License Restrictions Matrix
 
Oracle Utilities Work and Asset Management and Oracle Utilities Operational Device Management are built upon a common asset management architecture. Both products include functionality which must be licensed correctly in order to be used. The table below provides information about these functional areas.
” indicates that the functional area is included with the product.
*” indicates that the functional area is included with the product, but in order to use the functionality customers must license additional products. For example, a customer licensing Oracle Utilities Work and Asset Management who wishes to use ESRI GIS must license Oracle Utilities Work and Asset Management Connector for Geospatial Information Systems.
” indicates that the functional area is not included with the product.
In order to use functionality listed as “not included”, customers must license the product that includes the desired functionality. For example, a customer licensing Oracle Utilities Operational Device Management who wishes to perform purchasing functions must also license Oracle Utilities Work and Asset Management.
 
Oracle Utilities
Work and Asset
Management
Oracle Utilities
Operational Device
Management
360 Degree Search
The 360 Degree View feature allows users to view data for assets, components, contacts and locations from a single set of portals.
Asset Configurations and Configuration Reports
A single asset or component can have many parameters and only certain combinations of parameter values that are allowed. Multiple assets and/or components may work together as a group with only certain combinations of settings that are allowed or supported.
Asset Management for Smart Devices
Provides functionality such as the management of firmware updates and testing for smart meters and other devices.
Activity Management for Smart Devices
Provides functionality for the creation of activities related to smart devices such as firmware updates and testing.
Integration to Meter Data Management
This is a direct integration between Oracle Utilities Operational Device Management and Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management where Oracle Utilities Operational Device Management provides functionality to mange the receipt, installation, maintenance, tracking and removal of large volumes of assets; and Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management supports the loading, Validation, Editing, and Estimation (VEE) of meter data - from meter configuration, to meter read and usage validation to bill determinant calculations.
Asset Replication
As devices and other assets are received in large quantities, the Asset Replication portal allows for the receipt, inspection, storage and other processing of these assets in batches.
Process Integration Pack for Oracle Utilities Field Work
The Process Integration Pack for Oracle Utilities Field Work supports the creation and synchronization of field work records between Oracle Utilities Mobile Workforce Management and Oracle Utilities Work and Asset Management.
Approval Processing
Functionality which routes records when they require approval. Approval profiles are set up to manage the requirements for the approval. Approvers can use the Approval Dashboard to manage the approvals that require their attention.
Asset Management
Asset management provides functionality to track the purchase, repair, and maintenance of assets and asset components using general work management processing, condition assessments, preventive maintenance techniques, purchasing processing and inventory tracking.
Oracle Utilities Work and Asset Management Connector for Geospatial Information Systems
The GIS Integration uses the Esri ArcGIS server to allow users to view asset layers on a map, and to create and view work requests and work orders on the map. Access the map from the GIS menu after the configuration steps have been completed.
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Financial Transactions and Accounting
The system tracks transactions that incur costs including purchasing and procurement costs, inventory and stocking costs, and the costs associated with the labor, equipment and materials that are incurred when completing work.
Home Page Functionality
The home page provides a comprehensive dashboard where you can access much of the information you need to review and complete your work.
Inventory Management
Inventory is tracked, ordered, and received from vendors and allocated in the Inventory system. As inventory is allocated to work, the system passes this information back to the Work Management system so that maintenance managers and crews know that their parts are available.
Preventive Maintenance
The preventive maintenance functionality allows users to predefine maintenance strategies for assets or specific asset locations. This includes defining template work orders and preventative maintenance triggers to manage the frequency of each preventative maintenance work order. Also included in the preventive maintenance functionality is the ability to define maintenance events to manage event based preventive maintenance such as shutdown work.
Purchasing Management
Purchasing functions can be used to plan, initiate, and process purchases and purchasing contracts from requisition to invoicing. The system also manages vendors, designated buyers, and stock items.
Construction Work Management
Construction Work Management functions can be used to plan and manage work related to construction work. This includes the ability to create work designs and construction work orders, as well as the ability to perform activity reconciliation prior to passing information to a fixed asset system.
Resource Management
Resources encompass any object that contributes to the running of your organization. This includes crews and crew shifts, employees, equipment, contacts, documents, standard notes and attachments, and so on.
Work Management
Work management is the process by which work orders are requested, planned, approved and activated, work is performed and then work is finished and closed. While the work is being performed, materials, equipment assets and labor are tracked, as applicable to your business processes.