> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.engrate.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Glossary

> The terms that Market Communication uses and the names that each market uses for them.

### Accounting point

The point in the grid where supply can change from one supplier to another.

Germany: Marktlokation (MaLo). Netherlands: aansluiting, with an EAN-18 code.

### Active revision

The last revision that the Scheduling Area Responsible accepted. The market holds this revision as binding.

### Aggregate allocation

A total that the market calculates for a group of accounting points.

Germany: Summenzeitreihe.

### Allocation

The energy that the market gives to one accounting point for one settlement period.

### Anomaly report

The market message that tells which series do not match their counterpart series.

Germany: Anomaly Report (ANO). Netherlands: Anomaly Report.

### Balance group

The account that the market settles a BRP on.

Germany: Bilanzkreis. Netherlands: the BRP itself.

### Balance responsible party (BRP)

The party that is financially responsible for the balance of a portfolio.

Germany: Bilanzkreisverantwortlicher (BKV). Netherlands: balance responsible party.

### Confirmation

The values that the Scheduling Area Responsible will use for a series in each quarter-hour.

### Confirmation report

The market message that gives the values that the Scheduling Area Responsible will use.

Germany: Confirmation Report (CNF). Netherlands: settlement program.

### Counterpart series

The series that the other side of a trade sends. The market compares it with your series.

Germany: Gegenmeldung.

### Finality

How final a value is. An intermediate or preliminary value can still change. A final value replaces all earlier values. Not all markets mark values as final.

### Grid operator

The party that operates the grid that an accounting point connects to.

Germany: Netzbetreiber. Netherlands: netbeheerder.

### Match report

One answer from the Scheduling Area Responsible: an acknowledgement, an anomaly report or a confirmation report.

### Match status

The result of matching for one series. It tells if the market checked the series and if it agrees with the counterpart series.

### Matching rule

The rule of the market for a value that the two sides did not agree on.

Germany: Minimumregel, Sonderbilanzkreise. Netherlands: set to zero, priority nomination.

### Metering grid area

The part of a grid in which the market settles metered energy.

Germany: Bilanzierungsgebiet. Netherlands: netgebied.

### Revision

One submission of a schedule to the market. The API calls it a version.

Germany: Fahrplanversion.

### Schedule

Your plan for one delivery day in one scheduling area, with one value for each quarter-hour.

Germany: Fahrplan. Netherlands: energy program.

### Scheduling Area Responsible

The market role that receives your schedule, matches it and confirms it.

Germany: the TSO of the control area. Netherlands: TenneT.

### Scheduling area

The area that you send a schedule for.

Germany: Regelzone. Netherlands: the Netherlands.

### Series

One flow of energy in a schedule, with one value for each quarter-hour.

Germany: Zeitreihe.

### Series state

The match status and the confirmation of one series.

### Supplier switch

The process in which a new supplier takes over supply of an accounting point.

Germany: Lieferantenwechsel.


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