Requesting Usage Transactions from External Systems

When Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management is deployed with Oracle Utilities Customer Care and Billing usage transactions can be created via a request from Oracle Utilities Customer Care and Billing.

To invoke a usage transaction request, Oracle Utilities Customer Care and Billing invokes a Usage Transaction Request Inbound service script which invokes the Usage Transaction Seeder (D2-UsgTranSeeder) business object. This business object does the following:
  • Determines the usage subscription ID based on an external usage subscription ID
  • Determines the appropriate usage transaction business object to create. This uses the "How To Create Usage Subscription Related Information" processing method defined for the "Usage Transaction Creation" processing role on the service provider that represents the external system.

For a deeper functional understanding of Usage Transactions, refer to the About Usage Transactions section of the Oracle Utilities Meter Solution Business User Guide.