Oracle Utilities: Meter Data Management Fundamentals

This course provides a general overview of working with the Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management application, including exercises that span a variety of business applications. Attendees learn how to navigate the web user interface and work with the Meter Data Management features and tools. This course focuses on providing a solid understanding of the basic functionality offered by the Meter Data Management application.

Attendees participate in hands-on exercises based on real-world examples. Exercises include setting up consumption, time-of-use, and interval meters, configuration validations, importing usage data, viewing exceptions, editing faulty data, and other topics.

Learn to:

• Review and manage usage-related exceptions
• Configure validation groups
• Configure consumption, interval, and time-of-use meters
• View usage data
• Edit and revise usage data
• Import usage data

A Live Virtual Class (LVC) is exclusively for registered students; unregistered individuals may not view an LVC at any time. Registered students must view the class from the country listed in the registration form. Unauthorized recording, copying, or transmission of LVC content may not be made.

Audience

• Application Developers
• Business Analysts
• Functional Implementer
• Support Engineer
• System Analysts
• End Users
• Technical Consultant

Course Topics Meter Data Management Overview

• What is Meter Data Management
• Meter Data Management User Interface

MDM Data Setup

• MDM Assets
• MDM Lookup Tables

Setting up MDM Meters

• Physical Meters
• Logical Meters
• Validation Groups
• Meter Configuration

Importing Usage Data

• Interval Usage
• Consumption Usage
• Time-of-Use Usage

Viewing Usage Data Viewing and Managing Exceptions

• MDM Exceptions
• Work Queues
• Manually Editing and Revising Usage Data

Usage Related Events

• Revenue Protection Events
• Physical Meter Events

Bill Determinant Calculations

• Initiating Bill Determinant Calculations
• Viewing Requests and Results
• Initiating Bill Determinant Calculations
• Viewing Requests and Results

Other Topics

• MDM Reports
• Loading Usage Data via Adapter (Overview)
• Oracle Utilities Meter Data Format
• Adding Custom Validations (Overview)

Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management Configuration

• MDM.CFG.XML Configuration File
• Using the Adapter with Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management
• Adding Custom Validations
• Configuring Bill Determinant Calculations
• Configuring Web Services
• Calculating Usage Estimations in Batch mode

Course Objectives

• View and Manage usage-related exceptions
• Manually edit usage data
• Set up Consumption, Interval, and Time-of-Use Meters
• Define usage validations