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When you have a new Site, you will need to create the Site and any Accounts, Meters, Sub Meters, Virtual Meters, Channels and Supply Points.

Adding a Tenant, Site etc


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Once you have created these (or they may already exist), you create the Tenant and the associated Items.

Click on the link for more information on Creating Tenants

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You will not need to set these up if they already exist in Sigma.  

However, if they do need to be set up, see below:

Adding a Site

Right click on the Site Group

Enter the Site Name, Benchmark, ID's on the Site tab

Click on the Location tab and enter the address details

Click OK

Adding a Meter

Right click on the Site

Click  Add  

Click Meter

FieldDescription
NameAdd the Meter Serial Number
NumberAdd the Meter Serial Number
IdentifierAdd the Meter Serial Number
LocationEnter the location (if known)
CommodityChoose Electricity, Gas, Water etc
Meter TypeChoose Code 5, Domestic etc

Use installation date

Tick to add a date
Installation dateAdd the date the meter was installed


Click OK

Adding a Periodic Channel

Once you have a Meter, you need a Channel to hold the consumption data.  

Choose either Non-Periodic Channel or Periodic Channel.  

Right click on the Meter 

Click Add 

Click Non-Periodic Channel (or Periodic Channel)

FieldDescription
Name Enter the name of the Channel (usually the supply number or the meter number)
Data Load ID 1  If half hourly downloads, this will need to be the identifying number on the import
Data Load ID 2 Rarely used, but some imports may have 2 IDs
Channel Register Choose from All Day, Day, Night etc (default is All Day)
Data type 

 Defaults to Energy Consumption for Gas and Electricity, change to Volumetric Consumption for Water

Time Zone This should be the same as the Time Zone set in the Billing Group.  Click here for details of the Billing Group Setup
Unit of Measurement 

Defaults to kWh for Gas and Electricity, change to M3 for Water

Conversion Factor Defaults to 1
Data Measurement Defaults to Consumption
Channel Data Quality Defaults to Primary
Closed Only used if closing the Channel
Meter Readings Tick to indicate that the consumption will be entered in meter readings (not as consumption values)

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Adding a Sub Meter

Right click on the Site 

Click  Add  

Click Meter


Complete the Meter Editor pop up in the same way that you would a standard Meter (see above)

Once created, create a Non-Periodic or Periodic Channel underneath, in the same way that you would for a standard Meter (see here)

Adding a Virtual Meter

A Virtual Meter can be added when you don't have an actual meter and you want to use consumption values from one or more other Meter or Sub Meters.

Virtual Meters can also be used with calculations.  For example you may have a Sub Meter in a Shop Unit, but you also want to charge a portion of the Main Meter.  Both Meters are added to the Virtual Meter and a sum entered with the equation.

Right click on the Site 

Click  Add  

Click Virtual Meter



FieldDescription
 NameEnter the name for the Virtual Meter
Description (optional)
CommodityChoose from the dropdown
Equation

Leave blank if you want to add together all of the Meters in the Selected section

An example equation may be that you want to charge for a Sub Meter and a 1/4 of the Main Meter.

The Equation would be [1]+([2]/4).    

Selecting from items of type

Defaults to Meter.  Can be changed to:

  • Associated Data
  • Meter
  • Sub Meter
  • Virtual Meter

When you change the Item type here, the Unselected box will show any available 

Show all tickboxTick to show all available Meters across the whole database
Unselected

Shows any available Meters for the Site

The search field allows you to search all the Meters 

SelectedDrag and drop Meter(s) from the Unselected section


Click OK to save

Adding an Account

An Account is required if you intend to enter your Utility Bills into Sigma and then use the consumption details for billing Tenants.

Right click on the Site

Click  Add  

Click Account

FieldDescription
Account NumberEnter the Utility bill Account Number
CommodityChoose the Commodity from the dropdown list

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