In the Real Time Pricing (RTP) interface, values from the Energy Data Management component (IS-U-EDM) are transferred to the Contract Billing component (IS-U-BI).

The RTP interface allows you to use the profiles managed in IS-U-EDM directly in IS-U Billing. In order to this, you allocate the RTP interface to the rate used for billing an interval meter.

In the RTP interface you can execute billing-relevant processing steps carried out based on profiles. For example, you can process billing agreements for periods as small as 15 minutes. The results of this processing step are then transferred to the rate step of the rate. The bill lines are then created from the rate steps.

You can allocate the Formula result parameter to an output parameter. Result parameters describe the results of RTP interface execution. The result parameter values are determined using result functions.

You can allocate result parameters to output parameters based on the strucutre defined for the RTP component. This means that you can allocate different result parameters to the output parameter for every possible combination of season type, day type, and time-of-use type. During execution of the RTP interface, a profile is created from the profile values of the allocated output parameter for each result parameter. The profile values of an output parameter can be used by multiple result parameters. Alternatively, one result parameter can be supplied with values from more than one output parameter. The result function allocated to the result parameter is executed for the profile values transferred to the result parameter.

You can allocate different result parameters to one output parameter in different RTP components. These result parameters are then processed according to the priority of the RTP component and corresponding activation periods.

An RTP interface consists of the following parts:

The input parameters are the allocated profiles. The output parameters come from calculating the formula.