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1. HetonaisyetemEnveiope EH Mew expanded data exchange for generation by Party s system and import by CRF Reproter Hational system name for information purpose only Ga ee oi Be A rege I a iD E m The user who generated the XML For information purpose only CRFDataxML ee Variable CRFReporterxML CH aE Ip Record Jj This is the root element For Choice Pe CRF Reporter XML the MIL For gr by ee 3 1 0 1 0 contains only one of the system and import by CRF allowing choic coriparsbillty oF GRE added in order to allow ER disablling of Formulas et LINE foe BE en ee InterReporterEnvelope For exchange Fomio CRF Reporter Installation SubmissionEnvelope For generation of official submission and import into the GHG database CRFStandardMetadata 4 reference ZML section for Standard metadata UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 The schema has been split into four envelopes as follows e National System Envelope e InterReporter Envelope e Submission Envelope e Data Only Envelope These constitute the new import export options for the CRF Reporter In addition to these options there is a final section of the schema which describes the standard Meta data of the CRF Reporter The National System Envelope is for use when exporting data from the National System an
2. ree mmr ij Pi Pei ie F T ee ui 5 u wie i Figure 5 Zeroes in node 5 A 2 1 Cropland converted to Forest Land Under Biomass burning Parties should specify the Activity data used in order to enable data entry There are rules applied to the AD aggregation If AD of the same type is reported under Biomass Burning the values are summed at the parent node If the AD for the child categories differs no specified AD appears at the parent level and the notation key NA is automatically set and propagated through the full time series e Under biomass burning there are nodes that are for informative purpose only and the values entered in them do not propagate to the parent nodes This refers to the nodes at level 5 A B C D 2 1 5 G Other please specify is a flexible category under the CRF LULUCF sector Harvested wood is included by default under 5 G as per CRF table 5 All other country specific entries under 5 G Other please specify are introduced by adding a category When a new category is added the LULUCF default activities appear The relevant activities and notation keys should be entered for other activities Relevant data are to be reported in the appropriate data grids BUT avoid entering aggregated values for existing land categories under 5 G UNFCCC 51 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual 5 2 2 5 Waste The navigation tree for the sector is consistent with the CRF structure The allocation of th
3. 2 National System XML a comprehensive format from a National System 3 Simple XML also known as Data XML a simple format from a national system Depending on the format the Import wizard pages will be different 5 4 2 1 Data XML or National System import The import wizard shows progress of the import without additional user selection as per the next figure in mi poe et hi aE rg ea dion cheap HL campeon eee be E nape pata ri data E Ara ternal bhead ja eden SM Dpi mp ee er After the import is finished press Next gt gt button to continue Press Finish button to close the wizard Please note that the XML import facility of the CRF Reporter applies more rigorous checks during the import than previous versions if you get an error message during the import please check the import log file CRFReporterXML log file in order to see the details of the import error You can find the import log file in the same directory where you imported the XML file UNFCCC 73 UNFCCC CRF Reporter For XML Data compatibility with previous version of the CRF Reporter please refer to Annex I 5 4 2 2 Inter Reporter XML import If the import file s in the InterReporter format the following wizard dialog will be displayed In the hierarchical tree of categories available in the XML file select those that you wish to import Import Wizard Sehect nodes 20 Part Sppkoalon 3B Depas nag and Dip ssn ng
4. Information on additional GHG and the relevant data grid allow the user to report on additional GHG not included in the standard CRF sectoral tables To add a new gas double click the Add new gas string in the data grid Once the gas has been added select the source category from the existing category tree and provide the following information e Emissions Gg e Estimated GWP value 100 year horizon e Reference to the source of GWP value and explanation The CRF Reporter calculates the Emissions CO2 equivalent Gg UNFCCC 55 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 5 3 Data validation The CRF Reporter tool contains different integrated check mechanisms It includes some preventive functions e g notation key NO cannot be entered for AD when emissions are reported for a category and simple screening mechanism e g identifying missing data The chart function provides for visualization of the trends in data inputs and helps in defining input mistakes and big deviations Additionally there are special checks intended to monitor changes in the trends upon request by user as well to check for any change compared to previous inventory submission Data validation is part of the final work on a given sector as well as a part of the completion of the annual national inventory 5 3 1 Consistency checks 5 3 1 1 Goal of the checks The consistency of the inventory is one of the main requirements accordin
5. sectoral reports SR with data on GHG emissions removals at a sectoral level mainly formula based background data tables SBDT with activity data emissions and IEF at the most disaggregated level cross sectoral tables CST which include information from different sectors The hierarchy in the CRF Reporter is the same as in the CRF tables The most disaggregated level in the CRF Reporter nodes structure corresponds to the entry level of the CRF tables Start entering data from the most disaggregated level Continue with the parent category by adding the aggregated information needed Continue in this way until all the traffic light signs for the nodes in your sector become green which means that you have filled all the cells The upper level nodes are based on the sub nodes and in most cases are meant for organizational and view purposes only and they do not require data entries To unfold a node click on the H icon next to the node 5 2 1 3 Country specific information The context pop up menu and the menu bar allow the inclusion of new elements categories gases fuels and sub divisions in the navigation tree structure The application generates the data grid associated with the new node which requires data entries Adding category gas fuel options is consistent with the CRF tables and is allowed only in places where such possibilities exist in the CRF In the CRF tables this corresponds to the rows labell
6. UNFCCC CREF Reporter 3 0 User Manual UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 Contents UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 AMEC PO se ee EEE VIL Impo RPA View submission history Annex I XML Schema 80 Annex II Calculation Business Rules 83 Abbreviations 102 UNFCCC 3 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 1 Introduction In an effort to improve the transparency completeness comparability consistency and accuracy of greenhouse gas GHG inventories required under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change UNFCCC the Conference of the Parties COP has adopted reporting guidelines for annual GHG inventories for Annex I Parties The objectives of the reporting guidelines are to assist Parties in meeting their commitments under the Convention and to facilitate the process of consideration of inventories including verification technical assessment and expert review of inventory information Based on these objectives and in order to continue to improve reporting the COP adopted the Common Reporting Format CRF as an integral part of the reporting guidelines in October 1999 for a trial period of two years and adopted revised reporting guidelines including a revised CRF at its eighth session in October 2002 amended with revised LULUCF section at its ninth session at the end of 2003 Initially the reporting was facili
7. Garen pri Salt zero and pagaen for ehh pechie mec be grer jedan T ask 1 Ems 2 Ir P CO 2 4 Mira Product Ey 25 Ceased Prostar Py 2 2 Lie Produk 0O TA J Li are Doki Loa p TA d Seda Ach Aiki and Uis Ci TA DA Fooling Lid 24 6 Aoad Frang wath rchall Dy 247 Ober pise mei i 28 hemin n Edabe ca an Next select sectors categories for which you wish to generate the profile If needed tick the Editable cells only box see below for more information Click Next gt gt to start the profile generation and after that click Finish button to close the wizard In the folder specified you will find two text files 1 Variables profile This file contains a list of variables for specified navigation tree nodes Depending on the selection of Editable cells only option the profile may contain either all variables or only editable ones Editable variables are those where there is no formula at all white cells and those where formula was switched off orange cells If Editable cells only check box s not checked then the profile will also contain the current non editable variables green cells with only the possibility of disabling their formulae It 1s recommended you have this option selected during profile generation n order to reduce the number of variables to be mapped UNFCCC 31 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 2 Units profile This file contains all the units
8. bo When switching from one option to the other even if no data are entered at the selected option level the CRF Reporter automatically fills in the other option with notation key IE overwriting any data previously entered The choice is reflected in the relevant CRF tables Switching between the Agriculture options requires time to process data Do not end this process even when the CRF Reporter appears as not responding in the Task Manager window UNFCCC 29 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 Under country specific settings a reminder on the inclusion of potential emissions in totals and in table 10 when only potential emissions have been reported is displayed by selecting the Inventory Country specific settings Total menu item In accordence eth the UNE COC reporting guidelines Parties showid report abhus emissions of MPCs Pcs and Fh wither daa ae a eee shit m lager eile bhp ene oa W ui oF pre ail on CRE equiveient Parties reporting schusl emissions should aso report potential emissions for bee sources where the paea of pania aar a ach antun hy re har ra ache emissions are reported and potential emissions are reported the potential emissions wi be including in Fhe national totals end kha rend tables 5 1 2 Party Profile Optional Parties having a national GHG database and wishing to automatically upload their data into CRF Reporter can use data only bu
9. checked Use the Invert button to reverse the year selection Click Cancel to abort To launch the check process click OK Performing the Completeness check requires time to process data Do not stop this process once it starts running even when the CRF Reporter appears as not responding in the Task Manager window 5 3 2 4 Output of the check The completeness check output is opened in a separate window so that it is possible to switch to the correspondent input grids at any time UNFCCC 59 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 The result list of the operation 1s shown below F 3 Tpm j F e Eyr j ar Hirsch entries m i ria xj The remuk ki hi mad values mesing lor the Guben pea The vaker should be Med ri foreach of the inventos yesa shove i labs bo piti j the deck Double check si the nares n coum lnioeration Type In mezh io an npa fom to enter the marng value Orcs the Lack Meng Aerie june Gah I Shae lack Dre 5 ethan Pett Fa Butler Alec I uaii Ib Check phate The check isiad jor 1990 eer AA Fua Comburhon Section dope art 1447 Maag raue afd onen 1 AA JF Other oe aati Ar e a Cr Fuchs Enets ACH ERs Pores Me 1 48 Fuel Gomtuelion Reference Ao ai Birri Sold Bernas Soll Carbon emip factor FULUP 5 5 Cre piee pay her verted Yo Podis ie Fitimi The result list contains Sector Navigation tree node Information type columns Besides a sta
10. corresponding to the node you updated Input forms support the context popup menu that is available by right clicking the mouse button on any cell row or column header The menu contains the available operations for a selected element 4 4 Category documentation and Instruction tabs In Figure 3 the general category documentation window is shown under the navigation tree Users are required to provide all documentation in English UNFCCC 25 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 There are three tabs in the Category documentation window Documentation box input Documentation box instructions and Category notes The Documentation box input tab serves for Parties to enter information The user can specify an official documentation for the selected category or sector in the category tree any node in the tree Each category has one text field to provide textual explanation In the top of the tab 1s indicated in which CRF Excel table s documentation box the information will appear The Documentation box instructions tab shows general instructions for the selected category node Those instructions match the instructions provided n the documentation boxes of the CRF tables The Category notes tab provides instructions on the selected navigation tree input form if any The instructions match the footnotes in the corresponding CRF table 4 5 View bar There is a View bar on top of the data grid
11. menu item in the context pop up menu subsequently a new gas should be added Non standard F gases and mixtures in the data grids are an exception to this rule In order to rename them right click on the name of the gas and select Rename command in the displayed context pop up menu then enter a new gas name see screenshot below Hetal Helah be eee A CHF Hnpnrler lalahurer i KrRepeier me CRAY HE ge a SER A AT IE aan Eu IE Tihe pam or m AO Samconductor ManufacturaiHrC i57 e E DE 2 fiie Erak p mey Ep ZE 1 Ohm ipa i m PF Cord af Hart ed IF ZF 1 Angerer rer Crain Inimmalion iym 4 of IF ran Bho IF ifm Dargayben meurt of Bd led in re aed F LF L monah Metered Dose Inhaknn O Amsuri of Hud in operating syriema j 2F Sioh Auni of phj pemaine i ee of IF ihs open ung DC abe Enihi m GMB ZF 7 atondu Manutactse Actual emicenne hon maral arianna 5 Are ia Tina He E LF Eii iqaneri cteal coum hum diepaaal em IF 50ih jhe geii Implied rerdasian jacha I ZFP rungen of Haamer orci SFG i Four site actueG Hilo mS 20 thes ple ps Product Ge iim eo aH Jipe red Dee Prost Uns g i Ages j Doomen berian Doaa em bav mpu ol Ce mie caama mm me Linder ach al he so categorie in Pe mangalon ee core eg the Odd Ngan apinn Ba Hated nthe UNCC ei Guedes Farben ik befell atia amih m HFC a PPS aed SFE Dagsa date mas available parenie ee cs py cence ie oe Seen ue oh ee er a Add a fuel To add a new
12. potentialfactual ratio e Difference for a cell between two submission years in the recalculation table 8 a The difference is provided both in Gg and e The change in a value is also assessed with its impact on the total The impact of the recalculation on the total emissions excluding LULUCF is calculated as follows impact of recalculation 100 x source LS source PS total emissions LS where LS latest submission PS previous submission Source Source IMPACT 5 100 EM Lassu EM presu E M Source LastSub e The change from base year to latest reported year is reported in table 10 and estimated as follows Source __ Source Change nounge l 00 X EM LastYear EM BaseYear E M Source LastYear 2 CALCULATIONS USING NK 2 1 Cells other than IEF Cells other than IEF are calculated the following way If the expression to calculate contains terms that are numbers then the numbers only are used However if the NK C is used the sum of the number can be disabled If the expression can t be calculated using the numbers e g division of a number by a notation key then the numbers are ignore and step to 2 only NK are used for calculation If all the child entries are NK then the NK are listed in the parent node or related cells UNFCCC 98 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 2 2 For IEF cells If either the AD or EM is NK then the IEF takes the re
13. 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 5 3 2 2 Types of checks The completeness checks distinguish between mandatory and optional entries The following list enumerates the types of completeness checks integrated n the software Mandatory e Missing mandatory entries check step 1 e Missing explanations for IE step 2 e Missing explanations for NE step 3 e Missing Methods EF used at Summary 3 level step 4 Optional e Missing additional information step 5 Checks can be run at any time However they are necessary at the level of a completion of a sector and when finalising an inventory They are also part of the preparing an official submission wizard 5 3 2 3 How to run the checks There are several options to run a completeness check e To start completeness checks select Submission Completeness checks menu item e Alternatively click on a corresponding button on the toolbar and select Completeness checks item in the drop down list see paragraph Menu bar and toolbar options e Running completeness check is provided as an option during the export import process e It is also requested as a step in the official submission generation wizard When the check s run the application displays the dialog of inventory year s selection Select years Selec ead Deke ee lee Ge thd ud be iied Fi All years are selected by default To select specific years click Unselect all and indicate the years to be
14. Data grid cells There are different types of cells in the input forms e Blank read only cells the background is grey and the user cannot edit these cells Note there are also read only cells with a light grey background to edit these type the description of the activity data in the specified place in the Information Type column of the data grid e Input cells contain double string values and are available for editing In most cases the user can enter either a non zero numerical value or a notation key In cases where numerical value is not available the user must enter one of the standard notation keys NE not estimated NO not occurring NA not available IE included elsewhere C confidential There are also cells requiring textual entries such as year specific comments and specific background data Input cells that are new or modified since the latest submission have a yellow background e Cells with the ability to select specific data for example cells that correspond to Unit column and Method and EF used rows e Cells with formulae green background values in these cells depend on other cell values and a number of constants a subset of the formula based cells are the Aggregated cells these have a green background if disabled for editing and a yellow background if enabled for editing These cells contain values that are calculated as a sum of all values from sub categories for certa
15. Emission for CO2 in node 6 C L6 C EMS EM a amp EM eee where means excluding 1 2 2 6 1 Polymorphism of the National Total Several forms of the national total Emissions are reported in the CRF e Total emissions Agger Gases with LULUCF In table Summary2 and 10s5 e Total emissions Ager Gases without LULUCF In table 10s5 UNFCCC 93 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 e Total emissions Ager Gases without CO2 from LULUCF In table Summary2 1 3 Implied Emission Factor For a given category k and for a GHG gas g CO2 CH4 N20 HFC s PFC s SF where EM is the emission and AD 1s the activity data the Implied Emissions Factor IEF equals IEF g k Factor EM g k AD k EM IEF F m The IEF calculation includes the necessary unit conversion depending on the units of AD and EM and the unit set for the IEF In most of the cases the factor F is equal to 1 however it is equal to 636363 63 when a conversion needs to be done between N and N O in the nodes 4 B B and 4 D Exceptions are l In Table 1A d where the Implied emission factor IEF depends on the Fuel Consumption FC the Fraction of carbon stored FCS and of the Carbon stored CS in the following way IEF CS FC FCS 1000 2 Everywhere under 1 AB Energy reference approach the IEF doesn t need to be reported and is not calculated 3 When Recovery occurs the IEF is ca
16. Fuel Consumption TJI In certain cases the formulas are not self evident These formulas are included in the relevant category information box For more information on the CRF Reporter formulas and the calculation business rules please refer to Annex II 5 2 1 5 Steps to fill in a data grid There are different ways of filling in a data grid The section below represents one possible way All steps regardless of the sequence in which they are taken are compulsory in preparing a complete GHG inventory 1 Select units for the input information Enter activity data and emission removals data Specify Method EF used 2 3 4 Enter cell comments if needed 5 Enter additional information if available 6 Fill in the recalculation panel if relevant 7 Enter category specific information 8 Add year specific documentation if relevant Select the units to be used The list of relevant units is included for each data grid item In CRF tables standard units are set while CRF Reporter allows flexibility amongst convertible units group For a number of categories the default group for unit is not set up e g 1 B 2 For such categories a full list of units is displayed initially After selection of the required unit the list of units is restricted to the unit group of the chosen unit If an incorrect unit was chosen select empty unit first in the drop down box in order to switch back to the full list and select a
