SmartFusion Modules > Utility Billing > Parameters > UB System File > Hand held

Recent Changes:
6.231 
- Added customer phone number, customer email address, customer billing address, route and sequence to replace custom fields 1 to 5 in the export file.

6.199
- The Channel 1 UOM field will now pull from the Unit of Measurement field on the Service Code Read Type if a value exists. Otherwise, it will continue to default to "GAL" / "CF" / "KWH"

6.160
- removed the service point id from the 'Generic' layout
- changed the name of the "Route" column to "Billing Cycle Route" in the 'Generic' Flexnet layout
6.149
- Added 'Generic' to the Flexnet data synchronization export type
6.131
- Added Service point Id to the data pull if the export type is 'Analytics' and 'Add service point ID' is set in Utility billing system file.
6.73 
- Changed the data pull to only include meter location records having no removal date.

6.60
- Changed the datatype for the ReadingMultiplier column in the meter master to a decimal field. It's now 14, with 4 decimal places.

6.46
changed the query to consider the end date when selecting data. it will now select the active customer (customers with no end date), and if it cannot find a row with no end date, it will select the latest row with an end date.

6.29
Changed the service start date and relationship date to correspond the customer's start date. Added "KWH" to the possible values for channel 1 UOM.

6.21
Changed the query that provides the data for the export to include latitude and longitude from the meter table.

6.11
Changed the query that provided the data for the export to include active and inactive meters.

Introduction

The Data Synchronization feature included in Handheld setup allows for the automatic export of meter data to be used in a variety of handheld reader types. For the meter to be included in this file the meter status has to be an 'A' or 'I' and the meter style has to be AMI. These are stored in ar210.

For Analytics Export Type it is looking for the meter status to be an 'A' or 'I' and the meter style to be AMI and the Service Code Read Type to be W(GAL)/G(CF)/E(KWH).

Explanation

The Enable Flexnet data synchronization, File Location, and Schedule Time options must be set for this feature to function.

The functionality will produce a file in the location set up in the File Location setting called dataSyncFile.csv.

The fields in the comma separated file are as follows.

Name Description
Meter Id Meter Serial
Flexnet Id Meter ERT Id
Billing Meter Id Meter Serial
Meter Type Meter Size
Commodity Type Service Code Read Type
Compound Meter Flag Not Currently In Use
State Region Id State
Interval Read Freq "60"
Register Read Freq "1440"
Channel 1 UOM Service Code Read Types - Unit of Measurement. If blank defaults to "GAL" / "CF" / "KWH"
Reading Multiplier Reading Multiplier
Channel 2 UOM Not Currently In Use
Channel 2 Read Multiplier Not Currently In Use
Channel 3 UOM Not Currently In Use
Channel 3 Read Multiplier Not Currently In Use
Channel 4 UOM Not Currently In Use
Channel 4 Read Multiplier Not Currently In Use
Channel 5 UOM Not Currently In Use
Channel 5 Read Multiplier Not Currently In Use
Channel 6 UOM Not Currently In Use
Channel 6 Read Multiplier Not Currently In Use
Channel 7 UOM Not Currently In Use
Channel 7 Read Multiplier Not Currently In Use
Channel 8 UOM Not Currently In Use
Channel 8 Read Multiplier Not Currently In Use
Meter Status "ON"/"OFF"
Location Number Route and Sequence Number
Location Class Master Code
Street Name Street Name
City City
State State
Postal Code Zip Code
Billing Cycle/Route Route Number
Meter Install Date Meter Installed Date From Meter Location
Meter Remove Date Not Currently In Use
Latitude Meter Latitude
Longitude Meter Longitude
Alt.Meter Name Not Currently In Use
Unit Number Not Currently In Use
Street Prefix Not Currently In Use
Street Suffix Direction Not Currently In Use
Street Number Street Number
Alt. Id Account Number
Customer Id Account Number
Customer Name Name
Account Name Name
Last Amt. Billed "0"
Last Meter Read Date Last Billed Reading Date
Service Start Date Customer Start Date
Service End Date Not Currently In Use
Relationship Start Date Customer Start Date
Relationship End Date Not Currently In Use
CTPT Active Date Not Currently In Use
CTPT Inactive Date Not Currently In Use
CTPT Multiplier Not Currently In Use
Customer Phone Number Customer Phone Number
Customer Email Address Customer Email Address
Customer Billing Address Customer Billing Address - will use the alternate billing address if it is active for the current date, if not it will use the mailing address in the customer table
Route Number Route Number
Route Sequence Route Sequence
Custom Field 6 Not Currently In Use
Custom Field 7 Not Currently In Use
Custom Field 8 Not Currently In Use
Custom Field 9 Not Currently In Use
Custom Field 10 Not Currently In Use
Service Point ID Used only for Export Type Analytics if 'Add Service point ID' is set in system file (this field is not seen in the front end in SmartFusion)

Generic Layout:

Name Description
Meter Number Meter Serial
SET Flow ID Meter ERT Id
Billing Identifier Account Number
Commodity Type Service Code Read Type
Customer Name Name
Street Name Street Number and Name
City City
State State
Postal Code Zip Code
Location Number Route and Sequence Number
Billing Cycle Route Route Number

Reference.

Utility Billing System Settings

QA Test Plans For Utility Billing Hand Held

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