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The Allocation Area in Navigates™ provides tools necessary for viewing and maintaining allocations.

Contents 1 View Allocations 1.1 Maintain/View Pt Operator Alloc 1.2 Maintain/View Entity Level Alloc 1.3 Maintain/View Requester Alloc 2 Reallocate 3 FIELDS

[edit] View Allocations

To retrieve data on the Allocation screen, enter the point and date and click .
Using a respective tab, users have an option of viewing Allocations by Operator, Upstream Entity or Service Requester.

[edit] Maintain/View Pt Operator Alloc

PDAs are grouped by Service Requester and Direction of Flow.

[edit] Maintain/View Entity Level Alloc

PDAs are grouped by Up/Dn Entity and Service Requester.

[edit] Maintain/View Requester Alloc

PDAs are listed for each activity for the point on the specified day.

Click to clear data on the screen.

[edit] Reallocate

To reallocate nominations:

• Enter location and date and click .
• Select the rows you wish to reallocate.
• Click Reallocate Selected Flow under the Screen Functions.

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[edit] FIELDS

• Conf Req - Pipeline segment name.
• Preparer - Point operator.
• Contact Name - Name of the point operator's contact person.
• Contact Phone - Phone number associated with the contact person.
• Recipient Name - Pipeline segment name.
• Recipient - Pipeline segment ID.
• Stmt D/T - Date when point function was last updated to either Gathering or Transmission.
• Location - Location DRN number.
• Loc Prop - Location number.
• Loc Name - Location full name.
• Beginning Date - Nomination date.
• Dir Flo - Location direction of flow.
• Oprtg Cap - Operating capacity.

• Alloc Method Low - Allocation method used when allocated volume < scheduled volume.
• Alloc Rank Lvl Low - Allocation priority rank used when allocated volume < scheduled volume.
• Low Limit Value - Allocation limit used when allocated volume < scheduled volume.
• Alloc Method High - Allocation method used when allocated volume > scheduled volume.
• Alloc Rank Lvl High - Allocation priority rank used when allocated volume > scheduled volume.
• High Limit Value - Allocation limit used when allocated volume > scheduled volume.
• Mcf/Dth - Measurement value.
• Dir Flo - Direction of Flow.
• Up/Dn Name - Upstream/downstream business associate full name.
• Up/Dn K - Contract number associated with upstream/downstream entity.
• Svc Req Name - Name of the customer associated with the contract.
• Svc Req K - Service Requester Contract - A unique identifier issued to the contract, on which the nomination was placed.
• Package ID - Unique ID used to differentiate identical nominations.
• Sched Qty - Scheduled quantity. - Amount of gas scheduled to flow.
• Alloc Qty - Allocated quantity. - Actual allocation of gas at the point.
• Difference - Allocated quantity less scheduled quantity.
• Updated By - ID of the user or process that last updated the PDA.
• Update Date - Date the PDA was last updated.
  
• Act Cd - Activity Code - A unique combination of receipt and delivery locations and upstream and downstream entities.

The matrix at the bottom of the screen displays total quantities for the point for the selected date range.