A3
URBANREG_CR_A3

4. Successful deliveries via eDAMIS
EL – the first one (4 files/4 domains)
DE (3 domains)
ES (1 domain)
EE (2 domains)
LU (7 domains)
(Status: 10 October 2006)

5. Data files already sent some examples

6. Naming convention 1 Dataset-ID: URBANREG_DE_A3 Country code: EL
example of file name: URBANREG_DE_A3_EL_2004_0000_V0001_N.XLS
Dataset-ID: URBANREG_DE_A3
Country code: EL
Year:
Period:
Version: V0001
Type of action: N
Extension: XLS

7. Naming: Dataset-ID Dataset-ID The 9 UA domains are predefined and
URBANREG_DE_A3_EL_2004_0000_V0001_N.XLS
Dataset-ID
URBANREG_DE_A3
The 9 UA domains are
predefined and
they can be selected
within the eDAMIS
web application

8. Naming: Country code Country code Automatically selected by
URBANREG_DE_A3_EL_2004_0000_V0001_N.XLS
Country code EL
Automatically selected by
the web application

9. Naming: Year Year Please select year 2004 rather then 2006
URBANREG_DE_A3_EL_2004_0000_V0001_N.XLS
Year
2004
Please select year 2004
rather then 2006
(reference year rather
than collection year);
also keep 2004 in case
of timeline deliveries

10. Naming: Period Period Invariant as there are not several
URBANREG_DE_A3_EL_2004_0000_V0001_N.XLS
Period
0000
Invariant
as there are not several
collections per year

11. Naming: Version Version Set automatically by the system
URBANREG_DE_A3_EL_2004_0000_V0001_N.XLS
Version
V0001
Set automatically by the
system
(increases the counter in
case of redeliveries)

12. Naming: Action 1 Type of action
URBANREG_DE_A3_EL_2004_0000_V0001_N.XLS
Type of action N
Possible selections:
N (normal sending)
P (partial sending)
A (appending sending)
R (replacement)

13. Naming: Action 2 Type of action
URBANREG_DE_A3_EL_2004_0000_V0001_N.XLS
Type of action
Please select:
N (normal sending) for your
first file of a certain domain
A (appending) for a file with
additional data for a domain
already sent
R (replacement) for a file with
corrections or deletions

14. Naming: Extension Extension Extension is inserted
URBANREG_DE_A3_EL_2004_0000_V0001_N.XLS
Extension
XLS or CSV
Extension is inserted
automatically from the
format of the file
to be sent

15. Some recommendations Only files in Excel or csv format
Please send only data for one domain within one file (according to dataset)
Please separate files with new data (N or A) from replacement files (R – data correction or suppression)

16. Some recommendations 2
In case of additional information to data delivery available please make use of:
Free text comments - field
Attachment of commenting file document

17. eDAMIS Help eDAMIS mail box: ESTAT-SUPPORT-EDAMIS@ec.europa.eu
eDAMIS help centre: data/website/index.htm
Only if eDAMIS Web Application not available eDAMIS WEB-Portal or CIRCA UPLOAD (please contact Berthold Huber)

18. Thank you for your attention!
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