Leveraging Demonstration Data

One of the best ways to understand Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management is through a thorough review of the demonstration data (also referred to as "demo data") provided by Oracle. The demo data for Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management provides the following:

• An overall view of how to implement the product for common needs

• Examples of the productized solutions to solve key utility scenarios

• Some examples of adding "customer modifications" on top of Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management

This demo data can be downloaded along with the Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management. It's recommended that this be installed into an isolated environment for reference purposes separate from other development or testing environments.

Once installed, the demo data scenarios can be found in two places within Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management:

• A zone named Demo Scenarios is shown in the right side Dashboard. This provides a quick method to link to the 360 Degree View for the specific demo meter.

• An extendable lookup named Demo Scenarios Catalog describes each of the scenarios in detail. This matches the scenarios displayed in the Demo Scenarios zone.

NOTE: Oracle recommends that you do not clone the demonstration environment as a basis for a new production environment. The demonstration environment typically includes transactional data that will be irrelevant to your production environment and can cause unexpected issues if it is not purged correctly. The recommended process is to start a new production environment from a new installation and migrate "clean" system data (such as business objects and algorithms) and administrative data (such as sample activity types or other administrative entities) from the demonstration and/or test or development environments as applicable. Instructions for using these tools are contained in the Bundling and Content Migration Assistant sections in the Oracle Utilities Application Framework Administrative User Guide.