Event Records

Event records store information about the fields that are defined for the Primary Event and Contributing Event families in the baseline Meridium Enterprise APM database. This topic provides an alphabetical list and description of the fields that exist for the Primary Event and Contributing Event families and appear on the Event datasheet. The information in the table reflects the baseline state and behavior of these fields. This list is not comprehensive.

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Field	Data Type	Description	Behavior and Usage
Ambiguous Date and Time Preference	Character	Identifies whether the date and time entered in the Event Start field occurred before or after the clock was reset	This field is disabled by default. This field is automatically enabled and required when you enter an ambiguous date and time in one of the following fields: Event Start Event End Work Started Work Ended You can select one of following values in this field: First Occurrence: Select this option if the date and time that you entered in the Event Start field occurred before the clock was reset Second Occurrence: Select this option if the date and time that you entered in the Event Start field occurred after the clock was reset This field exists in the Primary Event family but not the Contributing Event family.
Amplification Code	Character	Identifies the failure mode of the event.	This field becomes enabled when the Cause Code field is populated with a value. A baseline rule exists to populate this field with a list of System Codes in the MI_GM_AMPLIFICATION_CODE System Code Table. Note: If you set the Capacity Event Type field to U1, the Amplification Code field can be set to 84, T1 , or T2 only. If you set Amplification Code as 84, a message appears asking you to select T1 or T2 when you have a confirmed cause of event. If you set the Capacity Event Type field to D1, D2, D3, D4, PD, DP, or DM, the Amplification Code field can be set to 82 or 83 only. If you set the Capacity Event Type field to U1, D1, D2, D3, D4, PD, DP, or DM, the Amplification Code field becomes a mandatory field. This field is required when the Primary Event is in Unit Approved state. This value is defined by NERC in the GADS DRI and included in NERC event reports.
Capacity Event Type	Character	Identifies the type of event.	In Primary Events, this field contains a list of System Codes defined in the MI GM EVENT TYPE CODE System Code Table. If the value of Unit State field in the GAA Unit record is set to Active, the Capacity Event Type field contains a list of types of events associated with Active state. If the value of Unit State field in the GAA Unit record is set to Inactive, the Capacity Event Type field contains a list of types of events associated with Inactive state. In Contributing Events, this field is disabled and populated automatically with the value in the Capacity Event Type field in the Primary Event to which it is linked. This value is defined by NERC in the GADS DRI and included in NERC event reports. This field is required.
Cause Code	Character	Identifies the cause code of the cause for the event.	A baseline rule exists to populate this field with a list of values in fields in GADS Cause Codes records using the format Cause Code (Cause Code Description). This value is defined by NERC in the GADS DRI. This field is required when the Primary Event is in Unit Approved state.
Cause code Component	Character	Identifies the cause code component for the cause of the event.	A baseline rule exists to populate this field with a list of values in the Component field in GADS Cause Codes records. This value is defined by NERC in the GADS DRI. This field is required when the Primary Event is in Unit Approved state.
Cause Code System	Character	Identifies the system for the cause code associated with the event.	A baseline rule exists to populate this field with a list of values in the System field in GADS Cause Code records. This value is defined by NERC in the GADS DRI. This field is required when the Primary Event is in Unit Approved state.
Cost Calculation Status	Character	Indicates the status of the cost calculation.	This field is populated automatically with information regarding the status of the calculation performed in the Capacity Incident Cost field. This field exists in the Primary Event family but not the Contributing Event family.
Count of Contributing Events	Character	Indicates the number of Contributing Events that exist for the Primary Event.	This field is disabled and populated automatically with a value that indicates the number of Contributing Events that are linked to the Primary Event. The value in this field is updated each time you link a new Contributing Event to the Primary Event and each time you unlink a Contributing Event from the Primary Event. This field exists in the Primary Event family but not the Contributing Event family.
Cumulative Engine Starts at Time of Event	Character	Identifies the total number of engine starts the unit had experienced as of the time the event occurred.	This value is defined by NERC in the GADS DRI. This field is available in the Additional Reporting section in a Primary Event only.
Cumulative Fired Hours at Time of Event	Character	Identifies the total cumulative number of hours the unit spent generating power as of the time the event occurred.	This value is defined by NERC in the GADS DRI. This field is available in the Additional Reporting section for a Primary Event.
Dominant Derate	Logical	Indicates whether the Event represents the dominant derate event.	This field becomes enabled when the Capacity Event Type field contains a value that identifies the event as a derate event. If the value in this field is: True, the Event represents the dominant derate event. False, the Event does not represent the dominant derate event. This value is defined by NERC in the GADS DRI. This field exists in the Primary Event family but not the Contributing Event family.
End Date is Estimated?	Logical	Indicates whether the value in the Event End field is an estimate.	Select this check box when the value in the Event End field represents an estimate of when the event ended or will end. Clear this check box if the value in the Event End field represents the actual time that the event ended. Note: This check box is selected automatically if you enter a future date in the Event End field. This field exists in the Primary Event family but not the Contributing Event family.
