Managing Unit System Data
The Unit System Editor provides an interface for managing commodities, observation types, units of measure, and equivalencies in the EnergyCAP application.
Default Commodities, Types, Units and Equivalencies cannot be deleted. The user may only modify their Display names, NOT their Codes which are fixed.
User-created Commodities, Types, Units and Equivalencies can be deleted. The user may modify their Display names AND their Codes.
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Editing or deleting unit system data can cause unexpected behavior in other areas. Because in some database tables, EnergyCAP stores billing data based on unit conversions in place at the time of bill entry, modifications to the unit system may require running the cleanbill* process for historical bills. |
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From the Tools menu in any module or view, select Unit System. The Unit System Editor window appears.
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Select the Commodities tab to manage commodities. Commodities are the energy resources supplied by utilities (e.g. natural gas, electricity, coal, etc.).
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Select the Types tab to manage observation types. Observation types are used to describe individual line items from the utility bill (e.g. billed demand, fee, tax, use, etc.)
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Select the Units tab to manage unit of measures. Units refer to the unit of measure associated with the commodity (e.g., kWh, gallons, cu yd., etc.)
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Select the Equivalencies tab to manage unit equivalencies. Equivalencies relate the various units of measure that share the same Class.
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Exit the Unit System Editor by clicking Close.
*Cleanbill is a script which reprocesses a defined set of bill data, marking the set as 'dirty' and then repopulating relevant database tables based on the newest unit conversion settings. This process updates values for native usage units, common usage units, and rollup usage units.
