Transcript Market Operations Standing Committee

Report Site Transition (SE-24)
Stakeholder Feedback Session
MV Web (metering files) Migration
Nicholas Ingman
August 28, 2007
Background
• The migration of MV Web application from the
current market Participant Interface (MPI) - in
conjunction with the publishing of reports to
the IESO Reports Site - will remove the need for
many users to maintain a digital certificate
• The IESO has initiated a project to migrate the
MV Web application to the IESO Portal by late
2007/early 2008
High Level Overview
MVWEB ACCESS VIA
THE PORTAL
EXISTING MVWEB
ACCESS
User
Users login to the MPI
using a Digital Certificate
for the specific market
participant for which they
will be performing
transactions.
User
Portal
MVWEB Portlet
retrieves active user/
market participant
relationships
Authorization information
(User/MP Relationship) is
replicated to the MPI.
MPI
Identity
Management DB
User is redirected to
Metering Application
User is redirected to
Metering Application
Metering
Application
Programmatic access to MV Web using EDI remains unchanged
MVWeb Portlet
Page
Users login to the portal
using a userid and
password
User is assigned the
required access privileges
to Settlements
Community, pages and
portlets by IESO
User selects market
participant from dropdown
list
Transition
• There will be a transition period of at least 3
months during which time participants will be
able to access the metering application via either
the MPI or Portal
• The decommissioning of access to MV Web via
the MPI will be performed under a Market
Facing Release
Impact on Participants
• Users will no longer require a digital certificate
to access their metering data and confidential
reports
• Users who represent multiple market
participants (when using the Portal) will no
longer need to login with multiple credentials to
access metering data for which they are
authorized.
• Programmatic access via EDI will remain
unchanged.
Impact on Participants
• Users who already have a userID and password for the
portal will be able to access the metering application via
the portal once available
• Participants who have a version 7digital certificate can, if
they wish, continue to use their certificate to access the
metering application via the portal
• The migration of accounts for existing MV Web users is
still to be determined, however users who wish to
discontinue the use of digital certificates will need to
work with the IESO to gain a userID and password.
Specific details will be communicated at a later date