Event Contribution Code	Character	Indicates how the incident contributed to the event.	This field exists in the Contributing Event family but not the Primary Event family. This field will always contain a value and contains a list of the following values: 2-Contributed to Primary Cause: Indicates that the event represents a secondary cause that contributed to the primary cause of the event. 3-Work done during the event: Indicates that the event represents work that was done during the event. 5-After startup, delayed unit from reaching load point: Indicates that the event delayed the unit from reaching its dependable capacity after startup and prevented the unit from filling its load requirement. This value is defined by NERC in the GADS DRI and included in NERC event reports.
Event Duration	Character	Indicates how long the event lasted.	This field is disabled and calculated automatically using the following formula: Event End Date - Event Start Date The Event Duration takes into account any existing Daylight Saving Time Reference records for the time period between the Event Start date and Event End date. This value is defined by NERC in the GADS DRI.
Event End	Date	Indicates the date and time that the event ended.	In Primary Events, if you enter an ambiguous date and time in this field, a message will appear and the Ambiguous Date and Time Preference field will be enabled and required. You cannot specify a value in the Event End field with a year that is different from the year in the value in the Event Start field. In Contributing Events, this field is disabled and is populated automatically with the value in the Event End field from the Primary Event to which it is linked. This value is defined by NERC in the GADS DRI and included in NERC event reports.
Event ID	Character	In Primary Events, this value identifies the event with a value that is unique to all Primary Events that are linked to a given GAA Unit. In Contributing Events, this value identifies the Primary Event for which the Contributing Event exists.	This field is disabled and populated automatically.
Event Number	Numeric	Indicates the order in which the event occurred with respect to other events that exist for the same unit.	In Primary Events, a value that indicates the chronological order in which the event took place. When you create a Primary Event, this field is populated automatically. For example, when you create the third Primary Event for a given GAA Unit record for a given reporting month and year, this field will be populated automatically with the value 3 (three). In Contributing Events, this field is populated automatically with the value in the Event Number field in the Primary Event to which it is linked. This field does not appear on the datasheet. This value is defined by NERC in the GADS DRI.
Event Start	Date	Indicates the date and time that the event began.	If you enter an ambiguous date and time in this field, a message will appear and the Ambiguous Date and Time Preference field will be enabled and required. You cannot specify a value in the Event Start field with a year that is different from the year in the value in the Event End field. In Contributing Events, this field is disabled and is populated automatically with the value in Event Start field in the Primary Event to which it is linked. This value is defined by NERC in the GADS DRI and included in NERC event reports. This field is required.
Failure Mechanism	Character	Indicates the manner in which the component failed.	A baseline rule exists to populate this field with a list of System Codes in the MI_GM_FAILURE_MECHANISM System Code Table. This value is defined by NERC in the GADS DRI. This field exists in the Primary Event family but not the Contributing Event family. This field is available in the Additional Reporting section for a Primary Event.
Gross Available Capacity	Character	Identifies the gross available generation capacity of the unit during the event.	In Primary Events, this field contains a value that is calculated depending on the value in the Capacity Event Type field. If the value in the Capacity Event Type field contains a value that identifies the event as: A derate event, this field will become required, and the value must be less than the value in the Gross Dependable Capacity field. This field is cleared and becomes required when the Gross Derate Amount field contains no value or the value 0 (zero). If the Gross Derate Amount field contains a value other than 0 (zero), this field will be populated automatically using the following formula: Gross Dependable Capacity - Gross Derate Amount An outage event, this field will become disabled and populated with the value 0 (zero). In Contributing Events, this field is disabled and populated automatically with the value in the Gross Available Capacity field in the Primary Event to which it is linked. This value is defined by NERC in the GADS DRI.
Gross Dependable Capacity	Character	Identifies the gross dependable generation capacity of the unit at which the event occurred.	This field is populated automatically with the value in the Gross Dependable Capacity field in the Unit Capacity record for a GAA Unit based on the start date of the Primary Event. This value is defined by NERC in the GADS DRI. This field exists in the Primary Event family but not the Contributing Event family.
Gross Derate Amount	Character	Indicates the gross amount of generation capacity that was lost during the event.	In Primary Events, this value is used to calculate the value in the Gross Available Capacity field. The default value is 0 (zero). If the value in the Capacity Event Type field contains a value that identifies the event as: A derate event, this field will be optional. If this field contains a value other than 0 (zero), the value in the Gross Available Capacity field will be disabled and populated automatically using the following formula: Gross Dependable Capacity - Gross Derate Amount If this field contains no value or the value 0 (zero), the Gross Available Capacity field becomes required. An outage event, this field will become disabled and populated with the value 0 (zero). In Contributing Events, this field is disabled and populated automatically with the value in the Gross Derate Amount field in the GAA Unit for which the Contributing Event exists. This value is defined by NERC in the GADS DRI.
