Validation

Use the following procedure to configure a Validation task template:

1. Go to System Operations > Task Management > Task Templates.

2. Use the dropdown menu to select the Task Type and Task Template. (Click Add to create a new task template. For more information, see Adding task templates.)

3. Configure the Task specific parameters. These parameters are defined after step 5 of this procedure.

4. Configure the Common task template parameters. For more information, see Task template parameters.

5. Click Save.

Important! The Group checkbox option must be selected on the Validation task template in order to add it to the recurring schedule. For more information, see Recurring schedule task types.

Task specific parameters:

Select ID

Service Point. The physical location (or locations) on a premise, where the utility company considers the commodity that it supplies (water, gas, energy, and so on), to be delivered to the customer. The service points is not necessarily the same location on the premise where the commodity is metered. Service points are unaffected by meter and account changes. Some utilities and utility software refer to a service point alternatively as a point of delivery.

Channel Number. Select or enter the service point channel number.

Entity Type

Group checkbox. When the Group checkbox option is selected, the validation task using the Validation task template will use the configuration group to perform the validation. The Validation task template for a group can be saved for all types of entities available under the Entity type (Account, Customer, Meter, Service Point, Service Point Channel).

Select Time Span

Time Period. Defines the time span of the data to include in the task for exports, reports, and other tasks. Some common time periods include: Today, Yesterday, Month, Month to Date, Week, Week to Date, Year, and Year to Date.

Start Date. Defines the first day from which to include data in the task.

Tip: Defines the date to start the baseline calculation. Use this parameter to indicate how far back your baseline is needed. Typically, this is the first day of operation or recovery period. If this value is not properly set, it may default to the beginning of time, and Like Days may calculate as far back as historic data is available. This will overwhelm the LikeDayAlgorithmDate table and lead to slower processing.

End Date. Defines the last day from which to include data in the task. To include the full 24 hours of the last day, the task will be scheduled with an adjusted End Date (that is, adding one day to the End Date entered in the task parameter).

Time Zone. Defines the time zone that corresponds to the time period and start/end dates you select in the task template.

Recurring Offset Start Time. Applies an offset to the schedule occurrence time to calculate the task start time. The offset period can be in minutes, hours, or days (whole numbers only).

Recurring Offset End Time. Applies an offset to the schedule occurrence time to calculate the task end time. The offset period can be in minutes, hours, or days (whole numbers only).

Other parameters:

Compare Statuses. Determines whether or not to compare reading statuses in addition to comparing the current reading values to validate values. Select True to compare both reading values and statuses to determine changed readings. Select False to disable this setting.

Force Complete. Determines if the export is able to run with partial data. Select True to allow the export to run with partial data. As more data arrives, the export picks up where it left off. Select False to force the export task to wait until all data is available before exporting. Forced Complete supports exporting a collection of linked service point channels (for example, linked to accounts).

Save Only When Readings Change. Defines when validated readings are saved. Select True to save readings only when the readings are different from the current readings being validated. Select False to save all validated readings.

Validate Readings By Day. Defines whether to validate and save the readings by a date range or as a single daily chunk. Select True to validate and save readings in daily chunks. Select False to validate and save the entire date range as a single reading group.

Validation and Estimation Log Level. Determines which validation and estimation logs will be stored. Select All to save all validation and estimation logs, regardless of if they pass or fail. By default, All is selected. Select Fail to store the validation and estimation logs for validation results where the Validation Status equals failed or error. If the secondary validation passed, then the validation and estimation logs will not be stored. If the secondary validation failed, then the validation and estimation logs will be stored.

Important! The Validation and Estimation Log Level task parameter is available only to users who have IEE MDM 10.4.

Note: This option is only applicable to the Validation task type. In-line validation (for example, Reading XML Import Enhanced and AMI Reading Import) remain unchanged, in that all validation and estimation logs will be stored.

Tip: If auto estimation is disabled, when Route to Queue is checked, the validation and estimation logs will be stored even if the log option is set to Fail.