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Set Up as a Managing Participant
This article explains how an active legal entity can act as a managing participant for other legal entities in the data space.
In this model, the managing participant is the already active legal entity that can review requests from other legal entities, accept or decline them, and centrally maintain supported company information for managed entities.
What a managing participant does
A managing participant can:
be selected by other legal entities during their onboarding
review incoming management requests
accept or decline those requests
centrally maintain supported company information for managed entities after the relationship is established
Once a managed relationship is active, the managing participant can create and maintain sites (BPNS) and addresses (BPNA) for the managed entity. The BPNL is created automatically and cannot be edited.
Before you start
Before setting up and using this role, confirm the following:
your company is already active in the data space
your internal operating model allows one legal entity to manage others centrally
the legal entities to be managed have agreed to this setup
your users know who will review and process incoming requests on behalf of your company
This role is especially relevant for organizations with multiple legal entities, multinational operations, subsidiaries, or regional legal entities that want to reduce administrative effort and avoid less suitable workarounds.
How to set up as a managing participant
1. Access Your Company
Navigate to Your Company area in the portal.
A new tab called Managing Companies is available there for this feature.
2. Make your company available as a managing participant
To be selectable by other companies, your company must enable itself to be visible for this purpose in the network.
Once enabled, other legal entities can choose your company as their managing participant during onboarding.
3. Monitor incoming requests
Use the Managing Companies tab to view requests from companies that want to be managed by your legal entity.
The tab includes an Incoming Requests section where pending requests are listed for review.
4. Review each request
Check the request details carefully before making a decision.
Make sure the request matches the legal entity your company has agreed to support.
5. Accept or decline the request
You can either:
accept the request, which allows the managed relationship to proceed
decline the request, which stops the request from moving forward
The managed relationship is only created if the request is approved. This follows the overall feature design, where the managing participant reviews management requests and can accept or decline them.
What happens after you accept a request
After a request is accepted:
the managed relationship is established
your company becomes responsible for centrally maintaining supported company information for that legal entity
you can maintain sites and addresses for the managed entity
This setup supports a more centralized and lighter onboarding model for the managed legal entity. Managed entities (virtual participants) do not require their own portal access, wallet, or EDC.
Important note about ending a managed relationship
Currently, a managed relationship cannot be ended directly in the portal.
If your company no longer wants to manage a legal entity, or if the managed company no longer wants to be managed, this cannot currently be cancelled through self-service. In such cases, please contact us [email protected]
Need help?
For questions, contact [email protected]