Importing Data

In addition to customer-level data such as meter readings or billed service quantities (which are used aggregation), settlement processing also involves other data that must be available to the application. For example:

• UFE calculations use both aggregated data and overall system, or zonal, load data
• Estimations and forecasting often use weather data
• Settlement billing requires pricing data

Data of these types can be imported into the system from external sources via a number of ways:

• For external sources that send data on a regular basis, data can be imported in a manner similar to how measurement data is received head end systems. See Processing Initial Measurement Data in this guide and Data Import - Message Driven Bean Configuration in the Oracle Utilities Meter Solution Administrative User Guide for more information.
• For external systems that send data upon request, data can be requested via measuring component data requests. Requests of this type can be either scheduled or performed manually. See Requesting Measurement Data in this guide for more information.
• For external systems that make data available for use but don’t support sending the data directly, data can be imported manually in a comma separated values (CSV) format. See Uploading Measurement Data in this guide for more information.