17. Reporter installation package In case Microsoft Data Access Components 2 5 MDAC and Windows scripting host are not installed on your system you will be prompted to install these components As aresult of this operation the setup wizard will start the installation and will guide you through the wizard pages The customer information page see screenshot will Br prompt you to provide the Party name and select the Beier are Wang Pit Fir ihr Ep ua dh installation type needed NIC or SE In case of NIC iz installation you will be asked to provide the installation key This installation key can be found in the Party specific note sent by the UNFCCC together with the CRF Reporter software LIE 5 The wizard will continue with a page requesting the paths en ies pe a ae Zr om to the master database recalculation database and backup folder By default the paths indicate C as destination drive see screenshot beja OP ee do ies bi on Be Tal ale ia Pree ee eee er a et bar beer ir oe Te a h Chore F rs ges E pp m ee pE r a p UNFCCC 9 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 2 5 1 Master database This database also called the default database is used for storing all data and information entered in the CRF Reporter that is related to your GHG inventory submission 2 5 2 Recalculation database This database contains data from your previous submission The main
18. SR tier dia ace ba sure et Te CAA ma Dae en Meaning axes bar namn Mare BASS ao eerie a Lae Se ee eee 1 Mara Al rom Sure Uli SE BI AD ee ec Helen nH prem in Mi nn bisma Fe An Lie CH aa E i Ee Se a a 1 Bajra eel eect in SM ers ee iat PEAT be ter bie Mare Cega Dic on ee oe The user actions can be one of the following for each action 1 Case Matching nodes by UID node name is different in the imported XML than the database The user action can be one of the following e Use node name from the XML default action e Use node name from the database e Do not import this node 2 Case Node not present in the XML the database has more nodes than the XML The user action can be one of the following e Do not delete node from the database 1 e leave node as is default action e Delete node from the database 3 Case Node not present in the database XML has more nodes than the database No user action 1s requested the default action is to import the node from the XML or the user can cancel the import 4 Case Matching nodes by name node UID 1s different in the imported XML than the database The user action can be one of the following e Replace node from XML e Add node with a new name user is requested to enter new name e Do not import this node UNFCCC 75 UNFCCC CRF Reporter After making the appropriate actions press Continue gt gt The next wizard page will show diffe
19. The bar window shows the content of the selected cell It is read only and intended for browsing long values and documentation strings Numerical values in this bar are shown with the entire decimal fraction regardless of the data precision set for the data grid 4 6 Chart window Chart window displays a bar diagram for the selected row in the input forms It is located in the right bottom corner of the main window Figure 3 The context pop up menu can be used to execute the following operations The chart window can be detached from the main window and shown as a standalone window It can also be docked when closed by the user Right click on the chart in order to show the chart window as a standalone window In the displayed context pop up menu select Show chart in separate window You can choose between a bar and line chart depiction Select the context popup menu by clicking the right mouse button on the chart window and check either Line or Bar chart item If you have selected the Line item the chart displays the form as shown in the screenshot below Lind Gq Campo Carmen rori heme raa Gag CC St ces OY ee aa pen tC CC DE TEE re mn TENI Fe EEI fi HAHH To copy chart to clipboard select the chart and choose Copy to clipboard item in the context popup menu You can copy the chart into Excel tables in the same way as you copy a cell range see paragraph Enter
20. activity data and emission removals data fill in blank cells To display a selection of years in the chart choose Select years item in the context popup menu Check the years to be displayed in the chart and click OK to save modifications UNFCCC 26 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 4 7 Recalculation explanation panel The Recalculation explanation panel is the input form control that allows the user to input reasons for recalculations Figure 6 The panel appears at the bottom of the input form panel when entered data is different from the last official submission Figure 6 Recalculation explanation panel Recalculation explanation Fiscalculation dus ts changes ia Methods Emission lactone Activity Dada Additan Hemoval He Other changes in data The panel contains a grid with columns indicating where different types of explanations are to be provided At least one type of explanation is expected Recalculation explanations can also be entered during the Recalculation check whose window reflects the layout of the recalculation panel allowing the user to provide explanations for all recalculations detected during the check and to propagate them for the years selected for checking The panel is shown only for the inventory years that are required for submission to the UNFCCC 4 8 Status bar The main window contains a status bar at the bottom of the window The st
21. all rows in the result list e Refresh synchronize data with input form entries and update the result panel 5 3 3 Recalculation checks 5 3 3 1 Goal of the check The inventories of an entire time series should be estimated using the same methods and the underlying activity data and emission factors should be obtained and used in a consistent manner When the methodology or manner in which underlying activity data and emission factors are gathered has changed Parties should recalculate inventories for the base and subsequent years Recalculations and the explanatory information including justification for recalculations should be reported both in NIR and in the relevant CRF tables Recalculation explanations are required only for the emissions of the main GHG CO CHy N20 PFCs HFCs SF at the level of sector subsector as defined in Table 8 a The explanations are required at the same level in Table 8 b Recalculation checks are always made on previous submission that has been accepted by UNFCCC UNFCCC 64 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 5 3 3 2 Implementation To facilitate Parties in keeping track of the changes in the emissions they are reporting in comparison to the previous inventory submission the CRF Reporter has integrated recalculation checks consistency with previous submission which compare current values with values from the latest submission marked as received by the UNFC
22. been provided at the aggregate level CRF table 8 a There are several options to run a recalculation check e To start recalculation checks select Submission Recalculation checks menu item e Alternatively click on a corresponding button on the toolbar and select Run recalculate checks item in the drop down list see paragraph Menu bar and toolbar options e It is also requested as a step in the official submission generation Note that for the first year when using the CRF Reporter the data from the previous submission will be included in the software but in some cases there will be omissions and misallocation Preparing a new submission will indicate the changes you make to correct the data as recalculations In such cases please indicate in the recalculation panel that the changes are due to the transition to the new software 5 3 3 3 Output of the check A dialog box listing all inventory years will be displayed Select years for recalculation by checking the selection boxes and click OK After the data processing is finished the application displays the result window of recalculation check as shown below b H a a E 5 a Feo y ret i Tat a E E amp a EEF Ai A age Pe ee ee ri Are dal ELS ee ae es UNFCCC 66 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 ge aa pp a err ee ya am er PS ae E ee ee ee ee es r
23. comprehensive XML schema only 2 lines are required to change in the Data XML in order to allow the Data XML import into the CRF Reprter The 2 lines are as follows Beginning root element in the Data XML need to change from UNFCCC 81 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 lt xsm CRFReporterData xmlIns xsm http ghg unfccc int CRFReporterDataX ML gt Beginning root element in the Data XML need to change to lt CRFReporterXML xsi noNamespaceSchemaLocation http unfccc int resource ghg crfreporter xsd xmins xsi http www w3 org 2001 XMLSchema instance gt End of root element in the Data XML need to change from lt xsm CRFReporterData gt End of root element in the Data XML need to change to lt CRFReporterXML gt The remaining contents of the Data XML which represents the actual data import are kept the same as previous version in order to maintain compatibility with previous versions of the CRF Reporter The above changes can be done during the generation time from Parties s National System or can be done using a text editor after the generation and before the import into the CRF Reporter 3 0 UNFCCC 82 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 ANNEX IT CALCULATION BUSINESS RULES 1 Survey of the calculation rules by type of measures The present analysis covers all the calculated data in the Common Reporting Format CRF This survey covers the calculation rules s
24. correct one Enter activity data and emission removals data fill in blank cells To enter a value into a cell enabled for editing double click on the desired cell enter the value and press Enter or click any cell in the input form to launch calculations The recommended maximum length for a reported value is 10 characters UNFCCC 40 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 There are incorporated checks in the software that allow the entries to be only numerical and notation keys Zero is not allowed as an entry except in a few places where fractions percentage allocation is requested or both positive and negative value is allowed As a result of this operation the new calculations will be performed and displayed n the cells of the parent node If all child cells contain only notation keys the calculated result contains a list of distinct notation keys separated by commas and n this instance the cell becomes editable yellow background To enter information you can copy paste data directly from and to Excel To paste into Excel indicate a cell or a cell range you want to transfer and click Copy Cell Range on the toolbar see paragraph bar and toolbar options Go to Excel tables and paste data into the cells you want To copy from Excel tables into input forms indicate the cells you need call for context pop up menu and select Copy item there Go to CRF Reporter select the cell you
25. dead organic matter per area Net carbon stock change in soils per area are Implied emission factors according to the standard data grid divisions see screenshot below UNFCCC 49 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 5 LULUCFiCarboen stock change Iran i ppe Unk Tojal mea khs Carbon bork che ma eg thera Carbon Innit Chesca Het change Hah EF ssd Met carbon shock phang m dead parn maie Carbon Maho EF Weed Net carbon shock ohne m godly Carbon Maho EF Weed Carbon shock ohanga me yig baum per cen Carbon eae Cec pages Hei change Net carbon shock ohare m dead ogee matie per aes Labon Net carbon shock phbg m solle per ares Labon The split of the data grid at the 3 sub divisions used in the rest of the sectors is not done due to technical reasons Another sector specific issue of the sector is that Carbon indicated as Carbon to differ from C used in the other sectors is treated as a main gas and therefore there are the Methods EF Used attached to it and it is accounted for in the recalculation and completeness checks The LULUCF navigation tree provides the general reporting frame but Parties need to specify sub divisions for each land category When adding sub divisions the already defined sub divisions are kept as a default list and can be selected by the user Additional sector specific issues concerning the data grids for some of the activities in the se
26. fuel select the relevant node in the navigation tree and in its context pop up menu choose command Add Fuel The fuel can also be added via Inventory Add fuel menu A dialog box of fuel adding is displayed Add mew fuel Add an animal To add new animal highlight Other livestock specify node Agriculture and in its context pop up menu select Add Animal As a result the following dialog is displayed UNFCCC 35 UNFCCC CRF Reporter User Manual Add mew animal Ente rade Ol deated orev Select animal in the drop down list and click OK to save changes and display selected animal as a sub node of the navigation tree Add sub division Under the LULUCF sector the user can add sub divisions by selecting the relevant node and the Version 3 0 Date 19 10 2006 command Add Sub division from the context pop up menu Add waste water and treatment In some relevant categories of the Waste sector see screenshot below it is possible to add a country specific treatment For this first select Other Treatment please specify in the data grid and choose from the context sensitive menu command Add Treatment dialog window and click OK to add it Sa INF CE CRF Reporter default database CH Program Files UsSPCCCUCRE Reporter Database ERFReporber mdb BELARUS 2006 7 1 1 A BFAS Edt Submission Inventory on Help TANS EEE H SectortsTotals 2 Industrial Processes a i 3 Sol
27. function of this database is to identify the recalculation differences between your previous and your current submissions 2 5 3 Backup folder This folder is used for storing backups of your master database made through the CRF reporter function Backup database In case you do not have administrative rights on your computer you should ensure that you have full control permission on the master backup and recalculation folders where your databases will be saved In case of difficulties please refer to your IT support Note The CRF Reporter has been developed and tested to be a standalone application therefore it is strongly recommended you have all folders on your local hard drive The use of network folders for master and recalculation databases is discouraged since this may lead to unforeseen problems UNFCCC 10 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 2 6 Repair remove the CRF Reporter software In case you cannot start the CRF Reporter or if some files are missing or the software folder is damaged please use the Repair function In order to start the repair operation run the CRF Reporter Setup file and select the Repair option on the wizard page see screenshot In case you want to keep the existing database please make sure that the option Do not replace existing database is selected In case you want to replace the database from the installation package please deselect th
28. of measurement used The content of the unit profile is always the same because the CRF Reporter does not allow the addition modification deletion of the units It 1s only required to compliment the Variables profile 5 2 Filling in inventory data 5 2 1 General information 5 2 1 1 Start anew submission inventory cycle In order to start the yearly submission process the NIC needs to set the current submission year by selecting Submission Start new submission menu item The application then displays a dialog to confirm the submission year Please note that this option is only available on the NIC installation of the software Hew submission ew ul ae Check the fav Ben jatar belies ard Gh OE bo ne Dubany AMG To confirm the new year of submission click OK to exit click Cancel The other element needed for starting the new inventory cycle is to set a recalculation database The path to database for recalculation will be set automatically to the latest accepted submission If there are no accepted submissions in the current submission year the CRF Reporter will display the message below CRFReporter The application sets the new submission year and checks that the years included in the grid are from the base year until the submission year minus two If any of the mandatory years that should exist in the submission are missing the following message appears CHfHesorter iJ The Perio weer DK 20H reeded ler tha ann d
29. of the CRF Reporter software eet Extract to C Temp my ae Files Help Folders drives 12 Selected file My Computer lai 3 Floppy A re System C H Data D E Compact Disc E H E Progfiles on Diskpooll H E Ishmukhametoy on Di H E Database on Diskpoo H E Ishmukhametov E d Note All the zip files are contained in a folder with a zipper on it Under Windows XP by double clicking the folder a window opens listing the contents of the zip file Even though it appears as though you have extracted the files they are in fact still zipped and not truly accessible until you extract all of them amp AN fies gt C Files I Dvernsrite existing files Skip older files Use folder names Open Explorer window To extract the files from a zipped file Right click on the zip file and select Extract All The Extraction Wizard will appear Click Next Click the Browse button and select the destination for the extracted files You may create a new folder to store the files by clicking the Make New Folder button and then naming it When you are finished selecting the location click OK The Show extracted files checkbox will be selected Click Finish to close the Extraction Wizard The folder that stores the extracted files will be automatically displayed 2 8 2 Issues with Norton Antivirus Due to certain system configurations some versions of Norton AntiVirus may inco
30. population Agriculture Energy Select calorific value type Total Provide explanation on the calculation of totals UNFCCC 21 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 Menu item Hot keys Toolbar Function button Add category aie Add category to the navigation tree Addfuel fuel PP Add fuel Add animal ee Add animal Add gas a Add gas Add new year ef Add new inventory year to the input forms Remove inventory year BP Remove inventory year from the input forms Abbreviations used Display list of abbreviations used within the system Notation keys Main greenhouse gases Other abbreviations Options Select table columns OO Select input forms table columns inventory years Reverse years order E Font options Provide for separate font settings for each application element Font size Largest Display inventory years in reverse order in the input forms ul Selection of font size in the list Larger Normal Smaller Smallest Data precision Specify data precision for data grid numeric cells and reports Help UNFCCC 22 Help index UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 The Add comments action is available via toolbar button as shown below Add comments Add comment for cells Add comment for column Add comment for row 4 2 Navigation Tree A tree based on hierarchically structured inventory sectors and source categories is locate
31. to specify inventory years to be exported Select the necessary years and click Next gt gt to start export file generation tapai Erard mamap pmar Cabect rear year H er ba pead During the export operation its progress will be shown UNFCCC 71 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 Export Wizard Export in progress Please wait while wizard exports data x Initializing iv Reading application settings Co Exporting Values 7 Exporting Warables gt Exporting Metadata ivi Exporting Tree Modes and Dimension Inst Co Saving ML data lt lt Back Next gt gt Finish when it finishes click Next gt gt Finally press Finish button to close the Export Wizard 5 4 2 XML Import You may receive an XML file with inventory data from different sources from a SE from your national inventory compiler or from your National system depending how the GHG inventory work is organized in your country In either case you can import such a file if it has a correct format into your CRF Reporter database The import export process is repeated in one inventory cycle The import operation takes place also at the point when a sector is compiled and the SE exports the data for the NIC to import it to the national inventory During the import the NIC should select for import the sectors categories that the SE 1s responsible for Even when one sub section is imported parent node
32. will aaa its colour from green to orange indicating that now you may enter a value see paragraph Prsubtirz rex i 5 2 1 4 Data grid Each node in the navigation tree is linked with the data grid The corresponding data is displayed in the data grid by double clicking on the selected node or via the node context pop up menu item View category data The data grid see screenshot below can be compared to the structure of a row in a CRF table see fer ieee See Ci en ee ee ee el a Du Pe N Das Fu Ta i oe et pet F i Dhia A A Sec i ee aL DAF TIH TI ee mimm e ee ee ed oes sod ie ese ee a a ee ee ee y a EE gS ae A TE p hE F ee ee bees js eat ae M cress et regen The information items in the data grid can be subdivided into e Activity data e Emissions e IEF formula based e Additional information if associated with a given node At the more aggregated levels of the navigation tree only the Emission type data is available as if the row is taken from a Sectoral report table which only contains emission removal data Additional actions are required to complete a data grid besides entering the numerical data for the Activity data and Emissions removals including e Selection of units e Selection of methods EF used e Entering of year specific comments if any UNFCCC 38 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 e Entering general category documentation if any
