Getting in
The link to the production environment will be clearing.nordpoolgroup.com
You should have been assigned a username and password to log on the clearing application. If not, please contact us by clicking the link “Forgotten your password” from within the application. The clearing application uses a single-sign-on solution and supports both group users and individual users.
Settings and options
Set your preferences: Adjust time and number-format to what you want
Question Mark: Questions, thought or problems? Click the question mark and send us a mail!
Try the API!: Check out the Swagger - test API calls. Everything in the UI is available through the API
User functionality
Picking dates:
The date pickers allow you to choose the from and to delivery dates you view in the table. The trades view let you select current and previous month.
Available data:
Collateral Call: The last 12 Months
Trades: Current and previous month
Settlement Items: Current and last 3 months
Invoices: Current and last 2 months
Exporting to excel:
All data in the Clearing UI can be exported to excel by clicking the Excel-icon on the top right hand side. The data is exported in Excel (.xlsx) format in the same structure as displayed on the screen.
Rearranging, resizing and choosing columns:
All columns in the different pages in the Clearing UI can be rearranged, resized, added or hidden using simple drag and drop functionality. To resize a column, simply click and drag between two columns. To rearrange, click the column header you want to place a different place and drag it. To add or hide, open the column chooser to display the available fields which you can drag into the table, or drag and drop the fields you do not want displayed in the table into the column chooser.
Open and download invoices:
Any invoice can be opened by clicking the PDF-icon on each invoice row. If you wish to download multiple invoices, use the check-boxes to select the ones you wish to download and then click the “Download Selected Invoices” button at the bottom. This will download a zip-file with the chosen invoices that can be extracted at the users chosen destination.
Search any field:
Each table contains a search field that can be used to star search for any values in the table. There are examples below that demonstrate how this can be used. For example search for any “Sell” trades or trades that has a price of 31.00.
Navigating
The left hand menu:
The menu on your left hand shows you the available pages of the Clearing UI. Click on the individual topic to navigate.
Collateral Call:
Collateral Call: What you need to post to be eligible for Trading
Surplus/Deficit: The difference between Available Collateral and Collateral Call
Collateral Items/Margin Components
Click on the left-hand side of Collateral Summery to show more information
Collateral Items: Show your Pledged Bank Accoutns and Guarantees
Bank Account: Show the bank account balance of your Pledged Account
Guarantuee: Show your Guarantees or Letter of Credit
Margin Components: Show your Initial Collateral which allways equals 30 000 EUR
Initial Collateral: Equals 30 000 EUR which is the minium Collateral Requirement
Daily Margin: Calculated by our Risk Model based on daily trading. More information can be found here:
Trades:
In the trades page you’ll be able to search, view and export all trades. The following elements are available.
Element | Description |
Delivery Date | The delivery day according to the EFA calendar. |
Portfolio | The numeric code of the portfolio in the trading system. |
Short Name | The name of the portfolio in the trading system. |
Market | The market the trade is made in (ex: NPSID) |
Area | The price area of the trade (ex: UK) |
Currency | The currency of the trade (ex: GBP) |
Buy/Sell | Either Buy, Sell or Zero. |
Order Type | The order type behind the trade (ex: SingleHourly). |
Delivery Start Time | The delivery start time of the trade |
Delivery End Time | The delivery end time of the trade. |
Status | Status, completed or cancelled. |
Trader Id | The name of the user who last modified the order in the trading system. |
Product Code | The product code of the trade, see the product specification for details. |
Trade Id | The unique trade id. |
Quantity | Volume of trade in MWh. |
Unit Price | Price/MWh |
Amount | The amount/value of the trade (quantity*price). |
Settlement Items:
The settlement items page shows you the details of what is being settled and invoiced.:
Invoices:
In the invoices page you’ll be able to view and export a list of your available invoices and self-billing invoices with the details as well as downloading single or multiple invoices:
Invoice details:
To view the underlying settlement items of an invoice and ease reconciliation, you can also use the details button which will redirect you to the settlement items and filter out the items on the invoice.
Cash Requirements:
The cash requirements page replaces today's bank margin and settlement report which is used by member who has a designated settlement bank. Your settlement bank has the same view and will confirm the balance on your behalf. For those members not using a designated settlement bank the page in the UI can be used for informative purposes.
