Next Best Action

The Next Best Action widget provides dynamic, actionable tips and promotions that can be shared with all customers, or targeted to specific customer groups. The tips are displayed as mobile-responsive web banners containing information about valuable solutions and helpful tools for managing energy use and costs.

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Next Best Action Example

The image below is an example of Next Best Action.

Image of a standard example of Next Best Action, and indicates the primary configuration options

Configuration Options

For each element listed in the table, indicate the desired configuration in the Input Value column. If you do not provide an input for optional configurations, the default will be used.

Note: Work with your Oracle Utilities Delivery Team to review available banner content such as banner text, images, and links that highlight the programs and initiatives highlighted with your banners. This review allows the Oracle Utilities Delivery Team to configure banner content in a way that highlights your programs and initiatives.

Configuration Option	Input Value
List of Banners The list of banners to include in Next Best Action. Default: None.	Required Work with your Delivery Team to review available banner content and provide the list of banners to include as part of Next Best Action.
Banner Pages The web pages the banner is displayed on. Default: None.	Required Provide full URLs for all pages to display the banner on for applicable customers.
Customer Groups Customer groups can be used to determine which banners a customer is presented. Default: None.	Required Work with your Delivery Team to determine the required customer groups to control the display of banners for customers.
Hide Banner Banners can be enabled to allow customers to hide the banner for their current user session. Default: Disable hide banner.	Optional Choose one of the following: Use the default. Enable hide banner.
Date Ranges for Banners Date ranges can be used to display banners for a certain period of time during the year. Default: None.	Optional Choose one of the following: Use the default. Provide the date ranges, including the month and day for the start and end of each date range.

Configuration Option

Input Value

List of Banners

The list of banners to include in Next Best Action.

Default: None.

Required

Work with your Delivery Team to review available banner content and provide the list of banners to include as part of Next Best Action.

Banner Pages

The web pages the banner is displayed on.

Default: None.

Required

Provide full URLs for all pages to display the banner on for applicable customers.

Customer Groups

Customer groups can be used to determine which banners a customer is presented.

Default: None.

Required

Work with your Delivery Team to determine the required customer groups to control the display of banners for customers.

Hide Banner

Banners can be enabled to allow customers to hide the banner for their current user session.

Default: Disable hide banner.

Optional

Choose one of the following:

Use the default.

Enable hide banner.

Date Ranges for Banners

Date ranges can be used to display banners for a certain period of time during the year.

Default: None.

Optional

Choose one of the following:

Use the default.

Provide the date ranges, including the month and day for the start and end of each date range.

User Experience Variations

The user experience may vary for customers and utilities depending on available data, locale, and other factors. For more information, see Next Best Action in the Digital Self Service - Energy Management Cloud Services Overview.