Option D with Control Center User Guide

There are a couple of ways¹ to open up the main window:

• Double-click the "PRL Option D" shortcut on your computer’s desktop.

• Click on the Windows Start button and navigate to Programs -> Pesticide Reporting -> PRL Option D.  Windows 8 users will have a  "PRL Option D" icon on their Start Screen.

When you start the program, the Control Center opens.

Entering Contact and Identity Information

Use the Control Center to tell us who to contact when we communicate with you about your report.  Please fill out all three fields under Pesticide Reporting Contact Person. You also need to provide identification information, so that we can associate your report with the correct applicator(s) or organization.

Are you in the pesticide application or sales business?

Pesticide application businesses should submit

• a certification ID,
• the Applicator Name associated with the certification ID,
• optionally, a business registration number, and
• optionally, the Business Name.

Pesticide applicators should submit

• a certification ID, and
• the Applicator Name associated with the certification ID.

Pesticide sales businesses should submit

• a commercial permit number,
• the Business Name,
• optionally, a certification ID, and
• optionally, the Applicator Name associated with the certification ID.
  
  

Decide Which Forms to Use

If you have multiple applicators to include on your report, we recommend using Form 26A to submit their information.  The pesticide applications they made should be entered on a single Form 26.  Choose one of the applicators to list in the header area of the Form 26.  If any applicators that you are reporting for made any applications during the report year, you should submit Form 26.

If you are reporting for a pesticide sales business and you sell restricted-use pesticides, use Form 25.  If you sell pesticides to private applicators, we will need a Form 27.  If you have a commercial permit number, you must submit either Form 25, Form 27, or both.

You can report two different types of sales on Form 25; report either sales to another commercial permit holder who will resell the products or sales to commercial applicators for their end use.  In Options A and B, there are a set of radio buttons in the Form 25 header where you can specify the sales type.  Options D and O have drop-down lists for specifying the sales type.  If you have both types of sales to report, please send us a separate form for each type.  However, you do not need to complete a form for the type of sales you did not make (but you still need to report even if you did not make any sales).

Opening up a Form

When you have decided which form(s) to use, click the corresponding radio button in the Report Forms area.  Do you want to start a new file or add to an existing one? To start a new file, click on the Blank Form button.  For an existing file, click the Existing Form button.  This will open up a dialog in which you can choose the file you want.

All files will open up in Microsoft Excel and are editable using all the functionality that is included with Excel.

Form Header

Each form has one or more identification numbers in the header area appropriate to the form type.  These identification numbers are used to associate your report with the correct applicator(s) or organization.  If you are required to fill out a particular form type, you must also fill out the identification numbers and associated name field in the header area.

All applicators and pesticide sales businesses are required to report even if they did not make any applications or sales.  See Reporting No Applications or Sales for more information.

The forms also include a report year field in the header area.  This field is also required.  In addition, links to this documentation in three different formats are included.

Data Entry Grid

Both Option D and O contain descriptions for each column in the column heading comments.  Click in the cell and the cell comment will appear.  Option D also contains the column descriptions in small popup windows that appear when you click in a cell.

In Option D some columns are validated.  If the data you enter does not conform to the criteria for the column, Excel will display a descriptive error message.  You will need to correct (or delete) the data in the cell before moving to the next cell.  If you need more information about a particular column, complete field descriptions can be found in the Record Layouts section or the Data Dictionary.

Report Forms

Each form is used to report a particular type of pesticide-related activity.