Transcript Unit 2 Getting Started

Welcome!
• EPA’s Financial Data Warehouse (FDW) is
accessed through EPA’s Intranet, and provides a
convenient way to check the fiscal status of a DCN.
• At the current time, EPA’s Financial Data
Warehouse is undergoing a transition to a new
name: Administrative Data Warehouse.
Accordingly, these two names may be used
interchangeably here and in other materials:
• Financial Data Warehouse
• Administrative Data Warehouse
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• The Financial Data Warehouse may be accessed
through the link in the “Financial” category of the
EPA’s Intranet Homepage, or the URL may be
typed directly into the web browser.
http://intranet.epa.gov/fdw
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Using the Financial Data Warehouse
• The link displayed on the previous page will bring
you to the Financial Data Warehouse homepage
(pictured below)
http://intranet.epa.gov/fdw/
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• Enter the full 10 characters of your DCN (as they
appear on the RQL screen print-out) into the text
field shown below and click “Submit”.
• If you do not know the full DCN please refer to the FDW tutorial for an
alternative method to check your DCN’s status.
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Document Summary Section
• After following the instructions on the previous slide
you will be presented with a screen similar to the
one shown below.
1. Document Summary – Provides
information regarding the DCN and its
fiscal status
2. Document Details – Line-item
description of the $$ in the DCN
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Document Activity Section
• Scrolling further down this page you will find the
“Document Activity” section (pictured below). This
section details the invoice activity of this DCN.
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Possible Error Message
• After entering your
DCN, if you are
presented with this
screen then you
have entered an
invalid DCN.
• Please check your
DCN and ensure that
you have entered it
correctly. Otherwise,
contact the
appropriate
personnel to certify
that this DCN is
indeed active
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Conclusion
• This concludes the FDW tutorial. The objective of this
tutorial is to introduce the steps to check the fiscal status of
a DCN.
• If you have any questions regarding this tutorial please
contact Eric Powell, [email protected]. For all other
questions please contact the appropriate FDW personnel.
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