Purpose
This report allows you to carry out multiple remote disconnections andreconnections of AMI devices for which disconnection orders andreconnection orders have already been created. You access this screen byway of the SAP Easy Access menu (Utilities Industry --> CustomerService --> Process Execution --> Disconnection/Reconnection --> MassActivity: Send Disconnection Orders).
Overview of mass disconnection and reconnection procedure
To process multiple disconnections and disconnections, follow the stepsbelow:

• In the selection screen that appears when you first access the report,
indicate the characteristics of the orders you wish to process. Morespecifically, indicate the following information:
The types of orders you wish to process (disconnection orders,reconnection orders , disconnection reversals, reconnection reversals orany combination of the above)
The criteria of the orders you wish to select for processing

• Choose the Schedule Program Run button to process the activity -
the activity results will be displayed in the job log.

Prerequisites
Mass processing of disconnection and reconnection orders is onlypermitted in the following cases:


• Supply Guarantee


• The order has never previously been processed


• An agreed date and time is set for a corresponding notification work
item within a CRM approval process

• Orders with the confirmation status 13 (Remote disconnection to be
requested)

• Orders with the confirmation status 23 (Remote reconnection to be
requested)

• Orders with the confirmation status 01 (Remote disconnection
cancellation to be requested)

• Orders with the confirmation status 05 (Remote reconnection cancellation
to be requested)

Features
Processing one or multiple disconnection or reconnection orders

You select orders to process by specifying their characteristics in theselection screen. Depending on your specifications, the system will find0, 1 or multiple orders. For example, if you only specify agreed dateinformation in the selection screen, the system will find all ordersthat have the specified date.

Selection
When you first access the report, the system displays a selectionscreen. Here you can define the criteria for the types of orders youwish to monitor
Important
Normally, when you select from multiple fields, the system searches fororders that have all of the criteria that you specify. However,when making selections within the Reference Objects section, thesystem searches for orders that are associated with any of thereference objects that you specify.
Example 1
You specify the following information in the selection screen:


• Order category: Disconnection orders


• Agreed date: January 10


• Order status: 00 (To be confirmed)


• Reference Object: Installation ABC

In this case, the system will select all disconnection orders that havean agreed date of January 10 and an Order status of 00and are associated with Installation ABC.
Example 2
You specify the following information in the selection screen:

• Order category: Disconnection orders


• Agreed date: January 10


• Order status: 00 (To be confirmed)


• Reference Object: Installations ABC and BCD


• Reference Object: Device 01 and 03

In this case, the system will select the following types of orders:

• Disconnection orders that have an agreed date of January 10 and

an Order status of 00 and are associated withInstallation ABC

• Disconnection orders that have an agreed date of January 10 and

an Order status of 00 and are associated withInstallation BCD

• Disconnection orders that have an agreed date of January 10 and

an Order status of 00 and are associated withDevice 01

• Disconnection orders that have an agreed date of January 10 and

an Order status of 00 and are associated withDevice 03
Sections of the selection screen
Header section
Here you identify the mass activity:

• Date ID

A date identifier
Note
This date is only an identifier and is not necessarily the date on whichthe mass activity is run - you specify the run execution date bychoosing the Schedule Program Run button.

• Identification

An additional identifier which you can use to differentiate runs withthe same date ID
General Selections tab
Here you define the criteria for the types of orders you wish toprocess:

• Order category

Allows you to specify whether you wish process disconnection orders,reconnection orders, disconnection reversals, reconnection reversals, orany combination of the above

• Date Selection

Allows you to select orders based on the agreed date and time

• Disc./Recon. Data

Allows you to specify the criteria of orders you wish to process.

• Reference Objects

Allows you to specify the reference object to which the order isassociated.
When you create a new disconnection or reconnection order, you arerequired to specify a reference object to which it will be associated.For example, if you wish to disconnect all the devices of a singleinstallation, you can associate the disconnection order with theinstallation, instead of each individual device.
In this screen, if you search for the disconnection order usingreference objects as search criteria, the order will only be selected ifyou provide the correct reference object information. In the exampleabove, the order will only be found if you specify the installation; itwill not be found if you specify one of the corresponding devices (eventhough they are part of the installation).
Example
You have an installation, AB, which is associated with devices ABC, DEFand GHI.
You create a disconnection order and associate it with the installation.In this case, devices ABC, DEF and GHI will all be disconnected.
You run this report to monitor the disconnection orders.
Scenario 1
In the selection screen, you specify ABC, DEF, and GHI in the Device
field.
Result: The system does not locate the order.
Scenario 2
In the selection screen, you specify AB in the Installationfield.
Result: The system locates the order and displays the monitoring data.
Note
If you choose to exclude a reference object from the selection process,the orders associated with the non-excluded reference objects will beselected (expected behavior). However, the system will continue toignore the other reference object types.
Example
You have orders associated with the Premise, Installation and Devicereference
Orders 1 to 10 are associated with premise A to J (one order for eachpremise)
Orders 11 to 20 are associated with installation AA to JJ (one order foreach installation)
Orders 21 to 30 are associated with device AAA to JJJ (one order foreach device)
In the selection screen, on the Installation line, you specify!= EE (that is, not equal to EE) and you choose the
Execute button.
As a result, the monitoring report will display orders 11 to 14 andorders 16 to 20 - all of the orders that are associated withinstallations. All other orders, associated with other reference objectswill not be selected.

• Regional Selection

Allows you to specify regional criteria. Choose the RegionalSelection button and specify the regional data associated with theorders you wish to select.

• Type of Run

When the Simulation Run flag is selected, the activity will besimulated - you will see the results of the activity in the log, but theassociated orders will not actually be processed, nor will adisconnection or reconnection take place. More specifically, asimulation run allows you to:
check how many and which disconnection orders or reconnection orderswould have been processed.
analyze and eliminate errors before a real run takes place
determine the orders to exclude or include from processing during theactual run
Technical Settings tab
Here you specify whether you want automatic load distribution by thesystem (where you only define the number of jobs) or explicit loaddistribution (where you explicitly specify how many jobs are to run onwhich hosts). For more information see SAP Help for ContractAccounts Receivable and Payable (FI-CA), under Data Processing inMass Runs.
Logs tab
The job log records status information and any errors that occur duringthe mass activity run. For more information, see SAP Help forContract Accounts Receivable and Payable (FI-CA), under DataProcessing in Mass Runs.

Activities
Processing the remote disconnections and reconnections
Once you have specified your selection criteria, choose theScheduleProgram Run button and specify if you wish to process the ordersright away or at a scheduled date and time.
Saving your selection settings
To save your selection settings (as a parameter record) , choosethe Save button, at the top of the application window.
Loading saved settings
To load a saved parameter record, enter the corresponding date ID andidentification in the Date ID and Identification fields inthe header.