ISU DM : Meter Reading Control


This post is about Meter Reading Control.
During Meter Reading Order Creation, one can control the sequence of Meter Readings of different categories.
The different Scheduled Meter Reading Categories are and not limited to
01 Meter Reading by Utility
02 Meter Reading by Customer
03 Automatic Estimation
04 Meter Reading Interpolated

The scheduled Meter Reading Category can be controlled in 2 places
* The Meter Reading Unit
* Using Transaction EL06 for mass generation of Meter Reading Orders.
Note :
It’s not possible to change the scheduled Meter Reading Category in Transaction EL01 as there is no option to change it there. πŸ˜›
Also during individual order creation, Meter Reading by Customer (02) or Automatic Estimation (03) is not possible because an order for Meter Reading by the Utility is created automatically(01).

The help site for this is here.
http://help.sap.com/erp2005_ehp_05/helpdata/en/67/a53136b2cc11d3a66100a0c9303371/content.htm

The customizing link is SAP Utilities -> Device Management -> Meter Reading -> Basic Settings -> Define Meter Reading Control

Note :
An Installation is only permitted for Meter Reading by Customer or Estimation if Meter Reading Control has been defined in the Installation.
So if in Customizing
* no entry in Permitted Customer Meter Reading(CMR),Permitted Estimated Readings(EST) & Est+CMR
Then the meter reading order is created according to the scheduled Meter Reading Category from Scheduling.
* 0 entered in all 3 fields
Order created for Meter Reading by Utility Company only.

So enough of theory , now the scenario.
* 2 Installations are present.Meter Reading happens on monthly basis i.e. at the last day of the month.
* In the MRU the Scheduled Meter Reading Category is 01 – Meter Reading by Utility.
* The System is customized to allow 2 Meter Reading by Customer.
* The Installations have the Meter Reading Control field filled.
* The Meter Reading Order is mass generated always using Transaction EL06 so that Scheduled Meter Reading Category can be changed to 02 – Meter Reading by Customer.

The purpose is to show how the Meter Reading Control works and also that its dependent on the Customer(Meter reading Reason).
If the Customer moves out and a new one moves in then this is taken into account and the Meter Reading Control resets the counter(not in the Customizing but in its logic) for Meter Reading Customer.

Now the presentation πŸ™‚
The slides can be seen here.


Slide 5 : The Customizing Setting is shown. For Residential Customers(0001) Permitted Number of Meter Reading by Customer is 02.
Slide 6 : The 2 Installation 1655 and 1656 are shown.For both the Meter Reading Control has been defined as 0001.

Slide 7 : Meter Reading Order is generated for the MRU on 31012011 for Scheduled Meter Reading Category ’02 – Meter Reading by Customer’ using transaction EL06 . The log shows that 2 Installations were processed.
Slide 8 : Meter Reading is entered for the Customer for 31012011.Check the Scheduled Meter Reading Category. Its ’02’.

Slide 9 : Now a Move out is done for Installation 1656 on 28022011.Meter Reading is given for this. A Movein happens for the same Installation on 01032011 , Meter Reading is given for this.
Slide 10 : Meter Reading Order is generated for the MRU on 28022011 for Scheduled Meter Reading Category ’02 – Meter Reading by Customer’ using transaction EL06 . The log shows that 2 Installations were processed.
Slide 11 : Meter Reading by Customer is done for Installation 1655. For Installation 1656 a moveout and move in has happened ,so the Meter Reading is already present with a different Meter Reading Reason.
Slide 12 : Shows that for Installation 1655 2 Meter Readings by Customer has been done. For Installation 1656 1 Meter Reading by Customer has been done.

Slide 13 : Meter Reading Order is generated for the MRU on 31032011 for Scheduled Meter Reading Category ’02 – Meter Reading by Customer’ using transaction EL06 . The log shows that only 1 Installations was processed.
Slide 14 : Meter Reading by Customer is done for Installation 1656.So Meter Reading Order was generated only for Installation 1656 and not for Installation 1655.
Slide 15 : Shows that for Installation 1655 2 Meter Reading for Customer is done ,so it’s not allowing to create a Meter Reading Order for Meter Reading by Customer. For Installation 1656 2 Meter Reading by Customer have been done but they have been by different Customers (remember the moveout and movein) , so one thing is shown that Meter Reading Control is working, Now lets see if Meter Reading Control works on individual customer basis or not.

Slide 16 : Meter Reading Order is generated for the MRU on 30042011 for Scheduled Meter Reading Category ’02 – Meter Reading by Customer’ using transaction EL06 . The log shows that only 1 Installations was processed.Meter Reading is entered by the Customer for Installation 1656.
Slide 17 : Shows that now for Installation 1656 there are 2 Meter Reading by Customer.this proves that Meter Reading Control works on Individual Customer basis i.e. it depends on the Meter Reading Reason.

Slide 18 : Meter Reading Order is generated for the MRU on 31052011 for Scheduled Meter Reading Category ’02 – Meter Reading by Customer’ using transaction EL06 . The log shows that 0 Installations was processed as expected. Both Installation 1655 and 1656 have exceeded their permitted number of readings by Customer and so the Meter Reading Order for both of then is not generated.

Yeah done !!! (took a lot of time to write all this down πŸ™‚ )

Do leave your feedback/comments πŸ™‚

6 thoughts on “ISU DM : Meter Reading Control

  1. Hey hi there,

    Great to see a website which shares some thing in ISU, can you mail me your personal email ID as i have some more queries on Estimation process.. Hope you reply

    Regards
    Syed Irfan

    1. Interpolation is a method of getting new data within the range of a known data obtained in the past.
      Like if I have profile values coming into the system for every 15 minutes. I am missing the profile value at 00:45:00. Then the system would interpolate the profile value for this time either by using readings of the past(depending on customizing go back a year for the reading on same date for 00:45:00) or the reading which is just before(00:30:00) and after this (01:00:00).
      refer this.
      http://help.sap.com/erp2005_ehp_07/helpdata/en/8f/bb6c3cbfac384fe10000000a114084/content.htm?frameset=/en/8f/bb6c3cbfac384fe10000000a114084/frameset.htm&current_toc=/en/81/a0023b288dd720e10000000a114084/plain.htm&node_id=16

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