33. 0 19 10 2006 101 UNFCCC CRF Reporter User Manual Version 3 0 Date 19 10 2006 Other abbreviations used A AD AWMS Bo BOD CRC CRF COD DC dm DOC GCV GE IEF LULUCF MCF MCF MSW NCV NIC NIR ODS P SE SWDS UNFCCC VS Actual emissions of F gases based on Tier 2 approach of the IPCC Guidelines Activity data Animal waste management system Maximum methane producing capacity for manure Biochemical Oxygen Demand Cycling Redundancy Check Common reporting format Chemical Oxygen Demand Degradable organic component dry matter Degradable organic carbon Gross calorific value Average gross energy intake Implied emission factor Land use land use change and forestry Methane correction factor Waste Methane Conversion Factor Agriculture Municipal solid waste Net calorific value National Inventory Compiler National inventory report Ozone depleting substances Potential emissions of F gases based on Tier 1 approach of the IPCCC Guidelines Sectoral Experts Solid waste disposal site United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Volatile Solids Other manual abbreviations used MS UI XML UNFCCC Microsoft User Interface eXtensible Markup Language 102
34. 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 TLAC Difference Reference and Sectoral ApproachiLiquic Information type Unit 1985 87 1991 1992 Fuel Consumption Reference approach 964 00 945 00 962 00 Sectoral approach 635 15 633 12 11 03 Difference To Soe Apparent energy consum PJ 0 00 Emissions O Coe Reference approach iq 57 469 91 50 374 01 51 035 93 Sectoral approach iq 46 653 07 46 321 57 47 445 40 Difference To Where the difference of fuel consumption is calculated the following way 1 AC Difference Reference and Sectoral ApproachiLiquid Fuels AEC SA i DIFF 100 E information type Unit ja Fuel Consumption Reference approach Difference DIFF Apparent energy consumption excluding nan energy use and feedstocks Pl e Node 1 AD adds the C and CO not emitted as well as the total amount of C and CO2 from feedstocks and non energy use of fuels that is included as emitted CO2 in the Reference Approach e Node IC takes the values for CO emission from Biomass reported under 1 AA BIOL gt BIO e In2 F for HFC PFC and SF the ratio between Actual and Potential Emissions is calculated UNFCCC 97 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 2 F Consumption of Halocarbons and SF amp Informationtype Junt messer Emissions HFCs Actual emissions Gg CO e Method EF Used Potential emissions Method EF Used Emissions
35. CC The check requires users to provide an explanation for all the differences in emission estimates compared to the data in the latest official submission The CRF Reporter indicates the change at the level at which it occurs and a user has the possibility to enter the explanation at the same level in the recalculation explanation panel below the data grid E UNFCCC ORF Ae aari default dalabass OC Prop am Files UNFCCC RF ReperteriDatalaseichFHRop rler mdb Ble Edt aimsin penoy Options Helo IE THe a Fe HR A tk 2 Industrial Proceres ur A Cement Production E 24 Riera Products EJ 241 Caman Prodati EJ 24 5 Lime Poduchnn EJ 2i J Lmesione sd Diori U J 2 4 4 Soda Ah Production andi EJ 2441 Sascha Aces Producir 11mm 3m eo P TA dI Saila Ach Los a EJ 24 5 daphat Rooting Ei LEEN 4a 4ER EJ 24 6 Posi Paving mth dph SE 247 Uha bhns ipai EJ 24 71 Glace Priaducian om 26 era E 20 2 Nai Acid Psoducton Recalculation explanation EJ 28 3 Ads Acid Produchon a Ej 284 Code Production Aecoicwahon due Io changes im E p 265 Other Inte mai Hethods Emmiion larini Activily Data 9 E 20 Hets Pedation i gJ 221 hon and Steel Production pj 202 Feta Procol Und Gg Category Ceren Production Mesure Enkssione Ges C02 ed 20 3 Aka Pinducten 2 Cd Akgeraem and spem 210 5 0ra Idee oe j a iag 2 D Other Production TF Fick h re Hab rn art aa gt t Category Decuereniation C
36. CC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 HFCs include the 13 standard species in the table below To sum these species into HFC each gas specie should be converted in CO equivalent by multiplication with its global warming potential GWP as given below HFC specie GWP HFC 23 11700 HFC 32 In addition to the standard HFC species the party can report HFC gas mixtures that are reported in Gg CO equivalent only HFC designate the aggregation of all HFCs Hence for a category K K K EAsse EA GWP gt EA as HFC CO equ Where HFC Others are HFC mixtures HFC confidential and other Party specific HFCs The same formula applies both for actual emissions EA and potential emissions EP For aggregate PFCs The term PFC stands for Perfluorocarbons PFCs are composed of the following 6 gas species having GWPas provided below In addition to the standard PFC s species the party can report PFC gas mixtures that are reported in Gg CO equivalent only PFC designates the aggregation of all PFC s hence for a category K UNFCCC 85 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 K K Yan EA rre gt EA GWP 3 EA Gis CO equ PFC Where PFC Others are PFC mixtures PFC confidential and other Party specific PFCs The same formula applies both for actual emissions EA and potential emissions EP 1 2 1 3 Aggregations of emission over the CRF sectoral hierarchy The
37. Click Done to close the dialog 5 3 2 Completeness checks 5 3 2 1 Goal of the check To facilitate the completeness of reporting these checks verify that all required fields have been filled in According to the UNFCCC guidelines when no numerical information is available a set of standard notation keys is to be used to indicate the reason for not reporting a value Completeness means that an inventory covers all sources and sinks as well as all gases included in the IPCC Guidelines as well as other existing relevant source sink categories which are specific to individual Parties and therefore may not be included in the IPCC Guidelines The completeness check is done automatically when the user moves between categories in the category tree in case GHG emission data for the category has been changed A simple indication for the completeness of a node is the traffic light associated to the node The completeness check detects empty fields and prompts the user for providing a numerical value a notation key or text Thus for example all emissions have to be reported with a value or a notation key e g not occurring NO Notation keys like not estimated NE and included elsewhere IE trigger further explanations and therefore textual entries are needed The completeness check allows the user to enter the omitted values or explanations directly in the window UNFCCC 58 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3
38. Figure 3 The window components are described in the sections below The main window can be resized minimized and maximized by using the control buttons in the upper right corner of the main application window You can also use splitters to resize panels inside the main window Size and position settings are automatically saved after a session UNFCCC 18 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 Figure 3 The main application window re i Ee LHFECC CHF Reporter default dalahase Pro ae WF CCOUCRF Reporter Database CAP Re or ler md eae 8 OLE se rd fimes k 2A Minen Products TO 722 5 2 4 5 dsphak Rooting gt Bg GER sn sem 2 005 Poad Franz eh Aha p oii 2 4 7 Dha john specs 5 Data erid 2B Dhia Irakas 2 C Maa Produchon JE HE 20 Of Pred LE Padudon of Hiakocombore and SFG ZF Cormumpion of Halocartbone and SFE i ZFF Comeumpoon of Habloosbors and SFE 2G Om Bean Seel H i 3 Sheed and Dthet Frodi iss Sonus E Dncumaniaion boa mitaucion Dopmers nn bre ng m 7 Documentation rade opon bor oe Zr aban Cereri Producten Techy Wha kalia Gata Luc at shoe i Pe earn n pimen in ode Io make ihe che nemo last more herzen and in lach Daran Of Paes Grenson lo Emast Unda Ernie ihe hnal emisie jalba jeubieachng ihe amounts ol enson recovery cadet ap G mom THES 9 Status bar 4 1 Menu bar and toolbar options The main menu is a standard wi
39. IC Chemical Product Merndachae and Fiocesang 30 Other 2 0 1 Use of H20 for nseshers 2 0 2 Fre Extngachens 2 0 9 B20 from m Care 2 0 4 Othe Use of H20 2 0 5 Othe peme spacy Hon seiosol concume product Press Next gt gt to continue Import Wizard Select wears dor which manim data show bs mooted Select the inventory years you wish to be imported Press Next gt gt to continue UNFCCC 3 0 19 10 2006 Version Date UNFCCC CRF Reporter User Manual In case there is a name or UID conflict between the tree nodes data in the to be imported XML and the user s database the following wizard dialogue alerts the user of the found differences and requests the user to make the appropriate actions as highlighted in red in the following dialog box igen Gea A eee ews ine renee Cee ee Fass eet eats acho Pe Fl Aa Hahi O Mn mund biara rer ore pE here rer ee pe Lae a BI Ee ee r A E C E tare Cie area are Cie Cah Lebo Ee On We ODE Bron Pee Oe ur A e Ska TE E LE Ki RAN A IK A AL AR are a Pre heey Lilet FF RS a eet ee Dar ai be mp Chet ca e caer pat Diet Fa ben Seer tirai a Pr nse Uei bF FBS FA i SOE Be Reo DC Pa ae ee Een rh Derg ed BS EP a ee AF j ara Seed ol ecco Lite PES es ee ee ier Ode nr cl ed Lite 224 Bee ee ee Mee m Drbe Lies alae 1 BS EP Pe ee ol FH P Mere Saeed Deere Lite BEASTS BE ee eee Mars Oder nor meer ei A24E E i TI
40. The aggregation of emissions trough the hierarchy of categories e The summation of species into one aggregated gas group PFC or HFC which involves the conversion to CO2 equivalent by multiplication with the GWP e The Net emission removal which includes substaction of removals from the emissions and the conversion of Carbon into CO2 whenever necessary e Calculation of overall GHG emissions which includes conversion of direct gas emissions using GWP The following table presents an overview of the different types of emissions and shows which types of calculations are into play and the next chapter provides details of the calculation rules for the enumerated types of calculations Type of emission missions Net emissions removals _ NER e g Net emission Removal Emissions Removals For reference approach 1 2 1 General rules for the calculation of the emission 1 2 1 1 GHG Emissions For a given emission category K the GHG emission total in Gg CO eq EM A is the sum of the emissions of each direct GHG gas converted in Gg CO eq by multiplication with the Global Warming Potential GWP EM no gt EM GWP where Ge CO CH N O HFC PFC SF6 The GWP values used in the CRF are as follows CO 1 CH 21 N20 310 SFs 23900 for HFC PFC GWP values see 3 2 below 1 2 1 2 Calculation of the Aggregated F gases For aggregate HFC The HFC stands for Halofluorocarbons UNFCCC 84 UNFC
41. Use Ae 2 4 Soda Ash Production and Use Er 2 4 4 1 Soda Ash Production 9 2 5 4 2 Soda Ash Use 2 3 5 Asphalt Roofing 2 4 6 Road Paving with Asphalt E 247 7 Glass Production 2 8 Chemical Industry 2 807 Ammonia Production 2 6 2 Nitric Acid Production 2 8 3 Adipic Acid Production 2 6 4 Carbide Production 2 0 Metal Production 2 0 7 Iron and Steel Production 2 0 2 Feroalloys Production 2 0 3 Aluminium Production 2 0 4 Aluminium and Magnesium Foundries 4 4 i The main sector specific issue for the nodes other than 2 E and 2 F is the need to specify the activity data see paragraph Specify Activity Data Table 2 DA G of the CRF contain column with the heading Description It serves to describe Activity Data contents Following the CRF a number of input data grids have Activity Data row with specify underneath in Information Type column e g 2 A 2 Lime Production node Regarding the entries in 2 E and 2 F the sector specific issue concerns the editing of the navigation tree Initially when a sub category is selected the data grids show the list of gases To be able to fill in the activity data and emissions for these gases the user has to specify the gas If the corresponding node is selected for example 2 I A F 1 1 the system displays the message box CAF Ae porter Click OK and in the context pop up menu select Add gas command As a result the dialog for adding new gas is displayed see parag
42. ab hoa JE le aait dr piaia irre Tha apinaa en bel ba he ranitiy pitii ahann h iiba lipa fi chee Irgat tha mitai eosin in Be cobs Engle ARocaton per IPCC Bush Asch saad by Pe Pales Press Ie bulas Falash io update Fill in missing explanations for each inventory year in the column Explanation Allocation per IPCC Guidelines Allocation used by the Parties and click Refresh to update result list and display changes in explanations Propagation of the explanations provided is possible by clicking Copy explanation to selected years UNFCCC UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 The screenshot below shows Method and EF used entries missing for the CRF table Summary 3 al j ol eis Sidi Il When values are set as NKs M EF used entries are not checked for completeness The values shall be filled n for each of the inventory years shown in tabs to pass the check Rows marked green are at the mandatory Summary 3 level of the CRF to fill them you should double click on the white child cells below the node indicated in the column Navigation Tree Node Data Entry Level to switch to the appropriate cells in the data grid of the main window for entering the missing Method or EF Used value Choose the task Method and EF Used entries Summary 3 n the task panel to return to the result list Press the button Refresh to update the data To complete the parent node at least o
43. abling of aggregation s done via the right click context sensitive menu see screenshot below 20 I Fugier Cree pe ee de bs emer LE Othe jpam tee OA b c ee ich emna L 2F Cnapan Hirs el 3 CFR FFI 20 et E Fu Ai Dorai E ip ajira Sch ELETE 50 2148 11 Dorade Ademe Peru TEEF an Az demo Ho oa Ma 2a ert Pinger ci i of TIAFI Eph H rmp gur ei WELEI i E Ep JLF 155 ay edie Uia wai af PF a Ey DAR Ar Corning Actual mikre L Unpadei raa HPCs SFE H a aul LF af Beware Ach eee EB 20 DF ee F rgushen klei u j 2 ea ee Goce Inh UF Lisi Fi eee pe ee rer se ee Aare GHG LE CHE MIO poe In case disabling cannot be performed a warning message informs the user that the conditions for disabling are not fulfilled The disabled aggregated cell becomes an editable cell with an orange background see screenshot below UNFCCC AA UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 Te DRACO CAF Reporter defeat database me Reamer Det shee CAF Pepi ber mel HETHER LA HAHAA alala e Pie Ei ubresion Imakay add G h A E E t mw Aree 3 E Seite wT ah A Mineral Products m Erag amp 2 Fahrt Pia Fi a if 24 Mee al Preia qJ 281 Carera Petite El ua Lrs Fiber ul 2AF Lissas sd Doki EA E Boca Ask Fihi El Zara Fii El FA RAs avin th hs This implies that the manually modified value requires a recalculation explanation After disabling of an aggregated cell all th
44. additional information on the estimation methods used 5 2 2 3 Agriculture The structure of the navigation tree repeats the categories as UNFCCC CRF Reporter default database in CRF Table 4 Sectoral report for Agriculture Compared to the excel tables in the Reporter there are File Edit Submission Inventory Options Help specific links between some of the nodes included in the a EL T sector Such a link exists between the population sizes reported under categories 4A and 4B Therefore the cells of the Population row in the data grid of each animal are synchronized so that the entered value in 4 A appears in the data grid for the linked node under 4 B and vice versa Livestock other than the default ones can by added by highlighting the subnode Other livestock please specify bob Lei S Buffalo included both under node 4 A Enteric Fermentation and 4 B Poi ob Live g Sheep Manure Management and selecting the Add Animal Goats option from the context pop up menu Any animal added ee a i Camels and Llamas under node 4 A Enteric Fermentation Other livestock oe EE Horses please specify is automatically added to node 4 B Manure a lo Management Other livestock please specify and vice versa To add a new an mal refer also to paragraph dd an animal nimal a Poultry Other livestock please specify A sector specific issue is the possibility to select d
45. aggregated cell is equal to the sum of the values of the child cells In other words for an aggregated category K a gas G and the child categories LK the ageregated emission EM A is equal to the sum of the emissions of the same gas G over LK EM EM If the child cells EM 2 contain notation keys the aggregate expression s calculated as described n the rule in section II Calculation with NK If all child cells are empty the aggregated cell is empty 1 2 2 Survey of the specificities of the calculation of emissions on a sector by sector basis 1 2 2 1 Energy 1 2 2 1 1 Exclusion of CO emissions from biomass when aggregating emission for CO at the sectoral sub sectoral level This exclusion occurs under node 1 AA J1 AA Ui EM o gt S EM con BIO cox where means excluding CO emissions from Biomass in 1 AA Bl OF are reported separately in the section Memo Item under node 1 C 1 2 2 1 2 Two rules axes of aggregation under I AA In Energy sector for Fuel Combustion Sectoral Approach 1 AA there are two axes of aggregation the sector rule and the fuel type rule Aggregation is done by fuel type and by sub categories For a gas Gin CO CH4 N20 EM g EM EM EM EM EM g Whereas under 1 AA as well as under each subcategory of 1 AA 1 AA 1 1 AA 5 so that for a Fuel F in liquid solid gaseous and other fuels UNFCCC 86 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 Us
46. amp T age m amp r 7 os T T r m r 7 m r pen iE ee ee eee Peame er r ee T E EH 4 Bil EH iH Fii Enter necessary explanation for all the differences in emission estimates compared to the data in the latest official submission The explanations at the level of Table 8a are selected for inclusion in CRF table 8 b by default To include additional explanation for recalculation in CRF table 8 b select the corresponding row in the recalculation check window The following colour codes are used here e White optional because it is not present in Table 8b e Yellow is present in Table 8b the corresponding column is marked off by default but no explanation 1s filled e Green 1 one of the explanations is filled 2 one of the explanations is filled in the nodes on which Table 8b rows depend and this row is selected in Table 8b column 1 e the row will be included into the report In case required explanations are still missing the application displays the following message box LH Ae porter defined Take Bla bot all man pen re entererl Cho wo alt ho chese Eine reesi check dio sry Ce _ Click Yes in order to save data click No to close the message box without saving modified data After you have finished working with the recalculation check result list click Ok to save modifications Click Cancel in order to close recalculation check window wi
47. animal population entries other animal related information or links between sectoral and cross sectoral nodes To view formula links select the option View formula links in the context pop up menu of a cell which contains formula based variable The following window will appear UNFCCC 39 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 Yariable aggregation links 1 A4 Fuel Combustion Sectoral Approach Liquid Fuels Fuel Consumption TJ 1 34 1 Energy Industries Liquid Fuels Fuel Consumption TJ 1 45 1 B Fetroleum Refining Liguid Fuels Fuel Consumption ITJ 1 34 1 C Manufacture of Solid Fuels and Other Energy Industries Liquid Fuels F 1 44 1 3 Public Electricity and Heat Production Liguid Fuels Fuel Consumption H AA Manufacturing Industries and Construction Liguid Fuels Fuel Consumption TJ 1 4A 2 E Food Processing Beverages and Tobacco Liquid Fuels Fuel Consume 144 2 F Other please specify Liquid Fuels Fuel Consumption TJ 1 45 2 D Pulp Paper and Print Liguid Fuels Fuel Consumption TJ 1 44 2 Aron and Steel Liquid Fuels Fuel Consumption TJ 1 43 2 B NMon Ferrous Metals Liquid Fuels Fuel Consumption Td 1 44 2 0 Chemicals Liguid Fuels Fuel Consumption TJ H 1 44 3 Traneport Liquid Fuels Fuel Consumption TJ 1 44 34 Aviation Aviation Gasolne Fuel Consumption T 144 3 4 Civil Aviation det Kerosene Fuel Consumption T 1 45 3 B Aoad Transportation Gasolne
48. atmpay rete Cis umendatinn bers nanchis EBEN Read Figure 7 Change in reporting CO emissions in 1990 It is possible to propagate explanations in the Recalculation check window The information entered at this point is shown at the stage of recalculation check However since the Parties are required to provide the explanation at the more general level of table 8 a when running the recalculation checks the recalculation checks dialogs show not only the directly changed value but also the changed aggregate value on the level as defined by Table 8 a Figure 7 shows a change in reporting CO emission in 1990 The recalculation explanation panel prompts the user to provide explanations on the data entry level The recalculation check dialog lists both levels of detail e the aggregate level at which the explanations are mandatory see Table 8 a e the data entry level at which the recalculations have been performed the lowest level or level of manual disaggregation UNFCCC 65 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 If the user has already given explanations by using the recalculation explanations panel below the data grid or by entering changing explanations in a previous run of the recalculation check dialog these explanations will be shown in the dialog During the Prepare official submission process the recalculation check will identify missing information unless recalculation explanations have
