About Activities
Activities cover a range of functional process within the system from smart meter commands, synchronization of consumption between related measuring components, service order management activities, and statistics and aggregations.
The table below provides the full list of activity type categories supported and a brief description of how they are used:
Activity Type Category
Activities of this type category are used to
Bulk Activity
Initiate a smart meter command for a group of meters using Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway
Command Request
Initiate a smart meter command for an individual meter using Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway
Consumption Sync
Trigger related measuring component estimation synchronization
Device Event Activity
Represent a device event. These are used when viewing usage and events with the Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management 360 Degree View.
Dimension Scanner
Trigger dimension scanning when aggregating usage, statistics, and other data.
Error Activity
Represent errors in activity processing.
Extract Request
Retrieve usage and device events from a head-end system using Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway
Field Activity
Initiate field work via a message to an external field work system. Activities of this type are most often created by a request orchestration activity.
Meter Read Download Activity
Download a list of meters to be read.
Multi Device Command Request
Initiate a smart meter command for multiple meters (for head-end systems that support multi-device commands) using Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway
Non-Dispatchable Activity
Represent steps or stages in a larger process in which the system is waiting for a resolution from another system. Examples include "Wait for Measurement" or "Wait for Scheduled Read."
Orchestration Maintenance
Update or cancel an active service order activity.
Payload Statistics
Calculate processing statistics for usage and device event import processing
Request Orchestration
Orchestrate the steps necessary to fulfill a service request, based on the current state of the service point related to the request.
Suppression
Suppress sending of device events to subscribing systems (such as Oracle Utilities Network Management System)
Usage Transaction Correction Processor
Trigger correction processing for usage transactions when corrected usage is received that would impact an existing usage transaction