1. Operations and Release Working Group
11 December 2018
Stephen J Winnie

2. Agenda Item Description Who Time 1. Tea and coffee All 09:30-10:00 2.
Welcome and introduction
Objectives for the day
Stephen Winnie
10:00-10:15 3.
MOSL updates
Release Schedule
Consultation on a CMOS 6.5 Release
RF restart plan
Maintenance Schedule 2019
10:15-11:30
Break
11:30 – 11:45 4.
Workshop
Test systems data refresh
Plan
Consultation
11:45 – 12:30
Lunch
12:30-13:15 5.
Pipeline Changes
Non-Code Changes
TP Questions
13:15–14:30 6.
AOB and Wrap up.
Meeting Close.
14:30 – 15:00

3. Release Management

4. Release Management – R6.0 CPW025 TCORRs to be applied to DEREG SPIDs
CPW038 Tariff Report Updates – standing data
CPW040 NAPS report extension – columns for submitted transactions
CPW042/DCP005 Reads MDS - add reread flag
Functionality scope declared and confirmed
Panel recommendation on WRC content confirmed 31 July 2018
Ofwat approval of CPW content 30 September 2018
MPS_2 deployment 19 April 2019 for TP testing
TP testing to complete 10 May 2019 (with one week Contingency)
Deploy to PRD 17 May 2019

5. Release Management – R7.0 Consideration for 7.0
Panel recommendation on WRC content confirmed 28 February 2019
Ofwat approval of CPW content 30 April 2019
MPS_2 deployment 04 October 2019 for TP testing
TP testing to complete 25 October 2019 (with one week Contingency)
Deploy to PRD 08 November 2019 (moved to avoid Settlement runs)
CPW047/DCP006: Meter Networks for SWR/TE WHL
CPW050 / DCP011 / PIP011 - Long Unread meter report updates

6. Release Management – R8.0
Panel recommendation on WRC content confirmed 31 July 2019
Ofwat approval of CPW content 30 September 2019
MPS_2 deployment 17 April 2020 for TP testing
TP testing to complete 08 May 2020 (with one week Contingency)
Deploy to PRD 15 May 2020

7. Release Management – R9.0
Panel recommendation on WRC content confirmed 28 February 2020
Ofwat approval of CPW content 01 May 2020
MPS_2 deployment 02 October 2020 for TP testing
TP testing to complete 23 October 2020 (with one week Contingency)
Deploy to PRD 6 November 2020 (avoid Settlement runs)

8. Release Management – R6.5 - TBC
Consideration for 6.5
Early deployment of CPW047 requested by Panel
Consultation will be issued to Industry
Must have no impact on 6.0 or 7.0
Would be between 6.0 and 7.0
CGI will confirm earliest period of deployment
Industry must evaluate risk to own timelines
CPW047/DCP006: Meter Networks for SWR/TE WHL

9. Systems Code versions System Version as from date PRD 5.0.4(36132)
07/12/2018
MPS
11/12/2018
MPS_2
03/12/2018

10. RF – Plan

11. RF Settlement run
Ofwat APPROVED deferral of RF runs
for four to six months
Panel to be involved in restart timetable
Required to run backlog of RF in sequence
March 2017, April 2017, May 2917 etc
Require to plan runs to allow opportunity to challenge/rectify and rerun.
Panel engaged to discuss restart plan and timeframe
Panel recommended to delay the double running – March has one RF, then 2 per month starting in April.

12. RF Settlement run
Invoice period
Month RF run originally due to be run in
Month RF run to be run in
Proposed G read execution date
Proposed RF execution date
Proposed RF publication date
Apr-17
September
March
May-17
October
April 2019
Jun-17
November
Jul-17
December
May 2019
Aug-17
January
Sep-17
February
June 2019
Oct-17
March has one RF, then 2 per month starting in April.

13. RF Settlement run Nov-17 April 2019 July 2019 02-07-19 03-07-19
Dec-17
May 2019
Jan-18
June 2019
August 2019
Feb-18
Mar-18
September
Apr-18
May-18
October

14. Maintenance Schedule 2019 Published on MOSL website
Quarterly
January
April
** 19th & 22nd Bank Holiday **
Tuesday 22/01/2019
Tuesday 16/04/2019
PRE PROD
Saturday 02/02/2019
Saturday 27/04/2018
PROD
July
October
Tuesday 16/07/2019
Tuesday 22/10/2019
Saturday 27/07/2018
Saturday 02/11/2019
Tuesday 21/01/2020
Saturday 01/02/2020
Published on MOSL website
CMOS/Training/MOSL Guidance

15. Break

16. Test Systems

17. Test System Management
MPS and MPS_2
MPS – as Production
Build refreshed dataset to remove old data
Retain data in system
MPS_2 Production plus one
Create new test data for the duration of the test process
Purge after use
Industry consultation – Options discussed TD
SPID list supplied by TP and MOSL extract data based on SPID list
TP supplies files of data to be loaded as per IDU (different format)
Transaction processing
LVI / MVI / HVI

