Countdown to April XML Reporting - Step 2

You may already be behind for April 2009 XML reporting!  Read carefully below to determine if you are on track.

EPA expects three times as many first-time XML reporters in April 2009 as compared to January 2009 and April is only weeks away!  Those who are participating in the ESC|SafePassage Program - A Smooth Transition to XML will be prepared. 

If you have not already completed these tasks on ALL of your ESC|StackVision servers, you are behidn for April 2009 XML reporting.  The tasks are: 

• Download and read ESC's Transition to XML Reporting Guide from the ESC website (go to Support > Files Download, then access Regulatory and Reporting > XML Junction > Transition to XML Reporting Guide). This 22-page guide includes steps to transition to XML reporting using ESC│StackVision, including nine of the most common StackVision configuration changes required for XML reporting.
  
  
• Upgrade to ESC│StackVision Version 2.3 Service Pack 3 on all of your StackVision servers. This is a prerequisite for any ESC Support or services during April. In addition, Version 2.3 SP3 will be required in order to install the final XML version enhancements prior to April. Save yourself time in April by upgrading to the latest version of StackVision right away.
  
• Follow the link below to install XML Notepad on the ESC│StackVision server. This will allow ESC Support personnel to troubleshoot XML files when accessing your system: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=72d6aa49-787d-4118-ba5f-4f30fe913628&displaylang=en.

Additional tasks that you must do NOW to be ready for April XML reporting: 

• If you have access to the ECMPS Client Tool Preview, evaluate your Monitoring Plan and resolve ALL errors. Keep detailed notes so that you can make the same changes using the Production Tool when it becomes available in mid-March.
  
• Enter all first quarter QA tests into ESC│StackVision as they are completed.
  
• Make sure ProcessNow runs without errors.
  
• Generate and evaluate partial first quarter 2009 flat-file EDRs with MDC to find and correct data errors.
  
• If you have access to the ECMPS Client Tool Preview, generate and evaluate partial first quarter 2009 XML QA/Cert and Emissions Data EDRs with ECMPS. Correcting any errors discovered will better equip you for actual submissions in April.

If you have any questions on XML preparedness, please contact your Senior Account Executive.