Participant Technical Reference Manual - IESO

5. Market Applications IMO_MAN_0024
1-5
7-10
2-3 will be rejected
1-5
7-10
6 will be rejected
p. Rejected records will be identified to the market participant through a report created at the
end of the transmission, identifying the rejected records and the reason for rejection.
q. Output data templates may use the letters 'N/A' to indicate that the data value is not
available.
r. Data that is in the form of text strings must be entered within double quotes (i.e. “ ”). Such
data cannot have double quotes embedded within it. For example field „other_reason‟,
which is a text string should be submitted within double quotes (i.e. “ ”).
s. All bid submission templates can be used for download purposes also. The valid bid data
that will be downloaded will be in a similar format as it is during an upload. As mentioned
above, hour ranges will not be used to download data but on a per hour basis. The
downloaded data can be updated/modified, if needed, and then resubmitted without having
to make any formatting changes.
Bid Data Validation
311 There is no sequence, template files can be submitted at any time. Submissions
are checked for date and all other validations. Submissions for bids in the
mandatory window must be made not later than 10 minutes before the
mandatory hour closing.
312 Data coming in to the Market Operating System (MOS) is subject to validation.
Three types of validation rules are recognized: syntax validation, technical
feasibility checks, and commercial acceptability checks. Invalid data will be
rejected with the appropriate error messages being posted to the sender.
313 Bids/offers submitted during the mandatory or restricted window will require
IESO operator approval/rejection. In case of acceptance of a bid/offer that is
submitted during the mandatory/restricted window and which exceeds the
change tolerances, the IESO operator will communicate the decision to the
market participant as a system log message. This bid/offer will then also be
included in the valid bid report. If the bid is rejected by the Exchange
Coordinator, the decision is communicated to the market participant via a
system log message.
Template Description and Samples
314 All sample data templates (described below) and associated data sample files
are provided at the IESO Web site under Technical Interfaces (Market
Participant Submissions) for viewing or downloading. Comment lines may be
included within the template to explain its structure. Comments are not
required in the actual templates. Data values are included to illustrate the
structural characteristics. Since these values were randomly chosen, there may
not be a logical consistency across the data fields. In addition, some data, such
as Market participant ID and Resource ID have been edited for confidentiality
reasons.
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