Operations Modules Software Configuration
This section lists configuration options in Oracle Utilities Network Management System applications and components, including:
Overview
Unless there is sound reason to change them, Oracle recommends that labels, buttons, table columns and dialogs be left as-is for consistency. This avoids confusion and further improves our ability to support our customers. However, there are cases where such changes are allowed, and the following sections identify those cases. There are also cases where it is allowable to delete a field, button or label. This may mean that the deleted item is actually just "hidden". Depending upon where on the form the deleted or hidden item was originally placed, there may be some "white space" remaining where the deleted item was present.
Web Workspace
Login
• Add and remove usernames (using the Configuration Assistant).
• Delete or rename user types.
Work Agenda
• Change labels of any column.
• Change labels of any menu/toolbar items.
• Add three permanent sorts.
• Change set of Work Queues (or Dispatch Groups).
Main Menus/Toolbar
• Delete or rename items.
Authority
• Define specific control zone hierarchy (up to 5 levels).
Viewer
• Change project symbology file used by Oracle Utilities Network Management System (Customer responsibility - includes AVL crew symbology if configured.
• Viewer background color may be gray or black.
• Annotation and/or landbase color may be changed to be compatible with the Viewer background. All annotation is assumed to be one color, and all landbase graphics are assumed to be a single color.
• Zoom levels.
• Declutter / reclutter.
• Big Symbols.
• Selectable and unselectable objects.
Control Tool
• Change labels for actions.
• Delete actions.
Web Trouble
Event Management Rules
• Delete any standard rule set.
• Change parameter values of any rule in any standard rule set (using the Configuration Assistant).
• Delete any rule in any standard rule set (except in cases where there are rule dependencies).
Event Details
• Delete outage reporting drop down menus.
• Rename outage reporting drop down menus.
• Add and delete items on outage reporting drop down menus (using the Configuration Assistant).
• Add additional option menu field verification prior to completion (e.g., not only must the Failure and Remedy be changed from "Unselected", but it may also check for values in other option menu fields prior to completion).
• Remove current completion validation check or any other configured validation check.
Crew Actions
• Add and Remove Crew Types from standard list of crew types.
• Add and Remove Personnel Job Titles from standard list of job titles.
• Add and Remove Vehicle/Equipment types from standard list of vehicle/equipment type.
• Add and Remove Control Zone filter interactions with the Work Agenda.
Damage Assessment
• Add, remove, or rename damage types.
• Modify the minutes to repair, and minutes to repair if inaccessible, for each damage type.
• Add, remove, or rename damage parts.
Web Call Entry
• Add and remove usernames - using the Configuration Assistant.
• Add/Remove Trouble Codes but must map to Oracle standard trouble codes .
• Change labels and order of columns in Outages Summary.
• Modify Event History Cause drop-down lists to reflect outage reporting drop down menus.
• Can be configured in standalone mode or integrated into Web Workspace. When integrated, the Outages Summary is not supported because the user should use the Work Agenda instead.
Web Callbacks
• Add and remove usernames - using the Configuration Assistant.
• Add/Remove Callback Status options but must map to Oracle standard callback statuses.
• Change labels of any column in main window and View My Callback Lists window.
Web Switching Management
Switching List/Safety List
• Change labels of columns.
• Change labels of menu/toolbar items.
Switching Documents
• Change labels on any header field.
• Delete any header field.
• Change header labels on any switching step field.
• Add additional required fields verification prior to state change.
• Remove any validation check or any other configured validation check.
Safety Documents
• Rename any safety document.
• Change labels on field of standard documents.
• Add additional required fields verification prior to state change.
• Remove any validation check or any other configured validation check.
• Delete any fields of standard documents.
• Delete any standard documents.
• Define up to three new safety documents (starting from a copy of any standard safety documents and making any of the allowable changes listed above).
Power Flow
Power Flow User Tools
• Change labels of columns on Power Flow Results.
• Remove columns to display on Power Flow Results.
Power Flow Algorithm Rules
• Change parameter values of any power flow algorithm rule - using the Configuration Assistant.
Load and Distributed Generation Profiles
• Number of day types.
• Number of load profile intervals.
• Number of Temperature Bands.
• Temperature Band Ranges.
• DER and Weather Zone Configuration.
Seasonal Conductor and Transformer Flow Ratings
• Seasonal limit.
• Normal limit.
• Emergency limit.
Power Flow Switching Extensions
• Change labels of Power Flow specific columns on switching steps.
Fault Location Analysis (FLA)
• Change labels of any column.
• Change ordering of columns.
• Change formatted string value for "Distance from Upstream Switch" column, for example from ft to yds or meters, depending on the GIS units used.
Fault Location, Isolation, and Service Restoration (FLISR)
• Change labels of any column.
• Change labels of any button.
Feeder Load Management (FLM)
• Change labels of any column.
• Change ordering of columns.
Suggested Switching
• Change labels in Suggested Switching user tools.
Optimization
• Change labels of any screen.
Load Shed and Restoration
• Change labels for any column.
• Change ordering of columns.
SCADA Extensions
• Change labels of columns on SCADA Summary page.
• Change tooltips of buttons on SCADA Work Agenda page.
• Change alarm limit values.
Service Alert
Service Alert provides a user interface for update and maintenance of the contact list, notification parameters, customer contact information, and critical/sensitive customer information; it is the customer's responsibility to do this administration via the provided tool. You may modify XSL messages for use by the supported notification mechanisms/devices.
Storm Management
• Change labels of columns.
• Change labels of menu/toolbar items.
• Change the historical average lookup values, but not how they are used in the algorithm.
• Define a sort order for the events that is used by the analysis engine prior to stepping through its periodic analysis, within the constraints of the configuration options available for this purpose.
• Change storm outage type names, definitions and restoration order, within the constraints of the configuration options available for this purpose, including adding or removing some (but not all) outage types (directly tied to the historical average lookup value definition process).
• Specify which of the top three control zone levels is the "simulation level" (the level at which the lookup values are specified).
• Define which crew types are eligible to assess/repair which storm outage types.
• Define performance factors for each crew type.
• Define nominal crew resources.
• Change storm shift definitions, within the constraints that there must be at least one but no more than four shifts, and the sum of all shift lengths must be exactly 24 hours (directly tied to the historical average lookup value definition process).
• Change storm season definitions, within the constraints that there must be at least one but no more than four seasons, and each month must be part of a season (directly tied to the historical average lookup value definition process).
• Change storm holiday definitions, including the removal of all holiday definitions (directly tied to the historical average lookup value definition process).
• Change storm special conditions types (directly tied to the historical average lookup value definition process).
• Change storm level names, including adding or removing some (but not all) levels.
• Change list of company names for the crew resources, including adding or removing some (but not all) names.
• Add and remove usernames and passwords.
• Delete or rename user types.