About Activities

Activities cover a range of functional process within the system from smart meter commands, synchronization of consumption between related measuring components, service order management activities, and statistics and aggregations.

The table below provides the full list of activity type categories supported and a brief description of how they are used:


Activity Type Category	Activities of this type category are used to
Bulk Activity	Initiate a smart meter command for a group of meters using Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway
Command Request	Initiate a smart meter command for an individual meter using Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway
Consumption Sync	Trigger related measuring component estimation synchronization
Device Event Activity	Represent a device event. These are used when viewing usage and events with the Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management 360 Degree View.
Dimension Scanner	Trigger dimension scanning when aggregating usage, statistics, and other data.
Error Activity	Represent errors in activity processing.
Extract Request	Retrieve usage and device events from a head-end system using Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway
Field Activity	Initiate field work via a message to an external field work system. Activities of this type are most often created by a request orchestration activity.
Meter Read Download Activity	Download a list of meters to be read.
Multi Device Command Request	Initiate a smart meter command for multiple meters (for head-end systems that support multi-device commands) using Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway
Non-Dispatchable Activity	Represent steps or stages in a larger process in which the system is waiting for a resolution from another system. Examples include "Wait for Measurement" or "Wait for Scheduled Read."
Orchestration Maintenance	Update or cancel an active service order activity.
Payload Statistics	Calculate processing statistics for usage and device event import processing
Request Orchestration	Orchestrate the steps necessary to fulfill a service request, based on the current state of the service point related to the request.
Suppression	Suppress sending of device events to subscribing systems (such as Oracle Utilities Network Management System)
Usage Transaction Correction Processor	Trigger correction processing for usage transactions when corrected usage is received that would impact an existing usage transaction