Introduction
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.
The calculation is based on measurement data e.g. of a trending.
To open the app click the Metering symbol on the Web Manager's dashboard:
Pages
The app contains of two pages which can be accessed on the left sidebar::
- Metering calculation page: set up and evaluate calculation charts.
- Metering configuration page: set up basic data and make assignments to the cost center plan.
Overview
A typical meter point - e.g. a water meter - contains of a trending, a resource and a cost rate.
The Trending delivers the raw data for the metering.
The Resource describes what is measured and the unit (e.g. m3, kWh).
The Cost Rate contains the price for the resource per unit (e.g. €/m3).
The calculated consumption of a meter will be charged to the Cost center.
Metering in NETx Core Server Studio
The meter points, 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 meter points.
Each meter point contains a Server Item for the Current meter reading and also several Server Items for the consumption.