About AI Ready™

Appraisal Institute Ready™ (AI Ready™) is an accreditation given to forms software packages by the Appraisal Institute, indicating that those forms comply with the Institute’s residential data storage and transmission standard. All software and web interfaces consistent with the AI standard can mark their software with the AI Ready logo, indicating they can read and write to the same XML format.

Before AI Ready™, which uses FNC’s Open Appraisal Document Interface (OADI) technology, industry consensus on a standard for appraisal transmission was non-existent. The OADI was designed as an interface specification for the transfer of proprietary appraisal data formats into the open AI XML standard and vice versa. The interface provides appraisal document software companies with a common application programming interface (API) for the translation of their data into the standard format.

Delivering a File in ENV Format

1. Open a report in ACI.
2. Click eServices > Send Report > AI Ready.
3. If prompted, enter the Web Product Permission Password (Company Password) and click OK.
4. The AI Ready ruleset will automatically run against the file to verify compliance.

Note: Errors must be corrected for the report to receive a Pass rating. Double-click a message to jump to the referenced field. After making corrections, re-submit the file for delivery. The report passes when no errors are found in the report.

5. At the AI Ready/AppraisalPort Delivery screen select your options and click OK.

• • Save Local Copy of File(s) – this option will let save a work folder containing the ENV, XML, and images from your report directly to your PC. The default save location is C:\Program Files (x86)\ACI32\XML Documents\
  • Save ENV File Only – this option will save the .ENV file only

6. Click OK to continue.
7. At the OADI FNC Uploader window click the X at the top-right.

AppraisalPort users – users can upload their reports directly to AppraisalPort using OADI FNC Uploader.

1. Click Connections and enter your AppraisalPort ID and Password then click OK. 
2. Click Send > AppraisalPort to get started.