IoT

The Internet of things describes physical objects with sensors, processing ability, software, and other technologies that connect and exchange data with other devices and systems over the Internet or other communications networks. Hex, along with decimal and binary, is one of the most commonly encountered numeral systems in the world of electronics and programming. It’s … Read more

Lean Architecture (PHP, Python)

Lean Architecture is the ongoing process of rethinking and improving architectural methodology.  It is the pursuit of better work by applying Lean principles to every aspect of practice. It is about smarter information flow and understanding how we perceive and process information in order to be better communicators amongst ourselves and to the users of … Read more

create_extDataSource

Overview The stored procedure dbo.[create_extDataSource] procedure manages the creation of credentials for the management of Access Tokens in SQL Whilst the solution imports data from the Azure Blob as json formatted files into the SQL import Tables, a connection has to be made between the SQL Database and the Blob Storage This connection is made … Read more

Overview

Physical changes within a locality may have an impact on the rateable value of property. The rateable value is the Valuation Office Agency assessment of the open market rental value of your property and is used by local councils to calculate business rates. What is a “material change of circumstances”? If there are physical changes … Read more

MCC Calculation & Implementation

Load Dependency data Required: Once (this is a one-time import) Load VoA Special Category Table Special Category and Primary Description codes for property descriptions Source: 2017 Compiled List and SMV Data Specification (Appendix 2 (pages 37-68)) See… Appendix 1: VoA SCatCodes.csv Create Effective date table Identify Candidate Properties/Localities Required: Every Time … After refresh of … Read more

Key Values

List Year Number (4) List year of the rating list. Property Identifiers Billing Authority Code Character (4)Code representing Billing Authority (can have a leading zero).A list of BA codes is provided at Appendix 1 BA Reference Number Character (25) Reference number supplied by BA and normally used for billingpurposes. SCAT Code And Suffix Character (4)Code … Read more

(Special) Category Codes

Descriptions, special category codes and valuation scheme references These data items are used to enable ratepayers to compare their rateable value with the rateable values of similar properties valued the same way.Descriptions and description codes of the same type are a primary means of comparing properties we have valued the same way. You may also … Read more

Ratings List

There are typically around 2 million properties shown in English and Welsh local rating lists at any one time.Over the life of a list some properties will come and go, whilst other may see changes made to their descriptions and addresses, and of course to their rateable values with effect from specified dates.Every entry in … Read more

Actuals

GET statement Gets Actuals (timesheet data) in Runn for the purpose of comparison with WFM Dates Requires start and end date Format: YYYY-MM-DD. Include Actuals on or before/after date Start Date This is associated with a Business Requirement as the regular Runn ingestion process only spans 4 weeks Typically the start date is set to … Read more