Gross Maximum Capacity	Character	Identifies the gross maximum generation capacity of the unit.	This field is populated automatically with the value in the Gross Maximum Capacity field in the Unit Capacity record for a GAA Unit based on the start date of the Primary Event. This value is defined by NERC in the GADS DRI. This field does not appear on the datasheet.
Incident Reported Date	Date	The date and time that the event was reported.	When the Incident Reporting Status field is set to Corporate Approval, this field becomes disabled and populated automatically with the current date and time. This field exists in the Primary Event family but not the Contributing Event family.
Incident Reporting Status	Character	A value that represents the level of approval for the Event record.	This field is set to the value Created by default, and a baseline rule exists to populate this field with a list of the following values: Created: The Event record has not begun the approval process. Unit Level Approval: The event has unit-level approval. Corporate Approval: The event has corporate-level approval. When this field is set to the value Corporate Approval, all other fields in the Event record become disabled. This field exists in the Contributing Event family but not the Primary Event family.
Incident Validation Status	Character	A value that indicates the validity of the record.	If this field contains the value: Invalid, one or more values in the Event are invalid, and you will be unable to set the value in the Incident Reporting Status field to Unit Level Approval. If the value in this field contains Invalid, this field will contain additional information regarding what value is invalid and why. Valid, all calculations and values in the Event are valid. This field exists in the Primary Event family but not the Contributing Event family.
Man-hours Worked	Numeric	Identifies the number of man hours that were worked correcting the cause of the event or repairing the unit.	This value is defined by NERC in the GADS DRI.
Net Available Capacity	Character	Identifies the net available capacity of the unit during the event.	In Primary Events, this field contains a value that is calculated depending on the value contained in the Capacity Event Type field. If the value in the Capacity Event Type field contains a value that identifies the event as: A derate event, this field will become required, and the value must be less than the value in the Net Dependable Capacity field. This field is cleared and becomes required when the Net Derate Amount field contains no value or the value 0 (zero). If the Net Derate Amount field contains a value, this field will be populated automatically using the following formula: Net Dependable Capacity - Net Derate Amount An outage event, this field will become disabled and populated with the value 0 (zero). In Contributing Events, this field is disabled and populated automatically with the value in the Net Available Capacity field in the GAA Unit that contains a value in the Unit ID field that matches the value in the Unit ID field in the Event. This value is defined by NERC in the GADS DRI.
Net Dependable Capacity	Character	Identifies the net dependable generation capacity of the unit at which the event occurred.	This field is populated automatically with the value in the Net Dependable Capacity field in the Unit Capacity record for a GAA Unit based on the start date of the Primary Event. This value is defined by NERC in the GADS DRI. This field exists in the Primary Event family but not the Contributing Event family.
Net Derate Amount	Character	Indicates the net amount of generation capacity that was lost during the event.	In Primary Events, this value is used to calculate the value in the Net Available Capacity field. The default value is 0 (zero). If the value in the Capacity Event Type field contains a value that identifies the event as: A derate event, this field is an optional field. If this field contains a value other than 0 (zero), the value in the Net Available Capacity field will be disabled and populated automatically using the following formula: Net Dependable Capacity - Net Derate Amount If this field contains no value or the value 0 (zero), the Net Available Capacity field is cleared and becomes required. An outage event, this field will become disabled and populated with the value 0 (zero). In Contributing Events, this field is disabled and populated automatically with the value in the Net Derate Amount field in the GAA Unit that contains a value in the Unit ID field that matches the value in the Unit ID field in the Event. This value is defined by NERC in the GADS DRI.
Net Maximum Capacity	Character	Identifies the net maximum generation capacity of the unit at which the event occurred.	This field is populated automatically with the value in the Net Maximum Capacity field in the Unit Capacity record for a GAA Unit based on the start date of the Primary Event. This value is defined by NERC in the GADS DRI. This field does not appear on the datasheet.
OMC Event	Logical	Indicates whether the event occurred for reasons that are outside of management control, such as a flood or lightning.	If the value in this field is: True, the event is considered outside of management control. False, the event is considered to be within management control. This value is defined by NERC in the GADS DRI.
Potential Capacity Incident Cost	Character	Identifies the potential cost of the event.	This field is disabled and populated automatically with the calculated event cost, if a cost has been calculated. This field exists in the Primary Event family but not in the Contributing Event family.
Primary Incident ID	Character	Identifies the Primary Event for which the Contributing Event exists.	This field is disabled and populated automatically with the value in the Event ID field in the Primary Event to which the Contributing Event is linked. This field exists in the Contributing Event family but not the Primary Event family.
Problem Alert	Logical	Indicates whether the problem that caused the event is the result of a design flaw or standard operating practices.	If the value in this field is: True, the problem was the result of a design flaw or standard operating practices. False, the problem was the result of another cause.
