Common application tasks

This chapter contains information about the PPP lifecycle as seen by the DET application. The lifecycle starts when a new survey is initialized, and ends when the observations for this survey are sent back to the central database.

Starting a new survey

Describes the steps required in order to initialize a new survey into the DET.

Entering collected prices

Describes the steps required in order to enter observations for the items of a survey

Validating and saving your work

Describes the validation process that happens behind the scenes as new observations are entered.

Problematic items

Describes how the DET will treat different kinds of items

Submitting the dataset

Describes how a survey finishes.