49. atus bar shows the date of the last cell modification for the selected input cell It also contains system keys status indicators and the current date 4 9 Customizing the main window layout The following elements can be customized in the main window layout and size of the elements in the window To resize the main window elements drag the borders of the panels to the desired position years shown in the data grid The years to be shown in the data grid can be defined as follows Right click on the column you want to hide and select Hide column command in the context pop up menu The year you have chosen will be hidden To show all hidden columns select the Show all columns item in the context pop up menu To hide or show columns you can also use the toolbar icon Select table columns see paragraph Menu bar and toolbar options In this case the application displays the columns selecting dialog The same dialog is displayed when using the menu bar option Options Select table columns sequence of the years in the data grid Year order can be reversed for the data grids of the nodes under Sectors Totals by Right click on any element in the input forms and selecting item Reverse years order in the context pop up menu The reverse chronological order of the years in the chart window is displayed after clicking on any cell in the input forms Clicking the relevant i
50. be added with right mouse click Anaerobic treatment Aerobic treatment Sludge Treatments additional types can be added with right mouse click Anaerobic treatment Aerobic treatment 6 B 3 Other Degradable organic component please specify 5 2 2 6 Data going to cross sectoral tables The cross sectoral tables in the CRF are summary 1 2 E Cross cutting information and 3 and tables 7 10 Trend Tables wur Coe The cross sectoral information in the CRF Reporter CHa corresponds to tables 10 8 summary 3 table 7 and N20 table 9 b respectively Tables 10 8 and summary 3 HFC PFC SFE as all other cross sectoral tables are generated based on set Sector Tolak the inputs in the sectoral nodes These 3 tables are Recalculation included n separate nodes however since they have Methods attached documentation boxes For these tables there Key categories are no real data grids but only possibility to visualize Information on additional greenhouse gases the data entered in them with a goal to help user to specify any comments needed for the understanding of the table in the documentation boxes These are shown in Excel view under the relevant nodes Trend tables Recalculations Methods by double clicking The application displays the message box asking you to click the Generate tables button in order to view MS Excel generated report Click this button and the Excel table for the category you have selected will b
51. ck OK all empty cells in the data grid will be filled with the indicated key Notation keys are also propagated in the formulas The summation cells list the NKs entered for the child categories IEF cells take the notation key of the emissions removals when different from the notation key entered for the activity data AD UNFCCC 4 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 There are a number of input validation rules for NO NA e if NO NA notation keys are entered for emissions then NO NA are propagated to the AD cells and vice versa e Methods and EF used should not occur if NO NA are selected for Emission e ifa value is entered for emissions it is not possible to enter NO for AD If you enter IE or NE or a combination of these with any other notation keys in the cell of one of the 6 main gases the application displays a message box requesting a comment CAfeegarter hay hae erbte Ihe Soop Aine Ceres IE Chay ne ad ths the duet bed aration at ae abot aed ee oer Che Pa ec at el by the POS udeiren Enckeabe the sator of Boe POL Guras and the parier bo which che sate nr sink i aiocsted im the pbm bedro opan the een For reporting these sources and sank ine diferent sector Click OK and the dialog for adding comments will be displayed Add comment A connect Entiat coat hod thee neko there Allscation per IPCC Guidelines Adern used by thas Farber Corurarar The dialogs are differ
52. con in the toolbar see paragraph Kuss sum Selecting the Options Reverse years order menu item UNFCCC 21 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 Select columes Seleci dalimi Diki Sehr kan ki iha Peck ba dipp gd e text font To access application settings select Options from the menu see paragraph bar and toolbar options To change panel font click the Options Font options menu item Select from the drop down list your font style and size of choice Click OK to save or Cancel to exit You can also change the font size via the toolbar or from menu bar Options Font size Fant options fort rn Font Ersnpie data precision All Excel reports and input forms by default display two digits after the decimal point in float numbers To modify the number of digits to be shown in Excel reports and in the grid select the Options Data precision menu item and enter the data precision for input forms numeric cells and reports Dala precision Speer for date g e elk ara repeats Prenon _ c Set the number of decimal places for recalculations in the corresponding box Recommended values for data precision are set by default To change value enter the required number and click OK to confirm your modification UNFCCC 28 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 5 Prepare submissions using the CRF R
53. connection In case you want to store your backups on CD you should have a CD RW device installed on your system The network when available can be used for exchanging XML data between the NIC and the SE through a shared drive 2 2 Software requirements The system requirements consist of e Any MS Windows platform except versions prior than MS Windows 98 o The latest Service Pack is strongly recommended for all MS Windows Operating Systems UNFCCC 7 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 o MAC and Unix platforms are not supported e Any MS Office except versions prior that MS Office 97 o Recommended MS Office 2000 or higher o MS Access is not required 2 2 1 System redistributable components The following components are included in the installation package of the CRF Reporter and will be automatically installed on your computer Microsoft ADO 2 5 Microsoft XML 4 0 Microsoft Chart Control SP4 Microsoft Windows Common Controls SP6 Microsoft Windows Common Controls 2 SP4 Microsoft Windows Common Controls 3 SP5 Video Soft Flex Grid 7 run time components vbAccelerator VB6 Status Bar Control Office XP Web Components OWC10 DLL 2 3 Security issues 2 3 1 Installation In order to perform the installation procedure you should have administrative rights on your computer Should this not be the case please contact your IT support 2 3 2 Use o
54. ctor are as follows In the present version of the CRF Reporter zeroes appear by default in those cells where zero is possible as an entry because the value can be positive and negative net emissions removals Therefore in the Carbon stock change data grids and the data grids under Information items the user needs to overwrite the zeroes with the actual values The presence of zeroes by default in the data grids influences the completeness check results and the colour progress indicator The tree nodes with such variables cannot have a red colour progress indicator Figure 5 In several places in the CRF LULUCF tables except for Carbon stock change tables the user is allowed either to provide data at aggregated level or to provide data at the suggested sub category levels This refers to nodes such as C emissions from agricultural lime application where Party may report ageregate estimates for total lime applications when data are not available for limestone and dolomite In case the Party needs to enter the data at the aggregated level it may enter IE at the sub divisions and overwrite the formula at the parent level UNFCCC 50 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 a HH Ermi 1 z oe ent Se A ae LU ih Ag rr ah EAT m T e fo ikt i PE eee eee a Lee ee eee eee fam bray Wat Feri old ee Fe Lit et aa ri Bi Ser chore GAD dre U a8 Klee Te a EL si Vene ee u
55. d importing into the CRF Reporter It now contains the documentation values for each variable at each level and contains the new field isAggModified and IsIgnoredByParentAgg indicators as to whether aggregation is off or on for that field allowing changes in aggregation levels to be made externally to the CRF and then imported The National System envelope is akin to the Data Only XML in the older versions of the CRF Reporter software Another new field is the countryReference allowing parties to use foreign to the CRF identifiers to make mapping data to the National System easier The InterReporter Envelope is used when transferring data between an SE and the NIC or vice versa This XML format contains all the Country Specific data from the CRF Reporter software that exported the file It is also consistent with the data export held in the National System Envelope There are various checks built into this file to ensure that the versions of the CRF Reporter are the same and that there s compatibility between the imported file and the software receiving it The Submission Envelope is only used when creating an Official National Submission This export includes all the data from the CRF Reporter and will be imported by the UNFCCC into the GHG database to support the review process This envelope is also consistent with the CRF Data section in the national system envelope as well as the InterReporter envelope It also contains all the metadata necessar
56. d in the upper left corner as shown on Figure 3 This is the main navigation means to help users move directly through the desired input forms There are two top level nodes Sectors Totals and Cross cutting information The first top level node is Sectors Totals which contains child nodes that correspond to different sectors Each sector contains a category tree The category trees are constructed on the basis of GHG source sink categories and their sub divisions e g fuel types animals which appear in the Excel sectoral reports and background tables The Cross cutting information node contains nodes for trends recalculation methods key categories and information on additional GHGs To view the full navigation tree node name place the mouse cursor over the node There are different icons for the navigation tree nodes which indicate the node type as shown in the following table The node is intended for structuring of the navigation tree and does not have a separate input form e g the node 1 A Fuel Combustion Select any child node to browse or enter data The node allows browsing of aggregated values of its child nodes The node is a special type of other please specify In this node the user can add country specific child nodes required in GHG emission inventory submissions The node is for browsing and entering data UNFCCC 23 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Ma
57. e additional information is as follows all the additional information to tables A C 1s included in the data grid for the parent category 6 A the allocation of the additional information under node 6 B is as provided below 6 B 1 Industrial Wastewater Wastewater Sludge 6 B 2 Domestic and Commercial UNFCCC Date 19 10 2006 UNFCCC CRE Reporter default database C Prog File Edit Submission Inventory Options Help gt HE Sectors Totals b Solid Waste Disposal on Land 2 6 4 1 Managed Waste Disposal on Land r 6 4 2 Unmanaged Waste Disposal Sites w 6 4 2 1 deep 5 m 6 4 2 2 shallow lt 5 m b E Wastewater Handling r 6 6 1 Industrial Wastewater r 6 6 2 Domestic and Commercial wastewater B C Waste Incineration Total wastewater Treated wastewater Non ferrous Fertilizers Food and beverages Paper and pulp Organic chemicals Other wastewater streams specify Each additional information node mentioned above contains two sub nodes Wastewater output and Degradable organic component Treatments additional types can be added Aerobic treatment Anaerobic treatment Treatments additional types can be added with right mouse click Anaerobic treatment Aerobic treatment Total wastewater Treated wastewater 52 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 Wastewater Degradable organic component Wastewater Treatments additional types can
58. e le Reverse years order Hide coun ala a Gaming me aid egatonronce lda Provide a name for the new treatment in the ewe taraa lme LL ns I UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 Adding country specific wastewater streams is similar to adding treatments Select Other wastewater streams specify in the data grid and choose command Add Waste water see the screenshot below Provide a name for the new wastewater stream and click OK HAJ UPPLLE LEAP RE POPOCP OCI OSES DOSE Ly Progrdm MES UPL LAP RPO DD ION ERFECPROFCEF oD EREEAH SU IET Fic Edt Submission Inventory Options Help 06 amp FGF a ase amp 8 E s 5 6 1 Industrial WastewateriWastewater E 2 Industnal Processes i 3 Solvert and Othe Product Use 4 Agscullure 5 LULUCF 6 Washes m3 a T 6 4 Seld Waste Disposal an Land Aurel ment kg CODY o E 6 41 Managed Waste Disposal on Land E a 5 BAZ Unmanaged Waste Disposa Sites m3 By 6 43 Othe please specit kg COD E o BE 6 6 wastewater Handing Ho Brei Dewerane E 6 8 1 Industrial Wastewater wastewaler culpal nm Ee Mastemater Degradable organic component kg CDD a E Sludge Paper and pulp E o gj 6 6 2 Domeslie and Commersial w aslewalat Wastewater oulprut md E e Wa 6 6 3 Other please specify Degradable organic comporeril kg COD E a 5 6 0 Waste Incineration Organic chemicals By 6D Other please specily Wiaskevanter ciput m3 e Eg 7 Dither please sp
59. e 19 10 2006 Fraction of carbon oxidized 44 12 Figure 9 Steps in calculation of CO emissions Therefore in each fuel datagrid under 1 AB the calculation of CO emissions works as shematized in the figure below Figure 10 1 AB Fuel Combustion Reference ApproachiLiquid FuelsWet Kerosene Information type 1990 13 00 Exports 5 00 International bunkers eros Stock change 0 00 Apparent consumption 26r 02 Conversion factor 44 59 Fuel Consumption 11 906 27 Carbon emission factor 19 50 Carbon content C e i Carbon stored C 0 00 Fraction of carbon oxid 0 99 El Emissions C 232 17 Coe 4279 Figure 10 Calculation of CO emissions 44 12 1 2 2 1 4 Aggregation of emissions in 1 A B Reference Approach Under 1 AB there is only a single aggregation rule for the aggregation of Emissions It is done per fuel type and as a total for all fuel types There is no Implied Emission Factor Calculated 1 2 2 2 Industrial sector 1 2 2 2 1 Total HFC PFC An F gas is either HFC PFC or SFe Generally they are reported under the Industrial sector The Emissions reported in the sector are named to distinguish them from the potential emissions that may be reported under 2 F The potential emissions UNFCCC 89 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 are entered in a special node in the Reporter node 2 F P They are given for information purposes mainly however when there are no Actual emi
60. e child dependent cells are blocked for edition and shaded in grey 5 2 1 7 Enabling aggregation The manually disabled orange cell can be reverted to a normal aggregated cell This operation is called Enabling aggregation for cell data Enabling is activated via the right click context sensitive menu as in screenshot below Enabling aggregation performs the reverse operation of the disabling It restores the aggregated value to the cell whose background colour returns to green The child cells values are unblocked 5 2 2 Sector specific information The steps enumerated n the previous sections apply for any type of data grid However the SE should be aware of some sector specific issues for the sectors for which data are to be compiled Those are enumerated in the following sections UNFCCC 45 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 5 2 2 1 Energy The navigation tree for the Energy en is UNFCCC CRF Reporter default database C Prog subdivided into nodes for Fuel combustion Fugitive emissions and Memo items following the structure of the CRF tables Under the Fuel combustion node the Sectoral and Reference approach are given separately Fie Edit Submission Inventory Options Help ae Me Sectors Totals 2 Ta 1 4 Fuel Combustion 1 g HE 1AA Fuel Combustion Sectoral Approach BEJ Other Fuels Ae 1 44 1 Energy Industries HEJ Liquid Fuels Ae Solid Fuels HE Gaseou
61. e displayed UNFCCC 53 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 BJ iiai ey en ee Fe ga a biik pa hf a A Hk a pe 4 ae HHHH ince amp LSC Die Nn ed ecce 120 Tein acl ree Le a D Pups Ene Feces Puts 4 He ee eier Pee Seer eed Cth Pett Lire BP 0 720 S LULUCF y Bike p Tiie biirr ge Geen si oe lei Tas CH Ai j HFT FFC GG E b RE oe eS Keen men LE da gr kes He ee or rc The tie fe ii ee Fa Pa I ma BL moc bea ad Pett be 7 5 Fer Fr pre m F hre mi ade ag e ra Finn tee CE Fe eee Fe hes ieee hae a bi er be pee da er pen bay horn Figure 6 Viewing Excel report Table 7 Key categories and 9 b Information on additional GHG need entries in the data grids 5 2 3 Data to be filled in by the NIC The SE fills in the sectoral nodes After import of the sectors the NIC has to check for information gaps in the sectoral section and either to fill them or requested resubmission of the sector from the SE The cross sectoral information is also a responsibility for the NIC Even if the table 1s completed the NIC has to enter documentation to the tables To enter documentation double click the cell you want to fill In addition the NIC has to complete the table for key source categories since it 1s dependant on the national totals and can be generated only after the inventory is completed The table allows the user either to select from a prede
62. e same year 5 4 Data exchange When the SE completes the work on their sectors they need to send the updated inventory data to the national inventory compiler for the integration into one national GHG inventory CRF Reporter provides XML import export facilities for such data exchange purposes There are three types of XML formats supported by CRF Reporter for data exchange e InterReporter XML This rather complex format is intended for data exchange between CRF Reporter installations on different computers This format can be both be exported and imported from to the CRF Reporter e National System XML This format allows import of comprehensive data from a Party s national system to the CRF Reporter This format can be imported but not exported from the CRF Reporter UNFCCC 69 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 e Simple XML Also called Data XML This format is much simpler and s designed to simplify data transfer from Parties national databases 1f available into CRF Reporter This formatted can be both exported and imported from to the CRF Reporter For more information on the formats of XML supported in the CRF Reporter please refer to Annex I Please note that The CRF Reporter user interface for import export operations is slightly different depending on which XML format is being used 5 4 1 XML export Select Export Data from the File menu or use Ctrl E hot key or click the corresp
63. ecily __ Degradable organic component ka COD a Cross cutting nlormatior 22 Trend Tables Sob cel ioomnenit Fiecatculstion Begrodable orparace Glebe cel connate Methods Aerobic trealment Add delist hed Kay categories Anaerobic Weatment Infcomation on addhonal qieenhouse gases Other treatment specifp T Gl ee 3 moce ok Gr cd s aA be genene Wrasse water Kernen War er Year specihc documentation R R ee Adenoid Show al calamis Dhade ajg eg bhan hap cel sata eesti dier Formals lines Documentation box instructions Documentation box input of FH empty cells with notation keys it kg COD Specify Activity Data To enter the activity data description click on specify twice select the proper description or type in the necessary entry The recommended maximum length for the Activity Data description is 100 characters 2 A 2 Lime Production 2 402 03 1 89 5 The description is embedded into CRF tables after their generation Reporting of confidential data Use of the C notation key for confidential data allows entering aggregate values at a higher level in the hierarchy where normally the values are automatically calculated To do so select the desired UNFCCC 37 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 ageregated cell and right click with your mouse on it In the context sensitive menu choose Disable aggregation for cell data to switch off the formula The cell
64. ed Other please specify Add a category To add a new category subcategory right click on the chosen category in the navigation tree Select Add category in the context popup menu A dialog Add new Category is displayed Enter new category name or choose one from the drop down list Click OK to confirm your entry or Cancel to exit UNFCCC 33 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 Add mew caicpory J ew calequip Ente ite a dea ae The list of country specific categories special categories is provided in the database and is based on the information in the Party s GHG inventory submissions from 2000 to 2004 Whenever there is an Other please specify section a combo box contains the list of all predefined country specific categories To maximize comparability among Parties entries it s recommended that Parties use the categorization and spelling in the suggested categories if applicable New country specific categories can be added manually if they are not available from the list Alternatively to add a new category select menu Inventory Add category Follow the instructions described above The same option is available via the toolbar see paragraph Menu bar and toolbar options To rename a new category right click on the category you want to rename and select Rename category in the context popup menu Enter the new name and press the Enter key To de
