Buildings - edit

Buildings (also known as sites or network nodes) are an important part of Utilmate and impact most reporting and default pricing for customers.

To edit a building, go to the Maintenance menu, System Configuration and select Buildings. Click the building (by clicking on the row)  you want to edit and click on the Edit button. 

The "Edit Buildings" wizard is opened. When you've finished editing, click Save.

Important:  Billing day - this is used if you are using the billing calendar to control when each building is being billed.  If you are, and you would like to bill this building to the current day, set the billing day to the current day's date eg if today is 20 January, set the billing day to 20.

Building attributes

The building attributes are in XML field that looks like this: 

<data>
<site_address>9 Smith Street</site_address>
<site_suburb>Springfield</site_suburb>
<site_state_code>NSW</site_state_code>
<site_postcode>2000</site_postcode>
<bodycorpname/>
</data>

Using an online XML validator would be useful to ensure the correct syntax is used. (https://webformatter.com/xml or https://www.xmlvalidation.com/) 

XML syntax rules are:

• XML documents must have a root element (<data></data>)
• XML elements must have a closing tag (<site_address></site_address>)
• XML tags are case sensitive (<site_address> works whereas <Site_Address> will not be valid)
• XML elements must be properly nested (<data><site_address></site_address></data>)
• XML attribute values must be quoted

Below is the full range of XML tags that are available.  There is validation to ensure only these tags can be used.  Please take note of the case sensitivity.

<site_address>
<site_suburb>
<site_state_code>
<site_postcode>
<bodycorpname>
<basic_plan_url>
<terms_url>
<logo_image>
<BSB>
<ACCNO>
<ABN>
<ACN>
<welcome_letter>
<auto_occ_consumption>
<stratapay>
<GSTNO>
<Phone>
<website>
<email>
<building_manager>
<building_phone>
<UDS>
<AllowSMS>
<brand>
<apply_movein_charge>
<apply_moveout_charge>

Warning: This is a maintenance menu item. Please ensure you are familiar with Utilmate and understand the impacts of making changes to Maintenance menu items.