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The Metering app is the tool to calculate consumptions of resources (like water, electricity or gas) and charge the related costs to one or more assigned cost centers.
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The calculated consumption of a meter will be charged to the Cost center.
Configuration
Click the Configuration button 
on the left-side menu of the Metering app to open the Configuration page.
Toolbar functions
Function | Description |
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| Add
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| Edit name of selected folder |
| Delete selected element |
| Copy |
| Paste |
| Show chart of selected trending |
| Show cost center plan view |
| Show configuration view |
| Switch to multi-select mode. |
| Export metering |
| Import metering |
| Import ETS structure |
On this page - the Configuration page - the components
- Cost rate
- Resource
- Meter
- Cost center
and assignments to the cost center plan must be set up.
This page has two view modes:
- Configuration view mode
The project tree is shown on the left hand side - the right hand side shows details of the project tree.
Use this view to set up cost rates, resources, meters and cost centers.
To switch to this view click the Configuration button from the menu bar.
- Cost center plan view mode
The project tree is shown on the left hand side - the right hand side shows the cost center plan as a tree. There is only one cost center plan - the root node neither can be deleted nor created newly.
Use this view to add cost centers or meters to the cost center plan. Adding an element to the cost center plan is done by drag & drop with the mouse.
To switch to this view click the Cost Center Plan button from the menu bar.
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The Configuration view is used for setting up metering components. The Cost Center Plan view is used to assign components as cost centers and meters to the Cost Center Plan by drag & drop! |
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Animation - Assigning a meter to two cost centers, charging 50% of the meter to each cost center:
Calculation
Click the Calculation button 
on the left-side menu of the Metering app to open the Calculation page. This page is opened by default, when starting the Metering app.
This page has two view modes:
- Project tree view mode
This is the default view. The left hand side shows the project tree and an empty calculation chart appears on the right hand side.
Use this view to create folders and new calculation charts - or use this view to show previously created calculation charts.
- Cost Center Plan view mode
The left hand side shows the cost center plan and on the right hand side, again, an empty calculation chart appears.
Use this view to add a meter, a cost center or the whole cost center plan to the calculation chart on the right hand side. To add an element to the calculation chart, select it in the cost center plan and drag it on the calculation chart with the mouse.
Create a new calculation chart
Open the Metering app, on the Calculation page switch to the Cost Center Plan view.
Drag e.g. a cost center from the cost center plan on the left hand side to the calculation chart on the right hand side - repeat this step for additional cost centers.
A dialog asks to select the resource and how to add the series to the calculation chart.
Select Show itemized values to display each meter of the selected resource.
This means if a cost center has 2 meters assigned for electricity - select Show itemized values to see both meters and the sum of them in the chart (3 bars shown in the chart), otherwise the chart will only show the sum of the meters (1 bar in the chart).
The following animation shows how to add two cost centers with their meters and the total water meter to a calculation chart.
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Take care of the following difference! Adding a cost center with its meter to the calculation chart: the bar in the chart shows the consumption of the cost center. Adding the meter of a cost center to the calculation chart: the bar in the chart shows the total consumption of the meter. |
Change an existing calculation chart
To change an existing calculation chart open the Calculation page, select the calculation chart to change and click the Configuration button in the header section.
Metering in NETx Core Server Studio
The meters, set up in the Metering app, also appear in the item tree in the NETx Core Server Studio.
In the Module section there is a sub-section Metering, which shows the available meters.
Each meter contains a server item for the Current meter reading and also several server items for the consumptions.