Cloud Integration Services for the Utilities Industry
Cloud services that support you in meeting the energy market's regulatory requirements
Services for fast and simple communication between all participants in the energy market
The SEEBURGER Cloud Integration Services for the utilities industry are ready-to-use and easy to implement services that run in the SEEBURGER Cloud and can be purchased individually. Reliable service levels and expert support guarantee streamlined communication with your business partners. Available services are:
To sign up for a specific utilities service, register in the SEEBURGER Customer Portal. For specific technical details (datasheets, certificates, connection parameters and more) about SEEBURGER Cloud Integration Services, visit the Connect the Cloud site.
Utilities: MaKo Cloud Service
The MaKo Cloud Service manages the delivery and receipt of all messages within your market communications in the German utilities market and offers the following standard features:
- Exchange of messages with your ERP system via a standardized ERP format (e.g. SAP IDEX IDoc)
- Conversion of messages between ERP formats and market-specific exchange formats (industry standard)
- Exchange (delivery/receipt) of messages with your market partners
- Checking of messages for conformity and creating the required confirmations (CONTRL and APERAK AHB)
- Provision of a technical monitoring view with a clearing function for your experts
- Connection and configuration of partners via an integrated market partner management tool
The SEEBURGER team is specifically trained in the MaKo Cloud Service and provides the following services and support:
Change management
Implementation of all updates and adjustments to mappings and processes, which are required due to regular format and legal changes. The SEEBURGER team plans these adjustments proactively and informs you about the changes in a timely manner.
Certificate handling
Monitoring of the validity of certificates and timely notification before they expire. New certificates provided by your partners according to the transmission rules are automatically saved.
Bulk onboarding
Support with bulk onboarding and migration of new partners with campaign-based tools.
System operation & maintenance
Technical operation, real-time monitoring and maintenance of the required EDI infrastructure.
Business Benefits
Utilities: Registered Reporting Mechanism (RRM)+ Service
The SEEBURGER RRM+ Service is one of the mechanisms registered with ACER and is represented in the ACER-RRM-List as follows:
ACER Code / ID of RRM: B0000112P.DE
Delegated Party Name: SEEBURGER AG
Our RRM+ Service offers you several technical options to transfer transaction information to the energy regulator ACER.
Business Benefits
SEEBURGER offers all interested companies operating in the energy industry the option to use the SEEBURGER RRM+ Service. Sign up for the SEEBURGER Cloud and link your business quickly and easily to the SEEBURGER RRM+ Service.
Utilities: MaLo-Ident API Service
Adopt the MaLo ID process with SEEBURGER
The MaLo ID process is being introduced as part of the 24-hour supplier changeover scheme. It enables the identification of the Market Location ID (MaLo ID) as an essential step to request location IDs directly from the network operator via an API. Without this information, no further steps in the process can be carried out.
The BDEW has defined a special API for MaLo identification requests and responses. . This API communication is secured by the Smart Meter PKI (SM PKI), a technology already well established in AS4 market communication. The necessary master data is stored in decentralized directory services and reliably made available to the market.
The SEEBURGER MaLo-Ident API Service enables straightforward, API-based integration into the cloud. It reliably handles communication via defined API services, enables the retrieval of master data from decentralized directory services and automatically populates the central SEEBURGER directory service with the relevant data – when, where and how it is needed.
Business Benefits
Utilities: Confirmation Matching Service
The SEEBURGER Confirmation Matching Service (CM Service) makes it possible for any organization to simplify and speed the contract review process.
SEEBURGER has the ability to compare the parameters of two trading partners for a common trade in the standard format, ACER XML, which contains all relevant fields for comparison. Partners can import their business data into the CM Service in any format.
The CM Service receives and sorts the data, converts it to ACER-XML format and compares the relevant party data. A comparison of the Unique Transaction Identifier (UTI) is also completed, which improves matching accuracy and enables preselection. If the data match, both trading partners of the transaction receive confirmation in the CM Service and the transaction is marked with a green checkmark. If the files are different, both trading partners receive a negative response with the location of the discrepancy, and the transaction is marked with a red cross. This fully automated document comparison process is completed in a fraction of the time it takes without automation.
Business Benefits
Utilities: API Directory Service
Adopt the API Directory Service with SEEBURGER
In market communication in the energy sector, decentralized directory services are used to efficiently provide and store data for API communication. Examples of this are the MaLo-Ident process, which uses the MaLo-Ident API, and the universal ordering process, which uses an API for control actions.
SEEBURGER makes such a directory service available to its customers and the market and takes on the role of technical operator.
Our API Directory Service allows you to create or modify your own entries via an API. All entries in the directory are signed with a certificate. This ensures that only the owner of the certificate is authorized to create or edit these entries. Market participants can use the API to retrieve stored communications data easily and directly from the directory service.
Utilities: European Transparency Platform
To meet regulatory requirements, SEEBURGER offer the European Transparency Platform. Publication is made in compliance with all ACER requirements for the publication of insider information at the website transparency.seeburger.cloud and via an ATOM feed.
After you log in to the SEEBURGER Cloud, a simple and convenient way to disclose your insider information is available in the secured area. You can easily enter your reports for disclosure via a web-based input form. Users are guided through the important details of the report, tool tips provide assistance and drop-down lists facilitate entry. It is also possible to automatically send insider information in XML or CSV format from a customer system. An overview of the reports you have disclosed can be viewed and edited. The data is archived for 5 years and is available for export.
Business Benefits
Utilities: MaKo PARTIN-App for Master Data at a Glance
The SEEBURGER MaKo PARTIN-App has been designed to help you meet this new legal requirement to send and receive master data in PARTIN. Manage your communication data records centrally in the app and convert them into MaKo PARTIN. Users can view master data and communication details for all the PARTIN market participants in the app’s address book. It’s easy to integrate an in-house MaKo/EDI system for 1:1 market communication using the interface MaKo PARTIN-API.
Business Benefits
The SEEBURGER BIS Platform client whether on-premises or in the MaKo Cloud, receive the following add-ons with the PARTIN-App:
- Add on: Transfer received MP-PARTIN data to the PARTIN-App from the MaKo system.
- Add on: Receive outgoing PARTIN data and transfer to MaKo dispatch.
The service includes any necessary updates to the PARTIN-App API that result from format changes.