Deployment Topology
The deployment topology below describes the runtime components of the Oracle Utilities Digital Self Service - Transactions Cloud Service, dependent product integrations, and the owner of the product maintenance and operations. Your Customer Care and Billing or Customer to Meter administrator is responsible for patch installations for your on-premises Oracle Utilities products.
- Your Oracle Cloud product operations and maintenance are managed by Oracle Utilities and can include:
- Digital Self Service - Transactions Cloud Service is a mandatory component. It includes Digital Self Service - Transactions features which are supported with an underlying set of Digital Self Service - Transactions APIs. These APIs facilitate communication with the Digital Self Service - Transactions Self-Service APIs that provide inbound web services within your Customer Care and Billing or Customer to Meter environment.
- Digital Self Service - Energy Management Cloud Service is an optional add on. It includes Digital Self Service - Energy Management features which are supported with an underlying set of Digital Self Service - Energy Management APIs. These APIs can send data to the Oracle Utilities Opower Utility Analytics Platform to support data processing and insights.
- Oracle Utilities Opower Analytics Platform is an optional component that supports data processing and insights for Digital Self Service - Energy Management add ons. It retrieves data from Digital Self Service - Energy Management APIs and from DataConnect components that support your on premises Customer Care and Billing or Customer to Meter products.
- Your on premises Oracle Utilities Customer Care and Billing or Customer to Meter product operations and maintenance are managed by you the utility and can include:
- Digital Self Service - Transactions Self-Service APIs are mandatory components that provide inbound web services that facilitate communication with your Digital Self Service - Transactions Cloud Service.
- DataConnect is a component of Customer Care and Billing or Customer to Meter than can optionally send data to Oracle Utilities Opower Analytics Platform to support data processing and insights.
Embedded SDK
The Digital Self Service - Transactions embedded SDK enables utilities to embed individual widgets onto their existing websites in a standardized way. In this setup, the utility owns and maintains the web portal, the layout of pages, and can determine the exact locations where they would like to place Digital Self Service - Transactions widgets. The embedded SDK provides the utility's website with the required methods for authorization, event handling, and access to critical user details. For example, when a Digital Self Service - Transactions widget like the account selector is used by a customer to switch accounts, the new account selection event is broadcast and the utility's own widgets and web portal pages can respond accordingly. This deployment method allows for utilities and partners to maintain control of the web portal and deliver custom features for their customers. To implement the Digital Self Service - Transactions embedded SDK, contact your Delivery Team.
Automatic Maintenance Mode
Digital Self Service - Transactions can automatically display a maintenance page when Oracle Utilities Customer Care and Billing is unavailable and automatically resumes normal operation when Oracle Utilities Customer to Meter becomes available again. When enabled, the maintenance page content can be configured to display a custom message. For information on enabling automatic maintenance mode, see the Oracle Utilities Opower Digital Self Service - Transactions Configuration Guide.