When I press ‘Create & Validate’ I get an error message.

If you see the error message ‘The CES return cannot be generated without gathering the data’ you need to press the button ‘calculate all details’ in Panel 2 and check the details in the rest of the Census panels before saving and creating the census again.

Create and Validate also produces numerous queries and errors.

Queries indicate that there are parts of the census that may be incorrect. These include missing address fields and identical totals for the CCRS and NPQH qualifications. If the answers are correct the queries can be ignored.

Errors indicate data discrepancies and other errors that must be addressed. The most common error is F1014 (missing pupil religion). Explanations of this and other errors are covered individually in the knowledgebase.