65. edstocks in order for the fuel comparison formula to be activated For the node 1 AD Feedstocks and non energy use of fuels the additional information asks for textual entries specifying the categories that the emissions are substracted or allocated under The entered information 1s propagated for the following years For fugitive emissions the main peculiarity is the need to specify the activity data under node 1 B 2 Oil and natural Gas To enter activity data descriptions click on specify twice and then select the proper description or type in the necessary entry see paragraph Specify Activity Data Once the activity data is described the row becomes editable and values for the activity data can be entered Before entering data ensure that the correct unit 1s specified This is a prerequisite for the IEF unit to be set The memo item data grids are as the data grids for the sectoral approach The values for CO from biomass come directly from the sectoral approach UNFCCC 46 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 5 2 2 2 Industrial processes and Solvents UNFCCC CRF Reporter default database C Prog The nodes for industrial processes follow File Edit Submission Inventory Options Help the structure of the categories as in the CRF tables for the sector E 3 i 4 i He gt HEJ Sectors Totals 2 4 7 Cement Production 2 5 2 Lime Production 2 4 39 Limestone and Dolomite
66. ent for the two NKs There is only one tab n the window for NE and three tabs where comments must be provided for IE Comments Allocation per IPCC Guidelines Allocation used by the Parties Specify Method and EF used After the main information for activity data emissions and any other additional information has been entered the user should consider entering the information on method and EF used rows To do so use the drop down list to select the options needed These will be propagated in the row beginning with the selected year column and up to the last year column in the input forms The chosen values are propagated to all empty cells so it 1s not necessary to change them Enter Additional Information The user can enter additional information for only a few categories consistent with the availability of additional information boxes in the CRF Additional information is entered in the corresponding cells of the data grid Enter Comments The next step in filling in a data grid is to add comments to any of the cells needing further explanation This can be done by a right click on the cell In the displayed context pop up menu select Edit cell comment item As a result the comment window is displayed Enter the necessary comments and click OK to save the modifications Click Cancel to exit UNFCCC 42 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 You can also add comments to the column or to the row I
67. eporter 5 1 Preparatory work start an inventory using CRF Reporter 5 1 1 Country specific settings Once the layout of the main window is set the user must include a number of items which identify the national profile and which should be constant over the years These items are available via Inventory Country specific settings and include options that each Party should predefine before starting to use the application The options are selecting usage of NCV Net Calorific Value or GCV Gross Calorific Value for the Sectoral and Reference approach in Energy sector Select calorific walue type It is possible to choose between the lower calorific value or Net Calorific Value NCV which assumes that the products of combustion contain the water of combustion to the vapour state The heat contained in this water is not recovered the higher calorific value or Gross Calorific Value GCV which assumes that the water of combustion is entirely condensed The heat contained in this water is recovered Once this option is set the relevant tables in the Energy sector will contain the calorific value type accordingly selecting Option A or Option B for disaggregation of cattle population in the Agriculture sector Option A disaggregation by dairy and non dairy cattle Option B disaggregation by mature dairy cattle mature non dairy cattle and young cattle Select Option Geleci Opia Bi Dikti dehh den bo dee
68. er Manual Date 19 10 2006 EM YEMc i i 1 5 Under each subcategory of 1 AA 1 AA1 1 AA 5 the same aggregation applies 1 AA i p JAA F EMc EMG where J 1 AA i are all the sub categories of 1 AA i Finally for the terminal sub categories under 1 AA I 1 5 the aggregation is done by fuel type EM EM on EM 2 EM 91 EM 2 The following figure illustrates the aggregations into play under 1 AA 238 Liquid Fuels jaa 4 Public Electricity and Heat Production fmia 9 Liquid Fuels oo olid Fuel u 4 E l E l E i E l E l E l E L Gaseous Fuels Biomass 5 Other Fuel d 1 4 1 5 Petroleum Refining 1 33 1 C Manufacture of Solid Fuels and Other Energy Figure 8 Illustration of the aggregations under 1 AA 1 2 2 1 3 Calculation of the emissions in 1 A B Reference Approach The series of screenshots in Figure 9 below explain the detail of each steps of the calculation of the CO emissions for each fuel in the table 1 A b UNFCCC 87 UNFCCC CRF Reporter TABLE 1 Atb SECTORAL BACKGROUND DATA FOR ENERGY CO from Fuel Combustion Activities Reference Approach IPCC Worksheet 1 1 Sheet 1 of 1 f T 7 T WEL TYPES Fo mol n T ean p am i ae t AA P3 ao O Pa ee oa i Export Inten national Bunker Stock Changes 7000 UNFCCC UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Dat
69. er database is locked by password to prevent any manual changes The database is protected by a password because any unauthorized data changes may cause complete data loss If you need to view the data directly in the database you can use the option Save as without password from the File menu You can then open the saved database in MS Access but it cannot be used as the master database for future work n the CRF Reporter 3 5 CRF Reporter launch failure If CRF Reporter fails to launch the user should close any open applications and try to launch CRF Reporter again Should it still fail to launch the following recovery actions should be performed 1 Start CRF Reporter Installation and select the recovering mode with the option of keeping the current database files 2 If CRF Reporter still does not launch make sure you have saved the database back up file and then begin the CRF Reporter Installation Select the recovering mode with the option of rewriting the current database files Restore the CRF Reporter database from the previously saved database back up file If CRF Reporter still does not launch please contact UNFCCC technical support UNFCCC 17 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 3 6 Information about the application For information about the application select the Help About menu item A message box displays information about the version Party name installation type
70. eted As a result the database file size will be reduced Park bi bhp dota D mity hiri i i UNFCCC 14 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 After the location and the name of the back up file have been chosen click Save Continue by clicking the Next gt gt button The application displays the dialog of back up progress as shown in screenshot below Fh Be up an pa ce B che cad aha Gone des Backup eas Congested duces sulle Upon completion click Next gt gt and then Finish to close the dialog and begin working with the application To interrupt the process in any dialog box click Cancel In this case the application displays the dialog informing you that the database back up has not been completed Users are encouraged to back up data at least once a week It is recommended that you save back up database files to independent media such as CD R or CD RW disk so that you can restore them in case of hardware failure 3 2 4 Automatic database back up You can ask your IT support to set up automatic database back up by scheduling a batch file that includes copy command as follows Copy Y lt source gt lt destination gt The scheduling can be done by standard MS Task Scheduler located on MS Windows Control Panel For detailed information concerning scheduling refer to the MS Windows help system When using automatic back up i
71. f the CRF Reporter In order to use the CRF Reporter software you should have at least normal user access 2 3 3 Folders for databases and backups Please make sure that you have full control permission see screenshot below on your master backup and recalculation database folders Should this not be the case please refer to your IT support More information about access permissions is available in Windows Help Folder permissions UNFCCC UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 2 4 NIC and SE configurations Generally Parties have several experts Sectoral Expert who are working on specific sectors and one compiler National Inventory Compiler who receives all the information from the experts and compiles it into the GHG inventory submission To meet Party requirements two different user configurations have been implemented and reflect the needs of the NIC and SE 2 4 1 NIC The National Inventory Compiler installation allows the user to enter data for specific sectors run data validation checks import and export data and generate and manage the official GHG inventory submissions 2 4 2 SE The Sectoral Expert installation allows the user to enter data for specific sectors run data validation checks and to import and export data 2 5 Installation of the CRF Reporter software In order to begin the installation process please run the setup exe or the crfreporter msi file contained n the CRF
72. fined category list or to enter categories names as defined by the Party The table provides drop down lists also for the gases and notation that could be entered 5 2 3 1 Key categories Once the data entries are completed the information regarding the key categories can be entered By selecting the relevant node the key sources data grid opens prompting the user to add a new key category UNFCCC 54 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 Cross cutting informationikey categories Keycategories Jisssar 19m 10 Add new key category Year specific documentation The key category can be selected from the drop down list of standard IPCC key categories or typed in the relevant field Once the name of the key category is entered the relevant gas is selected from a drop down list or manually typed in The NIC should then specify if the inclusion of the key source 1s obtained following e The level assessment L e The Trends assessment T e The qualitative assessment Q Cross cutting informationiKey categories L Hew Key Source Coe L T Key category excludingAncluding LULUCF Comment Add new gas Add new key category The NIC should also indicate whether the key source is obtained including or excluding LULUCF and provide an optional comment to the key source as appropriate 5 2 4 Information on additional gases Under the Cross cutting information node a specific subnode
73. g the UNFCCC reporting guidelines Consistency means that an inventory should be internally consistent in all its elements with inventories of other years An inventory is consistent if the same methods are used for the base and all subsequent years and if consistent data sets are used to estimate emissions or removals from sources or sinks To facilitate Parties in meeting the consistency requirement CRF Reporter has integrated checks for e Change in the values of AD EM IEF all elements over the time series step 1 in the consistency check window e Change in reporting between years from notation keys to values step 2 n the consistency check window The user can run the consistency checks in time series for a selected sector or for the entire submission The checks can be run separately at any time for verifying data and also can be a part of the checks being performed during preparation of an official submission They are to be performed before a sector is exported for integrating to the national inventory and before the national inventory is submitted to the UNFCCC secretariat This check is solely for user self checking and does not necessarily require data modification 5 3 1 2 How to run the checks To run this operation select the Submission Consistency checks in time series menu item Alternatively you can use the corresponding toolbar button see Menu bar and toolbar options In the first dial
74. gure 3 is dynamic and allows users to enter modify view data Figure 4 Input form Sectorsl T otals 1330 1991 1992 1393 1334 1395 193 137 amp 739 006 33 14584242 1070 M 15273925 15905493 16411730 1680M 174 33i a 25118 maa ZN ZES ZIA Sm FD 103 131 63 19 7 157 76 11 5 aor 182 17 177 Ha Ng Ma NO HWA HO MANO M Ng 34 fee Boe B r Ha MO Ha H H HD HAND P MO a mi 1 463 54 1784 The input form panel contains the following columns Information type contains a tree whose structure describes information types and cells for the selected node in the category tree The Method and EF used rows under each gas contain predefined lists of methods and emission factors used Itis possible to select several values from a list and they will be shown in the corresponding cell separated by commas Method and EF used values are propagated in the input form panel for all empty subsequent years and when a new year is added Unit contains a drop down list to select units or the default values specified in the CRF UNFCCC 24 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 Inventory year columns begins with the Party s base year by default and includes the years contained in the submission The years in the data grid can be shown or hidden using the input form context menu items Hide column Show all columns Inventory years can be added in the context popup menu Click the right mo
75. in information types Formula links can be viewed with the option View formula links in the context pop up menu see below e Disaggregated formula cells orange background If all the child cells contain only notation keys the calculated result contains a list of distinct notation keys used in this instance the cell can be disaggregated for manual value entry Only input cells and disaggregated formula cells can be edited Dark shaded cells in the CRF tables cells that are not expected to contain any information are not visible by default but can be made visible if the user chooses to view them and adds the relevant gas in the data grid The relevant data grid covers all elements available in a CRF table for a given category such as numerical information needed and documentation requirements If a cell has no coloured background in the CRF tables this serves as an indicator that input is required and in the CRF Reporter the cell will belong to the input cells section Formulas There are several standard types of formulas n the CRF Reporter e summation formulas add the child categories data into parent category data e IEF formulas divide the emissions to the AD with the necessary adjustment for the units e percentage change e identical information to another cell e g interactions between entries in different nodes at the same level e g data from nodes 1 AA and 1 AB going to 1 AC node 1 AD feeding 1 AB
76. ion Fuel consumption allocation Domestic Fuel consumption allocation International Fuel consumption allocation FCA considers FC Fuel Consumption Domestic where UNFCCC 95 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 FC i One per 2 AviationGasoline JetKerosene and FC Fuel Consumption International where FC spo LPO CA AviationGasoline JetKerosene Then the Fuel Consumption Allocation Domestic FCA and Consumption Allocation International FCA are calculated using the following formulas FCA Le _ FCF FCA eo BC pane 1 4 3 Fuel Consumption Allocation Marine The same formulas apply as in Fuel Consumption Allocation Aviation The only difference resides in the fact that more fuel types are used in Marine transport so that FC 1C T N Qiao 4 Fe gt FC ASB Solid Gaseous Other and 1 C1 B 1 C1 B 1 C1 B 1 C1 B FC FC Goal TEC a FPC HEC Sier Lubricants 1 4 4 Degradable Organic Component In 6 B 3 the Degradable Organic Component DOC aggregates the DOC reported in the child categories of 6 B 3 1 5 Special Formulas e As indicated the special formulas apply for reference approach nodes 1 AB see the section for Energy e Under node 1 AC the percentages of difference between the sectoral approach and the reference approach are calculated both for the Fuel Consumption and for the emission UNFCCC 96 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3
77. is checkbox E bee ee a Se HE wa F Be OE ee en Dy LP es ee J T E oboea eeg ni Saeed In order to remove the CRF Reporter software from the system Fe vat you can use either the Control panel Add Remove Ah EEE teen ee ne software or you can run the CRF Reporter Setup file and select the option Remove In case you want to keep your Bun Ah BA database please tick the Do not replace existing database P nerean mimea o aan A Pe checkbox see screenshot K E Torn neime emer ren be n gt u wer Pe Note By removing the CRF Reporter software via Control panel Add Remove software your databases will not be deleted 2 7 Patching and updating the CRF Reporter software The CRF Reporter software is continuously being updated to improve performances and reflect the latest reporting requirements The secretariat will inform you in advance of any development regarding the CRF Reporter software and provide users with all the information and assistance needed to patch and or update the CRF Reporter software UNFCCC 11 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 2 8 Troubleshooting 2 8 1 Unzipping of installation package Before extracting files in WinZip please ensure that the settings are properly selected as shown in the screenshot below Improper settings will trigger an error message during the installation
78. isaggregation option A and B of cattle population for reporting and respectively for display in the navigation tree To do so choose Inventory Country specific settings Agriculture menu item or initiate Select option command in a context pop up menu of the corresponding node As a result of this operation the dialog of options selection is displayed UNFCCC 48 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 As soon as the user selects a particular option the tree in both 4 A and 4 B parent nodes see paragraph corresponding nd The organization of node 4 B does not coincide directly the CRF tables All information including additional information for individual animal types is entered under the respective animal category for node 4 B based on CRF tables 4 B a and 4 B b The current version of CRF Reporter does not allow separate specification of other AWMS the relevant ageregated values should be entered where applicable The green coloured cells of these nodes for the AWMS automatically sum up data of all animals For node 4C please note that the upland rice area 1s included under the parent node For node 4D the sector specific issue is the inclusion of all fractions under the parent node If a fraction has to be added t can be done directly within the data grid As indicated in the Category notes of node 4 D 2 Pasture Range and Paddock Manure direct N20 emissions from pasture ra
79. lculated on the basis of the Gross Emissions This applies in the following places and for the following gases Whenever REC 1s present the Implied Emission Factor is calculated n the following way IEF EM REC AD where EM REC is called Gross Emission 4 In 6B 2 1 N20 for Domestic and Commercial Wastewater the IEF can either be entered manually or calculated standard formula UNFCCC 94 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 6 B 2 1 Domestic and Commercial wio human sewage iWastewater O information type Unit 1985 87 jan asa aoo Total organic product Go DL 432 03 432 03 432 03 Emissions CH4 Gy 9 07 13 97 14 20 M2 Gy ME ME Method MA MA EF Used i MA MA Implied emission factor CH4 M2C M20 manual karkg DL 5 Under the node 2 E and 2 F when adding a gas node the activity data is specific to the gas added Under 2 E the IEF formula is standard Under 2 F there is no IEF 1 4 Additional Information The additional information is never calculated except in the following cases 1 4 1 CO not emitted under 1 A D l Carbon stored T IET Implied emission factor Additional information CO2 not emitted where CO Not Emitted CNE is derived from the Carbon Stored CS as CNE CS 3 67 1 4 2 Fuel consumption allocation Aviation 1 01 4 Aviation Itormaton ype o o e a Fuel Consumption Bs 501 23 Emissions Additional informat
80. lecting the File Back up database menu item Copy the back up file and the currently used recalculation database to the target computer Install CRF Reporter on the target computer The installer creates a default database from the installation package Restore the default database within CRF Reporter at the target computer by selecting the File Restore database menu item Set up the recalculation database by selecting the Submission Select Recalculation base menu item UNFCCC 16 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 To save the databases media with sufficient storage capacity is required As floppy disks have insufficient space in which to store the database file removable media e g flash drives or CD R RW disks should be used 3 4 Security considerations Please be aware that as CRF Reporter can be installed on any user s computer it does not verify the user s credentials when launched 1 e prompt for a user name and password which means that any other person with access to the computer can access and run the CRF Reporter software You may use the standard security capabilities of MS Windows to prevent persons from starting the application The recommended way is to restrict user access permissions to a directory in which CRF Reporter is installed Please refer to MS Windows help system in order to implement these security measures or contact your IT support CRF Report
