Frequently Asked Questions on Entsoe.Net

Introduction

ENTSO-E is pleased to present its transparency platform. Its objective is very simple: to facilitate access to information by all market participants and stakeholders in promoting the transparency goals of the IEM.

Overview

Currently, there are four main categories of topics:
1. navigation
2. data
3. administration
4. General information

How to read and use FAQ

The Frequently Asked Questions section is divided into two blocks: the first block contains all questions, the second block all related answers. Clicking on a question will bring you to the corresponding answer in the answer section. In order to get back to the top of the website, please click shown beneath each answer.

Question Section

1. Navigation
- 1.1. Countries
  - How can I navigate between the countries ?
- 1.2. Dates
  - How can I change the displayed date ?
- 1.3. Hours
  - How can I change the hour ? (Map view only)

2. Data
- 2.1. Download
  - How can I download the displayed data ?
  - What is the content of the daily and yearly download files?
  - Is it possible to download the data with an automated tool or ftp access?
- 2.2. Yearly Download
  - How can I download the data from another year ?
- 2.3. Xls
  - Is there a way to have the yearly data in xls format ?
- 2.4. Xml Format
  - Question about xml format ?
- 2.5. Publication
  - What is the publication time for the data?
- 2.6. Definitions
  - What are the Cross-Border Physical Flows?
  - What are the D-1 Cross-Border Commercial Schedules?
  - What are the Final Cross-Border Schedules?
  - What are the differences between the auctions?

3. Menu
- 3.1. Difference
  - What is the difference between Cross-Border Physical Flows and D-1 Cross-Border Schedules ?
- 3.2. EMail
  - How can I change my Email address ?
  - How can I change my Email address ?

4. Information
- 4.1. TSOs
  - What are the EIC codes of the TSOs?
  - Do you have a link to the TSO's websites?

Answer Section

1. Navigation
- 1.1. Countries
  - The navigation betwwen the countries:
    Select the country in the drop down list or click on the country (European map only)
    
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- 1.2. Dates
  - Click on the calendar to select the date, or write the date in the "Date field". It's also possible to use the previous day / next day arrows.
    
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- 1.3. Hours
  - Select the hour in the drop down list.
    
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2. Data
- 2.1. Download
  - Click on the Download buttons (xml, xls or pdf)
    
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  - Both files are containing the table for every border of the selected country. The daily xls/xml/pdf file is containing the data for the full day, the yearly xml file is containting the data for the full year.
    
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  - At the present ETSOVista provides the information via the website only and downloads are possible via the the means available on it.
    
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- 2.2. Yearly Download
  - Select a date in the desired year and click on the Yearly xml file button
    
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- 2.3. Xls
  - Yearly xls files would be too big to be downloaded. Only yearly xml files are available to download.
    
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- 2.4. Xml Format
  - Check this link for more information about the xml format : Wikipedia.
    
    Xml format was chosen by ENTSO-E EDI :
    www.entsoe.eu/index.php?id=105
    
    If you have any problem to read XML files, you can use XML Copy Editor to open the XML files: http://xml-copy-editor.sourceforge.net/
    
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- 2.5. Publication
  - - Cross-Border Physical flows data is available at D, H+2.
    
    - D-1 Cross-Border Commercial Schedules data is available at D-1, 22:00 CET.
    
    - Final Cross-Border Schedules data is available at D+7, 20:00 CET.
    
    - D-1 Network Capacity data is available at D-1, 10:00 CET.
    
    - Planned Schedule Evolution files are available during the day, depending on the nomination gates time.
    
    - D-1 System load Forecast data is available at D-1, 23:00 CET.
    
    - Realised System load data is available at D+1, 11:00 CET.
    
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- 2.6. Definitions
  - Cross-Border Physical flows are the "live" data, provided hour after hour during the day.
    
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  - D-1 Cross-Border Commecial Schedules are previsions for the next full day (available during evening).
    
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  - Final Cross-Border Schedules are controlled schedules data provided with one week delay.
    
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  - Auctions are sorted by period of time.
    Some special auctions periods are not available to every border.
    
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3. Menu
- 3.1. Difference
  - Schedules are available the day before, as a prevision, and physical flows are "real-time" data.
    
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- 3.2. EMail
  - In the "My account" Menu, you can change your account informations.
    
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  - In the "My account" Menu, you can change your account informations.
    
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4. Information
- 4.1. TSOs
  - The EIC country codes are unique to each TSO, they are used to check the data.
    
    The EIC zone codes are used to control the borders, each border is composed of 2 codes.
    
    Here is a list of these codes:
    
    EIC country codes
    
    EIC zone codes
    
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  - Here is the list of the websites:
    
    List of the TSOs Websites
    
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