File hierarchy

Viewing a file hierarchy allows you to select a file and then view the files to which the selected file is related. The File Hierarchy dialog includes a summary section at the top of the window. You can export this data to a Microsoft Excel file.

The following information about the selected file is included in this section:

File Name

Defines the file name.

File State

Describes the state of the file. The valid values are as follows:

• Not yet processed

• In process

• Error

• Deleted

• Processed

• Resubmit

• Pass thru

File Type

Describes the file type. The valid values are as follows:

• XML. Incoming reading files

• Work bin. Files that contain the reading files for further ARI processing

• Clean Reading. Binary files that contain validated readings, both actual and estimated. Clean reading files appear in the ARI Files user interface only as .ETB/.BCB files. These files are representative of many other files that are produced by VE processing. .ETB/.BCB files are clean reading files for both interval readings and register readings. An .ETB or .BCB file with a file size of 0 indicates that the file contains only register readings. When you resubmit an .ETB file, all other files that are related to it that are produced by VE processing, and which you do not see in ARI Dashboard, are resubmitted with it. For more information about the files produced by VE processing, see the AMI Readings Import Guide.

• Reading Gaps

• Filled Gaps

• Banked

• Pass Thru

• ARI Bypass

The Files that contributed to me section provides a list of files that contributed to the selected file. The Files I contribute to section provides a list of files to which the selected file contributes. In both sections, the following columns provide detail information:

File Name

Defines the file name.

File Type

Describes the file type. The valid values are as follows:

• XML. Incoming reading files

• Work bin. Files that contain the reading files for further ARI processing

• Clean Reading. Binary files that contain validated readings, both actual and estimated. Clean reading files appear in the ARI Files user interface only as .ETB/.BCB files. These files are representative of many other files that are produced by VE processing. .ETB/.BCB files are clean reading files for both interval readings and register readings. An .ETB or .BCB file with a file size of 0 indicates that the file contains only register readings. When you resubmit an .ETB file, all other files that are related to it that are produced by VE processing, and which you do not see in ARI Dashboard, are resubmitted with it. For more information about the files produced by VE processing, see the AMI Readings Import Guide.

• Reading Gaps

• Filled Gaps

• Banked

• Pass Thru

• ARI Bypass

File State

Describes the state of the file. The valid values are as follows:

• Not yet processed

• In process

• Error

• Deleted

• Processed

• Resubmit

• Pass thru

Creation Date

Defines the date and time when the external system created the readings import file.

Current Day

Defines the import day for the ARI file.

File Size

Describes the file size in bytes.

Last Updated

Defines the date that the file was last updated.

File Path

Describes the file receiver's local path.