Configuring the Meter Operational Dashboard

Master Configuration

You can access the Master Configuration portal by selecting Admin, then General, then Master Configuration.

Select the MDM Operational Dashboard Configuration. 

Use the Add button beside the record to configure for the first time. If a record has already been added, then click the Edit button instead. Use the embedded help to guide you through the meaning of each configuration field.

General Admin Data

Create the following administrative data.

Service Type:

• Service Type: MISC

• Description: Miscellaneous

Unit of Measure:

• Unit of Measure: CT

• Description: Count

• Service Type: Miscellaneous

• Decimal Positions: 0

• Allowed on Measuring Component: Yes

• Measures Peak Quantity: No

• Magnitude: 1

• Base Unit of Measure: BLANK

Activity Types for Payload Statistics

Configure the following payload statistics activity types:

• Payload Statistics 

• Payload Error Notification

• Payload Summary

See Configuring Activity Types for more information.

See Processing Statistics in the Business User Guide for more information about payload statistics processing.

Measuring Component Types for Payload Statistics

Configure the following measuring component types:

Initial Measurements

Device Events

Statistic Controls and Statistics Snapshots

Statistic Controls are the source for recording the transactions which have gone into exception/discarded state or have a pending to-do associated with them. These records are then fetched by MDM Operational Dashboard’s respective zones for Statistic and Trend display.

Statistic Snapshots capture the transactions which have gone into exception/discarded state or have a pending to-do associated with them at a specific time.

Statistic Controls are configuration records that record the daily transactions of Incomplete IMD by Status, VEE Exceptions by Type, Usage Transaction by Status, and Usage Transaction by To-Do.

Statistic Snapshots are captured daily via the Statistics Control Monitor (F1-STATS) batch process.

Configure the following Statistics Control records:

Payload Statistics Aggregator Measuring Components

Create a measuring component for each head end system for each measuring component type. For example, assume the following head end systems are being used:

• MV90: Usage

• Landis+Gyr: Usage and Device Events

In this example, you would create the following measuring components:

• MV90 (STATS-IMD Measuring Component Type)

• L+G (STATS-IMD Measuring Component Type)

• L+G (STATS-EVENT Measuring Component Type)

Batch Processing

The Meter Operational Dashboard is configured to be refreshed daily. To refresh the data used in the dashboard, the following batch processes should be processed in sequence after daily payload processing from the head end systems is complete.

• D1-PSACC (Payload Statistics Accumulation - Monitor): Used to initiate aggregation and accumulation of payload statistics in payload statistics activities. This executes the Perform Activity Aggregation (D1-PRFACTAGG) algorithm in the activity's "Active" state and transitions the activity to the "Accumulate Statistics" state which executes the Accumulate Statistics Algorithm (D1-ACCSTATS) algorithm.

  Use the following parameters when running this batch process:

  • Measuring Component Maintenance Object (maintenanceObject): D1-ACTIVITY
  • Restrict by Batch Code (isRestrictedByBatchCode): true

• D1-MC (MC MO Periodic Monitor Process):  Used to initiate aggregation of statistics for statistics aggregator measuring components. This transitions measuring components from the "Active" state to the "Aggregate" state, which executes the Aggregate IMD Statistics (D1-AGIMDSTAT) or Aggregation Event Statistics (D1-AGEVTSTAT)  algorithms that aggregate measurement and/or device event statistics.

  Use the following parameters when running this batch process:

  • Maintenance Object (maintenanceObject): D1-MEASRCOMP

• F1-STATS (Statistics Control Monitor): Used to generate Statistic Snapshots based on Statistic Controls.

  Use the following parameters when running this batch process:

  • Maintenance Object (maintenanceObject): F1-STATS
  • Restrict by Business Object (restrictToBusinessObject): F1-Statistics
  • Restrict by Status Code (restrictToBOStatus): ACTIVE

The flowchart below illustrates the order which payload processing and these batch processes should be executed.

Populating the Dashboard Zones

The table below outlines the source of data for the various zones in the Meter Operational Dashboard.