2. England User Group Development Presentation

3. 2006/7 Development review Email broadcasting: not done, word mail merge to email used. Auto-upload of data: not worked on in year above discussion level Upgrading of On-line help: not done Web-site upgrade: not done User log-on: not done Review of menus, buttons and texts: not done

4. 2006/7 Development review Reports: new excel reporting functionality launched Sep 07. More reports to be developed. Question expansion for 51-65: completed Sep Updating destination lists: one update in year, process being put in place System question management: completed Sep.

5. 2006/7 Development review System maintenance: done Mass Balance Report: done Queued processing of data roll-ups: done Calculated variables: done Quarterly question management by LAs: done User feedback on data submission (rev): done On-line status reports: done Review of Questions: done with some changes made National data access: done, for England and Wales

6. 2007/8 Development Plan Early Gains We have had early gains in the year from work that were started last year Reports for BVPIs and other analysis via Excel Negative numbers data-entry checks New Q51-65 structure Question Management Menu review to group data tasks and reporting tasks

7. 2007/8 Development Plan First Phase Keep adding to available Excel based benchmarking reports –Including question reports –Reports for Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales –Remove crystal reports Pre authorisation validation checks page Auto upload of data –For fixed questions by Christmas –For variable length (destination/district) questions start of 2008 Selection list update process to go quarterly

8. 2007/8 Development Plan Other tasks Improve the authorisation screen Improve user management screens Improve authority management screens Improve list creation screens Add a scrolling WDF news Bring log-on to before you see menus

9. Review of AutoUpload

10. Automatic Data Upload The process is to be flexible, so we are creating an XML file structure. Any system can then be designed to create a WDF output file in the published format. WDF will provide an Excel template that will have built in macros to create the XML WDF will provide the system to upload the XML file to the WDF server and technically check the XML file meets the format. The user will then press a button to load the numbers into WDF data-entry screens and check, amend and validate the numbers as they do now.

11. Automatic Data Upload The steps in the upload process are: –File selection –File upload to server –File validation –Upload of data to the question. –Continue as normal and finalise return the validation process will check that the user has data entry rights to upload data.

12. Flow Diagram User system: Excel files Database Bespoke WDF Excel: Bespoke process: Creation of XML file: Data for one authority and one period XML file: Stored locally WDF Screens: To upload file to server WDF Screens: To check the data in the file Which questions? WDF Screens: To decide whether to load the data from the file? WDF Screens: To complete the standard data entry process. WDF Screens: To complete the standard authorisation process.