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Advanced Metering InfrastructureSAP AMI Integration for UtilitiesGlobal AMI WebcastSeptember 18th, 2008

Stefan Pautz, SAP AG


Functional Enhancements – EhP 4Planned Developments after EhP 4

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Functional Enhancements – DeviceManagement I

1Enhancement of Device Category and Device

- Qualification as Smart Meter

- AMI Capabilities of the Meter and of the Advanced Metering System (AMS)

- Relation to the MDUS/AMS

2Enhancement of

- Business Warehouse Content of Device Category/Device

- Business Object repository (Device) to enable Business Workflow for AMI-related processes

- Master Data Generator and Migration Workbench (Device/Installation/Removal/Replacement)

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Functional Enhancements – DeviceManagement II

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Functional Enhancements – DeviceManagement III

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Functional Enhancements – DeviceManagement IV

3Regional Structure and Grid: allocation of an AdvancedMetering System

- Assigned to Division

- Availability for Default, Search Help and Checks (e.g. for installation process)

- Optional Maintenance

- Assignment on City or Street Level (Regional Structure)

DeviceCategory

Full Installation

Technical /Billing relevant

Installation

Device(Information

Record)

Material / SerialNumber

Equipment

Full Replacement

AdvancedMeter*

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Enterprise Services – Technical Master DataExchange I

IS-U MDUS

Replicate Utilities Devices Basic DataRequest

Replicate Utilities Devices BasicData Confirmation

Create Device within IS-U

PI1)

Replicate Utilities Devices BasicData Request

Replicate Utilities Devices Basic DataConfirmation

Register AMI Device within AMI

Assign AMI Device to IS-U Device

UtilitiesDeviceRegisteredNotificationUtilitiesDeviceRegisteredNotification

1) SAP Process Integration

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Enterprise Services – Change of Devices

IS-U MDUSPI1)

Change Utilities Devices MeasurementTask Assignment Request

Change Utilities DevicesMeasurement Task Assignment

Confirmation

Exchange Device

Change Utilities DevicesMeasurement Task Assignment

Request

Change Utilities Devices MeasurementTask Assignment Confirmation

Replicate Utilities DevicesMeasurement Task Assignment

RequestReplicate Utilities Devices

Measurement Task AssignmentRequest

Replicate Utilities DevicesMeasurement Task Assignment

ConfirmationReplicate Utilities Devices

Measurement Task AssignmentConfirmation

Old Device

New Device


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Functional Enhancements – Meter Reading I

2Sending of Meter Reading Orders

- Creation of MR Orders XML Message PI and update of status

- Possibility to save transaction without meter reading results

- BAdI: General decision whether an XML message should be created /sent directly

- Meter Reading Unit NO (Performance)

- Contract, Installation, Devices YES

- Possibility to store confirmation from sending of a meter reading request

1Meter Reading Document – New Fields

Advanced Metering System (AMS); transmission status (TRANSSTAT);transmission date (TRANSDATE) and time (TRANSTIME)

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Functional Enhancements – Meter Reading II

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Functional Enhancements – Meter Reading III

3Receiving of Meter Reading Results (triggered from SAP)

- Receive and storage of meter reading results

- Update of status in meter reading document

4Receiving of Meter Reading Results (pushed by AMS)

- Automatic creation of meter reading orders (technical reasons)

- Handling of different scenarios, e.g. update of meter reading results, etc.

- Confirmation is sent to AMS

Triggering of on-Demand Meter Reading

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Enterprise Services – Meter Reading Process

Send Request for Meter Readings

Confirmation : Request ID , Log

Send Meter Readings

Confirmation : Log

Send Request for Meter Readings

Confirmation : Request ID , Log

Send Meter Readings

Confirmation : Log

IS-U MDUSPI1)


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Functional Enhancements – Meter Reading IV

6Enhancement of Monitoring for Meter Reading Results

- Additional selection criteria for Advanced Metering System,transmission status and transmission date + time

7Cancellation of Meter Reading Orders

- Cancellation message is sent to AMS

- A Previously sent meter reading request results in a cancellation

8General Enhancements for Transactions Using MR Results

- When using a smart meter, fields are grayed-out

- Visibility of fields AMS, transmission status and date + time

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Functional Enhancements – Customer Service(Call Center) I

