Measurement Cycle and Bill Determinants

The system can be configured to periodically push bill determinants to subscribing systems. In this case, measurement cycles can be configured to define when to create usage transactions for Usage Subscriptions associated to Service Points in the cycle. Even Service Points whose meters are read automatically may reference measurement cycles.

Creating bill determinants (by creating a usage transaction) is performed by an algorithm on the "Complete" state of the SP/Measurement Cycle Schedule Route business object (similar to creating activities as described above).

When the Pending SP/Measurement Cycle Schedule Route records are processed by the D1-PSPSR batch, rather than create a handheld download activity, the algorithm can create a usage transaction (usage transactions are transactions that cause bill determinants to be calculated for the Service Point's Usage Subscription).

If the implementation needs to both manually read the meter and push bill determinants, both algorithms would be plugged in on the SP/Measurement Cycle Schedule Route business object.

Measurement cycle processing is managed by the following three batch processes:

• Create Pending Measurement Cycle Schedule Routes (D1-CMCS): This batch process creates Schedule Routes for Measurement Cycle Schedules whose schedule selection date is on or before the batch business date. This process is used if routes have the same schedule each month, quarter, etc. This process simply copies the routes from the Measurement Cycle to the Measurement Cycle Schedule on/after the scheduled selection date.
• Create Pending SP / Measurement Cycle Schedule Route Records (D1-CSPSR): This batch process creates a "SP/Measurement Cycle Schedule Route" transaction for every Service Point in the Measurement Cycle Schedule Route that is ready for processing.
• Process Pending SP / Measurement Cycle Schedule Route Records (D1-PSPSR): This batch process transitions the Pending "SP/Measurement Cycle Schedule Route" transactions to their Complete state. Custom algorithms can be configured to do any additional necessary work, such as creating a "Meter Read Download" activity. This custom algorithm would be configured as an Enter algorithm on the "Complete" state of the SP/ Measurement Cycle Schedule Route business object.

For a deeper functional understanding, refer to the About Route Management section of the Oracle Utilities Meter Solution Business User Guide.