Flexibilization of IDE 2 
Technical Name of Business Function |
ISU_MCOMM_2 |
Type of Business Function |
Industry Business Function |
Available As Of |
SAP Enhancement Package 5 for SAP ERP 6.0 |
Technical Usage |
Utilities/Waste&Recycl/Telco |
Application Component |
Utilities Industry (IS-U) component |
Directly Dependent Business Function Requiring Activation in Addition |
Infrastructure for Service Enablement of IDE (ISU_MC_DEX_1) Flexibilization of IDE (Switch Document, PoD) (ISU_MCOMM_1) Utilities, Contract Accounting (ISU_CA_1) |
You can use this business function to flexibly implement your business processes in the liberalized energy market and set yourself up as an independent market participant. You can track changes to the service provider at point of delivery level and communicate these changes within the market. You can also access technical master data in order to process customer transactions.
Integration
Prerequisites
You have installed the following components as of the version mentioned:
Type of Component |
Component |
Is Needed Only for the Following Features |
Software Component |
IS-UT 605 |
|
Software Component |
FI-CA 605 |
|
Software Component |
SAP_APPL 605 |
|
Software Component |
EA-APPL 605 |
|
SAP Enterprise Services |
As of IS-UT 605 |
You have activated the following business functions:
Infrastructure for Service Enablement of IDE (ISU_MC_DEX_1)
Flexibilization of IDE (Switch Document, PoD) (ISU_MCOMM_1)
Utilities, Contract Accounting (ISU_CA_1)
Features
Entering External Service Providers
The infrastructure for communicating with external service providers (for example, point of delivery operators, service and billing providers) has been enhanced. You can now differentiate non-billable services for supply scenarios.
You can use the following functions at point of delivery level:
Send notifications about created, changed or deleted services
Receive notifications about created, changed or deleted services
Monitor data exchange for point of delivery services
These functions are performed using asynchronous A2A enterprise services.
Enterprise Services for Communication within a Market
You can use synchronous enterprise services to make master data for business objects available for market communication (for example, Utilities point of delivery, Utilities service provider).
You can use asynchronous enterprise services to process master data queries in intercompany data exchange. These services are relevant for the following market roles, for example:
Metering Point Administrator
Meter Administrator
Metered Data Responsible
Enhancement to Point of Delivery Transaction
You can now also display customer-specific contents on an additional tab page in the point of delivery transaction.
Connection of Grid Usage Processing to Enhanced Message Management
The following grid usage processes have been connected to Enhanced Message Management (BPEM).
Send Electronic Bill
Create Aggregated Bill
Print Aggregated Bill