Data Package File Names

The collection of files making up the ALR Data Book submission must be packaged in a ZIP archive file.

The naming of the package file should conform to the following naming convention:

ALR_NNNN_YYYYMMDD.zip

(Example: ALR_0123_20190430.zip)

Facility (NNNN): Three-digit FACILITY NUMBER as per Ministry of Health Numbering System (please include leading zero)

Submission Date (YYYYMMDD): Calendar YEAR, MONTH and DAY of submission

If you are submitting two different packages on the same submission date (for example, with resubmissions, if the first zip package is for April 2018 data and the 2nd zip package is for May 2018 data, you could add a suffix after the date portion of the filename to differentiate the packages:

Example:

ALR_0123_20190107_Apr2018.zip

ALR_0123_20190107_May2018.zip