FA Upload Staging - Steps

The Steps page contains completion information related to the field activity's steps. Open this page using Menu > Field Order > FA Upload Staging > Search and navigate to the Steps page.

Description of Page

FA Upload Staging ID is the system-generated unique identifier for the field activity upload staging record (note: this will be the same as the unique ID of the associated field activity).

The Steps scroll contains the field activity's steps. To complete a field activity, you must enter the relevant information for each required step. The type of information that should be entered differs depending on the step type.


Step Type	What Fields Are Displayed
Contact Customer	No fields related to customer contact are displayed. Customer Contact must be created separately.
Change Service Point	No generic fields related to updating a service point are displayed. Service Point must be updated separately.
Connect Service Point	None
Disconnect Service Point	Disconnect location
Install Meter	Badge number, read date, read time, on/off status
Change Meter	No generic fields related to updating a meter are displayed. Meter must be updated separately.
Change Meter's Configuration	No generic fields related to updating a meter configuration are displayed. Meter Configuration must be updated separately.
Turn On Meter	Badge number, read date, read time
Turn Off Meter	Badge number, read date, read time
Read Meter	Badge number, read date, read time
Remove Meter	Badge number, read date, read time, stock location* (see below)
Install Item	Badge number, event date, event time, on/off status
Change Item	No generic fields related to updating an item are displayed. Item must be updated separately.
Turn On Item	Badge number, event date, event time
Turn Off Item	Badge number, event date, event time
Reconfigure Multi-Item	No generic fields related to multi-item configuration are displayed. Item configuration must be updated separately.
Remove Item	Badge number, event date, event time, stock location* (see below)
Test Device	No fields related to device testing are displayed. Device Test must be created separately.

For step types Remove Meter and Remove Item, enter the Stock Location where the meter / item is stored upon removal if the meter's meter type or the item's item type tracks location. Refer to The Big Picture Of Asset Inventory for more information.

The Add Meter Read section can be used to add a meter read for those step types that require a meter read.

The Add Meter Read button becomes enabled after you enter a Badge Number and Read Date/Time. For required steps, the system populates Read Date/Time with the values entered for Work Date/Time. You can change these values if necessary.

When you click the Add Meter Read button, the Register Readings grid is populated with one row for each of the meter's registers. Enter each register's reading by specifying a Read Type and Reading.

Click the Complete button to complete the associated field activity. This button is only enabled when the field activity upload staging record and is in the Pending state.

When you press Complete, the read is added to the database and is no longer displayed on the FA Upload Staging record. (This information is not actually linked to the Field Activity Upload Staging. When you complete a field activity, the system looks for a meter read to link to the FA. It should find the one you just created.)

Note: If you press Save instead of Complete, the FA Upload Staging record will be saved to the database. Meter reading information will disappear, similar to pressing Complete, but any meter reading information entered will not be saved .

Click the Delete button to delete the field activity upload staging record. This button is only enabled when the field activity upload staging record has been saved on the database and is in the Pending or Error states.

Fastpath:

Refer to Meter Read - Main for more information about meter reads.

Note:

High/low validation. It's important to note that the read will not be subject to high/low validation. If you require high/low validation, add the read using Meter Read - Main and then simply reference the read's badge number and date/time on the step.