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Why have I lost the yearly view and comparisons on my online usage graphs?

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Delighted to report a partial success: I have now got back annual comparisons as default, but there is still is no sign of the three options - Year, Month, Day - that you show earlier at the very top.

 

Must say I’m most impressed by the work you guys are doing on this … and hope the next rewrite will finally let you move on.

Computing and functionality and naughty games played by the giant corporations has become such a complicated matter - I’m just waiting for some malevolent operator to turn off all the smart meters!

Ho hum.

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No worries! It’s definitely better than leaving you totally stuck with no access!

I’m only a forum volunteer myself and other than helping out on this forum as a volunteer, I don’t work for OVO myself. I wouldn’t be surprised if a job offer gets sent my way some day though. XD

However, I can say that I have built up a reputation for smashing up OVO’s stuff and in some cases actually helping to fix them. But most of my fixes end up breaking more stuff. Sorry! :stuck_out_tongue:

It’s not technically possible for one person to turn off every smart meter at once - DCC just acts like a network but they can’t actually control meters once they’re commissioned, since control gets passed to the active supplier. If the network went down, all smart meters would continue to work, they just won’t be able to use smart features for a while.

Do you definitely have smart meters? If you don’t have smart meters at all, or have a smart electric meter and a traditional gas meter, you might not see the tabs at all, but the sidebar options should work - and those are THE most critical factor. I suspect the Tech Team are probably actively monitoring this thread because Jess hadn’t reacted by the time the latest sub-bug got fixed. This is why it’ll probably help to keep everything related to this particular bug in the same thread for now, just to make it easier.

I also wonder what happens if your smart meters are in either Half-Hourly, Daily and Monthly mode. That could also be relevant in some way...

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I’ve actually just had a Private Message from someone at OVO a few minutes ago.

They asked me not to reveal themselves which is understandable, but they have allowed me to share an update on this bug. Naturally however, rules don’t apply to this AI SkyNet Blastoise and I smash them up just like I smash up everything else! So, there’s only one person at OVO who would have asked to remain hidden and can totally trust me to keep it that way. Isn’t that right… @Jess_OVO ? :rofl:

I couldn’t possibly know who this anonymous @Jess_OVO is! :innocent:

I’ve had confirmation that this entire bug is definitely on the radar to be fixed and that this thread is indeed being monitored actively by the team who’s been working on these upgrades recently. They actually managed to fix the fix that I broke almost as fast as I broke it. If anyone manages to break it again, please let us know here and the team will be notified if needed.

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Thanks to all. As mentioned, I don’t have a smart meter yet and so should have only been seeing the yearly by month figures. Happy to report that I’m back to seeing those again.

Though I note that the page no longer knows when I submitted my last reading (which was at the weekend).

Julian Knight, IT Architect, Node-RED contributor
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Nice. That’s good to see then. Admittedly it’s not quite been the smoothest rollout for this type of change but I know from experience that this forum gets used as part of the telemetry that helps to flag up these sorts of issues (alongside all the other stuff). And the teams are usually pretty quick at realising something messed up!

This is probably another good thing about how MyOVO is built in-house as well in a way. If OVO had bought the system in from a third-party, we’d have to wait for that third-party to not only fix the bug, but also wait for OVO to get the fix which can take a while. I’ve been there.

I’m not seeing any other obvious bugs right now so I suspect the showstoppers are gone for now. But yeah, I’ll be giving this thing a really heavy stress test or two overnight, just in case.

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I’m late replying to this :cry: but I get the same as @knight. I don’t have a smart meter either and am now seeing the yearly by month figures, which is what I wanted.

Thanks to @Blastoise for pushing Ovo so hard on this.

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Excellent!

If it’s fixed for us, then there’s a good chance it’s fixed for everyone. Let me ask @Simond to see if he can check as well, along with the ultimate test… @TomThumb could you take a look when you’re free?

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Morning all @Blastoise186  @Jess_OVO  @knight @darkness 

For confirmation, both my accounts are showing invalid date on the year tab view.

The comparison tab is up & running with no issues across both accounts.

As knight has mentioned, my traditional gas meter account now has the ability to show the date of the last meter reading in 2 locations, but the info box under the graph has no entry.

 

On a side note @Blastoise186  the usage on my gas only account hasn’t changed over the last 8 months, although my monthly bill reflects the zero usage & even the graph dose drop back to zero eventually, it doesn’t stop Orion from taking a wild guess every month 😀😀😀

 

Tom…

 

3 meters: Smart Gas & Smart Elec / Traditional Gas meter
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Thanks for letting us know the ‘Invalid Date’ bug is still not sorted, @TomThumb. 

 

The team have recommended that you should restart your browser or do a force refresh, as they hope that should resolve the issue. If not keep us posted as we can look into this one further. :thumbsup:

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Unfortunately @Jess_OVO the invalid date issue has not cleared after a browser refresh 🙈

Running a clean instance of Firefox & cache cleared on chrome,

I’m still getting the invalid date for the year view on both accounts.

 

The good news is, the previous missing date for my last meter reading on my traditional gas meter account has been resolved, the info box under the graph chart, now has no reference for this data.

The line of

your last meter reading was submitted on ?? 
has now been removed completely 👍 

Tom…

 

 

3 meters: Smart Gas & Smart Elec / Traditional Gas meter
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Thanks for updating us on the remaining bug, @TomThumb.