Refresh Incident Cost	Logical	Indicates whether the Meridium Enterprise APM system should refresh the cost calculation for the Primary Event.	When you save the Primary Event, if the value in this field is: True, the Meridium Enterprise APM system will update the value in the Capacity Incident Cost field and then save the new value, along with any other changes that you made the Primary Event. False, the Meridium Enterprise APM system will save any changes that you made to the Primary Event but will not update the value in the Capacity Incident Cost field. This field exists in the Primary Event family but not the Contributing Event family.
Reporting Month	Character	Identifies the month for which the data in the Primary Event should be reported.	This field is populated automatically with the month indicated by the value in the Event Start Date field. This field exists in the Primary Event family but not the Contributing Event family.
Reporting Year	Numeric	Identifies the year for which the data in the Primary Event should be reported.	This field is populated automatically with the year indicated by the value in the Event Start Date field. This value is defined by NERC in the GADS DRI. This field exists in the Primary Event family but not the Contributing Event family.
Revision	Numeric	Identifies the revision number of the Event and should be incremented each time you re-submit a report which includes information in the Event to NERC.	This one-character data field signifies that a change must be made to an event already submitted to GADS. Changes can be corrections, additions, or deletions of existing events. The first time you submit an event to GADS, it is called an “original” event. All original events have a revision code of zero (0). This value is defined by NERC in the GADS DRI.
Start Date is Estimated?	Logical	Indicates whether the value in the Event Start Date field is an estimate.	Select this check box when the value in the Event Start field represents an estimate of when the event ended or will end. Clear this check box if the value in the Event Start field represents the actual time that the event ended. This field exists in the Primary Event family but not the Contributing Event family.
Total Equivalent Derate Hours w/out Shadowing	Character	Identifies the total loss of capacity in terms of the number of hours that were lost if the unit operated at the net dependable capacity as a result of the event.	This field is disabled and populated automatically using the following formula: ((Net Dependable Capacity - Net Available Capacity) / Net Maximum Capacity) x Event Duration This value is defined by NERC in the GADS DRI. This field exists in the Primary Event family but not the Contributing Event family. This field does not appear on the datasheet.
Total Equivalent Derate MWh w/out Shadowing	Character	Identifies the total MWH lost as a result of the event.	This field is disabled and populated automatically using the following formula: (((Net Dependable Capacity - Net Available Capacity) / Net Maximum Capacity) x Event Duration) x Net Maximum Capacity This value is defined by NERC in the GADS DRI. This field exists in the Primary Event family but not the Contributing Event family. This field does not appear on the datasheet.
Trip Mechanism	Character	Indicates how the unit was shut down during the event.	This field contains no value by default, and a baseline rule exists to populate this field with a list of the following values: A - Automatic: The unit shut down automatically. M - Manual: The unit was shut down manual by an operator. After you select a value in this field and save the Event record, you will not be able to clear the field. This value is defined by NERC in the GADS DRI. This field is available in the Additional Reporting section for a Primary Event.
Unit ID	Character	Identifies the Unit ID of the GAA Unit record with which the Event is associated.	In Primary Events, a baseline rule exists to populate this field with a list of values from the Unit ID and Unit Name fields in all GAA Unit records that you have permission to modify using the formula Unit ID (Unit Name). This field is required when the Primary Event is in Unit Approved state. In Contributing Events, this field is disabled and populated automatically with the value in the Unit ID field in the Primary Event for which the Contributing Event exists.
Unit Name	Character	Identifies the name of the unit to which the event occurred.	This field is populated automatically using values from Performance or GAA Unit records.
Validate Incident	Logical	Indicates whether the Meridium Enterprise APM system will validate the record against all other existing Primary Events.	When you save the Primary Event, if the value in this field is: True, the Meridium Enterprise APM system will check all other Primary Events to validate any sequential event pairs of which the Primary Event is a part, update the value in the Incident Validation Status field if necessary, and then save the Primary Event to the database. False, the Meridium Enterprise APM system will save any changes that you made to the record, but will not validate the Primary Event against any other Primary Events. This field exists in the Primary Event family but not the Contributing Event family.
Verbal Description	Character	Describes the event.	This field can be used to store any information about the event that is not captured in the other fields in the Event record. The value in this field cannot match the value in the Cause Code Description field, except when the Cause Code Description field contains the value Reserve Shutdown. This field is required when the Primary Event is in Unit Approved state.
Work Duration	Character	Indicates the duration of the work that was completed as a result of the event.	This field is disabled and populated automatically using the following formula: Work Started + Work Ended
Work Ended	Date	Indicates the date and time when work on the unit ended as a result of the event.	If you enter an ambiguous date and time in this field, a message will appear and the Ambiguous Date and Time Preference field will be enabled and required. This value is defined by NERC in the GADS DRI and included in NERC event reports.
Work Started	Date	Indicates the date and time when work on the unit started as a result of the event.	If you enter an ambiguous date and time in this field, a message will appear and the Ambiguous Date and Time Preference field will be enabled and required. This value is defined by NERC in the GADS DRI and included in NERC event reports.

