QUICK REFERENCE Using Your ACRES Home Screen The ACRES Home screen is designed to give you quick and easy access to the tasks you perform most often and to your property and Cooperative Agreement information. Screen Header ACRES Online Training Information About ACRES Update My Email Preferences Submitting Data for More Than Ten Properties? Download the Multi-Property Spreadsheet Open Work Packages ACRES Property ID Shared [T] Cooperative Agreement Action [T] ACRES Online Training Online training classes are offered to ACRES users each month, for both beginners and for more experienced users. The winter schedule features: • "The Next Level" - a class providing training to Assessment, RLF, Cleanup, and Section 128(a) Recipients that are familiar with using ACRES. It trains on how to make ACRES work for you and your property scenarios and also provides answers to some commonly asked questions (approx. 90 minutes). Offered Tuesday, February 12th (2 pm Eastern). A new version of ACRES (v. 4.01.110) was released Tuesday, January 8,2013. A summary of the changes that have been made to the system can be found in the Notes For the full training schedule go here. ¦ "Getting Started" - a class providing instruction to new users on submitting property data (approx. 60 minutes). Offered Tuesday, March 12th (2 pm Eastern). HOME My Projects My Cooperative Agreements Anchor Glass 45th Street fProperty Homel (Submission Archive) To Start data entry on a project not listed, look in All My Projects. ACRES Ail My Projects ASSESSMENT, CLEANUP & REDEVELOPMENT EXCHANGE SYSTEM 141661 News, Alerts & Notifications Chattanooga, City ofO BF 95440809 Cleanup FY09 My Preferences | Feedback Contact Us Edits in Progress Version 4.01.120 Release Notes 02/15/2013 Logout The Screen Header appears on every screen in ACRES and consists of two parts: General information The general information header displays the name with which you registered, the current ACRES version number, a link to Release Notes, the date, and a link to logout of ACRES. The Release Notes link accesses an EPA Web page that provides a list of changes that were made in the current release of ACRES and an archive of all Release Notes for previous versions of ACRES. Module Bar The Module Bar appears on every screen in ACRES, and provides access to your Home screen, the ACRES search function, email preference, feedback and ACRES support contact information. • Home: Allows you to jump back to your Home screen from anywhere in ACRES. • Find Property: Accesses the ACRES search function where you can look up information about properties addressed under EPA's Brownfields Program. Updated March 2013 1 For Recipients ------- • My Preferences: Accesses the screen to set your email notification preferences. • Feedback: Allows you to send suggestions, comments, or issues directly to the ACRES Team. Your information is used to create a ticket for the ACRES Help Desk and you will be sent a receipt confirmation by email. • Contact Us: Accesses a screen displaying resources for obtaining more information about the EPA Brownfields Program and contact information for the ACRES Help Desk. Communications The Communications features on the ACRES Home screen are used to provide information, news, and access to resources to all ACRES users. Quick Links The Quick Links box may periodically be updated to include links to new features or useful resources. The Quick Links box currently includes: • Update My Email Preferences: Accesses the screen to set your email notification preferences (same screen as accessed through the My Preferences link in the Module Bar). • Download the Multi-Property Spreadsheet: Accesses the EPA Web page to download Grantee reporting forms. The Multiple Property Spreadsheet is an Excel file that you can use to submit data for ten or more properties addressed under a single Cooperative Agreement at one time. Contact your EPA Regional Brownfields Representative to determine if it is appropriate to use the Multiple Property Spreadsheet. • ACRES Online Training Information: Accesses the EPA website, displaying information on the training schedule and instructions for joining a training. • About ACRES: accesses the EPA ACRES information page which includes links to Release Notes, Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), Training and Tutorials, and to Quick Reference Guides/Videos. News, Alerts & Notifications News, Alerts & Notifications displays any news or notifications that need to be communicated to all ACRES users. For example, if there is a planned system outage, a notification will be posted in this area of your Home screen. Project Access Your Home screen provides access to your projects under two tabs: My Projects The My Projects tab