Items/Columns
Deletes the selected meter from the view.
Note: If you delete a meter that no longer exists in the Metasys system, you cannot recover this meter.
Delete
Removes the blue star icon that indicates the meter is new in the Status column (see the Status column description). Use this button to help manage configuration of the meter list and keep track of meters yet to configure.
Note: If you click Populate and this point no longer exits, a black X appears.
Note: To restore a star icon if removed in error for a point that exists in the SCT archive, delete the meter and then click Populate again.
Clear New Entry
Allows you to edit the details of the selected meter or meters. When you click this button, the Energy Utility Meters Details box appears.
Edit
Appears on the right side of the view when you click Edit. This box allows you to edit information that displays in the columns of the view. The Cancel button cancels the edit. The Save button saves all changes.
If you attempt to save details that are invalid, a red X with a circle around it appears near the improperly configured detail.
The fields in this box correspond to the columns in the view. For descriptions of the fields, use this table.
Energy/Utility Meter Details
Indicates whether the item is new since the last time you clicked Populate in the Energy Folders view. If a black X appears, the meter does not exist as of the last time you clicked Populate in the Energy Folders view. The meter is still available in Energy Essentials and you can include information on this meter in reports. On subsequent clicks of the Populate button, stars appear only on new items that have been added to the user view folders.
Status (No Name Column)
Contains the name of the meter. By default, this field contains the name of the meter used in the Metasys user view. This may be different from the Metasys object name if you renamed the meter within the user view.
Name
Contains a brief description of the meter. By default, this field contains the Metasys system source object description.
Description
Indicates the location of the meter. We recommend that you enter a building name.
Other physical locations may be confusing in reports. In the Energy Utility Meters Details box, you can type a new name for the location.
Physical Location
Indicates the type of utility used for the meter. The Utility value also determines where the meter appears in the Select Objects tree on the Reports tab. In the Energy Utility Meters Details box, choices in the drop-down selection list include Diesel, Electricity, Steam, Other (default), and more.
Note: We strongly recommend that you do not keep the Other for Utility default selection. If you do, your Production reports may not contain charts because the utility cannot be converted into source energy for display in chart format.
Utility
Indicates with a check mark if the point in the Metasys system that represents the meter is trended.
SeeTrending Requirements.
The units for the point also must be defined and match units available in Energy Essentials. See Units Compatible with Energy Essentials.
If a point is not trended, a yellow exclamation point triangle appears.
The meter source fills in automatically when you map a folder to Energy/Utility Meters in theEnergy Folders view. Each item in the folder becomes the source for a meter in the Energy/Utility Meter view.
Note: This field cannot be edited.
Source Item
Table 33: Energy/Utility Meter View Description Items/Columns
Associates a specific outdoor air temperature point from the Weather Data Energy Essentials folder to a meter.
Although the outdoor air temperature is not required to run a report, this weather data is a natural complement to most reports and can be included in the header and charts. For Metasys sites with a single geographic area, you can choose the same outdoor air temperature point for all meters and configure it once. SeeUnits Compatible with Energy Essentialsfor supported units of measure.
In the Energy/Utility Meters Details box, you can select the appropriate point from the drop-down selection list.
Outdoor Air Temperature
Associates a specific outdoor air humidity from the Weather Data Energy Essentials folder to a meter.
Although the outdoor air humidity is not required to run a report, this weather data is a natural complement to most reports and can be included in the header and charts. For Metasys sites with a single building, you can choose the same outdoor air humidity point for all meters and configure it once. SeeUnits Compatible with Energy Essentialsfor supported units of measure.
In the Energy/Utility Meters Details box, you can select the appropriate point from the drop-down selection list.
Outdoor Air Humidity
Associates a specific outdoor air enthalpy from the Weather Data Energy Essentials folder to a meter.
Although the outdoor air enthalpy is not required to run a report, this weather data is a natural complement to most reports and can be included in the header and charts. For Metasys sites with a single building, you can choose the same outdoor air enthalpy point for all meters and configure it once. SeeUnits Compatible with Energy Essentialsfor supported units of measure.
Note: Energy Essentials does not calculate enthalpy. The Metasys system or the end device must calculate enthalpy.
In the Energy/Utility Meters Details box, you can select the appropriate point from the drop-down selection list.
Outdoor Air Enthalpy
Associates a specific billing rate with the meter. Typically, only a single billing rate is associated to a meter, and you would make billing rate changes by modifying the rate on the Billing Rate view.
You can configure multiple billing rates as well.
For example, if you change utility companies, you can have Utility Co 1 Rate with a start date of 1/1/2000 and Utility Co. 2 Rate with a start date of 9/23/2009 to correspond to the date you changed companies. Depending on the report date range selected, the report chooses the appropriate rate for that period.
Note: A billing rate is required only for the Simple Energy Cost report, which is not intended for Billing Validation purposes.
In the Energy/Utility Meters Details box, you can edit the value and set the start date for this value.
Click the plus sign next to Name to select the billing rate and a start time for the new rate.
