Chapter 5    Recommended Operation

Before using the Registry system, you should understand the following points.

• Data is transferred to and from the Registry using the Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) utility.

• The Registry operation includes an SFTP server, identified by a specific domain name (not by an IP address). You can log on to the server, and after authentication, will be provided access to your secure remote directories for uploading and downloading files. These directories are named:

  • toreg - files for processing by the Registry

  • fromreg - files from the Registry (acknowledgment, notifications, reports, and so on)

  • processed - files are moved to this directory from the toreg directory after they have been processed by the Registry system

  • reject - files that have errors in the header line are moved to this directory from the toreg directory

• You control when and if you upload or download files.

  With this mechanism, there is no requirement for any party’s systems to be configured for the Registry to push data on demand.

• Access to the processed and reject directories is limited to read‑only access, as these directories are under the control of the Registry system itself.

• Using your SFTP client software, you should be able to identify different types of files that are awaiting downloads. Files can be identified by the leading characters of the file name. File types include:

  File Type	Description
  LIS	Resultant list of ICPs
  RES	Resultant Discrepancy Report data
  NOT	Notifications
  NTR	Re-send of Notifications
  FAL	Outbound File Audit Reply
  EDA	Event Detail Audit Reply
  NT	Switch NT Request
  AN	Switch AN Request
  CS	Switch CS Request
  NW	Switch NW Request
  AW	Switch AW Request
  RSN	Resend Switch
  ACK	Overnight Acknowledgments
  ALERT	Participant Alerts

  In addition to this switch, breach reports that are available to traders and if requested, online, have the format file‑name‑Of‑User‑Request.rtf. If breach reports are requested via an SFTP interface, they have the participant‑Code‑CCMMDDHHMMSS.rtf format.

• It is your responsibility to clear the download files on a regular basis.

  Files awaiting download are automatically deleted after 30 days, irrespective of whether they have been downloaded.