| 1. | Open the Unit entry screen by moving to the Units navigation pane, and clicking on the Unit serial number in the Unit grid |
| 2. | In the Unit entry screen, select the Unit Metered jump button |
| 3. | The Unit Meter Reading grid displays |
| 4. | Select the  New… button on the toolbar within the Meter Reading grid to open the Meter Reading entry screen |
| 5. | Enter in the following fields: |
| a. | In the Description field enter why this is being entered Client called in meter reading |
| b. | In the Unit Meter Reading field enter in the reading provided |
| c. | Date of Reading – this will default to today’s date, but you can change it to correspond to when you actually took the reading |
| 6. | Click on the OK button to save and close the entry and view it now in the grid. |
| 7. | Once an entry has been saved to the Meter Reading grid it cannot be deleted or edited. If you made a mistake, enter in a new Meter Reading. |
The above is considered a "manual" entry of the a unit meter reading.
If you enter the meter reading via a service workorder where this unit is selected in the service workorder, the service workorder number will automatically be identified in the unit meter record in the Meter read on field. See the next tutorial for an example of this.