Participant information for professional use

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In this section, TIPS users as well as institutions that are preparing for future participation in TIPS will find useful and further information. Amongst other services, these pages contain the main documentation and provide access to the relevant registration forms. If you have any questions, please contact your customer service team or the National Service Desk for TARGET Services. Contact details can be found in the right-hand column.

Participation/Registration

Here you can find a wide range of information that is particularly useful for new participants, as well as the TARGET registration form, which must be completed for the initial registration but also for any subsequent amendments.

Participation/Registration
User testing

All documents relevant to customer testing can be found in this area. These include for example a document containing mandatory test cases, the test calendar and the test specifications (terms of reference).

User testing
Functional documents

There are various documents available explaining how TIPS works, including, amongst others, the Guide for TARGET Participants, the User Detailed Functional Specifications and the user handbooks. These and further documents can be found here.

Functional documents
Release planning

In TIPS there are two regular releases scheduled per year – one following the second weekend of June and one following the third weekend of November. The dates have been coordinated with the releases in the other TARGET Services. This area contains information on the content as well as milestone planning of the releases.

Release planning
Other documents

Alongside the functional documents, there is also information that does not directly relate to the functioning of TIPS. This includes, for instance, the TARGET Services pricing guide.

Other documents

Information for participants