The Oracle Utilities Network Management System Distribution Management System (DMS) uses DERMS forecast updates of various fuel source types (such as wind, solar/photovoltaic, diesel, and so forth) for power flow analysis. The forecast updates are loaded into the NMS PF_DER_FORECAST, PF_DER_DEMAND_RESPONSE_FORECAST, and PF_WEATHER_ZONE_FORECAST database tables.

The DMS uses NCA forecast data for Network Capacity Allocation analysis. The forecast and price updates are loaded into the NMS NET_CAP_ALLOCATION_FORECAST table.These tables may be populated by any mechanism suitable for the project's business processes and data sources. An NMS script, nms‑DERMSAdapter, can be used to load the tables with data from a CSV file or an RDBMS table.

The DMS can also use short-term load and generation forecast data from external systems for PowerFlow calculations.

The forecast data from multiple systems is extracted and stored in the PF_GEN_LOAD_FORECAST database table. An NMS script, nms-DERMSAdapter, can be used to load forecast data to the tables with data from a CSV file.