18. Lunch

19. Change Pipeline

20. Release Management – Pipeline. System affecting
Pipeline Change
Proposer 
SYS affect 
PIP006/DCP013 - Vacancy Challenge process
February Panel
Thames
YES
PIP008 - Notifications for Retailers prior to T103.R submission
January Panel
PIP007/PIP012- TDC individual SPIDs in Settlement
Settlement run at SPID level - CMOS
TDC
PIP004 - SPD Cascade Erasure
December Panel
DCP012 - Removal of submission time failure for MPS 17, 18,19
JB to provide IMPACT ASSESSMENT
MPS
DCP007 - MPF 18/19 to match 13/14
NEW - WHL non-mkt meter reads to 95% and exclude vacancy YW
PIP001 - CSD 0301 to enhance CMOS
January Panel - TBC
PIP002 - CSD 0101 & 0105 to enhance CMOS
This is primarily the T103 and WHL trans sent to RTL before T103. January panel - TBC
PIP022 - Change to volume estimation
NEW - Remove YVE from the read sestimation process.
Self Supply - Data Access changes
PIP024 - NRTS - fixed volume deduction (rather than %Deduction)
NEW - from TEIC - still in discussion - February Panel
NWL
Estimation process for Transfer Reads
Reports field delimiter change to pipe
Yellow denotes possible candidates for 7.0

21. Release Management – Pipeline. Non system affecting
CPM008 - distribition of OPS charges
Review Market Performance Standards
MPC
Settlement Payment arrangements for retailers
NEW - Business terms change - TBC
YW RTL
DCP OPS Charges
to be split into two changes CPW049 and CPM0012. December Panel
CSD typo updates
CSD typo updates 42 changes in CSD
MPS threshold review
CPM008 - Market Performance Standards Review
Release in March 2019 Panel approved
PIP026 - MO Compliance CSD changes
PIP025 - MIMP Committee changes
December Panel
CPW048 - Alternative Payment Terms
Panel Recommend to REJECT
CPW046 - change threshold for Corrective Sett Runs
not CMOS affecting - Release in March 2019 release target. Panel approved
TDC
CPW045 Service Mngt Interface compliance
release in December Authority approved
MOSL
CPW044 Digital Certificate Compliance
release in December Authority approved
PIP00N - Partial ISA
release in May with 6.0
PIP006 - Developer Services
PIP008 - Escalated Complaints Form
PIP0NN - OPS Charges. OPS charge introduction - implement by 1st April 2019
Release in March December Panel. After next TDC meeting.
PIP010 - Code inconsistency in post-RF Reconciliation
Release in March 2019
Ofwat
CPW041 - G read removal governance
NCC005 - SC ETD to be added to SC page
NCC submission to have SC ETD shown on SC screen
Business Stream
DCP014 - Alternative Credit Arrangement
December Panel
PIP023 - Second MPS review

22. Non Code Change (NCC)

23. Additional areas for redevelopment
Non-Code Change Process
Allows changes to CMOS or MOSL systems to be requested and considered
Sharepoint location for submitting change requests
MOSL EXTRANET / Non Code change Requests tracker
ed confirmations of receipt
Tracker Form of status
Run consultations as per Code change CPs
Submit to Panel if/when funding is required

24. NCC Tracker ID Request title Date submitted NCC Ref Category
Trading party submitted
Name
Describe the issue
Summary of change request
Priority 1
DPID History - Terminated DPIDs
16/07/2018
001
LVI
MOSL
Stephen J Winnie
Some Trading Parties are having issues checking details at terminated DPIDs as they disappear from the LVI screen once terminated. · The proposal from some TEIC members is that DPIDs should have an „Effective From Date‟ and „Effective To Date‟ on the portal, so it‟s easily distinguishable from a glance whether a DPID has been terminated or is active. · The EFD and ETD being displayed on the screen would be similar to how meters are currently displayed. · Additionally, as DPIDs can also be discontinued, it‟d be useful to have a „DPID Status‟ field somewhere on the LVI screen, with a possible set of „Active‟, „Discontinued‟ and „Terminated‟.
Provide view of history if DPIDs on the Portal. similar view to that of Meter ETD history
Medium 2
DPID History - Terminated Calculated Discharges
002
Some Trading Parties are having difficulties with Calculated Discharges as the LVI screen doesn‟t distinguish between active and discontinued Calculated Discharges. They state that they can only see the discontinuation if they go into the BTD. · The proposal from TEIC members is that the LVI DPID screen has some way of managing the status of Calculated Discharges; perhaps, again, by having an „Effective To Date‟ in the Calculated Discharges section. There‟s currently an „Effective From Date‟ already there, so would make sense to have the other effective date.
Provide view of the EFD and ETD of the Calculated Discharges 3
Deregistration Effective From Date
30/10/2018
003
Stephen J WInnie
When a SPID is Deregistered the SPID, the date from which it became Deregistered is not shown on the Core SPID screen.
Add the Effective From Date of the Deregistration to the right of the code. 4
Occupancy Status Effective from Date
004
The Effective From date of the Occupancy Status (VACANT/OCCUPIED) is not shown on the Premise Core Data screen.
Add the Effective From Date to the Right of the description of Occupied Premises / Vacant Premises 5
SC ETD Date column added to SC page
12/11/2018
005
BUSSTREAM-R
Trevor Nelson
Tariff Code related data can easily be misinterpreted when looking at low volume interface where tariffs have been removed or at least an end date set to a date in the past, and will affect all such instances. This includes cases where Service Components were erroneously setup at market opening and have been subsequently removed. The likely consequence of this is that customers will be charged for services they are not liable for
The proposal is to add an Effective To Date under the Service Component menu so that, when viewed or queried, it would be obvious which services are currently active.
Low

25. TP Question / Issues
TBC

26. ORWG
ORWG Meetings
Move to every two months, alternating with User Forum
11 December 2018 / 13 February 2019 / 10 April 2019

27. Close