Configuring the Meter Health Check Dashboard

This section describes the process for configuring the Meter Health Check tab of the Meter Operational Dashboard.

Refer to Using the Meter Health Check Tab in the Business User Guide for more information on this functionality.

This dashboard leverages a method of pre-staging data known as Statistics Snapshots. See Understanding Statistics for more information on statistics snapshots.

Configuring the Meter Health Check tab includes the following:

Master Configuration

To access the Master Configuration portal select Admin, select General, and select Master Configuration.

Select the Meter Health Check Configuration master configuration.

You can also access this master configuration by clicking Configure on the Meter Health Check tab on the Meter Operational Dashboard.

Click the Add icon beside the record to configure for the first time. If a record has already been added, then click the Edit icon instead. Use the embedded help to guide you through the meaning of each configuration field.

This master configuration includes the following options:

  • IMD Trend Days: specifies the horizon of collected data for IMD Processing and IMD Quality statistics snapshots. The number of days captured in each snapshot. Default 30 days.

  • Chart Options:

    • Processing: Allows configuration of the colors used for IMD Records, Average Measurements, and Maximum Measurements data on the IMD Processing Trend graph.

    • Quality: Allows configuration of the colors used for VEE Exceptions, Average Measurements, and Maximum Measurements data on the IMD Quality Trend graph.

Configure Statistic Control and Statistic Snapshots

Statistic controls are the source for capturing the numbers of initial measurement records, VEE exceptions, and average and maximum measurements displayed on the Meter Health Check tab.

Statistic snapshots capture the numbers for each metric. Statistic controls are configuration records that define the specific types of metrics to capture.

Statistic snapshots are captured periodically via the F1-STATS (Statistics Control Monitor) batch program.

Configure the following Statistics Control records:

Table listing details for types of health check statistics controls.

Statistics Control

Description

Category

Status

Snapshot Frequency Hours

Retention Mode

Snapshot Business Object

Processing

IMD Processing Statistics - Hourly

Operational

Active

24:00

Retain All Snapshots

IMD Processing Snapshot - Hourly (D1-IMDProcessingHourly)

Quality

IMD Quality Statistics - Hourly

Operational

Active

24:00

Retain All Snapshots

IMD Quality Snapshot - Hourly (D1-IMDQualityHourly)

See Capturing Statistics for more information about statistics.

Configure Statistics Control Business Object

The Statistics Control (F1-Statistics) business object should be configured to specify the "Statistics Control Monitor"  batch control in the Monitor Process drop-down list on the "Active" state.

To configure this business object, do the following:

  1. Open the Statistics Control (F1-Statistics) business object in the Business Object portal.

  2. Navigate to the Lifecycle tab, and expand the "Active" state.

  3. Select "Statistics Control Monitor" from the Monitor Process drop-down list.

  4. Click Save.

Batch Processing

The Meter Health Check tab is configured to be refreshed regularly (as frequently as daily). To refresh the data used in the dashboard, the F1-STATS batch process should be processed in sequence after other regularly schedule batch processing is complete to generate statistic snapshots based on statistic controls.

Use the following parameters when running this batch process:

  • Maintenance Object (maintenanceObject): F1-STATS

  • Restrict by Business Object (restrictToBusinessObject): F1-Statistics

  • Restrict by Status Code (restrictToBOStatus): ACTIVE