Digital Asset Table Setup Sequence
The table below provides the suggested order for the setup of administrative data used with Oracle Utilities Digital Asset Cloud Service and Oracle Utilities Digital Asset Management.
Entity
Description
1
Feature Configuration
These are options that can be set to impact system processing. Typically these have wide ranging impact across several modules (e.g., multi-time zone support)
1
Country
Your organization's country.
1
Currency
Your organization's native currency.
1
Display Profile
Controls how dates, times, and numbers displayed.
1
Language
The language to use for this implementation.
1
Time Zone
Your organization's base time zone.
1
Work Calendar
The work calendar for your organization, which identifies your public holidays.
2
Installation Options
Control various global aspects of the system.
2
To Do Role
Used to associate users with To Do entries.
2
To Do Type
Used to define types of To Do Entries.
3
User
Defines a user's user groups, data access roles, portal preferences, default values, and To Do roles.
3
User Group
A group of users who have the same degree of security access.
3
Service Type
Defines specific types of service for which usage can be recorded and captured (electric, gas, steam, etc.).
4
Division
Delineates between different operating companies within a large conglomerate of utilities.
4
Outbound Message
Defines messages sent to external systems.
5
External System
Defines External Systems with which Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management should be able to communicate.
6
Head End Systems
External entities that serve various roles relative to the application (head-end systems, outage management systems, etc.).
6
External Applications
External entities that serve various roles relative to the application (head-end systems, outage management systems, etc.).
6
Program Subscription Contact Type
Defines properties of a class of entities (businesses, persons).
7
Activity Type
Defines properties common to a specific type of activity.
7
Communication Type
Define properties common to a specific type of communication.
7
Service Task Type
Defines specific types of enrollment and unenrollment processes 
7
Program Type
Defines information common to dynamic options of a specific type.
7
Manufacturer
Individual companies that makes devices. Manufacturers also reference models.
8
Controllable Asset Type
Defines information about a class of controllable assets.
9
Controllable Device Type
Defines information about a class of controllable devices.
10
Device Location Type
Defines specific types of locations at which devices are installed.
10
Metered Service Point Type
Defines specific types of points where services are provided.
11
Program Calculation Group
Collections of program calculation rules used to calculate device control scores.
12
Program Calculation Rule
Defines rules that calculate device control scores
13
Metered Service Type
Defines collections of properties common to a set of metered service records
13
Program Subscription Type
Defines collections of properties common to a set of Program Subscriptions.
14
Program Rules
Defines specific rules and parameters used by programs and program calculation rules.
14
Program Initiatives
 Defines criteria used to determine if customers are eligible to participate in programs.
14
Customer Questions
Defines specific information related to a customer or their service.
15
Processing Methods
Control various behaviors for external applications, head end systems, and market participants within the system such as which message is sent, how an external value is translated, among others.
16
Master Configuration
Configuration that applies to series of modules that acts as a central point of configuration rather than embedding repetitive configuration throughout a set of algorithms.
17
Information Lifecycle Management
Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) is designed to address data management issues, with a combination of processes and policies so that the appropriate solution can be applied to each phase of the data's lifecycle.
Note:
The Oracle Utilities Work and Asset Management functionality included with Oracle Utilities Digital Asset Cloud Service and Oracle Utilities Digital Asset Management uses some of the above administrative data. Refer to Table Setup Sequence for additional information about setting up administrative data used with Oracle Utilities Work and Asset Management.