Purpose

This component allows you to organize meter readings and meter reading results. Devices are either read periodically for periodic billing or aperiodically, such as for control meter readings and readings at the time of device replacement, removal, or disconnection.

Devices can also be read for a certain activity, such as a move-in or a removal. In this case, the meter reading is triggered directly by the activity, and not by the Meter Reading component.

Meter Reading Process

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First, the meter reading order is created and printed as a meter reading document or downloaded to an external entry system. The meter reading results are either entered manually or uploaded. They are then validated and corrected, if necessary. The results are then forwarded to the Contract Billing (ISU-BI) component.

Integration

The following Business Application Programming Interfaces (BAPI) are available in the Business Object Repository (BOR) for selecting meter reading orders and results:

Further information on IDocs: