Update 20A

Revision History

This document will continue to evolve as existing sections change and new information is added. All updates appear in the following table:

Overview

This guide outlines the information you need to know about new or improved functionality in this update.

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Operational Device

Shipping Memo

Track shipped assets with functions that fully support the inventory process.

Support for Asset and Device Configuration Synchronization

Extend device configuration to include pushing of measurement configuration and specification changes on assets to meter data management devices.

Service Order Management Activity Display Enhancements

Create service order management activities without leaving the operational device Activity portal. Review service order management activity information and optionally open the activity in the meter data management Activity portal.

Activity Type on Service Order Management Activities

View the Activity Type on Service Order Management activities.

Asset Management

Asset Replication Includes Asset Attributes for Operational Device Asset Types

Include asset attributes for smart meters, communication relays, and communication components in Asset Replication, saving time when manually entering asset attributes.

Enable Questionnaire Service History for Operational Devices and Service Order Management Activities

Inspect assets using predefined service history questionnaires to address common inspection units, concerns, or issues based on asset type, inspection type, and more.

Send Questionnaire Details to Service Order Management

Automatically send service history questionnaires to field crews after the creation of an Operational Device activity.

Changes to Questionnaire Service History's Application Service

Update the W1-QuestionnaireSvcHist Business Object's Application Service from W1-QSTSVCHISTBOAS to W1-SVCHSTWUBOAS.

Infrastructure Asset Status Transitions

Retire infrastructure assets and set statuses to out of service.

Cloud Service Foundation

Batch Operations

Batch Queue Portal

Use the new Batch Queue portal to explore the status and progress of batch jobs.

Batch Alerts

Track batch job and batch job stream performance with expanded alert and monitoring capabilities.

Utilities Application Framework

Product Usability

Query Portals Introduced for Existing Pages

Search more efficiently and intuitively using new query portals for many configuration objects.

To Do Processing

To Do Supervisor Actions

Extend the capabilities of supervisors to manage To Do entries assigned to other users, allowing supervisors to take action on entries that require immediate attention.

Security Features

Secured Objects Zone Enhancements

View a more comprehensive list of Secured Objects referencing the application service, and filter the list based on object code and description in a full-width zone.

Batch Processing

File Integration Extract Configuration

Use new file integration administrative objects to support configurable and extendable extracts used by plugin-driven background processes.

Integration

Support for Tracing REST Inbound Web Services

Trace REST inbound web service executions to gain useful information about the processing of requests.

Data Export

Data Export Tools

Export maintenance object data into files with new implementation tools.

Analytics

Metadata Extension for Analytics Tables (Oracle Utilities Analytics Visualization)

Extend the data model to include analytics dimensions and facts.

Characteristics Mapping

Extend the dimensions of operational analytics with characteristics mapping.

Miscellaneous Features

Support Health Check Customization

Support customization for the health check logic, allowing for additional conditions to be included in the health check service.

Default User Support for CMA

Import data using a default user ID to prevent errors from occurring because of non-existing users in the target environment.

Conversion Entity Dashboard

Review the details related to data conversion of maintenance objects.

Utilities Testing Accelerator

System Wide

Subroutine Flow

Use the Subroutine Flow feature to reuse testing assets, such as adding smaller test flows to larger test flows.

Flow Test Data Sets

Execute the same test flow using different data sets by specifying multiple test data sets in a single test flow.

Iterative Flow Execution

Use the Iterative Flow Execution feature to execute Oracle Utility Testing Accelerator flows within a predetermined number of repetitions and across specified test flow data sets.

Execution Summary Report

Review summary reports of flow and flow set executions from the Oracle Utility Testing Accelerator workbench, and send these reports via email from the Flow Test Summary Report page.

Custom Groovy Function Library

Create custom functions for randomizing test data and validating inbound web service responses using Groovy scripting. You can also include these custom functions as plugins in component or flow definitions.

Flow, Flow Set Execution, and Analytics REST APIs

Execute Oracle Utility Testing Accelerator flows and flow sets from external applications using REST APIs to trigger automation flows in third-party test managers.

Flow Annotations

Add annotations to each flow component step to provide clear step descriptions.