Eram anamalies provided the distraction that resulted in an airspace incursion for a ZMP controller.

Attributes
ACN	1016061
Time
Date	201206
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZMP.ARTCC
State Reference	MN
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-800
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	Vectors
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Citationjet (C525/C526) - CJ I / II / III / IV
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Enroute
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Airspace Violation All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

ZMP was running eram at the time of this event. I had a B737 at FL370 on a vector for spacing to ord. I pvded the data block to sector 42; thinking I might have to point him out if he remained on the vector long enough. I subsequently took a hand off from sector 17 on a citation jet; who they had coordinated climbing to FL450. However; I didn't have any iafdof/wafdof indicator on my edst for FL450 which was iafdof. I reported this and an eram sme came to examine the issue and write it up. In the course of this; I failed to complete the point out on the B737 to sector 42 in a timely manner. I accomplished the point out when I realized it hadn't been done; but the aircraft was already on the sector boundary by that time. Eram bugs are a distraction to controllers. Fix known bugs in eram before using it on live traffic.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ERAM anamalies provided the distraction that resulted in an airspace incursion for a ZMP Controller.

Narrative: ZMP was running ERAM at the time of this event. I had a B737 at FL370 on a vector for spacing to ORD. I PVDed the Data Block to Sector 42; thinking I might have to point him out if he remained on the vector long enough. I subsequently took a hand off from Sector 17 on a Citation Jet; who they had coordinated climbing to FL450. However; I didn't have any IAFDOF/WAFDOF indicator on my EDST for FL450 which was IAFDOF. I reported this and an ERAM SME came to examine the issue and write it up. In the course of this; I failed to complete the point out on the B737 to Sector 42 in a timely manner. I accomplished the point out when I realized it hadn't been done; but the aircraft was already on the sector boundary by that time. ERAM bugs are a distraction to controllers. Fix known bugs in ERAM before using it on live traffic.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.