Setting Up Unit Of Measure Codes
You must create a unit of measure (UOM) for:
- Every UOM that is measured by your meters' registers.
- Every UOM in which your rates' prices are expressed.
- Every UOM in which your items' estimated consumption is expressed.
Typically, the measured UOM is the same as the UOM in which the prices are expressed. However, there are instances where the UOM of the price is not measured by a meter's registers. Natural gas is a good example - the prices are expressed in an amount per therm, but the gas meters measure some volume (e.g., cubic feet, cubic meters).
For more information about UOM's, refer to UOM versus TOU versus SQI .
To define unit of measure codes, open .
Description of Page
The following fields display for each unit of measure:
UOM The unique identifier of the unit of measure.
Description The full description of the UOM.
Service Type The type of service (e.g., electric, gas, water, and so on.) associated with this UOM. This value controls the UOMs that may be referenced on meters belonging to a given service type. Refer to Setting Up Service Types for more information.
Decimal Positions The number of decimal positions that appear on bill lines that show consumption.
Suppression of trailing zeroes. If you wish to suppress trailing zeroes in the consumption that appears on bill lines, you must set up the Allow Zero Suppression Of Consumption In Bill Description option type on the Financial Transaction Options Feature Configuration.
Allowed on Register Turn on this switch if the UOM can be referenced on a meter's register. A unit of measure may not be allowed on a register when it exists purely because there is a price in a rate expressed in this UOM. (For example, prices of natural gas are frequently express in therms, but it is rare to find a meter that measures gas in therms.)
Measures Peak Quantity Turn on this switch for UOMs that exist to record the peak amount of consumption, e.g., kW and kVar. Peak UOMs are treated differently by billing when determining the amount of consumption. They are also treated differently if rating has to prorate consumption.