Ron Baremans

e-Line DNB“a generic reporting system”

e-Line generic solution forreporting

Data production

PublicationData transmission

StorageQualitychecks

ECB

BIS

Eurostat

NationalStatisticsBureau

Government

XML

Data-entry

XBRL

Internet

Mathematical

Plausibility DatawarehouseDepartments

e-Line overview

• Internet based tool• Engine• Build your own website around it• Build your own reporting forms• Support for any language

BrowserWeb

server

Security(PKI)

CertificateCredentials

RegisterReportingprogress

Registerdata

Reportstorage

Reportingassessment

Time seriesdatabase

Reportingarrange-ments

e-Lineexternal

e-LineInternal

back office

Internet

Browser for Reporters

• Overview of reports DNB to be delivered• Fill out reports

- data-entry- Importing: XML, XBRL

• Quality checks: technical and business rules• Export to Excel / PDF• Multi-user handling

Red “due date” for overdue reportsMenu for

editing reports

Status per report

Questionnaire with drop

down menuDifferent forms in

tree

Extensive layout possibilities

Menu

Use of colour White

spots

Dimensions

Extensible no. rows

Forms can change by interaction

BrowserWeb

server

Security(PKI)

CertificateCredentials

RegisterReportingprogress

Registerdata

Reportstorage

Reportingassessment

Time seriesdatabase

Reportingarrange-ments

e-Lineexternal

e-LineInternal

back office

Internet

Register

• Who are our reporters• Contact information• e-mail adresses to have the system

automatically generate e-mails

BrowserWeb

server

Security(PKI)

CertificateCredentials

RegisterReportingprogress

Registerdata

Reportstorage

Reportingassessment

Time seriesdatabase

Reportingarrange-ments

e-Lineexternal

e-LineInternal

back office

Internet

Excel: specifications XML blueprints

Definition

Business

Display

Print

Label

e-Line enginee-Line forms

XML blueprints

Definition

Business

Display

Print

Label

Formset, e.g. COREP SA

Attributes:

• frequency e.g. w/m/q/y/…)• due date e.g. 10th working day• when available for reporter?• name e.g. COREP SA quarterly• …

ReportersFormsets

Attributes:

• frequency: e.g. w/m/q/y/…)• due date: e.g. 10th working day• when available for reporter?• name: e.g. COREP SA quarterly• …

Attributes:

• frequency: e.g. w/m/q/y/…)• due date: e.g. 10th working day• when available for reporter?• name: e.g. COREP SA quarterly• …

Attributes:

• frequency e.g. w/m/q/y/…)• due date e.g. 10th working day• when available for reporter?• name e.g. COREP SA quarterly• …

Reporting Arrangements:

1. ING has to report COREP IRB every quarter2. Fortis has to report the Monetary report every month3. Rabobank has to report Pillar 2 interest risk every quarter4. ABP pensionfund has to report assets report every quarter5. …

Reporting progress

• Customized reporting obligations per reporter• Overviews of reporting progress

• Who is late• Adjust due date per reporter• Reasons for delay & comments on report

BrowserWeb

server

Security(PKI)

CertificateCredentials

RegisterReportingprogress

Registerdata

Reportstorage

Reportingassessment

Time seriesdatabase

Reportingarrange-ments

e-Lineexternal

e-LineInternal

back office

Internet

Report storage

• All data stored at DNB systems • Data only available for DNB after report has

been sent in• DNB facilitates and guarantees back-up facilities

BrowserWeb

server

Security(PKI)

CertificateCredentials

RegisterReportingprogress

Registerdata

Reportstorage

Reportingassessment

Time seriesdatabase

Reportingarrange-ments

e-Lineexternal

e-LineInternal

back office

Internet

Reporting Assessment

• Assessment of reports sent in• Adding comments• Enforce re-reporting or correct data in copies

made by financial analists• Audit trail of all reports• Updates/revision reports to compare a re-reports

with a previous one sent in• Changing the status of a report

(concept/authorized)

BrowserWeb

server

Security(PKI)

CertificateCredentials

RegisterReportingprogress

Registerdata

Reportstorage

Reportingassessment

Time seriesdatabase

Reportingarrange-ments

e-Lineexternal

e-LineInternal

back office

Internet

Security (PKI = Public Key Infrastructure)

PKI facilitates:• Login handling• Workstation independency• Digital signature with reports• DNB uses authentication based on userid and

password• Strong authentication (e.g. with smartcard) easy

to implement

BrowserWeb

server

Security(PKI)

CertificateCredentials

RegisterReportingprogress

Registerdata

Reportstorage

Reportingassessment

Time seriesdatabase

Reportingarrange-ments

e-Lineexternal

e-LineInternal

back office

Internet

Interface to back office systems

• XML interface to back office system• e-Line works with:

• Use of message queue (like in e-mail)• Transformation module to map XML on

database• Back office & e-Line can be developed

separately

Current status

• Operational since 2002• More than 4000 reporters• 80 different reporting models• Heavily automated users as well as small data-

entry sites• XBRL compliant

Interested?

e-mail: j.c.baremans@dnb.nl

tel.: +31 20 524 32 43