1. Reportnet for beginners
Hermann Peifer, EEA

2. The EEA’s data collection machinery.
What is Reportnet?
The EEA’s data collection machinery.
What is CDR?
The Central Data Repository of Reportnet.

3. Deliveries uploaded to CDR: 6941 released envelopes (on 1 February 2010)
Art. 3: 044
Art. 5: 054
Art. 8: 238

4. Article 8 reporting: facts & figures
The history: all 238 envelopes are here:
Deliveries started on :05:50 (#1 Art. 8 data delivery came from Luxembourg)
Deliveries ended on :51:08 (Uploaded on Tuesday morning by Luxembourg)
In total: XML data files for ~160 RBDs
GW Monitoring stations
SW Monitoring stations
Monitoring programmes

6. Article 8 reporting: typical data issues
Duplicate station codes (no primary key in station tables)
Missing mandatory elements, duplicate child elements (detected through XML schema validation)
Missing or wrong station coordinates (visually checked with Google Earth)
Inconsistencies between related tables (GW and SW Station tables vs Monitoring programmes)
Some confusion with number of RBDs, RBD codes and names
Data were not delivered in XML format, but as Excel files, etc.
Feedback to countries: only 6 months after reporting deadline (Reports from manual QA checks, 250+ mails to countries)

7. Online demonstration Where to find help
How to locate your folder in CDR
How to login (accounts and permissions)
How to upload your data
Envelope workflow and resubmissions
Where to find help
CDR permissions, passwords, etc.
WFD reporting related issues