{"id":791,"date":"2026-02-12T10:59:45","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T10:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elexon-beta.elexonhostings.co.uk\/data-integration-platform\/?page_id=791"},"modified":"2026-02-12T14:56:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T14:56:24","slug":"accessing-dip-and-verifying-company-details","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/elexon-beta.elexonhostings.co.uk\/data-integration-platform\/dip-training-and-guidance\/onboarding\/accessing-dip-and-verifying-company-details\/","title":{"rendered":"Step 1: Accessing DIP and verifying company details"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This page offers guidance on how to obtain access to the Data Integration Platform (DIP) and verify your company details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This page offers guidance on how to obtain access to the Data Integration Platform (DIP) and verify your company 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details","link":"https:\/\/elexon-beta.elexonhostings.co.uk\/data-integration-platform\/dip-training-and-guidance\/onboarding\/accessing-dip-and-verifying-company-details\/","categories":[],"tags":[],"content":"<article id=\"page-791\" class=\"article post-791 page type-page status-publish hentry\" role=\"article\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<section class=\"section\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"centering small\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"section-text\">\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>This page offers guidance on how to obtain access to the Data Integration Platform (DIP) and verify your company details.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\n\t\t<section class=\"section\">\n\t\t<div class=\"centering small\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"section-title\">Links to all onboarding steps <div class=\"small-decoration\"><\/div><\/h2>\n\t\t\t  \n\t\t\t<div class=\"section-text\">\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>Step 1: Accessing DIP and verifying company details<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/elexon-beta.elexonhostings.co.uk\/data-integration-platform\/dip-training-and-guidance\/onboarding\/managing-companys-users-within-dip\/\">Step 2: Managing your company\u2019s users within DIP<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/elexon-beta.elexonhostings.co.uk\/data-integration-platform\/dip-training-and-guidance\/onboarding\/managing-your-globalsign-account\/\">Step 3: Managing your GlobalSign account as part of DIP<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/elexon-beta.elexonhostings.co.uk\/data-integration-platform\/dip-training-and-guidance\/onboarding\/dip-certificates\/\">Step 4: Managing DIP certificates<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/elexon-beta.elexonhostings.co.uk\/data-integration-platform\/dip-training-and-guidance\/onboarding\/domain-verification\/\">Step 5: Domain verification<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/elexon-beta.elexonhostings.co.uk\/data-integration-platform\/dip-training-and-guidance\/onboarding\/step-6-creating-a-signing-mtls-or-combined-certificate\/\">Step 6: Creating a Signing\/mTLS certificate<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/elexon-beta.elexonhostings.co.uk\/data-integration-platform\/dip-training-and-guidance\/onboarding\/managing-your-dip-dcp-identity-information\/\">Step 7: Managing your DIP \/ DCP IDs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/elexon-beta.elexonhostings.co.uk\/data-integration-platform\/dip-training-and-guidance\/onboarding\/managing-your-dip-message-channels\/\">Step 8: Managing your DIP Message Channels<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\t<section class=\"section\">\n\t\t<div class=\"centering small\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"section-title\">Before you start <div class=\"small-decoration\"><\/div><\/h2>\n\t\t\t  \n\t\t\t<div class=\"section-text\">\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"section-title\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px\">You will need:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"grid align-horizontally\">\n<div class=\"grid-xs-12 full-width\">\n<div class=\"section-text\">\n<ul>\n<li>to complete and return your DIP Onboarding Preparation Pro-Forma to\u202f<a href=\"mailto:MHHSQualification@elexon.co.uk\"><strong>MHHSQualification@elexon.co.uk<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Microsoft Authenticator app\u00a0on your phone, to enable multi-factor authentication (MFA)<\/li>\n<li>your email invitation from us to join the DIP.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you did not receive the invitation but have been advised it has been sent, you can still follow the steps below.<\/p>\n<p>The steps are the same for all DIP users after they have received the invitation e-mail.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\t<section class=\"section\">\n\t\t<div class=\"centering small\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"section-title\">Sign in to the DIP site <div class=\"small-decoration\"><\/div><\/h2>\n\t\t\t  \n\t\t\t<div class=\"section-text\">\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p>Please note\u202fthat you should\u00a0<strong>ensure the DIP website is added to your company IT access list<\/strong>\u00a0so that it is not subject to quarantine or treated as a suspected phishing activity.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Use the link in your invitation email or the appropriate link below to access the DIP log in page.\n<ul>\n<li>Production (live) environment:\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/portal.energydataintegrationplatform.co.uk\/\">portal.energydataintegrationplatform.co.uk<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Pre-production (test) environment:\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/portal.uit.energydataintegrationplatform.co.uk\/\">portal.uit.energydataintegrationplatform.co.uk<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Sign in with your username and password.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9578 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.elexon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/29105913\/DIP-website-log-in-screen-300x230.jpg\" alt=\"View of DIP website log in screen\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9586 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.elexon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/29110925\/DIP-Microsoft-sign-in-screen-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"View of Microsoft sign in screen\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Approve the sign in request using the Microsoft Authenticator app on your phone and follow the prompts it gives.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9587 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.elexon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/29111225\/DIP-Microsoft-2FA-screen-example-261x300.jpg\" alt=\"Example 2FA screen\" width=\"261\" height=\"300\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Read and accept the Terms of Use (first time users only).<\/li>\n<li>Go to the DIP welcome page.<br 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(DCP)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>When you have checked that all details are correct, click Submit or go on to create new users.<\/p>\n<p>You can add other users now or do it later in the Members section.<span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>To create the users now, click on the plus symbol (+) under Users and then follow the steps for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.elexon.co.uk\/\">managing your company\u2019s users<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do NOT add<\/strong>\u00a0anything under Market Participants \u2013\u00a0this will be completed by Elexon.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-9596\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.elexon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/29124724\/DIP-website-company-verification-screen-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Company details verification screen\" width=\"731\" height=\"485\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\t<section class=\"section\">\n\t\t<div class=\"centering small\">\n\t\t\t  \n\t\t\t<div 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