Field

Data Type

Description

Behavior and Usage

Ambiguous Date and Time Preference

Character

Identifies whether the date and time entered in the Event Start field occurred before or after the clock was reset

This field is disabled by default. This field is automatically enabled and required when you enter an ambiguous date and time in one of the following fields:

Event Start
Event End
Work Started
Work Ended

You can select one of following values in this field:

First Occurrence: Select this option if the date and time that you entered in the Event Start field occurred before the clock was reset
Second Occurrence: Select this option if the date and time that you entered in the Event Start field occurred after the clock was reset

This field exists in the Primary Event family but not the Contributing Event family.

Amplification Code

Character

Identifies the failure mode of the event.

This field becomes enabled when the Cause Code field is populated with a value. A baseline rule exists to populate this field with a list of System Codes in the MI_GM_AMPLIFICATION_CODE System Code Table.

Note:

If you set the Capacity Event Type field to U1, the Amplification Code field can be set to 84, T1 , or T2 only. If you set Amplification Code as 84, a message appears asking you to select T1 or T2 when you have a confirmed cause of event.
If you set the Capacity Event Type field to D1, D2, D3, D4, PD, DP, or DM, the Amplification Code field can be set to 82 or 83 only.
If you set the Capacity Event Type field to U1, D1, D2, D3, D4, PD, DP, or DM, the Amplification Code field becomes a mandatory field.

This field is required when the Primary Event is in Unit Approved state.

This value is defined by NERC in the GADS DRI and included in NERC event reports.

Capacity Event Type

Character

Identifies the type of event.

In Primary Events, this field contains a list of System Codes defined in the MI GM EVENT TYPE CODE System Code Table.
- If the value of Unit State field in the GAA Unit record is set to Active, the Capacity Event Type field contains a list of types of events associated with Active state.
- If the value of Unit State field in the GAA Unit record is set to Inactive, the Capacity Event Type field contains a list of types of events associated with Inactive state.
In Contributing Events, this field is disabled and populated automatically with the value in the Capacity Event Type field in the Primary Event to which it is linked.

This value is defined by NERC in the GADS DRI and included in NERC event reports.

This field is required.

Cause Code

Character

Identifies the cause code of the cause for the event.

A baseline rule exists to populate this field with a list of values in fields in GADS Cause Codes records using the format Cause Code (Cause Code Description). This value is defined by NERC in the GADS DRI.

This field is required when the Primary Event is in Unit Approved state.

Cause code Component

Character

Identifies the cause code component for the cause of the event.

A baseline rule exists to populate this field with a list of values in the Component field in GADS Cause Codes records. This value is defined by NERC in the GADS DRI.

This field is required when the Primary Event is in Unit Approved state.

Cause Code System

Character

Identifies the system for the cause code associated with the event.

A baseline rule exists to populate this field with a list of values in the System field in GADS Cause Code records. This value is defined by NERC in the GADS DRI.

This field is required when the Primary Event is in Unit Approved state.

Cost Calculation Status

Character

Indicates the status of the cost calculation.

This field is populated automatically with information regarding the status of the calculation performed in the Capacity Incident Cost field.

This field exists in the Primary Event family but not the Contributing Event family.

Count of Contributing Events

Character

Indicates the number of Contributing Events that exist for the Primary Event.

This field is disabled and populated automatically with a value that indicates the number of Contributing Events that are linked to the Primary Event. The value in this field is updated each time you link a new Contributing Event to the Primary Event and each time you unlink a Contributing Event from the Primary Event.

This field exists in the Primary Event family but not the Contributing Event family.

Cumulative Engine Starts at Time of Event

Character

Identifies the total number of engine starts the unit had experienced as of the time the event occurred.

This value is defined by NERC in the GADS DRI.

This field is available in the Additional Reporting section in a Primary Event only.

Cumulative Fired Hours at Time of Event

Character

Identifies the total cumulative number of hours the unit spent generating power as of the time the event occurred.

This value is defined by NERC in the GADS DRI.

This field is available in the Additional Reporting section for a Primary Event.

Dominant Derate

Logical

Indicates whether the Event represents the dominant derate event.

This field becomes enabled when the Capacity Event Type field contains a value that identifies the event as a derate event. If the value in this field is:

True, the Event represents the dominant derate event.
False, the Event does not represent the dominant derate event.

This value is defined by NERC in the GADS DRI.

This field exists in the Primary Event family but not the Contributing Event family.

End Date is Estimated?

Logical

Indicates whether the value in the Event End field is an estimate.

Select this check box when the value in the Event End field represents an estimate of when the event ended or will end.

Clear this check box if the value in the Event End field represents the actual time that the event ended.

Note: This check box is selected automatically if you enter a future date in the Event End field.

This field exists in the Primary Event family but not the Contributing Event family.

Event Contribution Code

Character

Indicates how the incident contributed to the event.

This field exists in the Contributing Event family but not the Primary Event family.

