Editing Meter Records

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You create or modify meters using the meter editor. The usual way to open the editor is to click New Meter or Edit in the View section of Coding Definitions | Units | Meters .

The meter editor window contains the following:

Details section: Shows basic information for the record.

Meter Class: Indicates what type of meter this is. For more information, see Meter Classes.

Unit: The unit (e.g. piece of equipment) with which this meter is associated. For more on units, see Units.

UOM: A read-only field giving the units of measure used by this type of meter. This information is obtained from the chosen Meter Class record.

Offset: The current meter offset. For more about meter offsets, see Meters.

Last Reading Date: A read-only field giving the most recent date on which a reading was taken.

Last Effective Reading: A read-only field giving the value of the last effective reading. (Effective reading is the value actually shown on the meter plus the meter offset.)

Comments: Any comments you want to associate with the meter.

Readings section: Shows all readings recorded for this meter.

Save: Saves the current record. The editor window stays open in case you want to make more changes to the same record.

Save & New: Saves the current record and sets up the window for you to enter a new record. Fields in the new record will be blank or set to default values.

Save & Close: Saves the current record and closes the editor window.

Cancel: Closes the window without saving any changes you've made to the record since the last time you saved. When you Save the record, the Cancel button changes to Close, indicating that you can safely close the window without losing any changes.

Close: Closes the window. This button only appears after you've saved changes with Save or before you've entered any data at all. Otherwise, the button is labeled Cancel.

New Meter Reading: Opens a window where you can record a new reading for this meter. For more on recording meter readings, see Editing Meter Readings.

For more on meters, see Meters. For more on viewing meter records, see Viewing Meter Records. For more on editors in general, see Using Editors.

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