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Census Reminder that Pop-Ups Must be Enabled for AESDirect

A posting on Census’ Global Reach Blog states that if a filer transmits Electronic Export Information (EEI) through AESDirect but never receives a response, the reason might be due to an enabled ‘pop-up blocker’ on the filer’s web browser. If…

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the blocker is disabled, the problem might be solved. Census states that AESDirect needs to use pop-ups to perform edits and validations on the data so it can be transmitted to the Automated Export System (AES) for final processing. If the pop-up blocker is enabled, the filer might not receive those required prompts, and data would not being delivered to the AES.