See theBilling Rate view. Also seeEnergy Essentials Advanced Configuration Questions.
Billing Rate
Table 33: Energy/Utility Meter View Description Items/Columns
Associates a specific billing period with the meter. Similar to the billing rate, typically only a single billing period is associated to a meter and you would make billing period changes by modifying the billing period on the Billing Period view. You can configure multiple billing periods as well.
For example, if your utility company changed your billing from quarterly to monthly, you could have a Utility Period Quarterly with a start date of 1/1/2000 and a Utility Period Monthly with a start date of 4/15/2009 when the new billing format goes into effect. Depending on the report date range selected, the report chooses the appropriate rate for that period.
In the Energy/Utility Meters Details box, you can edit the value and set the start date for this value.
Click the plus sign next to Name to select the billing period and a start time for the new period.
See the Billing Period view. Also seeEnergy Essentials Advanced Configuration Questions.
Billing Period
Associates a specific power factor from the Other user view folder to a meter.
Although the power factor is not required to run a report, this electrical data is a natural complement to the Electrical Energy report and can be displayed along with consumption and demand data.
SeeUnits Compatible with Energy Essentialsfor supported units of measure.
In the Energy/Utility Meters Details box, you can select the appropriate point from the drop-down selection list.
Power Factor
Associates a specific Reactive Power from the Other user view folder to a meter.
Although reactive power is not required to run a report, this electrical data is a natural complement to the Electrical Energy report and can be displayed along with consumption and demand data.
SeeUnits Compatible with Energy Essentialsfor supported units of measure.
In the Energy/Utility Meters Details box, you can select the appropriate point from the drop-down selection list.
Reactive Power
Indicates the category for the meter.
In the Energy/Utility Meters Details box, choices in the drop-down selection list include Building Energy Use (default), Cogeneration, Outdoor Energy Use, and others.
Category
Indicates the subcategory for the meter that allows you to further categorize your meter.
In the Energy/Utility Meters Details box, choices in the drop-down selection list include Geothermal, Solar, Wind, Multiple (default), and others.
Subcategory
Indicates the size of the area served by the meter.
This field is not required for reporting but is required if you would like reports to calculate energy intensity. Energy Intensity does not calculate when data is aggregated for more than one meter because the area served may overlap. Overlap may result in false data.
In the Energy/Utility Meters Details box, you can edit the value or set the effective date for this value. Click the plus sign next to Effective Date to select the day and time the rate is effective, and the value of the rate.
Typically, only one value is present for Area Served Size. You can modify areas over time when an existing meter begins to serve a larger area, such as in the case of new construction. Reporting uses the appropriate value as defined by the report period selected.
Area Served
Indicates the units of the area served by the meter.
In the Energy/Utility Meters Details box, the choices in the drop-down selection list are sq meter (square meter) and sq ft (square feet).
Area Served Units
Required to determine the peak demand. The value is based on a fixed demand interval.
Note: The reporting system does not support sliding window intervals.
In the Energy/Utility Meters Details box, the choices in the drop-down selection list are 15, 30, 60.
Demand Interval (minutes)
Table 33: Energy/Utility Meter View Description Items/Columns
Contains the expected meter sample interval in minutes for the data collected by the Trend extension. You should base this value on the Trend extension Sample Interval attribute. Consider the following:
• If you have one Trend extension for the Present Value attribute, the Expected Sample Interval should be set to the Trend extension Sample Interval value, expressed in minutes.
Note: Be careful to convert the Trend Extension seconds into minutes for this attribute.
• If you have more than one Trend extension for the Present Value attribute, calculate the Expected Sample Interval using the following example.
Figure 21: Expected Sample Interval Example
Note that in this example the trends have overlapping samples (non-overlapping samples are indicated by blue circles). Energy Essentials reports calculate the expected sample interval, as shown inFigure 21.
This value allows Energy Essentials reports to calculate if any data is missing when using the Sample Data filter.
In the Energy/Utility Meters Details box, you can enter a new value for the interval.
SeeTrending Requirementsfor details on trending recommendations.
Expected Sample Interval (minutes)
Indicates whether a meter measures the production or consumption of an energy or utility.
In the Energy/Utility Meters Details box, the choices in the drop-down selection list are Consumption (energy used) or Production (energy produced). The default value is Consumption. When you change this value to production, the Consumption Meter field is enabled for use.
For example, if you have a natural gas fed generator producing electricity, the meter on the natural gas side is consumption whereas the meter on the electric side is be production.
Meter Type
Indicates the meter associated with energy production.
This field is available only when you set Meter Type to production. Although a consumption meter is not required to run a Production report, the association to a consumption meter allows the report to calculate efficiency.
For example, if you have a natural gas fed generator that is producing electricity, a meter on the natural gas side (MTR-1) would be consumption whereas the meter on the electric side (MTR-2) would be production. MTR-1 would be entered in the Consumption Meter field.
In the Energy/Utility Meters Details box, you can select the appropriate meter from the drop-down Consumption Meter