Service Provider Instructions

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1 Service Provider Instructions

2 2 1 What is a Service Provider? The Service Provider functionality allows a company to outsource its processes to other companies registered in Basse. Outsourcing is enabled by assigning one or more Outsourcing Roles to one or more companies that have registered in Basse as Service Providers. The market participant always retains the right also itself to act in the role(s) it outsources. The agreement of a Service Provider relationship is done between the market participant and Service Provider without esett participation, and is realized by the two in Online Service with the help of this guide and ONLS user guide. The Service outsourcing is done on a market participant level. This means that a company that acts in multiple Market Roles (e.g. BRP, RE, TSO) can choose different Outsourcing Roles for different Service Providers per each Market Role. The Service outsourcing is time dependent. This means that a service outsourcing relationship has a validity that can be set by the market participant. One Outsourcing Role of one Market Role can be outsourced to one Service Provider in one point in time. Validities can be set into the future so that the outsourcing is switched seamlessly from one Service Provider to another when the validity of the first Service Provider ends and the validity of the second starts at the same time. Prerequisites to establish a Service Provider relationship in Basse: Both parties needs to be registered and have a company in Basse Both partied needs to have an administrator, who can login to Online Service The Service Provider has registered itself as a Service Provider by contacting esett The market participant has one or more Market Roles 2 How to assign a Service Provider? Market participant assigns the Service Provider(s) in Online Service. The market participant has to have all the basic structures updated to Basse and an Administrator user account. The following steps are needed from the market participant to assign a Service Provider. The Service Provider setup is Market Role specific, so a company that has multiple Market Roles has to do the setup for each Market Role that includes outsourced roles. The numbers in square brackets [] refer to the chapter in Online Service User Guide, which should be used for detailed instruction of each step: Assign the Service Provider(s) for each Outsourcing Role you want to outsource [13.2.2] o If the company that should be your Service Provider is not marked as a Service Provider (Cannot be found from the drop-down list of Service Providers), please contact the Service Provider o See chapter 4 for descriptions of different Outsourcing Roles that can be assigned. If your Service Provider operates the External interface (messaging) but you want to receive the outbound messages sent from Basse yourself, choose No for Outgoing via Service Provider ( Yes by default [13.3.2]

3 3 3 How to become a Service Provider? Any company registered in Basse can become a Service Provider regardless does it act in other market roles or not. If you do not have an established company in Basse, check the instructions at of how to join. When a company is established, you need to inform esett that you will act as a Service Provider. This can be done by creating a Service Request at: esett will create the necessary structures and register you as a Service Provider in Basse. After you have been registered as a Service Provider, in addition to your own connection details (if you act as a market participant and need to report data on your own behalf) you need to fill in the details of the channel you want to use when sending and receiving messages for the market participants you provide services to. This is only needed if you have been assigned the External Interface outsourcing role by any other market participants. 4 Which rights to assign for the Service Provider? Market Market Role allows Service Provider to use functionalities related settlement structures and market entity connections (MECs) of one market participant (balance responsible party, retailer and distribution system operator). Service Provider is able to read or read and write (modify) structure and settlement data of the market participant, who has assigned Service Provider for this service. Collateral Collateral Role allows Service Provider to use functionalities related to bank accounts and collateral deposits of one balance responsible party. Service Provider is able to read or read and write (modify) collateral account and deposit data of the balance responsible party, who has assigned Service Provider for this service. Invoices Invoices Role allows Service Provider to use functionalities related to invoices of a balance responsible party. Service Provider is able e.g. to read balance responsible party invoice information via Online Service External Interface External Interface Role allows Service Provider to communicate with the Messaging Service via external interface on behalf of one market participant (balance responsible party and distribution system operator). Service Providers communication channel will be used for accessing the Messaging Service on behalf of market participant. The Service Provider is also able to monitor the inbound and outbound messages of the market participant from Online Service.

4 4 5 Service Provider in messaging If the market participant wants to allow its Service Provider (SP) to report and receive data via the External interface (Messaging Service), the External Interface has to be assigned in Read/Write mode for one Service Provider. Depending of which options have been selected, which channel is used and who is the sender of the message, messaging behaves in different ways as illustrated in the figures below. The boxes inside Market Participant and Service Provider in the figures below corresponds to specific options or channel details that are chosen/filled in in Online Service. The arrows illustrates according to which details the inbound messages are allowed and outbound messages and acknowledgements are sent in each case. Market Participant and Service Provider each have to make their selections in their own Online Services. Market participant: Outbound via Service Provider o Only visible, if the Market Participant has a Service Provider assigned for the External Interface o Default value is Yes Incoming Channel Details Fields starting with Incoming o Needed if also the market party sends messages itself Outgoing Channel Details Fields starting with Outgoing o Needed if also the market participant sends messages itself (for ACK s) AND/OR the market participant receives the outbound messages (Outbound via Service Provider = No) Service Provider Channel Details for Provided Services o Administration -> Service Provider Settings o Visible only for registered Service Providers Incoming Channel Details o Login as your own market participant (e.g. DSO, BRP) Fields starting with Incoming o Needed if the Service Provider has market roles (e.g. BRP, DSO) of its own Outgoing Channel Details o Login as your own market participant (e.g. DSO, BRP) Fields starting with Outgoing o Needed if the Service Provider has market roles (e.g. BRP, DSO) of its own Important notices: The Inbound/Incoming and Outbound/Outgoing terms are defined from Basse point-of-view: Inbound messages are sent to Basse and Outbound messages are sent from Basse When the External Interface is assigned for a Service Provider, both the market participant and the Service Provider can send messages (report data). o If same data is reported, the latest data overwrites the existing data When using SMTP, the acknowledgement is always sent to the sender, regardless of any configurations in Online Service

5 5 The channels a company acting as a Service Provider uses to report data on behalf of its own market participant and on behalf of other market participants are separated (Channel of Electronic communication for own messaging and Channel Details for Provided Services) The Service Provider cannot edit the market participants channel details or service outsourcing. Additional information is found in Online Service User Guide, chapters Market participant sends a message Outbound to SP FTP/WebService Market participant sends a message Outbound to SP SMTP

6 6 Market participant sends a message Outbound to MP FTP/WebService Market participant sends a message Outbound to MP SMTP

7 7 SP sends a message on behalf of MP Outbound to SP FTP/WebService/SMTP SP sends a message on behalf of MP Outbound to MP FTP/WebService/SMTP

8 8 SP sends a message on behalf of its own market participant FTP/WebService SP sends a message on behalf of its own market participant SMTP