In Construction Pending / Device Decommissioning (ICP)
Oracle Utilities Network Management System supports the modeling and visualization of devices that are in-construction as well as devices that are marked for decommissioning. ICP can be used for commissioning new construction (such as road widening) and should not be used for nominal-state changes (such as feeder load balancing).
Device Lifecycles
In a GIS system, a device will fall in to one of four possible states:
Device State
in GIS
Description
Install
Objects that are proposed construction or new objects to be commissioned at a future date
Existing
All objects that are in the GIS as-built and commissioned
Remove
Objects that are commissioned today and are part of the active model however there is a construction plan to remove these objects
Retired
All objects that have been completely de-commissioned. These devices will not exist in the real-time system.
Model Requirements for ICP
In order to use In Construction Pending (ICP), each affected device must have an additional value listed in their physical_properties entry inside the import file, as shown below:
Device State
in GIS
Required Physical_Properties Value in Import files
Install
Construction
Existing
NA
Remove
Decommission
Retired
NA
 
The model preprocessor calculates these values and writes them out into import files.
Note: Model Extractors must be modified to not filter out devices in the "Install" state.
Model Builds and Commissioned/Decommissioned Devices
The Commissioning Tool moves devices between "Not Commissioned" and "Commissioned" as well as "Not Decommissioned" and "Decommissioned".
If an operator commissions a device, marked as Construction, a model build will not reset the commissioning state (i.e., Subsequent model builds will not undo changes made by the Commissioning Tool).
Effect of ICP Devices on Network Topology
Devices affect the network’s topology as follows:
Device State
Commissioned / Decommissioned
Does Device affect Network Model
Install
Not commissioned
No.
Install
Commissioned
Yes. As normal existing device.
Remove
Not decommissioned
Yes. As normal existing device.
Remove
Decommissioned
No.
ICP Device Symbology
The Viewer will hide certain ICP-marked devices and display certain ICP devices with additional symbology.
Device State
Commissioned / Decommissioned
Default Visibility
Special symbology
Install
Not commissioned
Hidden
Yes.
Install
Commissioned
Visible
Yes
Existing
NA
Visible
No
Remove
Not decommissioned
Visible
Yes
Remove
Decommissioned
Hidden
Yes
Note: See "Understanding the Viewer" in the Oracle Utilities Network Management SystemUser Guide for more information on ICP symbology and how to use the Commissioning Tool.
Troubleshooting Issues with ICP Device Symbology
If you notice that some pending construction and pending decommission objects are missing conditions and are not hiding correctly with the Hide/Display option in the Viewer, you can run DBCleanup with the -fixICP option.
To see the objects that are missing conditions:
DBCleanup -fixICP -showMe
To add the conditions:
DBCleanup -fixICP
DDService is required to be running. No services need to be stopped or restarted when using this option.
You can run DBCleanup -fixICP -skipMBSCheck if you are only performing this ICP cleanup routine and no other model-related routines.
Note: running DBCleanup -fixAll does not run the -fixICP option.