User: Validate Data

Validate Data (VALDATA via script) is a Node-level command that triggers the service to validate data for each eligible device or station the command resolves to, within a specified date/time range.

Devices or stations (gas meter Device Nodes, liquid Device Nodes with support for liquid periodic data, or station Group Nodes) are eligible if the following apply.

• Their device record is set to "active"
• The associated device record in the DDS is enabled
• The user executing the command has the appropriate security access
• There is data in the specified time range
• The time range specified is after the device installation date

The data to be validated is configurable by defining a date range via the command parameters. When the command is run, existing exceptions within the specified time range will be closed, so that new exceptions will be generated based upon the currently utilized validation rules.

You must have proper security authorization to execute this command. See FMS Security (and CMDSYS security event) for information about configuring security access for FMS commands.

See Viewing Command Logs for information about accessing historical logs for this command.

See Validation in the CygNet Measurement Concepts section, and Managing Validation Engines for more information about validating data.

See Configuring Validate Data Commands and Running Node Commands for more information about using this command via FMS Explorer.

See Scheduling FMS Command Tasks in the MSS for more information about scheduling commands.

See FMS ActiveX Controls and CxHmiFms for more information about using commands via FMS ActiveX controls on CygNet Studio or CygNet Vision screens.

See CxFms for more information about scripting commands.

Command Definition Properties

The following command definition properties apply to Validate Data commands, when scheduling, creating, or editing commands via CygNet Explorer.

Property	Description
FMS service	Select a Site.Service for the command from the available FMS service list in the drop-down menu.
Command	Select the desired Command name from the drop-down menu. See FMS Commands for more information about available command types.
Time format	Select the desired Time format for the command from the drop-down menu. Options are as follows. Contract Device Default value is Device time. Notes: This parameter determines how the time window is selected in the database; not how the data is exported. For daily devices only, specifying start and end times of midnight (00:00:00), will always be interpreted as Contract time format, regardless of this selected parameter value.
Priority	Select a processing queue Priority for the command from the drop-down menu. Options from least to greatest priority are as follows. Low level Medium level High level User initiated transaction Admin initiated transaction Default value is Low level processing queue priority.
Logging	Select a Logging level for the command results from the drop-down menu. Options are as follows. Low — displays errors Medium — displays errors and warnings High — displays errors, warnings, and status Default value is Low level logging when scheduling a command via the MSS in CygNet Explorer. Default value is High level logging when creating or running an ad-hoc command in FMS Explorer or via the FMS in CygNet Explorer.

Command Parameters

The following command parameters apply to Validate Data commands, when scheduling, creating, or editing commands via CygNet Explorer or scripting.

Parameter	Description	Type	Usage Notes
SDateTime	Start date/time	DateTime	Double-click to access the Select Start Date/Time dialog box. Select the starting date of the time range for which to validate data. See Selecting Date and Time for more information. See Note below this table. This parameter is required.
EDateTime	End date/time	DateTime	Double-click to access the Select End Date/Time dialog box. Select the ending date of the time range for which to validate data. See Selecting Date and Time for more information. See Note below this table. This parameter is required.