Understanding Usage Subscription Quantity Types

Usage subscription quantity types define types of quantities that can be stored for a usage subscription. These quantity types are often infrequently calculated descriptors of a given customer and how they relate, at an aggregate level, to either the customer base as a whole or their particular rate class. For example, a customer quantity may be used to store a scaling factor that describes how a given customer’s usage compares to the profiled usage for their rate class.

In a settlement implementation, usage subscription quantity types can be used to define values calculated monthly, annually, etc., such as annual peak load contribution (PLC).

Usage subscription quantity types use the following parameters:

• Service Type: The service type (electric, gas, water, etc.) for service point quantities of this type.
• Usage Subscription Quantity Business Object: The business object used for usage subscription quantities of this type.
• Usage Subscription Quantity Identifiers: Value identifiers related to the current usage subscription quantity type (used to provide shorthand descriptions of the various types of values measured by usage subscription quantities of this type).