The GS1 System is an international set of identification and communication standards and business solutions developed by the international nonprofit organization GS1, an association of independent domestic organizations. GS1 Poland manages the GS1 System in Poland, supporting the participants in introducing standards in the country. Find out more at: https://www.gs1pl.org.

The PoD number is an example of a Global Service Relation Number ( GSRN). The identifier consists of 22 digits and is composed of the GS1 Company Prefix, the service relationship number, and the check digit. It constitutes a unique, unambiguous ID number for the service provider to store data related to the service or services provided to the customer.

Thanks to the introduction of GS1 numbering, the PoD identification system will be unified and the check digit will enable the number to be validated in IT systems upon entry, which will result in much more efficient detection and elimination of errors and mistakes. Meanwhile, by introducing identification based on a widely recognized international standard, IT systems will more easily be integrated with the use of standard mechanisms and tools, which means greater reliability and lower expenditure."

The change applies to the SAP system, which currently supports the all tariff areas and all WR and WS customers.

PSG will inform DSCs in advance about renumbering in the next tariff area, and then in the following message it will provide files with the old–new POD number mapping. The mapping files will be sent to each DSC individually and will contain data only for the renumbered PoD of a given DSC.

For technical reasons, after the migration date of a given tariff area, in the case of messages sent from and received by PSG, the POD number in the GS1 standard will the correct one. Therefore, adjustments to the meter readings from the period before the PoD renumbering will contain information about the PoD number in the GS1 standard.

All questions and information related to the GS1 standard should be sent to [email protected], including “GS1 standard” in the subject line.

In reference to the FTP service launched in July 2018 on the new network website (sftp.psgaz.pl), we would like to inform you that starting November 4, 2020, PSG will start sharing measurement and reading data in a standardized format which complies with the EDIFACT standard and the structure of MSCONS messages saved in XML and CSV files for outputs located in the Wrocław tariff area. From this date on, the measurement and reading data in the previous data format for outputs located in the Wrocław tariff area will not be published on sftp.psgaz.pl. We would also like to inform you that the historical measurement and readout data for the Wrocław tariff area, which were published in the current format on SFTP, will still remain in this system for your inspection.

Be advised that the structure of the MSCONS message complies with the EDIFACT standard, as published at https://www.psgaz.pl/en/edi.

The structure of the WS output CSV file is described in the SFTP User Manual
for readout data in WS type outputswhich is published at https://www.psgaz.pl/informacje-dla-zud.

For the remaining tariff areas in Poznań and Warsaw, the current format of measurement and reading data posted at sftp.psgaz.pl remains unchanged.

All questions and information related to the SFTP service should be sent to [email protected], with “SFTP service” in the subject line.