consists of two subtabs, Open Work Packages and All My Projects. Updated March 2013 2 For Recipients ------- • Open Work Packages: Provides a list of all work packages that are currently available for editing. o To open the work package and continue editing, click the "Enter Data" link in the Action column to the right of the screen. This will open the Property Profile Form, o To open the Property Home screen and look at the property information in a read-only format, click the "Property Home" link under the name of the property to the left of the screen. My Projects My Cooperative Agreements All My Projects To Start data entry on a project not listed, look in All My Projects. Open Work Packages ~ ACRES Property ID Shared [Tj Cooperative Agreement Action [T] 1 Anchor Glass 45th Stree^^ fPropertv Homel (Submission Archive1! l 141661 No Chattanooga, City of O [ | BF 95440809 I r Cleanup ^ FY09 Edits in Progres^^^ Enter Data 1 All My Projects: Provides a list of all properties with which you are associated. Once you submit a work package for a property, ACRES will associate your user account with that property and it will appear in this list. o To continue editing an open work package that you own, click the "Enter Data" link in the Action column. If the "Enter Data" link is not provided in the Action column, it indicates that property record is not available for editing at that time. o To open the Property Home screen and look at the property information in a read-only format, click the "Property Home" link under the name of the property to the left of the screen. o To see a history of all work package submissions in ACRES for a particular property, click the "Submission Archive" link under the name of the property to the left of the screen. My Projects My Cooperative Agreements Open Work Packages All My Projects | All My Projects - ACRES Property ID Cooperative Agreement Action f?1 Status Since \J] Owner Anchor Glass 45th Street (Property Home) (Submission Archive) Cavalier (Property Home) (Submission Archive) Ohls Avenue (Property Home) No Archive Available ReMax Center (Property Home) No Archive Available ReMax Center (Property Home) No Archive Available Chattanooga, City ofO BF 95440809 Cleanup FY09 Southeast Local Development Corporation • BF 96490107 Cleanup FY07 Chattanooga, City ofO BF 95408208 Cleanup FY08 Chattanooga, City ofO BF 95441209 BCRLF FY09 Chattanooga, City ofO BF 95441209 BCRLF FY09 Ron Banks (Cooperative Agreement Recipient) Updated March 2013 3 For Recipients ------- My Cooperative Agreements The My Cooperative Agreements tab provides a list of all Cooperative Agreements to which your user account is associated. The Cooperative Agreement you used in the ACRES registration process will automatically be included in your list of Cooperative Agreements. If you need to associate to additional Cooperative Agreements, click the "Add a Cooperative Agreement to My List" button at the bottom of the screen and follow the prompts. My Projects My Cooperative Agreements You are associated with the following Cooperative Agreements Q . Click a Cooperative Agreement name to start data entry for a project under that Cooperative Agreement. Southeast Local Development Corporation • View 1 associated properties State: TN Cooperative Agreement Type: Cleanup Cooperative Agreement ff: BF 96490107 Announcement Year: FY07 Funding Type(s): Hazardous - $200,000.00 Chattanooga. City of O View 1 associated properties State: TN Cooperative Agreement Type: Cleanup Cooperative Agreement #: BF 95408208 Announcement Year: FY08 Funding Type(s): Hazardous - $200,000.00 Chattanooga. City of O View 1 associated properties State: TN Cooperative Agreement Type: Cleanup Cooperative Agreement#: BF 95440809 Announcement Year: FY09 Funding Type(s): Hazardous - $200,000.00 Chattanooga. City of O There are 0 associated properties State: TN Cooperative Agreement Type: Cleanup Cooperative Agreement #: BF 95462810 Announcement Year: FY10 Funding Type(s): Hazardous - $400,000.00 & - $400,000.00 Chattanooga. City of O View 2 associated properties State: TN Cooperative Agreement Type: BCRLF Cooperative Agreement #: BF 95441209 Announcement Year: FY09 Funding Type(s): No Funding information Available Add a Cooperative Agreement to My List Click the name of a Cooperative Agreement to see detailed information about the Cooperative Agreement, such as contacts, associated properties, funded activities, and leveraged accomplishments. The "View T#1 associated properties" link under each Cooperative Agreement name will take you directly to the list of associated properties on the Cooperative Agreement Home screen. ACRES HELP DESK acres_help@epa.gov or 703-284-8212 M-F, 9am-5pm EST Updated March 2013 For Recipients ------- |