Manage Preliminary Reading
Explanation
This activity is
used to
change a Preliminary reading into a valid reading, or to mark it as incorrect.
An assistant will guide you through the process. The reading will have been set as a
Preliminary Reading having failed validation, when entered against an Equipment
Object Parameter in the Measurements for Object
window. The assistant allows for the correction reason to be selected (Incorrect
Reading/Meter Change/Meter Roll-over), and then provides for the relevant data
to be entered for that reason. Provided that all the data has been entered, and
the reading validates, then the Preliminary Reading will be converted to another
Measurement Type. If more than one sequential reading exists of the type
Preliminary Reading, only the earliest of these can be corrected via the
assistant.
Following correction, the subsequent readings will be re-validated, and will
either be set as Recorded Readings, or if they still fail validation, will
remain as Preliminary Readings - the earliest of which can then in turn be
corrected.
Prerequisites
The parameter must be of Value Type ‘Accumulated’. ‘Limit’ type parameters are
not affected by Meter Roll-overs and Meter Changes in the same way as
Accumulated type parameters, as they do not have an accumulating Total Value.
System Effects
- The Preliminary Reading will be converted to a different Measurement Type.
- If ‘Reading is incorrect’ is selected, the Preliminary Reading will be converted
to an ‘Incorrect Reading’ - with the option to add an additional valid Recorded
Reading as a replacement.
- If ‘Meter has rolled over’ is selected, the Preliminary Reading will be
converted to a ‘Recorded Reading’ and a ‘Meter Rollover’ record will be
inserted, at an earlier date to record the Rollover value.
- If ‘Meter has been changed’ is selected, the Preliminary Reading will be
converted to a ‘Recorded Reading’ and two additional records will be inserted at
an earlier date - ‘Before Meter Change’ and ‘After Meter Change’, recording the
end value of the old meter, and the start value of the new meter.
Window
Measurements for Object
Measurements
Related Window Descriptions
Measurements for Object
Measurements
Procedure
You can manage a preliminary reading from the
Measurements for Object window, or the
Measurements
window.
Managing a preliminary reading from the Measurements for Object
window:
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Populate the
Measurements for Object window with an equipment object.
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Select a parameter record
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Identify a Preliminary reading in the Measurement History records, below the
parameter measurements. If there is more than one Preliminary record in a
sequence, select the earliest dated record.
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Right-click, then click
Manage Preliminary Reading
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An assistant appears, showing details of the object and parameter/meter
selected. Select one of the three options to manage the reading - Incorrect
reading/Meter roll-over/Meter change.
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Proceed to the next step, the details of which depend upon the type of
correction selected.
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For an Incorrect reading - enter the correct Recorded Value. The
Registration Date can be changed, if required, and a Measurement Note
can be added. The new value will be validated for the entered date.
If there is no replacement reading required or possible, select the
Correct Reading Unknown tick box. Click Finish once the data is
correct.
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For a Meter roll-over - the current registered roll-over value for the meter
will be presented for checking (and changing if wrong), or if no value
exists, enter a value in the Meter Roll-over Value field.
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Proceed to the final step, to review the data. The Meter Roll-over Value
will be used to create a new measurement record, and the Total Value
of the selected reading will be adjusted to include the roll-over value.
Click Finish if the data is correct.
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For a Meter change - the details of the new meter need to be entered - the
Start Value, the Meter Change Date, and where relevant the
Meter ID and Meter Roll-over value. The old meter End Value
should also be entered. If any of the Start Value/End Value/Meter Change
Date fields are unknown, the relevant tick boxes can be selected, resulting
in default values being entered. The End Value is defaulted to the
last known reading. The Start Value is defaulted to zero. The
Meter Change Date is defaulted to midway between the Selected
Registration Date and the last reading date. Click Finish once
the data is correct.
Managing a preliminary reading from the
Measurements window:
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Populate the
Measurements window with an equipment
object/parameter, sorted by registration date.
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Identify a Preliminary reading in the
Measurements records. If
there is more than one Preliminary record in a sequence, select the earliest
dated record.
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Right-click, then click
Manage Preliminary Reading
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An
assistant appears, showing details of the object and parameter/meter
selected. Select one of the three options to manage the reading - Incorrect
reading/Meter roll-over/Meter change.
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Proceed to the next step, the details of which depend upon the type of
correction selected
- For an Incorrect reading - enter the correct Recorded Value. The
Registration Date can be changed, if required, and a Measurement Note
can be added. The new value will be validated for the entered date.
If there is no replacement reading required or possible, select
the Correct Reading Unknown tick box. Click Finish once the
data is correct
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For a Meter roll-over - the current registered roll-over value for the meter
will be presented for checking (and changing if wrong), or if no value
exists, enter a value in the Meter Roll-over Value field.
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Proceed to the final step, to review the data. The
Meter Roll-over Value
will be used to create a new measurement record, and the Total Value
of the selected reading will be adjusted to include the roll-over value.
Click Finish if the data is correct.
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For a Meter change - the details of the new meter need to be entered - the
Start Value, the Meter Change Date, and where relevant the
Meter ID and Meter Roll-over value. The old meter End Value
should also be entered. If any of the Start Value/End Value/Meter Change
Date fields are unknown, the relevant tick boxes can be selected, resulting
in default values being entered. The End Value is defaulted to the
last known reading. The Start Value is defaulted to zero. The
Meter Change Date is defaulted to midway between the Selected
Registration Date and the last reading date. Click Finish once
the data is correct