NaPTAN Update Error Report Email
When NaPTAN data for a local authority area is submitted Thales validate it and
send an email, describing any issues, to interested parties.
On 20th June 2011 the email's Subject line was enhanced to state whether there
are any errors and/or pending stops or stopareas.
The email body includes a summary of the data submission; plus details of any
errors, pending stops or stopareas, a PDF validation report (if there are any
errors), pending stop/stoparea lists (if there are any pending) & links to
further information; as shown in this example:
Validation Report
The validation report
is a PDF file. Warning and error messages include the stop code (if
appropriate) of the applicable stop, to help locate the issue in the submitted
file:
Thales NaPTAN Validation Report Guide
There is a guide to explain error messages and advise on corrective
action. This guide is available on the JourneyWeb web site and is also be
linked from the Validation Report so that you can click on an error message and
be taken directly to an explanation of the error message.
For example you would click on the 'SMS001- should be numeric'
link in the example above to to see the text in the example below,
provided you have a connection to the internet. The Guide will be updated
periodically, so using the web version is preferable.
The guide also contains general information on errors and on pending
stops/stopareas.
If you don't have a connection to the internet then you can use the newly-added
reference numbers, e.g. "VAL001" to look up messages in a local copy of
the Thales NaPTAN Validation Report Guide.