81. les 5 A 5 F UNFCCC 92 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 In all the data grids for Carbon Stock Change the values are reported for the gas Carbon CO2 which in turn is converted in CO2 using the following conversion factor 1 Gg of C is equal to 3 66666666666667 3 67 Gg CO So that NERESI NER NER 3 67 Where NCSC isthe Net Carbon Stock Change which is equal to the sum of the following items e Net Carbon stock change in Living Biomass NCLB e Net Carbon stock change in dead Organic Matter NCOM e Net Carbon stock change in soils NCL So that NCSCE NCLB NCOM NCL NCLB s n turn calculated using two values It is the sum of the increase and the decrease in living biomass so that NCLB Increase Decrease where the Decrease is reported with a negative value and the increase with a positive value 1 2 2 5 3 Biomass Burning from Forest Land Conversion to Grassland Cropland and Wetland are not aggregated In table 5 V the general aggregation rules are followed However under 5 B Grassland 5 C Cropland and 5 D Wetland the emissions from biomass burning associated to the conversion of Forest Land i e 5 B 2 1 5 C 2 1 and 5 D 2 1 are provided for information purposes Therefore there are no formulas linking these emissions to the parent nodes where the emissions are already accounted for 1 2 2 6 Waste Exclusion CO2 biogenic when aggregating
82. lete an added category right click and select Delete category in the context popup menu Click Yes to perform deleting or No to cancel Delete calegory wate Al entered data eal De boot are hortis ro vary ho eih e be i s po realy saat in delta selected rabegery Add a gas The data grid contains the default gases associated with each category However the Party might need to add an additional gas to a data grid In those cases a bottom up propagation of the added gas mixture shall be made so that they are visualized in relevant parent data grids up to the level of sectoral data It is possible to add a gas at the innermost tree node via the context pop up menu The formula behaviour is the standard one previously specified If a gas is added at a lower node and at the same time already exists at a higher node the value in the parent node shall be overwritten and the cells coloured green The gas 1s added via context pop up menu Add Gas command or via Inventory Add gas menu item The dialog shown below is displayed as a result when adding F gases A similar dialog is displayed when adding non F gases In both cases the gas can be selected from the drop down list ddd mew pas Au rece as Er ride cl chee Zr UNFCCC 34 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 As a general rule a gas cannot be renamed Therefore the gas to be renamed should be removed by selecting the Delete Gas
83. levant NK If both the AD and EM are NK but they are different the IEF takes the NK of the EM In other words this means that if there is a numerical value in Emission then the IEF has the NK of the Activity Data Otherwise if Emission is a NK different from AD then IEF gets the NK from Emission UNFCCC 99 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 Expression is a function of terms No X f All terms are numeric values X f Val Val Yes At least one of the terms is a value AVALCIY No All Terms equal NK Y Y Y NK Figure 13 Calculation using NK UNFCCC 100 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version User Manual Gases CO CH N O NMVOC CO NOx SO PFCs HFC SF F gases Notation keys NK C IE NA NE NO D RA T1 Tila Tib Tic T2 T3 CR PS CS OTH UNFCCC Date Abbreviations Carbon dioxide Methane Nitrous oxide Non methane volatile organic compound Carbon monoxide Nitrogen oxide Sulphur dioxide Perfluorocarbons Hydrofluorocarbons Sulphur hexafluoride PFCs HFCs and SF Notation Key Confidential Included elsewhere Not applicable Not estimated Not occurring IPCC default Reference Approach IPCC Tier 1 IPCC Tier la IPCC Tier 1b IPCC Tier 1c IPCC Tier 2 IPCC Tier 3 CORINAIR Plant Specific Country Specific Other Level assessment Trend assessment Qualitative assessment 3
84. lk XML format In order to do this first Parties have to map metadata information between the CRF Reporter and the national databases CREF Reporter can generate metadata profiles using the Generate Party Profile menu item in Submission menu The profiles contain detailed information about the variables and the units of measurement used in the software Parties may use these profiles to make mapping of their data into the Reporter s format Metadata mapping and the subsequent creation of XML files require software development skills and a good knowledge of the national database Since each national database is unique and has its own structure it is recommended you contact your database administrator and or developer for implementation of this task After selecting Generate Party Profile menu item you will see the Wizard window shown below a a a a e Wired Welcome to the Profile generation wizard Thr varar pall hap pou k parara pah peika Geek tiefe bagn prater peen Click Next gt gt to start profile generation UNFCCC 30 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 rs File Bee alien Arad BETTER Te Ei dace Fol ha hold be weed br garati cube Pehiodeiinsenicon Select the destination folder for the profiles and click Next gt gt to continue At anytime you can click lt lt Back button to return to the previous window or Cancel to close the wizard Profile generation Wirard
85. n always switch to the master default database using the File Use Default Database menu item Along with the master database CRF Reporter also needs a reference recalculation database that is used to indicate differences recalculations with previously submitted data The handling of the recalculation database 1s automatic n the NIC configuration In the SE installation the user can select a database to be used for recalculation purposes via the Submission Select recalculation base menu item see paragraph Start a new submission inventory cycle While working with the CRF Reporter there will be a number of databases created over time e g copies of official submissions and database backups It 1s possible to open such databases n a read only mode using the File Open Database menu item Only the default master database can be used in a read write mode As mentioned above any other database is opened in read only mode In read only mode it is only possible to browse data and generate CRF tables 3 2 2 Back up and restore database CRF Reporter has the built in capability of checking if a back up of the current database has been made In case a back up has not been made for more than one week the application warns the user by displaying a dialog box see screenshot below Harkup database Li Ya hearst fait Fede Gecko al database ar ne than eek De ted Aad be eae eck er a The back up and res
86. ndicate the row or the column with the help of left mouse button click the column header click the right mouse button on either of them and select Edit cell comment A dialog is displayed where comments can be added Enter the necessary comments and click OK to save the modifications The recommended maximum length for a cell comment is 250 characters Any comment exceeding this limit should be reported in the relevant documentation box If the row or the column already contains comments the application displays the dialog box with the corresponding message CAF Ae porter Ah The selected cok conten Mlfereni corer Co wen saat ba override ne comments Click Yes to enter new comments click No to close the dialog without any modifications The cells with comments contain special indicators dark red triangle in the upper right corner The comment is displayed as a pop up hint by the pointing of the mouse cursor on the cell You can use the toolbar for adding comments as well see paragraph Menu bar and toolbar options A user can specify comments for all the cells except for the grey blank read only cells ones and for those cells containing Methods and Emission Factor used To delete the cell comment select Delete cell comment command in the context pop up window of the particular cell Fill in the recalculation explanation panel if relevant Recalculation explanation panel is displayed only in ca
87. ndow menu that contains all available actions Access to specific actions can be limited based on the current selection in the workspace e g action Add category s available only for Other category and cannot be used with the standard categories A number of functions are disabled if a non master database 1s used e g 1f opened a database will be accessed n read only mode UNFCCC 19 UNFCCC CRF Reporter User Manual Version 3 0 Date 19 10 2006 CRF Reporter keyboard commands and toolbar descriptions Menu item File Use default database Open database Save Save As without password Export data Import data Restore database Hot keys Ctrl D Ctrl O Ctrl S Ctrl E Ctrl I Ctrl R Toolbar button 9 Function Go back to default database file Master database Open database Read only mode Save the current database without password Please note that th s operation was made only for IT experts to allow them to see the database structure After this operation you can not use this saved database in the CRF Reporter Export data to other databases and other installations of the CRF Reporter Import data from other databases and other installations of the CRF Reporter Restore the selected database as default database Back up database Screw fo Make back up copy of the database Edit Copy cell range Copy data in the active grid to clipboard Paste cell
88. ne of the child categories needs to be filled in UNFCCC 63 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 The screenshot below displays missing additional information values Optional kissing additional information entries Optional Misting adifiiemal inhomalinn enk iez re The tesa fet chews een kiama aes mir Double chock ot beet renee ohne amao Teme Io wah bo an input loon bo erden the r Being pii n cmabon e Choose the beck Hieng piira mana yuen in dee bask prel to r Pen the bim Fler io dse the mai D Che das Tha chici haad lore 200 poe lep S Dopisna Hiring siita infomation antes DU Navigation Tice Mode 1 Enap 1A Pel Corbueston 1 AD Fandita and onen une of husk 1 407 Hapktha uber inom _ Pasar Coz Allorsted unden Subaksched tom Acomcigie CO eos i ude Sub ren Associgied CO Alecia urea LAD 4 Cod Ole md Tats hom Cokie Coal Tubakas Am Asie idee COS Double click on the name in the column Information type to select the relevant cell in the data grid and enter the missing additional information value There are additional control buttons on the result list dialogs for all the steps of the checks e Copy to clipboard make a table copy to clipboard to paste in Excel file e Copy explanation to selected years steps 2 and 3 copy entered explanations and missing information to the years selected when running the check Select all highlight
89. ng for convenient exchange of GHG inventories between Parties and the UNFCCC secretariat The composition of an inventory team differs among countries However in most cases the team consists of Sectoral Experts SE who make the calculation of the emissions removals for a given sector and a National Inventory Compiler NIC who is responsible for the national GHG inventory Figure 1 and collects and prepares all the information from other organizations and or experts and sends the official inventory submission to the UNFCCC secretariat The SE and NIC are the user types distinguished by the CRF Reporter when installing the software The main difference between the installations is the ability of the NIC to prepare the official submission using the Prepare Official Submission function Figure 1 Simplified data flow Sectoral Expert Sectoral data Sectoral National National UNFCCC Sectoral Expert data Inventory Submission Pe Compiler Sectoral data Sectoral Expert UNFCCC 5 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 The software is intended to be installed see Installation and Getting Started manual onto the computers of the individuals involved in the collection and compiling of the GHG inventory data A Party can chose to make a single installation of the CRF Reporter and compile with it all required information one inventory expert entering information for all sectors If the i
90. nge and paddock manure are to be reported in the 4 D Agricultural Soils category All other NO emissions from animal manure are to be reported in the 4 B Manure Management category See also chapter 4 4 of the IPCC good practice guidance report 5 2 2 4 Land use land use change and forestry The navigation tree for the LULUCF sector is a mix of j activities and land categories In this sense it differs from UNFCCC CRF Reporter default database C the standard approach that the navigation tree follows in the File Edit Submission Inventory Options Help structure of the Sectoral report since Sectoral report 5 for 4 E LULUCF is based only on land categories The activities uT gz 7 A 7 dJ be are added to the navigation tree to facilitate the user and to provide the level of aggregation as it appears in tables 5 1 to 5 V i 5 4 Forest Land Bu Eu wt Eu Eu 5 C Grassland G Ta Information Items There are no clearly defined Activity data emissions and Implied Emissions Factors in the data grids for LULUCF sector except for biomass burning and the Carbon stock change data grid appears as follows 1 Total area is classified as activity data 2 Carbon stock change in living biomass Net carbon stock change n dead organic matter Net carbon stock change in soils should be under heading emissions removals 3 Carbon stock change in living biomass per area Net carbon stock change in
91. nt Recommended Mm a Pentium 4 or Intel Celeron D 2 5 en HI 1 4 GHz or Intel Celeron 1 7 512Mb S O Hard disk space 2 Gb for databases and XML files 2 a for databases and XML files 1 5 Gb Optional e CD RW drive for backups on CD e Network connection SE and NIC configuration 2 1 1 Processor Any PC processor that meets the minimum requirements recommended Scaling up to a faster processor enhances the CRF Reporter performance 2 1 2 Memory If your computer has insufficient physical memory the operating system will start to swap data on the hard drive which significantly slows down the speed of any operation running on your computer More memory installed on your computer allows a faster data processing from the CRF Reporter 2 1 3 Hard disk A minimum of 300 Mb is required to install the CRF Reporter It is recommended you have 1 Gb of free space in case you want to make daily backups of the CRF Reporter database 2 1 4 Virtual Memory The virtual memory setting 1s required in order to enable the generation of submissions to increase the virtual memory size as per the recommendation please follow the following steps Go to Start Settings Control Panel System Advanced tab n the Performance section select Settings Advanced tab n the Virtual Memory section select Change Change the values to Initial size Mb 1000 Maximum size Mb 1500 2 1 5 Optional CD RW and Network
92. nual Date 19 10 2006 Each navigation tree node has a progress indicator icon circle to identify the completeness status of each sector category There are three types of progress indicators Red coloured circle icon incomplete 0 of data in corresponding category and its sub categories have been entered Green coloured circle icon complete 100 of data in corresponding category and its sub categories have been entered Yellow coloured circle icon partially complete Data in corresponding category and its sub categories have been partially entered The colour of the circle icon is refreshed by moving to a different node or by saving the data entered Colour indicators are used to show completeness of mandatory information only The colour indicators do not take into account the completeness of Additional information To display category data in the input forms panel double click the category you want to be displayed New categories can be added to the navigation tree by selecting the Other please specify navigation tree node highlighting it and selecting Inventory Add category menu item or the corresponding context pop up menu command see paragraph 4 3 Input forms Data grids Input forms Figure 4 display the data for a selected category for trend tables methods and recalculation reports The data input grid located in the upper right part of the main application window Fi
93. nventory work is to be distributed between several SEs the NIC needs to send the CRF Reporter to the experts responsible for the different sectors together with the data XML files for the relevant sectors The NIC prepares the relevant data by exporting the corresponding data for each SE this is done by using the standard CRF Reporter export function The NIC may first create any necessary additional categories gases and so on as well as enter data and comments for them Once the SE has installed the CRF Reporter the SE can import the data received from the NIC by using the standard CRF Reporter import function The SE s data will then correspond to that of the NIC s for the sectors included in the exported data 1 3 2 Exchange of data The CRF Reporter does not permit simultaneous entry of information by different users However it has import and export functions that allow for the transfer of data from a Party s national databases and from different user installations of the CRF Reporter into a single compiled inventory prior to official submission to the UNFCCC After entering data the SE exports the inventory data of the corresponding sector s and necessary metadata for added categories and gases in the form of an XML file and sends it to the NIC see paragraph KML export During importation of the data the NIC must select the sector s category ies the NIC wishes to import incorporate into the NIC s inventory from th
94. o mat Geet in the date pre Ge uu var in propagate eraon for the Me ane E notation haar By clicking Yes the information regarding the associated notation keys and explanations for the new added years will be kept UNFCCC 32 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 The NIC should then send all SEs the new reference database to be used for recalculation checks For determining where the current reference recalculation database is located you may use About command found in the Help menu filenames and paths are selectable Upon receipt of the new reference database SEs will need to copy it to the local hard drive it is recommended you store all reference databases in the same Recalculation folder created by CRF Reporter and then set it as the active reference database in the CRF Reporter by selecting the Submission Select Recalculation Base menu item Please note that selecting the right reference database is very important because NIC will not be able to import XML files if the reference databases are not the same In such case the SE will have to re enter recalculation explanations Contact your NIC to make sure you have the same reference databases 5 2 1 2 Using the navigation tree and the data grid as links to CRF tables To start entering data select the relevant node in the Navigation tree The navigation tree follows the general structure of the CRF In the CRF there are 3 levels
95. o start the Prepare Official Submission wizard The first wizard page asks you to show inventory years to be includes in the submission By default they start from the base year to the submission year minus 2 the empty inventory years cannot be included in submission Note that previously submitted inventory years cannot be excluded from the selection preman gl iral zu bemessen Piept nee cebiccom Ent ape nice be heel rare cuba gare Dhipa Click Next to continue The next page shows the current submission information and allows you to provide the contact information of the responsible person An official submission includes CRF and NIR For the purposes of this manual the term official submission is used to indicate the submission of the CRF noting that the data has to be also accompanied by an NIR This copy will be used as a reference database for recalculations in the next year submission UNFCCC Tl UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 repare amar s hen Fiese nee eubmaccen Ente mean nano bo card ra uber gamete 1 nn Counts Dirar pam rreantoe r area Laakeri cc Cartar rara H atonal brami Dora gar rakar timar This information can also be accessed at any time by the inventory compiler via Submission Current Submission Information However before sending the official submission the data have to be verified and updated if necessary After required information ha
96. og see the two screenshots below select the sector to be checked To run the check for all sectors select All Sectors from the drop down menu Comistency check in time series Cominiency check im time series Hei check ae let Genie m Conmlichancy check intime serien Flesud be of penton ege monar Fe bet OP menor ates We er eaea eomeck 4 penhad percent aan E ee Daimi en Chl cere Besen Bil 5 1 Ermy i Pagie Press OK to continue UNFCCC 56 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 Select the difference threshold in percentage for inconsistencies to be detected and the measure type in the drop down list selecting from All IEF Activity Data or Emissions 5 3 1 3 Output of the check An example of a result list of identified inconsistencies is show below Ta Consistency check in tine series Valan consilency in lime series The mauling kai denne sectors cabegoies whee diffenanger baleen valet exceed the speched percent To check tee denied raker double cick on Ge mame m Fe column Source HE Cajegoy bo pah bo the mpd foe Choose the lack Cormisiancy check ini ime snes r the bask panel bo rur CZF Artus a iF whet iad Piocestes CIFP factual C4Fi0 Actus CoFi2 Actual i I I i Tes Ska I I I i Select all Copi bo clipboard The title of the sheet indicates the check that has been performed The columns Year show the years that are participating n the comparison Columns Firs
