Synthetic Profiling 

Use

A profile describes energy consumption within a specific period. For some customers (for example, commercial and industrial customers), consumption is measured in intervals. This mean that measured profiles are available for energy settlement and for billing.

The consumption of residential customers is not measured in intervals. Instead, these customers are allocated synthetic profiles, which reflect the customer’s consumption behavior. In Germany, there is a standard procedure in the electricity division for determining synthetic profiles for specific customer groups.

This business process variant focuses on residential customers. SAP provides the synthetic profiling concept for these residential customers. A synthetic profile contains values generated on the basis of predefined time groups (day or season groups) and corresponding day and year profiles.

You use synthetic profiles if no interval data exists. These profiles classify the consumption behavior of specific customer groups. Customers with similar consumption patterns are allocated to the same synthetic profile.

Process Flow

 

The following process runs in SAP R/3 (SAP Utilities):

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       1.      Create profile header

       2.      Allocate day profiles

       3.      Generate profile data

       4.      Allocate synthetic profiles

Result

With synthetic profiles, consumption profiles exist in the system in constant time intervals (for example, values every 15, 30,or 60 minutes). These profiles can now be used in other areas such as billing or settlement.