Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Issue Date: November 18, 2014

Program Area: Distributed Data Collection (DDC) for RA Including HCRP/EDGE Server

Question: During file processing, what happens if the server goes offline in the middle of a job?

Answer: Data is stored incrementally on the tables during file processing. If a server went offline in the middle of processing a file, some records from that submission could be stored in the tables. Data is stored incrementally in batches of 2500 records. No outbound reports will be generated if the server goes offline before file processing is completed. If the server goes offline in the middle of file processing the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recommends that the issuer submit a new file with all the same records as the original file. Records successfully processed during the first file would show up as duplicate errors in the processing of the second file.

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