97. onding button on the toolbar to start the Export Wizard The wizard starts with the welcome page Press Next gt gt to continue Specify the destination folder and a name for the XML file Also here you can specify to which XML format you want to export as follows 1 InterReporter XML This export can be imported in a different CRF Reporter machine for the purpose of data exchange 2 Simple Data XML This export is for the purpose of aiding National System developers in understanding the internal data structure and the Unique IDentifiers UID of variables and records within the CRF Reporter In this format the users have the option to export editable cells only which are the cells of concern during a Data import from a National system Export Wizard Destination Select destination file that should be used for export Path to destination mil file f Export Inter Reporter ML Export Simple XML Cancel lt lt Back Einst UNFCCC 70 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 Click Next to continue In the next page of the wizard you may choose which sectors you want to export Export Wizard x Export data Select sectors and categories that should be exported D D65 5 LULUCF JBE 6 Waste ODEs 7 Other please specify E Finish In this wizard page user may choose freely which categories he she want to export Click Next gt gt to go to the next page
98. ose the SE has provided in the XML file The complete XML file containing data and metadata should be used for data exchange between the NIC and SE see paragraph men 1 3 3 Workflow schema Once the Party has compiled its inventory it 1s officially submitted to the UNFCCC secretariat The official submission consists of one XML file and several Excel files The secretariat provides the Party with a receipt of the submission in the form of an Acknowledgement file in XML format This file is then imported by the NIC into the CRF Reporter This importation of the Acknowledgement file initiates the versioning of the submission data allowing the Party to resubmit a further version of the same year s submission or start the next year s submission Figure 2 outlines the workflow between the SE NIC and UNFCCC secretariat Resubmit National Submission 2006v2 1 or next submission 2007v1 1 Figure 2 Data workflow Sectoral Expert InterReporter a InterReporter p XML National Sectoral Expert Inventory Submission UNFCCC XML and gt Compiler CRF tables Pe 2006v1 1 InterReporter XML Sectoral Expert Import XML Send XML acknowledgement acknowledgement UNFCCC 6 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 2 CRF Reporter installation 2 1 Hardware requirements The following table describes the recommended and the minimum hardware requirements for the CRF Reporter installation Compone
99. ous dialog Click Cancel to abort The Excel file names for the generated files are standard and constructed with the following rule Party name year of submission inventory year v submission version UNFCCC 68 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 After you have chosen to continue the application displays the selection of CRF tables E By default all tables are selected To generate specific tables click Unselect all and select the CRF tables by clicking the check box next to the table you need To return to the previous dialog click lt lt Back button Click Cancel to abort Click Next gt gt to continue generating The application displays the dialog of inventory year s selection Select the inventory years by clicking the corresponding check box To generate tables for all the years in the list use Select all button To open the generated files check the box Open files after generation For generation of variable names variables identifiers will be placed in the cells instead real data instead of data mark the option Generate variable names The list of inventory years will be disabled After completion click Finish to close dialog box It is not possible to add tables to a file which has been already been created by the user When the Excel file for a given year is open it is not possible to generate a new table for th
100. r node Cattle aggregate the nodes of Mature Diary Cattle Mature Non Diary Cattle and Young Cattle UNFCCC 91 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 4 4 Enteric Fermentation Cattle gt AE Lauan Ei Mature Hon D ary Cattle Young Cattle When switching from option A to Option B or vice versa the values for the permuted option are erased 1 2 2 5 LULUCF 1 2 2 5 1 Aggregation in sector V LULUCF A peculiarity in tables 5 is that in some of the CRF tables 5 I 5 V the level of disagregation and the subcategories are not the same as in table 5 The figure below illustrates the gas aggregation matrix It shows where the GHG gases are reported n the hierarchy of the subsectors in LULUCF It provides a clear overview on how the GHG gases are ageregated Table Activity BIBIEE S BIE JBE SI ELSIE S BIE Z 8 9 2 5 A F CSC EO J K pf HE EEE sane oe 5D Bay e HE GE Figure 12 Gas aggregation matrix 1 2 2 5 2 Calculation of Net Emission Removals NER NER occurs for CO in sector LULUCF and equal to the CO emissions EM co minus the CO Removals REM co NER o EM a REM o REM is always a negative value Where EM o is the sum of the net emissions in tables 5 A 5 F and emissions from tables 5IV and 5V REM n is calculated on the basis of the net removals from Carbon Stock Change in the sector 5 reported in tab
101. range Paste clipboard content into the cell range Delete cell range BP Remove selected cell range data Ctrl Z P Reset data grid entries to the last saved state UNFCCC 20 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 Toolbar Function button Ctrl N Menu item Hot keys Consistency checks in time series Check whether there are large changes in values in the time series Ctrl L Compare current values with the latest submission marked as received by the UNFCCC Recalculation checks Completeness checks Ctrl M Verify that all required fields have been filled in Generate CRF tables Ctrl G Generate CRF tables for any selected year or all inventory years I Generate Party Profile units and variables files Submission SE only Select recalculation base BP Select the recalculation database to be set as active Generate Party Profile Submission NIC only Start new submission PP Start new submission year to enter data View Submissions history 4 Show the window of the current submission year history Current submission View current submission information information Prepare official submission Perform completeness and recalculation checks request contact information of the person in charge export data file make reference copy of officially submitted data and generate CRF tables in MS Excel format Inventory Country specific settings Select disaggregation of cattle
102. raph Add a gas In the dialog of adding gas select either one in the drop down list which already exists or enter your own mixture UNFCCC 47 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 After a gas has been added it is displayed n the navigation tree and you can enter its data in the data grid The entered values will be aggregated on a higher level for the selected gas The added gases are presented separately in the generated table In some cases the wizard will first navigate you to select a category and afterwards you should select the appropriate gas n order to enter the background information Another sector specific issue for F gas emissions is that the entries for them are usually in tons However when unspecified mixtures are added those should be reported directly in CO equivalents Reporting of confidential data is common in this sector For this purpose use the notation key C see paragraph Reporting of confidential data Besides the sector the same experts should fill in the node Information on additional GHG located under the node Gross cutting Information Cross cutting information Information on additional greenhouse gases Use the options in the data grid to enter information on emissions of greenhouse gases where GWP values have not yet been agreed upon by the COP Include such gases in this data grid if they are considered n the submitted inventory Provide
103. rent import steps and the progress bar see screenshot below When the wizard finish importing data click Next gt gt button Click Finish to close the wizard If you get an error message during the import please check the import log file CRFReporterXML log file in order to see the details of the import error You can find the import log file in the same directory where you imported the XML file UNFCCC UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 5 5 Official submissions One of the most important functions of the CRF Reporter is the preparation of an officialf CRF submission and automatic handling of the submission related information The submission related functions are available only in the NIC configuration 5 5 1 Prepare official submission function NIC only The process ought to be started only when the NIC has all the inventory data filled in verified its consistency and completeness and has entered the necessary cross sectoral information The generation of an official submission is a complex operation and consists of several steps outlined below e request to provide contact information of the responsible person e perform completeness checks e perform recalculation checks e export inventory data to an XML file e generate CRF tables in MS Excel format e create a reference copy of the database with submission data Select Submission Prepare official submission menu item t
104. rface e Layer of business logic accumulates all required algorithms and rules The business layer provides an object model for the user interface to report GHG emission data e Data layer implemented using MS ADO technologies to collaborate with CRF Reporter database e MS Access 2000 format used for storing data e CRF Reporter data exchange format using XML technologies Parties are able to generate the CRF tables in the MS Excel format of the reporting guidelines These tables are filled with the corresponding data entered n the local database The XML transport format provides the data exchange interface to link with various databases and other CRF Reporter installations After all the data is entered and verified in the Reporter the Prepare official submission command initiates the generation of the files to be sent to the UNFCCC secretariat via Internet email ftp etc or on a preferred type of media CD zip drive etc These files will comprise of the CRF files needed for the submission CRF Reporter generated Excel and XML files and should be accompanied by a National Inventory Report NIR for a full annual GHG inventory submission There are no direct printing facilities from the CRF Reporter but the generated Excel files can be printed using MS Excel 1 3 Data workflow 1 3 1 Overview The CRF Reporter facilitates the annual inventory compilation by the Parties It provides for a common data exchange format allowi
105. rrectly classify the CRF Reporter executable file in the installation package as a Malicious Script In order to install the CRF Reporter properly please select from the action list Allow this activity once UNFCCC 12 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 3 Getting started and administer the CRF Reporter 3 1 Getting started To launch the CRF Reporter Program select Start Programs UNFCCC CRF Reporter CRF Reporter Alternatively select Windows Explorer program in the Start menu and select the CRFReporter exe application The master default database is automatically selected and opened by the application To open a different database select the File Open Database menu item the selected database will be opened in read only mode To reopen the default database select the File Use Default Database menu item The application automatically switches to the database that was selected as the master database during the software s installation 3 2 Administer CRF Reporter 3 2 1 Overview of CRF Reporter databases CRF Reporter uses master default database where all actual inventory data are stored This database contains the latest officially submitted data as accepted by the UNFCCC secretariat and is the basis for the current submission This database has the name CRFReporter mdb and is located in the folder selected during CRF Reporter installation as the folder for master database You ca
106. s Fuels Before starting to fill the data for fuel combustion the user should specify if NCV or GCV is used for the Sectoral and Reference approach as described in Country specific settings For Sectoral approach besides the standard possibility of adding category and gas itis add fuels at the lowest level of disaggregation under the fuel groups Select the relevant node n the navigation tree and in its context pop up menu choose command Add Fuel see paragraph Add a fuel Under the node 1 AA 5 Other not elsewhere specified in order to be able to enter values under Mobile and Stationary combustion these categories should be specified The CRF tables request the CS categories to be listed with commas in table 1 A a s4 However in the software the Party can decide to present the information together or to disaggregate it to the specific covered categories The output excel tables will follow the decision taken For the reference approach the data grids follow the structure of the CRF table 1 A b The links between nodes are kept as in the CRF tables and therefore carbon stored info entered in nodes 1 AD goes into 1 AB As in the CRF tables the entries in the data grids to nodes 1 AA Fuel Combustion Sectoral Approach and 1 AB Fuel Combustion Reference Approach fill in node 1 AC Difference Sectoral and Reference Approach Manual entries are needed for the Apparent consumption excluding non energy use and fe
107. s and reporting requirements to allow Annex I Parties to report in accordance with agreed UNFCCC reporting guidelines The CRF Reporter manual is organized as follows 1 Introduction provides some background and general information about the CRF Reporter 2 Getting started and administer the CRF Reporter guides the user through the database maintenance functions 3 Application layout and user interface elements describes the main window layout including the menu functions and the toolbar icons 4 Prepare submissions using the CRF Reporter explains all the steps needed to prepare and generate an official submission from data entry to data validation as well as import export functions Users should address any questions or problems relating to the use of the CRF Reporter to the CRF Reporter Helpdesk System accessible at http unfccc int crfhelpdesk The required user name and password information has been provided in the Party specific notes Additional accounts can be created upon request crfsupport unfccc int UNFCCC 4 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 1 2 CRF Reporter The CRF Reporter is a complete revision of the earlier CRF application It is a standalone application and cannot work on a network The CRF Reporting Software is no longer based on MS Excel It is developed as multi tier desktop application in the following way e User interface implemented as Windows Graphical User Inte
108. s been specified click the Next button to proceed Next a dialog box is displayed to specify folder where the submission files will be placed Prepare new submission x submission generation process a read only copy of the curent database will be created and used a the basis for recalculation checks in the nest submission year r Files and folders Folder for submission files Prepare new submission Please enter the required information to start the submission generation process During the MMe Open files after generation W Archive files __ Setpassword Previous N ext Lancel Select the Open files after generation option f want the software to open the CRF tables after they have been generated You can also choose to archive the submission files by selecting the Archive files option Use the Set password function if you wish to password protect the archive Pressing the Next button CRF Reporter will start the generation of the XML file and the CRF tables At the end of this procedure the official submission is ready to be sent to the UNFCCC secretariat UNFCCC 78 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 An official submission consists of the following files which are located in the specified submission folder e XML file with inventory data for all inventory years and metadata for new added categories and gases and other information as described abo
109. s data 1s recalculated as well During the import process as a general rule nodes existing in the XML file and in the destination database will be overwritten and newly created nodes will be imported However nodes contained in the destination database but not present in the XML file remain untouched by the import procedure The CRF Reporter warns the user only when nodes present in the XML cause a name or UID conflict More information about data conflicts during the import process 1s given in the 5 4 2 2 Inter Reporter XML import section It is impossible to undo an import operation therefore it is recommended you make a database backup before importing This will allow restoration of your data from the backup in case any problem occurs Select Import Data from the File menu or use Ctrl I hot key or click the corresponding button on the toolbar to start the Import Wizard The wizard starts with a welcome page Click Next to continue UNFCCC 2 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 bomen Ward Soe Eule mua ie he rhed ba weed bor reper Specify the file you wish to import by clicking the lt gt button next to the text field as in the screenshot above and then press Next gt gt The software will automatically recognize the format of the XML There are three formats that can be imported 1 InterReporter XML a comprehensive format that can be exported from another CRF Reporter installation
110. se of data entry different from the last submission Enter relevant explanation for the modified value see paragraph Recalculation explanation panel Enter category specific information Any category specific information can be entered in the Category Documentation panel For this select Documentation box input tab see paragraph Category documentation and Instruction tabs The recommended maximum length for the documentation box input is 500 characters Add year specific documentation if relevant Category documentation requires entering textual information in two more places e Year specific documentation row in the data grid is editable and the information entered in these cells will be added to the documentation box for this source for the relevant year e In addition a documentation section left bottom of the main window see Figure 3 is associated to each data grid It contains the instructions for the category as included in the CRF tables namely all the footnotes to the tables and text included in the documentation boxes The information that is entered in this window goes to the CRF table documentation box as indicated in the title of the window for all the years included in the submission Save the changes made to the data grid After you have entered modified data in all the cells in a data grid save it via File Save menu item or Ctrl S hot keys The CRF Reporter supports automatic data save Every time a na
111. selected submission year and the default and recalculation databases n use UNFCCC CRF Reporter v 3 0 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 25 Party name Japan Installation type National Inventory Compiler Submision year 2006 Default database C Program Files UNFCCOSCAPF ReporterD atat Recalculation database C Program Files tUNFCCCSCAF Reporter WARNING This program is protected by copyright daw and international treaties 0 Unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this program or any portion of it may result in severe civil system Info and criminal penalties and will be prosecuted to the masimum extent possible under law Loaded modules Click OK to exit the page For detailed information about the system click on the System Info button The standard Windows application will display the system information for details please refer to MS Windows help The Loaded modules button gives access to a software tool that lists the system library being used at a particular time when the CRF Reporter is running This information is only normally requested by the CRF Support team when dealing with reported problems The system information is accessible to users with administrator rights only In case you do not have administrator rights on your local machine please refer to your IT support 4 Application layout and user interface elements The main window for the CRF Reporter application is shown in