This field will always contain a value and contains a list of the following values:

2-Contributed to Primary Cause: Indicates that the event represents a secondary cause that contributed to the primary cause of the event.
3-Work done during the event: Indicates that the event represents work that was done during the event.
5-After startup, delayed unit from reaching load point: Indicates that the event delayed the unit from reaching its dependable capacity after startup and prevented the unit from filling its load requirement.

This value is defined by NERC in the GADS DRI and included in NERC event reports.

Event Duration

Character

Indicates how long the event lasted.

This field is disabled and calculated automatically using the following formula:

Event End Date - Event Start Date

The Event Duration takes into account any existing Daylight Saving Time Reference records for the time period between the Event Start date and Event End date.

This value is defined by NERC in the GADS DRI.

Event End

Date

Indicates the date and time that the event ended.

In Primary Events, if you enter an ambiguous date and time in this field, a message will appear and the Ambiguous Date and Time Preference field will be enabled and required.

You cannot specify a value in the Event End field with a year that is different from the year in the value in the Event Start field.
In Contributing Events, this field is disabled and is populated automatically with the value in the Event End field from the Primary Event to which it is linked.

This value is defined by NERC in the GADS DRI and included in NERC event reports.

Event ID

Character

In Primary Events, this value identifies the event with a value that is unique to all Primary Events that are linked to a given GAA Unit.
In Contributing Events, this value identifies the Primary Event for which the Contributing Event exists.

This field is disabled and populated automatically.

Event Number

Numeric

Indicates the order in which the event occurred with respect to other events that exist for the same unit.

In Primary Events, a value that indicates the chronological order in which the event took place. When you create a Primary Event, this field is populated automatically. For example, when you create the third Primary Event for a given GAA Unit record for a given reporting month and year, this field will be populated automatically with the value 3 (three).
In Contributing Events, this field is populated automatically with the value in the Event Number field in the Primary Event to which it is linked.

This field does not appear on the datasheet.

This value is defined by NERC in the GADS DRI.

Event Start

Date

Indicates the date and time that the event began.

If you enter an ambiguous date and time in this field, a message will appear and the Ambiguous Date and Time Preference field will be enabled and required.

You cannot specify a value in the Event Start field with a year that is different from the year in the value in the Event End field.
In Contributing Events, this field is disabled and is populated automatically with the value in Event Start field in the Primary Event to which it is linked.

This value is defined by NERC in the GADS DRI and included in NERC event reports.

This field is required.

Failure Mechanism

Character

Indicates the manner in which the component failed.

A baseline rule exists to populate this field with a list of System Codes in the MI_GM_FAILURE_MECHANISM System Code Table.

This value is defined by NERC in the GADS DRI. This field exists in the Primary Event family but not the Contributing Event family.

This field is available in the Additional Reporting section for a Primary Event.

Gross Available Capacity

Character

Identifies the gross available generation capacity of the unit during the event.

In Primary Events, this field contains a value that is calculated depending on the value in the Capacity Event Type field. If the value in the Capacity Event Type field contains a value that identifies the event as:
- A derate event, this field will become required, and the value must be less than the value in the Gross Dependable Capacity field. This field is cleared and becomes required when the Gross Derate Amount field contains no value or the value 0 (zero). If the Gross Derate Amount field contains a value other than 0 (zero), this field will be populated automatically using the following formula:
  Gross Dependable Capacity - Gross Derate Amount
- An outage event, this field will become disabled and populated with the value 0 (zero).
In Contributing Events, this field is disabled and populated automatically with the value in the Gross Available Capacity field in the Primary Event to which it is linked.

This value is defined by NERC in the GADS DRI.

Gross Dependable Capacity

Character

Identifies the gross dependable generation capacity of the unit at which the event occurred.

This field is populated automatically with the value in the Gross Dependable Capacity field in the Unit Capacity record for a GAA Unit based on the start date of the Primary Event.

This value is defined by NERC in the GADS DRI.

This field exists in the Primary Event family but not the Contributing Event family.

Gross Derate Amount

Character

Indicates the gross amount of generation capacity that was lost during the event.

In Primary Events, this value is used to calculate the value in the Gross Available Capacity field. The default value is 0 (zero). If the value in the Capacity Event Type field contains a value that identifies the event as:
- A derate event, this field will be optional. If this field contains a value other than 0 (zero), the value in the Gross Available Capacity field will be disabled and populated automatically using the following formula:
  Gross Dependable Capacity - Gross Derate Amount
  If this field contains no value or the value 0 (zero), the Gross Available Capacity field becomes required.
- An outage event, this field will become disabled and populated with the value 0 (zero).
In Contributing Events, this field is disabled and populated automatically with the value in the Gross Derate Amount field in the GAA Unit for which the Contributing Event exists.

This value is defined by NERC in the GADS DRI.

Gross Maximum Capacity

Character

Identifies the gross maximum generation capacity of the unit.

This field is populated automatically with the value in the Gross Maximum Capacity field in the Unit Capacity record for a GAA Unit based on the start date of the Primary Event.

