Version 0.4	10 October 2007
webMIP Functional Specification
	Restricted to, National Grid Metering & Advantica
Prepared for:	Prepared by:
Martin Hansford	Jamie Priest & Andy Hardy
National Grid Metering 4 Abbotts Lane Coventry Warwickshire CV1 4AY	Advantica Ashby Road Loughborough Leicestershire LE11 3GR United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0)1509 282802 Fax: +44 (0)1509 283135 E-mail: jamie.priest@advanticagroup.com Website: www.advanticagroup.com
Customer Reference: 2520000817	

Contents

Executive Summary	1

1 System Scope	2

1.1 Within Scope	2

1.1.1 Automatic quotation scope	3

1.1.2 Manual quotation scope	3

1.1.3 Communication scope	3

1.2 Out of Scope	3

2 Security	5

2.1 User Security	5

2.1.1 User Accounts	5

2.1.1.1 Password Complexity	5

2.1.1.2 Password expiry	5

2.1.1.3 Forgotten passwords	5

2.1.1.4 File Uploads	5

2.1.2 User Roles	6

2.1.2.1 webMIP Administrator	6

2.1.2.2 I&C User	7

2.1.2.3 I&C Customer Services	7

2.1.2.4 Supplier Administrator	7

2.1.2.5 Supplier Agent	7

2.1.2.6 Action Matrix	8

2.1.2.7 Advantica administration	8

2.2 System Security	9

3 System Process	10

3.1 Enquiry	12

3.1.1 Create a new enquiry	12

3.1.2 Amend an existing enquiry	12

3.1.3 Copy an existing enquiry to create a new enquiry	12

3.1.4 Enquiry State	13

3.2 Questionnaire Flow Chart	13

3.3 Quote generation	17

3.3.1 Automatic quotation	21

3.3.1.1 Meter module selection	21

3.3.1.2 Meter module speculative quote	21

3.3.1.3 Meter module accepted quote document	22

3.3.2 Manual quote generation	22

3.4 Quote acceptance and rejection	22

3.4.1 Quotation State	23

3.5 System Process Map	25

3.6 Business Rules	29

3.6.1 Pricing Data	29

3.6.2 Tripartite Agreement	29

4 Reporting	30

4.1 Data Export	30

4.2 Automatic Quotes	30

4.2.1 Speculative Quote	30

4.2.2 Accepted Quote	30

4.3 User specific Reports	31

4.3.1 View of Accepted Quotes	31

4.3.2 View of quotes pending manual quote	31

4.3.3 Supplier Administrator	31

4.3.4 Supplier Agent	31

4.3.5 I & C Customer Services	31

4.3.6 I & C User	32

4.3.7 The webMIP Administrator	32

5 System Administration	33

5.1 System data	33

5.2 Bulk Upload	33

5.2.1 User acceptance	33

6 System Communication	34

6.1 Web Browser	34

6.2 Email	34

6.2.1 Request for Quotation	34

6.2.1.1 Automatic Quotes	34

6.2.1.2 Manual Quotes	34

6.2.2 Quotation Accepted	35

6.2.2.1 I&C	35

6.2.2.2 Agent	35

Appendix A: Data Items	36

A.1 Gas Supplier	36

A.2 Supplier Agent	36

A.3 Job Site Details	37

A.4 Address	37

A.5 Contact Address	38

A.6 Second Contact Address	39

A.7 Site Detail	40

A.8 Job Information	42

Appendix B: System Data	49

B.1 Meter Modules	49

B.2 Meter	50

B.3 Housing	50

B.4 Base	51

B.5 Drawing	51

B.6 Standard add-ons	51

B.7 Pricing Data	52

B.8 Tripartite Agreement	52

Appendix C: Security Check-lists	53

C.1 Physical Environment	53

C.2 Application Development	58

Illustration Index

Illustration 1: User Role Hierarchy	6

Illustration 2: Use Case Diagram	11

Illustration 3: Sequence Diagram	11

Illustration 4: Enquiry State Diagram	13

Illustration 5: Questionnaire Flow Chart - Slide 1	14

Illustration 6: Questionnaire Flow Chart - Slide 2	15

Illustration 7: Questionnaire Flow Chart - Slide 3	16

Illustration 8: Automatic or Manual Quotation Flow Chart 1	18

Illustration 9: Automatic or Manual Quotation Flow Chart 2	19

Illustration 10: Automatic or Manual Quotation Flow Chart 3	20

Illustration 11: Quotation State Diagram	24

Illustration 12: System Process Map - Slide 1	25

Illustration 13: System Process Map - Slide 2	26

Illustration 14: System Process Map - Slide 3	27

Illustration 15: System Process Map - Slide 4	28

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Jamie Priest

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