112. ssion button UNFCCC 79 ANNEX I XML Shema The new XML Schema for the CRF Reporter has changed in a number of ways the first and foremost being the massive overhaul to the structure Previously the XML files were unwieldy and difficult to read without specific programs to do so The structure of the new file is however more logically arranged with each envelope and node set being consistent and can be seen in figure below New data fields have been added to the XML files The exports now contain the documentation recalculation explanation and formulas disaggregating fields missed from the old XML files whilst unnecessary data columns have been removed The Schema also now contains checks to ensure that the Agriculture option is compatible with the data held in the importing software version that units are correct and that there are no conflicts between current and imported data that the versioning of the files is correct and in the case of the National Systems envelope it is also possible to include a sourceName and userName in the data file for added transparency The structure can be seen in the following diagram a a a eT ee EHE A HationalSystemEnvelope a Figure 8 XML Schema The date and tine when the XML was generated agricultureOption this element shows the agriculture option jE setting within the CRF Reporter this is 4 required elernent when exporting importing the agriculture sector
113. ssions reported under 2 F potential emissions are taken in the upward calculations The total Emission for an F gas is equal to the sum of the emissions over the sector 2 and the sector 7 EM gt EM K 2 A 2 F F gases can be reported in 2 C 3 4 2 E in 2 F and in 2 G For a category K in 2 C 3 4 2 E and in 2 G EM EA For 2 F the situation is a bit more complicated If there is a value reported for actual emission EA then EM EA EM EA Otherwise no EA reported if there is a value reported in potential emission then EM EP EM EP Moreover the value of a potential emission in 2 F EP equals the sum of the numerical potential emission reported under 2 F P If no numerical potential emission 1s reported under 2 F P then EP equals the sum of potential emission reported under 2 F 1 2 2 2 2 Calculation of the Potential emission under 2 F P For an F gas specie under 2 F P the potential emission is calculated the following way Dh de PRO 4 Fp ror 4 Epes pp Re spp r _ PP oroya Bulk Pr oducts Bulk Pr oducts which is the sum of the production and the import minus the export and the destroyed amounts 1 2 2 2 3 Aggregation of actual emissions of F Gases in 2 F For F gases there are two rules of aggregation under 2 F Under 2 F sub nodes can be added for F gases containing more detailed information The aggregation of F gases under each node of 2 F follows the following principle
114. t 1s recommended you keep several database back up files with different times of creation This allows you to recover correct CRF data if errors are detected over a number of back up operations 3 2 5 Restore database CRF Reporter provides the opportunity to restore a database by selecting a previously saved database file In this case the CRF Reporter data are restored in their entirety it is not possible to restore only a part of the database If an error has occurred within the database you can restore it from the back up copy To restore a database select the File Restore database menu item The application will display the wizard page inviting you to begin the restore process The following wizard page prompts the user to enter the path to the database to be restored see screenshots below You can either enter the name or select it by clicking the browse button The default path to the restore folder is specified in the process of installation UNFCCC 15 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 Fah hiina lioki lt i Aecong dah Ace de Coed tote ade When ready click Next gt gt and then Finish to exit the dialog 3 3 Copying database SE only To copy a database e g when transferring the CRF Reporter application from one computer to another the following operations must be performed l Back up the default database of CRF Reporter you are working with by se
115. t Year and Second Year contain the relevant summary category values The inconsistencies detected are shown in the column Difference By double clicking a value in the consistency check window the corresponding cell in the data grid is selected to facilitate corrections changes needed Data precision can be specified n the upper panel of the consistency check window Click Next gt gt to activate the check for changes in the reporting from notation keys to values and vice versa The following screen will appear UNFCCC 57 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 m i E a Consistency check in time series ME aloe matting ceplanmimmni The rice bell ihia borg ee ae pe ed Ne Ka eed fio gle ar ran a Mie Dicale cick af he femme m oolumn Sous Sink aegon Io sich bo an mpu form bo enter Ihe meting explsnabon Choma the task Tormslarcy check in hoe sanes im the task pene Cik on Frevious to proceed to the preven MES ahbuss resting explanabon F Fint You Tear acom 2001 22347 ZI Pt WE 2001 102 76 Z002 HA HE E missions r i zum 030 aW HA CH4 hacio ri 20 HA 201 CH4 a 1 zu HA m LHA een i ZI Fa ZT Emersons agregaie Zum 2002 MAHE Fra SRS CHa 2001 2002 HA Frachon ol zigi MA zo Frachor od Fact HA siii Annua HS i I 201 DOC D0 M 201 ipad CH 2001 E missions Sagegate fi n 2002 MANE Sebel gl Copy toeipboad To copy the result list to Excel click Copy to clipboard button
116. tarting with the Activity Data then continues with the Emissions for which most of the calculations apply then covers the Implied Emission Factors and the Additional Information and finally looks at the special formulas 1 1 Activity data Activity data is usually not calculated except when it s aggregated from the child categories in the following cases Category Activity data type 1 AB Carbon Content Carbon Stored Fuel Consumption LAD stored Fuel Consumption 1 B 2 B 5 1 C 1 A and B rs ee fC oa ested ea ooo SIV Total amount of lime applied 5 V Biomass burned Area burned 6 C Incinerated waste 6 C incinerated waste Most of the cases involve a simple aggregation with unit conversion if necessary In order to allow aggregation the activity data type of the child level must be identical For example in Biomass Burning LULUCF the activity data descriptions selected for Controlled Burning and for WildFire must be identical in order to allow aggregation of the activity data in the parent node for Biomass Burning Biomass Burning Controlled Burning Wildfires UNFCCC 83 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 1 2 Emissions Emissions are usually entered at the level of the terminal nodes of the navigation tree Emissions participate in different kinds of calculations Besides few special formulas the common emission related calculations n the CRF are e
117. tated by an Excel based CRF application COP 8 requested the secretariat to develop new software for reporting GHG inventories in the CRF as included in the reporting guidelines in order to facilitate Parties reporting of their required annual inventory submissions In response the CRF Reporter software was developed This manual provides instructions on the use of the CRF Reporter software The software is intended to be the basis for reporting of annual GHG emission inventories in the required format CRF The CRF Reporter provides Parties with the ability to compile validate and report GHG emission inventories in a user friendly and efficient manner while providing a stable and secure mechanism for electronic and printable GHG emission inventory submissions to the UNFCCC in accordance with the reporting guidelines It allows Parties users to enter and manipulate GHG inventory data n an intuitive manner by providing a dynamic and partially user defined interface while ensuring core data structure and reporting requirements are met The CRF Reporter is designed to facilitate the generation of CRF tables but not the actual estimation of the GHG emissions 1 1 Organization of the manual and user support This is the user manual for version 3 of the CRF Reporter If you are using an earlier version of the CRF Reporter you should upgrade to version 3 and update to the latest version delivered to Parties as it contains the function
118. thout saving modifications UNFCCC 67 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 The generated table 8 b reflects the grid in the recalculation check dialog with explanations but contains only those data entry level recalculation explanations which have been selected in the dialog to be transferred to Excel The recalculation explanations are transferred between the NIC and the SE when exporting and importing data and vice versa 5 3 4 Generation of CRF Excel tables As mentioned during the Prepare official submission process the CRF Reporter generates CRF Excel tables and XML files that constitute part of the official submission to the secretariat In addition at any time Parties are able to generate the CRF Excel tables for internal purposes separate from the Prepare official submission process The generated CRF excel tables are for verification and viewing purposes only If changes are necessary they must be made directly in the relevant CRF Reporter data grid To generate the tables select Submission Generate CRF tables menu item The CRF Tables wizard will appear Wietooned bo Ihe Gerorabe CHE Tables wizard Click Next gt gt to start generating Click Cancel to abort S pecify where the generated CRF tabl Ti a a F es shall be saved E Click Next gt gt to continue generating click lt lt Back to return to the previ
119. tore operations of CRF Reporter provide an important safeguard for protecting data stored in the CRF Reporter database You can recover the database from many failures such as media failures or data input errors UNFCCC 13 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 3 2 3 Back up database You should perform the database back up every time you make large scale modifications to the CRF data You can have as many database back up files as needed The file name should contain information about the CRF data contents and or date of back up so the appropriate database file can be chosen if database restoration becomes necessary While performing the back up and restore database functions make sure that you do NOT replace the master database with the recalculation database and vice versa To perform a back up select the File Back up database menu item A back up wizard will start as shown in the screenshot below Welcome to Backup Database wizard The vera eal Henle bo buch u de ce pe Dik Tha ig bese ber ba pe Click Next gt gt to continue the back up process Manually enter the path where to save the back up database or select it from the drop down list and indicate the file name the mdb extension is automatically added see screenshot below The dialog contains the Compress back up check box By checking this box all the records that are marked for deletion within the database will be del
120. tus bar appears above the table indicating the check status Follow the instructions given in the dialog Click the category subcategory you want to enter missed data for in the dialog and enter necessary data in the corresponding input forms displayed by the application After entering the data in the data grid the row will disappear from the completeness check window by double clicking the Refresh button To proceed with other steps of the completeness check select the check type in the drop down list Step or select button Next The Explanation for NE values check is shown in the screenshot below UNFCCC 60 UNFCCC CRF Reporter l Theana Ei Her HE othe der the seingini n 1 2 Pagtive Eres trove Fumi JMi Enid Bi j En nn Nie 77 Dinners Pocet IA Hai Products TAE Aap Precis 7 4 8 pP erg wi iphm 2 5 TemA ehitis IB 3 Adp dine Preire 2 8 5 Other pieun mati Sao J E td Produchen LET han ane ee 21 1 Sil 22 1 27g tom it soa Dr od ee Pe TCA F hegre Fund 2 0 Other Praduchem 202 Fae ee Coe F Canan of Hainan bone and GFG Ir Female Mead ects FE The result list shows NE entries for which explanations are missing Missing explanations are to be provided in the column Explanation click Refresh to update the result list UNFCCC UNFCCC CRF Reporter The screenshot below shows IE values where one or more explanations are missing Mandatory kesing raptanatinn for H entrisa Tia iik
121. use button on a cell in a column or on the column header In the context popup window select Add new inventory year While adding a new year M EF used and notation keys NK are propagated automatically if the corresponding option is selected in the adding dialog then comments for cells with IE and NE notation keys are also propagated When a new year is entered it is displayed in the input forms and chart window after the operation of processing data is finished A new inventory year can also be added via menu bar option Inventory Add new inventory year or via the toolbar see paragraph Menu bar and toolbar options To remove an inventory year select Inventory Remove inventory year menu item As a result the corresponding dialog is displayed as shown below Remove Year Remove year Select year from list that should be removed lnventor pears Enter the year you want to remove and click OK It is only possible to remove a year without any data and if the year is not one required in the current submission The columns in the data grid include the activity data relevant emissions IEF method emission factors used and additional information associated with each category The last row in the Information type column Year specific documentation allows users to add comments for individual years The text entered will be published in the documentation box of the year specific CRF table s
122. valid for HFC s and PFCs The HFC total is the sum of all species under a specific node converted into Gg CO equivalent and added up UNFCCC 90 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 VKe 2 F 2 F 1 2 F 9 VF HFC PFC EA _ EA GWP If a HFC species subnode is added to the node K the F gas specie value s the sum of the actual emissions reported in the subnode 4x EAK EA zj J5 ee il ee ee GFE Hj rer i 5 Jare jira 1 DATEN ioti 5 Fi Refngerstion and Air Conditioning Equipment E LIFI oe Men NT In u 2 1 eee Pie E iaf did Arge E HFC Ma E e HCAS raees H ae aE FF 15 9 tee Ar londheihng aF Jif iHa iig 8 29 PF 2 Fa Fe sE ae af EL pifei ih r z F iiai lien a Ea FS idari a Eo 276 Dha appkcetore sung 005 mhs E ET Tea Be i ai Feten 3 eM 2f JO pern peck a h ean ir LA Hd Figure 11 Aggregation of actual emission of F Gases in 2 F The value of each HFC species under the node 2 F and its subnodes s the aggregation of the species over the child nodes 1 2 2 3 Solvents and other products use Calculation of emissions follows the general rule 1 2 2 4 Agriculture 1 2 2 4 1 Cattle options under 4 A and 4 B If Option A is selected the values for Cattle aggregate the values for Diary Cattle and Non diary Cattle Dairy Cattle Non D airy Cattle If Option B is selected the values fo
123. ve e Excel files A number of Excel files are equal to number of inventory years so each file contains data for one inventory year Files names are constructed using with the following pattern Country name year of submission inventory year submission version After NIC sends these files as part of the official submission the UNFCCC secretariat will send back an Acknowledgement file that needs to be imported into the NIC s CRF Reporter The NIC should import the Acknowledgement file to update the submission version number and set the latest accepted submission as recalculation database Click Import Acknowledgement button and specify the location of the received acknowledgement file The next submission year preparation cycle can be started when there is at least one accepted submission in the current year 5 5 2 View submission history Select Submissions View Submissions history menu item to view the history of all generated submission Kiew sp emnene Veo Gelmo Le a al pep ure Po can cet cei a on cee Jahr and eA Geel Perea The View submissions dialog contains the list of all generated submissions date path where the database has been copied submission year and version and the status indicating whether the submission has been received and accepted by UNFCCC secretariat It 1s possible to view data content in a particular submission For this select desired submission from the list and click Open Submi
124. vert and Othe Product Use Er fe 4 dupiculture Dee E a T 6 4 Sobd Waste Disposal on Land l E 6 41 Managed waste Disposal on Land ES 5 6 4 2 Unmanaged Waste Disposal Sites Es 6A J 0ther please spect E o BE 6 B wastewaler Handing El E 6 B 1 Industial Wastewater too El Wastemater gt E Sludge E E 6 B 2 Domestic and Commersial waslewalei E Ge 6 6 3 Other pease spei 5 B C Waste Incineration Ep 6 0 Other please specily a By 7 Dihar pease specily J Cross cutting information 27 Trend Tables Recatculslion z Methods E Kay categorise 2 Infomation on addtional greenhouse gases Cateqay Documertaher Cocumentstionbesinstuchons Documentation box irout of Calegory moles DC degradable ogame component DE indicators we OOD Chemical Oxegen Demand fai induziial waste waler aid BOD Bmchemica ea ll ann ee Pr ER IPCC UNFCCC 6 2 1 Industrial Wastewater Wastewater MarHienroue Wastewater output Degradable agence component Feites Wa ewale oulput Degradable organic component Food and beverage wastersaler oulpul Degradable organic component Paper ard pulp Wastewmster oulpul Degadsble organic comparent Ongenie chanical Wasewater oulput Dregradable organic component Othee wastewater theams epeciy Wastewater output Degradable organic component Aerobic trealment Edt ceallicomment alete ce core Add Treatment Geneme Treeline iL FREIE T
125. vigation tree node 1s changed the corresponding input form data 1s saved automatically UNFCCC 43 UNFCCC CRF Reporter Version 3 0 User Manual Date 19 10 2006 Select the Edit Reset menu item or use Ctrl Z shortcut to undo the latest changes to the data grid This function is unavailable after the data has been saved Please note that CRF Reporter does not support step by step undo operation as in some applications e g Microsoft Office If you exit the CRF Reporter without first saving data the application displays a message box prompting you with the option to save before exiting CAF Aeperter Click Yes to save modifications Information n the cells s updated automatically Once you entered particular data into the cell all bound data is recalculated 5 2 1 6 Disabling aggregation Manual disabling of aggregated cell is sometimes necessary because the data at the detailed level are commercially confidential or the emissions are not known in detail There are two cases where aggregated cells can be enabled for manual edition 1 All the direct child cells contain notation keys only In this case the calculated result should contain a list of distinct notation keys used separated with a comma 2 Direct child cells contain at least one notation key C confidential together with one or more numbers In this case the aggregated value is the sum of the numerical values Activation of the dis
126. want to insert data into and click Paste Cell Range in the toolbar Excel versions prior to Excel 2003 do not support the pasting of comments together with the content of the cell they are assigned to To delete data from a range of input form cells in CRF Reporter indicate the intended cells and select the Edit Delete Cell Range menu item Cells with formulas cannot be deleted directly The data must be deleted at the disaggregated level As indicated above along with numerical data entries of notation keys NK are also accepted All standard notation keys C NA NE NO IE as well as the notations for the Methods and EF used are propagated If a NK is entered for a particular year cell then it is propagated automatically on the rest of the empty cells of the inventory years in the row If NK is entered in the activity data cell it is propagated vertically to the emissions rows The propagation concerns only the emission cells where no numerical values have already been entered If in the cells for emissions removals there are no numerical values but NKs the Methods and EF Used are set to Null NA To fill all empty cells with a certain notation key select the Fill empty cells with NK item in the context pop up menu the application displays a dialog box for NK entry Enter notation keys Enter notation keys Enter desired notation keys Notation keys Enter the required notation key and cli
127. y for the inventory XML Submission again consistent with the InterReporter metadata section The Data Envelope has been created to allow compatibility with v2 n XML files This allows parties who have set up transfer mechanisms built around the old XML format and who cannot easily make a switch to the new one to continue to use these methods to import data Data cannot be exported using this envelope at present meaning that any new nodes created have to be mapped using one of the other export file types For your reference we have also provided the CRFStandardMetadata This file contains all the information required to specify each data point including UID s Gas Measure and Classification information and specifics things such as units and whether or not the data is optional Also included is information on which version of the CRF Reporter was used and the checks on EF and Methods Tree Node information is also held within this part of the XML file showing the parent tree and the UID s appropriate It s also possible to see whether the tree was predefined or not 1 e whether it was locally created The standard metadata is located in http unfccc int resource ghe crfreporter3 Ostandardmetadata xml A full schema for the new XML structure can be seen downloaded at the following URL http unfccc int resource ghg crfreporter xsd Compatibilty of Data XML to previous versions Due to the introduction of the new

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