This value is defined by NERC in the GADS DRI.

This field does not appear on the datasheet.

Incident Reported Date

Date

The date and time that the event was reported.

When the Incident Reporting Status field is set to Corporate Approval, this field becomes disabled and populated automatically with the current date and time.

This field exists in the Primary Event family but not the Contributing Event family.

Incident Reporting Status

Character

A value that represents the level of approval for the Event record.

This field is set to the value Created by default, and a baseline rule exists to populate this field with a list of the following values:

Created: The Event record has not begun the approval process.
Unit Level Approval: The event has unit-level approval.
Corporate Approval: The event has corporate-level approval. When this field is set to the value Corporate Approval, all other fields in the Event record become disabled.

This field exists in the Contributing Event family but not the Primary Event family.

Incident Validation Status

Character

A value that indicates the validity of the record.

If this field contains the value:

Invalid, one or more values in the Event are invalid, and you will be unable to set the value in the Incident Reporting Status field to Unit Level Approval. If the value in this field contains Invalid, this field will contain additional information regarding what value is invalid and why.
Valid, all calculations and values in the Event are valid.

This field exists in the Primary Event family but not the Contributing Event family.

Man-hours Worked

Numeric

Identifies the number of man hours that were worked correcting the cause of the event or repairing the unit.

This value is defined by NERC in the GADS DRI.

Net Available Capacity

Character

Identifies the net available capacity of the unit during the event.

In Primary Events, this field contains a value that is calculated depending on the value contained in the Capacity Event Type field. If the value in the Capacity Event Type field contains a value that identifies the event as:
- A derate event, this field will become required, and the value must be less than the value in the Net Dependable Capacity field. This field is cleared and becomes required when the Net Derate Amount field contains no value or the value 0 (zero). If the Net Derate Amount field contains a value, this field will be populated automatically using the following formula:
  Net Dependable Capacity - Net Derate Amount
- An outage event, this field will become disabled and populated with the value 0 (zero).
In Contributing Events, this field is disabled and populated automatically with the value in the Net Available Capacity field in the GAA Unit that contains a value in the Unit ID field that matches the value in the Unit ID field in the Event.

This value is defined by NERC in the GADS DRI.

Net Dependable Capacity

Character

Identifies the net dependable generation capacity of the unit at which the event occurred.

This field is populated automatically with the value in the Net Dependable Capacity field in the Unit Capacity record for a GAA Unit based on the start date of the Primary Event.

This value is defined by NERC in the GADS DRI.

This field exists in the Primary Event family but not the Contributing Event family.

Net Derate Amount

Character

Indicates the net amount of generation capacity that was lost during the event.

In Primary Events, this value is used to calculate the value in the Net Available Capacity field. The default value is 0 (zero). If the value in the Capacity Event Type field contains a value that identifies the event as:
- A derate event, this field is an optional field. If this field contains a value other than 0 (zero), the value in the Net Available Capacity field will be disabled and populated automatically using the following formula:
  Net Dependable Capacity - Net Derate Amount
  If this field contains no value or the value 0 (zero), the Net Available Capacity field is cleared and becomes required.
- An outage event, this field will become disabled and populated with the value 0 (zero).
In Contributing Events, this field is disabled and populated automatically with the value in the Net Derate Amount field in the GAA Unit that contains a value in the Unit ID field that matches the value in the Unit ID field in the Event.

This value is defined by NERC in the GADS DRI.

Net Maximum Capacity

Character

Identifies the net maximum generation capacity of the unit at which the event occurred.

This field is populated automatically with the value in the Net Maximum Capacity field in the Unit Capacity record for a GAA Unit based on the start date of the Primary Event.

This value is defined by NERC in the GADS DRI.

This field does not appear on the datasheet.

OMC Event

Logical

Indicates whether the event occurred for reasons that are outside of management control, such as a flood or lightning.

If the value in this field is:

True, the event is considered outside of management control.
False, the event is considered to be within management control.

This value is defined by NERC in the GADS DRI.

Potential Capacity Incident Cost

Character

Identifies the potential cost of the event.

This field is disabled and populated automatically with the calculated event cost, if a cost has been calculated.

This field exists in the Primary Event family but not in the Contributing Event family.

Primary Incident ID

Character

Identifies the Primary Event for which the Contributing Event exists.

This field is disabled and populated automatically with the value in the Event ID field in the Primary Event to which the Contributing Event is linked.

This field exists in the Contributing Event family but not the Primary Event family.

Problem Alert

Logical

Indicates whether the problem that caused the event is the result of a design flaw or standard operating practices.

If the value in this field is:

True, the problem was the result of a design flaw or standard operating practices.
False, the problem was the result of another cause.

Refresh Incident Cost

Logical

Indicates whether the Meridium Enterprise APM system should refresh the cost calculation for the Primary Event.

