How to use the PET tool to create a CDF zip and upload ESMR data
Aug 21, 2026
Presenters demonstrated generating a CDF zip from the PET tool (latest version 4.2) and uploading it on the EDF/CDF tab; the zip contains analytical and calculated data used to populate the ESMR web report.
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Ross Ergonomi (presenter) gave a walkthrough of the PET tool workflow: populate the general worksheet with facility and reporting-period info, enter monitoring points on the data worksheet, then click the create CFREP load button to save a zip file for upload. "Most people use the PET tool to enter in their data points," he said, and the generated zip (CDF) is what should be uploaded to the EDF CDF tab instead of the raw Excel file.
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