1Device information in IC WebClient

- Display Informationof AMI-Device andtraditional Device

- AMI-Device dataand capabilitieson PoD level

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2Functional Enhancements – Customer Service(Call Center) II

on-Demand Meter Read

- Trigger on-DemandRead from IC WebClient(MDUS or AMI Meter/Device)

- Display of meterreading values/intervaldata

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Functional Enhancements – Customer Service(Call Center) III

3Disconnection/Reconnection

- Trigger a Disconnection/Reconnection fromIC WebClient (CustomerRequest)

- Trigger a Disconnection/Reconnection from ERP

- Information aboutConnection Status forMeter/PoD (ERP and ICWebClient)

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Functional Enhancements – Customer Service(Call Center) IV

5

Product Selection

- Consideration of available AMI capabilities during product selection in thesales process

- Support of 'smart products' related to ToU

Service order

Trigger service order out of IC WebClient - (Though the BOL layer will bedeveloped, no UI)

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Wiki - Advanced Metering Infrastructure

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Wiki - Enterprise Service Bundle AMI

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Functional Enhancements – EhP 4Planned Developments after EhP 4

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Planned Developments AMI Release 2.0 /Overview

Topic Overview - Functional Gaps

Joint Energy Data Management

Remote Disconnection/Reconnection

Device Management

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Planned Developments AMI Release 2.0Joint Energy Data Management

Topic 1: Integration of MDUS into SAP

Subtopic 1: Integration of MDUS into SAP

- Tight integration of MDUS with SAPfor Utilities

- Transfer aggregation rules dynamicallyto the MDUS

- Support of the various billing scenariosin paricular for residential customer

- based on a dynamic call to MDUSduring billing, values stored in MDUS

Subtopic 2: Consumption Storage- Storage of Consumption for billing

purposes

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Planned Developments AMI Release 2.0Remote Disconnection/Reconnection

Subtopic 1: AMI: Dis/Reconnection ERP- Reversal processing with

regard to MDUS- Triggering approval process- Scheduling Process (i.e. changing of

planned dis/reconnection date)- Status Handling- Monitoring of Message Flow

Subtopic 2: AMI: Disconnection/ReconnectionCRM- Process Customer Approval

in IC WebClient

Subtopic 3: Enterprise Services for AMIDisconnection/Reconnection- Services for remote disconnection/reconnection

Topic 1: Finalize Developments started in Enhancement Package 4

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Planned Developments AMI Release 2.0Device Management

Topic 1: Enhancement of Device Management forAMI Part II (Master)- Round off enhancements done EhP4- Handling of Gas/Water Meters/Devices as AMI Devices- Handling of separate disconnect/reconnect units

Topic 2: Enterprise Services for Enhancement of theDevice Management for AMI Part II (Master)

- enterprise Services for Device Master Data Exchangewith MDUS

Topic 3: On-Demand Request for AMI-Meter/Device status ERP (Master)- Enhancement of Device Screens (e.g. Display Device, Device Modification etc.)

in order to trigger an on Demand Status request- Display the status information

Topic 4: On-Demand Request for AMI-Meter/Device status CRM (Sub)- Enhancement of Device View in IC WebClient in order to trigger an on DemandStatus request’

- Display the status information- Alert functionality

Topic 5: Enterprise Services for on-Demand Request for AMI-Meter/Devicestatus (Sub )- Querry service for the Business Object Utilities Device

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Planned Developments AMI Release 2.0Device Management

Topic 6: AMI-Monitoring of Data Exchange between SAP for Utilitiesand MDUS- Monitoring of data exchange between an MDUS/ MDM system enterprise

Services for Device Master Data Exchangewith MDUS

- New transaction for AMI Data ExchangeMonitoring,

- UI changes for branching from ISU transactionsto transaction for AMI Data Exchange Monitoring

- Linking visually in- and outbound messagesbelonging to the same object.

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Planned Developments AMI Release > 2.0Overview

Topic Overview - Functional GapsManagement of non-Energy DataRemote Load ReductionPrepaymentDemand ResponseForecasting and AnalyticsOutage ManagementFraud and Theft Detection

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