Configuring Feature Configurations

Some of the features in Oracle Utilities Application Framework based applications are configured by populating options on a "feature configuration". For example, if your implementation uses Oracle Utilities Customer Care and Billing's batch scheduler, you must populate a variety of options on the batch scheduler's feature configuration.

Note: Refer to Defining Feature Configurations in the Oracle Utilities Application Framework Administrative User Guide for additional information.

Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management uses the following types of feature configurations (please note that more information can be found on each of these options by viewing their detailed description in the Feature Configuration portal):

Measurement Data Options

Measurement Data Options are used to define behavior related to periodic estimation of initial measurement data, including:

  • No of Hours in Past to Retrieve Last Usable Measurement: This option is leveraged by scalar periodic estimation to restrict how far into the past it will search for existing measurements when the last contiguous measurement is being initialized on the measuring component. This is to ensure that the first time scalar period estimation is executed on a large number of measuring components that have not been initialized for periodic estimation the system does not execute a large number of unbounded queries into the past which would result in poor performance.

Business Intelligence Configuration

Business intelligence configuration is used to define external data source indicators used when Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management is integrated with Oracle Utilities Business Intelligence. External data source indicators allow business intelligence extracts to properly link the external identifiers to the source external system. The Value of the Data Source Indicator option should match the Environment ID on the Installation Option of the external system.

General System Configuration

This feature configuration is owned by Oracle Utilities Application Framework but there are several important option types that have been created specific to Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management:.

  • Multi Time Zone Support: By default the system assumes an installation operates within a single time zone. In order to enable multiple time zone functionality this option must be defined and set to "D1YS".
  • CCB Link URL: this option is used to provide the destination URL for hyperlinking into Oracle Utilities Customer Care and Billing.
  • Trace On Flag: can be set to automatically trace any initial measurement being processed. Note: if the initial measurement has had trace explicitly turned off then no tracing will occur. This is useful for tracing initial measurements created through automated processes where you are unable to set the trace flag directly.
  • System Override Date : this option type is provided by OUAF but it is highly useful in testing prior to production. When set it will override the system date/time for all users. The format must be entered as: YYYY-MM-DD. For example January 1st 2010 would be 2010-01-01.
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Refer to Configuring Multi-Time Zone Support for additional information on setting up multi-time zone support.