Other Documentation
This section describes other documentation provided with the Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway adapter for Itron OpenWay.
Installation Documentation
Installation documentation describes the steps involved in the installation and initial set up of the system, and includes the following documents:
User Documentation
User documentation provides conceptual information and procedures related to working with the various objects used in the system, and includes the following documents:
Supplemental Documentation
Supplemental documentation provides technical information related to system administration tasks and include the following documents:
The Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway adapter for Itron OpenWay uses Oracle Service Bus (OSB) and Oracle Business Process Execution Language (BPEL) as middleware components. These tools are part of the Oracle SOA Suite. See the Oracle SOA Suite Documentation library (http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/soasuite/documentation/index.html ) for more information about using these tools.
Embedded Help
Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway, like all Oracle Utilities Application Framework applications, provides extensive internal documentation. For example, detailed descriptions of system objects are included in the objects' maintenance portals. The lifecycle of each business object is described on the Lifecycle tab and depicted in flow diagrams on the Summary tab. This information is extremely useful for implementers and system administrators.
Embedded help is provided for all non-obvious fields in most portals and zones. If a field has associated help text, a ? icon appears next to the field when the zone is displayed.
Online Help
Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway also includes context-sensitive help for all the user interface screens users will typically work with as they use the system. Online help contains conceptual information and procedures related to working with the various objects used in the system.
The online help is divided into the following three sections: