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Meters are the customer-specific buckets of usage for the different meter types. When customer opts for a meter type then the meter need to be created using these parameters:
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Active From - Meter is active from the date time defined on the active from field on the meter type. If active to is before the meter creation time then meter is activated as soon as it is created. The time is calculated based on timezone defined on the meter type when created by user interface.
Active To - Meter is active to the date time defined on the active to field on the meter type. The time is calculated based on timezone defined on the meter type when created by user interface.
Unit - Unit defined on the meter type is a unit which is a unit for metered record value.
Aggregation type - Meter follows the aggregation which is defined on the meter type.
Reset schedule - Meter follows the reset schedule defined in the meter type. The period end of the meter is calculated based on the reset schedule. The timezone defined on meter type is considered when calculating period start and period end. See meter teset in Flushing of Metered Record .
When meter is newly created the period start is set to when meter is created. It is shown on Period start field Meter Inspector in the selected timezone.
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