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Interfacing systems are required to download a report identifying number from the eLandings system for each report that the interfacing system will submit. Sets of report numbers can be downloaded in anticipation of future reports. Each number downloaded shall be used for one, and only one, report.
Failure modes: if an interfacing system generates its own numbers and uses them to submit reports then report collisions can occur. If a report number is not already on the system then the collision may not occur immediately. If an interfacing system reuses a report number then a prior report may be unintentionally overwritten.
Exceptions: if an interfacing system generates a report, but has a user submit it through the Report Import web page then the report number in the report will be replaced with a new number generated on the eLandings system. The interfacing system can get this number by having the user input it, or by having the user download the resulting report on eLandings and feed it back to the interfacing system.
For additional information see:
getLandingReportNumbers()
Acquiring Fish Ticket Numbers
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