Web Handout

Producer Price Index

Reporting Your Data to the PPI –
Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services
www.bls.gov/ppi

April 2020

Thank you for participating in the Producer Price Index (PPI) program. You will provide data online using the BLS
Internet Data Collection Facility. This handout is intended to assist you in providing your data via the web for NAICS
industry 518210, Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services. Be sure to log in and verify your data even if the
price has not changed.
Follow these steps:
1. You will receive an email notification from [email protected]. This notification is typically sent at the beginning
of the second or third week of the month. Follow the link to our website in the email. Log in to the site by
entering either your account number or email address in the User ID field and the password you previously
created in the Password field. Please provide updates within five business days.
2. Verify your contact information, select “Producer Price Index” from the dropdown menu, and click

3. Click

next to any item to get started.

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4. Review the service description. Please enter any changes to the service description directly in the text box.

5. Below the description you may find a grid that contains components of the price for this service. The white text
boxes are where your updates should be made. The shaded areas are not updateable; these figures will be
calculated by the system.
If the fees for the specific service for which you are providing data are based on time or usage, update the time
and/or usage rates. The service components and quantities will be held constant.

6. Review the Terms of Transaction section and make any necessary changes. In most instances, there will not be
any updates to these fields.

7. The components of the total price are entered in the grid described above and should populate automatically in
the Reported Price section of the screen. If the total price is not already pre-filled, enter the price that was
calculated above for the current period. Also, if necessary, update any prices from prior periods in the text
boxes. If there were no changes to the figures in the grid referenced previously, click the
button.

8. If you would like to make a note about one of your items, use the “Reporter Remarks” text box below the price
section.

9. Click

to continue providing updates for your items.

10. A list of your items will appear on the left-hand side of the screen. Checkmarks indicate the items you have
completed. The arrow indicates which item is currently displayed.

518210D001A01
518210D001A02
518210D001A03

11. A screen with the following message will appear once you have submitted updates for all your items.

If you have any issues or questions, the following resources are available to assist you:
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For assistance from a PPI representative, click the
link at the
bottom of any screen or contact the PPI analyst, whose phone number is at the top of
each screen.
A full list of Producer Price Index contacts can be found at www.bls.gov/ppi/ppicon.htm.
For a list of common help topics, click on
at the top of any screen.