1. Log in to the Digital and Population Data Services Agency’s e-serviceLink to an external website, Opens in a new tabyja-external-link-opens-in-a-new-tab.
2. a) If you have already registered, log in by identifying yourself or by using the email address and password you entered during the registration process. If you have forgotten your password, click “Forgot your password”.
   b) If you have not registered yet, click Register.
3. Select “Start a new application”.
4. On this tab, select that you want to represent a company or organisation.
5. Select “I want to retrieve data from the Population Information System”.
6. Start filling in the application to use the system a system administrator.
7. Review the information on the organisation and applicant.
8. You can type “Sample” in the VTJkysely authorisation number section.
9. Add the VTJkysely customer number granted to your organisation. You can find your organisation’s customer number in the email that was sent to you when the permit was granted.
10. Under “Management service role to be sough”, select “Another right: Person making the sampling in the list of residents sample service”.
11. Fill in the details of the supervisor in the application. Your supervisor in your organisation will receive an email notification that you are applying for a right to use the system at the administrator level. The supervisor must approve the application via the link sent to their email before the application can be processed. If you are self-employed without employees, enter your personal data as the supervisor.
12. Click “Send to DVV”. The Digital and Population Data Services Agency will process the application and provide you with a user name and password.

Once you have received a data permit and provided the details of the person making the sampling, you can perform resident list sampling.

1. Log in to VTJkyselyLink to an external website, Opens in a new tabyja-external-link-opens-in-a-new-tab using the IDs you received from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency.
2. On the homepage under Sampling services, select “Lists of residents LT”.
3. Select “List of residents 2” from the menu on the left.
4. Select “Make a new”.
5. Add into the search criteria the permanent building identifier of the building whose list of residents you want to sample. Alternatively, you can search for the building based on its address, but please note that the spelling of the address must correspond to the information in the Population Information System. Do not use the address information and building identifier in the same search; only use one search criterion at a time. Please note that charges apply to incorrect samples as well.
6. Go to the “Answer Information” tab and select or delete answer information.
7. Go to the “File” tab and select the file format for the list of residents (xlsx = an Excel spreadsheet).
8. Go to the “Sample” tab and fill in at least the name and purpose of the sample and select the users of the sample.
9. Move the sample to be scheduled. On this tab, you can also save the configuration for later use.
10. Go to the “Schedule” tab. If you want to retrieve the list of residents as a single search right away, do not change the information. Instead, click “Save”. If you want to schedule the sampling to take place later or more often, you can change the configuration.
11. After saving, the system will retrieve the list of residents. You will receive an email notification when the retrieval is complete.
12. You will find the list of residents in the menu on the left under “Retrieval of response”. (Rep = a sampling report, Extr. = a list of residents.)