Software and Documentation

The PRL Software Installation Guide is for anyone installing the software for the first time or upgrading from a previous version. Before you download one of our software packages, determine which option is best suited to your needs.

Use these brief overviews of our software options to get up and running quickly:

After you have installed a Reporting Software Option, explore their features in the appropriate user guide:

Option A – Desktop software for Windows which provides electronic data entry forms similar to the old paper forms. We recommend this option for most users who have application or sales data to report. Option A will also validate files created by third-party applications (This functionality replaces Option C, which has been discontinued.)
Option D with Control Center User Guide - A desktop application that requires Microsoft Excel on Windows, but does not require any additional configuration.
Option D and O – Formatted Excel spreadsheets with none of the features provided by Option D with Control Center User Guide. Option D is recommended for users having difficulty installing our other options, users with small amounts of data to enter, or Macintosh users of Excel. Option O is for users who have a spreadsheet application that is not Excel. These would include programs such as Apple’s Numbers or OpenOffice.org’s Calc.

Text File Specifications - specifications for third-party software PRL files and manually-created PRL files.
County Codes - list of New York State county codes used by the DEC.