Meter Exchange Notification

The Meter Exchange Notification (MXN) transaction type can be created with the bulk import option only. The contents of every line in the CSV file must use the following format:

<nmi>, <not_before_date>, <not_after_date>, <notice_date>, <send_date>

Note:  No header row is required for the MXN CSV file.

Field	Format	Mandatory	Definition
nmi	Text (10 characters)	Yes	NMI for the connection point (meter) where the meter exchange is planned to occur. No NMI checksum, the checksum will be calculated by MTS.
not_before_date	DD/MM/YYYY	Yes	The earliest date provided to the customer for the meter exchange.
not_after_date	DD/MM/YYYY	Yes	The latest date provided to the customer for the meter exchange.
notice_date	DD/MM/YYYY	Yes	This is the date on the notice issued to the customer by the DNSP.
send_date	DD/MM/YYYY	No	The time when the notification should be sent out. If not provided then it is assumed that it will be the day the request is received.

MTS will apply the following validation rules to the entire file. If any of these conditions are met, the entire file will be rejected. In the case of multiple errors, only the first one encountered is reported.

Order	Validation	Description	Message
1	Too many columns	A row has too many columns specified.	Too many columns (i.e. extra commas)
2	Too few columns	A row does not have enough columns specified.	Too few columns
3	Too many rows	The file has more than 1000 rows.	Too many rows (> 1000)