When you save the Primary Event, if the value in this field is:

True, the Meridium Enterprise APM system will update the value in the Capacity Incident Cost field and then save the new value, along with any other changes that you made the Primary Event.
False, the Meridium Enterprise APM system will save any changes that you made to the Primary Event but will not update the value in the Capacity Incident Cost field.

This field exists in the Primary Event family but not the Contributing Event family.

Reporting Month

Character

Identifies the month for which the data in the Primary Event should be reported.

This field is populated automatically with the month indicated by the value in the Event Start Date field.

This field exists in the Primary Event family but not the Contributing Event family.

Reporting Year

Numeric

Identifies the year for which the data in the Primary Event should be reported.

This field is populated automatically with the year indicated by the value in the Event Start Date field.

This value is defined by NERC in the GADS DRI.

This field exists in the Primary Event family but not the Contributing Event family.

Revision

Numeric

Identifies the revision number of the Event and should be incremented each time you re-submit a report which includes information in the Event to NERC.

This one-character data field signifies that a change must be made to an event already submitted to GADS. Changes can be corrections, additions, or deletions of existing events. The first time you submit an event to GADS, it is called an “original” event. All original events have a revision code of zero (0).

This value is defined by NERC in the GADS DRI.

Start Date is Estimated?

Logical

Indicates whether the value in the Event Start Date field is an estimate.

Select this check box when the value in the Event Start field represents an estimate of when the event ended or will end.

Clear this check box if the value in the Event Start field represents the actual time that the event ended.

This field exists in the Primary Event family but not the Contributing Event family.

Total Equivalent Derate Hours w/out Shadowing

Character

Identifies the total loss of capacity in terms of the number of hours that were lost if the unit operated at the net dependable capacity as a result of the event.

This field is disabled and populated automatically using the following formula:

((Net Dependable Capacity - Net Available Capacity) / Net Maximum Capacity) x Event Duration

This value is defined by NERC in the GADS DRI.

This field exists in the Primary Event family but not the Contributing Event family.

This field does not appear on the datasheet.

Total Equivalent Derate MWh w/out Shadowing

Character

Identifies the total MWH lost as a result of the event.

This field is disabled and populated automatically using the following formula:

(((Net Dependable Capacity - Net Available Capacity) / Net Maximum Capacity) x Event Duration) x Net Maximum Capacity

This value is defined by NERC in the GADS DRI.

This field exists in the Primary Event family but not the Contributing Event family.

This field does not appear on the datasheet.

Trip Mechanism

Character

Indicates how the unit was shut down during the event.

This field contains no value by default, and a baseline rule exists to populate this field with a list of the following values:

A - Automatic: The unit shut down automatically.
M - Manual: The unit was shut down manual by an operator.

After you select a value in this field and save the Event record, you will not be able to clear the field.

This value is defined by NERC in the GADS DRI.

This field is available in the Additional Reporting section for a Primary Event.

Unit ID

Character

Identifies the Unit ID of the GAA Unit record with which the Event is associated.

In Primary Events, a baseline rule exists to populate this field with a list of values from the Unit ID and Unit Name fields in all GAA Unit records that you have permission to modify using the formula Unit ID (Unit Name).

This field is required when the Primary Event is in Unit Approved state.
In Contributing Events, this field is disabled and populated automatically with the value in the Unit ID field in the Primary Event for which the Contributing Event exists.

Unit Name

Character

Identifies the name of the unit to which the event occurred.

This field is populated automatically using values from Performance or GAA Unit records.

Validate Incident

Logical

Indicates whether the Meridium Enterprise APM system will validate the record against all other existing Primary Events.

When you save the Primary Event, if the value in this field is:

True, the Meridium Enterprise APM system will check all other Primary Events to validate any sequential event pairs of which the Primary Event is a part, update the value in the Incident Validation Status field if necessary, and then save the Primary Event to the database.
False, the Meridium Enterprise APM system will save any changes that you made to the record, but will not validate the Primary Event against any other Primary Events.

This field exists in the Primary Event family but not the Contributing Event family.

Verbal Description

Character

Describes the event.

This field can be used to store any information about the event that is not captured in the other fields in the Event record.

The value in this field cannot match the value in the Cause Code Description field, except when the Cause Code Description field contains the value Reserve Shutdown.

This field is required when the Primary Event is in Unit Approved state.

Work Duration

Character

Indicates the duration of the work that was completed as a result of the event.

This field is disabled and populated automatically using the following formula:

Work Started + Work Ended

Work Ended

Date

Indicates the date and time when work on the unit ended as a result of the event.

If you enter an ambiguous date and time in this field, a message will appear and the Ambiguous Date and Time Preference field will be enabled and required.

This value is defined by NERC in the GADS DRI and included in NERC event reports.

Work Started

Date

Indicates the date and time when work on the unit started as a result of the event.

If you enter an ambiguous date and time in this field, a message will appear and the Ambiguous Date and Time Preference field will be enabled and required.

This value is defined by NERC in the GADS DRI and included in NERC event reports.