B737-800
Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Human-Machine Interface
ATC Issue All Types; Airspace Violation All Types; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
General None Reported / Taken
Procedure; ATC Equipment / Nav Facility / Buildings
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.
ERAM anamalies provided the distraction that resulted in an airspace incursion for a ZMP Controller.