NOTICE DATE:  October 12, 2011

NOTICE TYPE:  M-A101211-01 Extracts/Reports – Retail/Wholesale

SHORT DESCRIPTION:  URL change for ERCOT report downloads

INTENDED AUDIENCE:  ERCOT Market Participants

DAY AFFECTED:  November 14, 2011, forward

LONG DESCRIPTION:  To maintain compatibility with the recent SSL upgrade used for business to business (B2B) communications, as well as the data center migration efforts, ERCOT will be making changes to the URLs used for report downloads. This change ensures consistency with all of ERCOT’s API traffic. 

The URL changes will impact downloads from the following systems:

·         External Web Services (EWS)

·         Report Explorer on Texas Market Link (TML)

·         Market Information System (MIS)

·         Market Data Transparency Web Services

These URL reference changes will impact downloading functionality only. Bookmarks or scripts with references to ‘contentproxy’ or ‘misapp’ for downloading documents should be updated.

The current download URL follows the below listed conventions:

·         /misapp/servlets/mirDownload?doclookupid=?

·         /contentproxy/proxy?doc_id=?

This change creates one common download URL that follows the convention below:

·         /misdownload/servlets/mirDownload?doclookupid=?

ACTION REQUIRED:  Market Participants should discontinue use of any saved ‘bookmarks’ for downloads by November 14, 2011, and replace with the updated download URL.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:  Note that this is a seamless change to users who access ERCOT.com or other ERCOT websites through a web browser to manually download reports. 

CONTACT:  If you have any questions, please contact your ERCOT Account Manager. You may also call the general ERCOT Client Services phone number at (512) 248-3900 or contact ERCOT Client Services via email at [log in to unmask].

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