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ID502 - Active Contract Meter Group has Mixed Meter Type Categories in the Same Meter Group Overview & Sample:

This alert will notify your company any time an active contract that contains meter groups has more than one meter type in a single meter group. 

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Overview

Overview

This alert notifies your company of potential setup errors in the meter groups of active contracts. eAutomate does allow multiple meter types in a single meter group, so this alert can help identify this easy to make oversight. It is normal industry practice to charge different rates for different meter types such as black & white versus color. This alert catches when a meter group contains more than one type of meter type, such as black & white and color in the same meter group billing at the same base and/or overage rate. This is very important to catch as early as possible as it can cause billing errors and potential loss of revenue for your company if equipment is billing at incorrect rates. 

 

Run Schedule:  Daily at 5:40PM

Type of Output: Email

 

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Sample

Sample

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Variables

Variables

This alert has no variables.

 

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Alert Functionality

Alert Functionality

1. The alert reviews active service contracts that contain one or more meter groups

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2. When a meter group is present, the alert reviews the meter types within the meter group to determine if they are different. The examples below show a meter group that contains the same meter type which would not be included in the alert, and a meter group that contains the different meter types which would be included in the alert.

Same Meter Types:

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Differing Meter Types:

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Best Practices & Tips

Best Practices & Tips

It is best practice to have one meter type present in a single contract meter group. This gives you more control over rate billing by meter type and the ability to report on rates by meter type as well as catching any potential contract errors.

Meter types are created and maintained in List and Codes section of eAutomate. 

 

 

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Related Alerts

Related Alerts

ID319 - Contract Meter Group Containing Color Meters and Has 0 Covered/Allowed Copies on the Meter Group Overview and Sample

ID293 - Contract Equipment Not In Any Meter Group - Overview & Sample

 

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