 

Just wanted to let you know I’ve passed this one on to the team and will pop back here to update you when I hear more. :ok_hand:

 

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So just a heads-up - The team thinks they’ve sorted the ‘Invalid Dates’ bug now, @TomThumb. 

 

Have you checked your usage graphs yet today? - Hoping this is the final fix!:fingers_crossed:

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@Jess_OVO Any reference to an invalid date has now been resolved & it now populates with the correct data, i also still have the comparison tab 👍 yey 

All good & no issues across both my accounts now 👌

 

Tom…

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For me.

For electricity the Kwh and cost figures dont align on the Usage page.

Impacts April and July. The cost figure is too high for April and too low for July. 

April was low for kwh as we joined that month. 

Kwh for electricity used is fine for all months. It is the costs that seem to have got confused, including the total cost for the year on the usage page which is high. 650.8kwh doesn't cost £131.35

Same issue on website and app. 

 

Ah…

If I look on the monthly page the July costs look fine... 

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​​​​​​And here is the April costs on the monthly tab

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Sorry for the delay in getting back to you on this one, @Jeffus - something strange certainly seems to be going on here.

 

I’ve checked in with the team to see if there are any known bugs which could be causing the inconsistencies you’re seeing between the different views of your usage pages and it looks like this could be a new one. 

 

In order to get to the root of the cause it would be best to contact our Support Team, who’ll have full access to your account and can raise this one to the tech team if it’s not something they’re able to resolve.

 

Let us know how you get on - we’d love to hear if you notice these corrections rectify themselves. :slight_smile:

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Sorry for the delay in getting back to you on this one, @Jeffus - something strange certainly seems to be going on here.

 

I’ve checked in with the team to see if there are any known bugs which could be causing the inconsistencies you’re seeing between the different views of your usage pages and it looks like this could be a new one. 

 

In order to get to the root of the cause it would be best to contact our Support Team, who’ll have full access to your account and can raise this one to the tech team if it’s not something they’re able to resolve.

 

Let us know how you get on - we’d love to hear if you notice these corrections rectify themselves. :slight_smile:

July sorted itself out in August.

April still the same issue.

It is not a big issue as the bills were fine.

Perhaps it is the system assuming some average reading for the days prior to me joining OVO when calculating the costs on the electricity yearly view?

August seems OK.

On a separate point the Direct Debit Calculator is useful. Adding the Kwh figures as well as the costs i think would be useful, either on the Direct Debit Calculator or elsewhere to see a forward view of Kwh. I think for us the Direct Debit calculator is assuming too high a usage in summer and too low in winter. Of course every house is different. Be interesting to see after 12 months

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I do not appear to have the comparison function anymore, has this been removed? 

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Hi @Hongkongandy and welcome to the OVO online community,

 

Great question to ask about the features available on the usage pages of your online account. I’m wondering if you’ve noticed a change to this feature recently as there was a related discussion we had on this a few months ago, which I’ve now moved your comment over to.

 

As the best answer above advises the expected features available do depend on your meter type:

 

Smart users (with exclusively smart meters) will see tabs to toggle between views - they can view daily, monthly and yearly usage.

 

Traditional users (with exclusively traditional meters) will not see the tabs as they can only view yearly usage.

 

Mixed meter users (with both types) will not see tabs, but they do see the drop down (within the navigation menu on the left) - they can view yearly and monthly.

 

Does this reflect what you’re seeing there?

 

I’m sure our resident bug-hunter @Blastoise186 would love to help get to the bottom of this if not….

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I have smets2 and cannot see any toggle to get comparisons on previous months/years?

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Howdy!

I’m afraid I can’t reproduce this issue myself with Raichu set to Half-Hourly Mode and the following browsers:

  • Google Chrome 94 (Windows 10 using Stunfisk)
  • Mozilla Firefox 92 (Windows 10 using Stunfisk)
  • Microsoft Edge Chromium 94 (Windows 10 using Stunfisk)
  • Google Chrome 94 (Android 11 using Oshawott)
  • Chromium 93 (Ubuntu 21.04 using Magnetmite)
  • Mozilla Firefox 92 (Ubuntu 21.04 using Magnetmite)

Please can you tell me what web browser you’re using by any chance? If you’re using Internet Explorer, then I’m afraid that browser is unsupported. Please make sure you’re using either Google Chrome (recommended as it’s the most tested by OVO), Mozilla Firefox, Opera Chromium, Safari or Microsoft Edge Chromium. If you’re using one of these browsers, then I can definitely try to help you dig deeper, but if you’re not using them then I’m afraid it might not be possible to fix.

The only side note is that the OVO Energy app doesn’t currently support usage comparisons at this time. It’s definitely something that can be suggested though if you’d like to see that in the future.

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Yep your right! Was expecting the app to give comparisons!  ( why not) 

logged into the Ovo www and comparisons available. 

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Great work - @Blastoise186. Knew you’d figure this one out! :slight_smile:

 

And some very fair feedback on the availability of the comparison feature when logging in to the OVO app rather than the browser version of your online account, @Hongkongandy - I’ve passed this one on to the team as we’re always working on these features so any feedback is really valuable as we make improvements in future.

 

Have you had a chance to check out the Greenlight feature yet?

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Hi,

I have had a smart meter since Nov 2020.

However, everytime I look at my usage I am unable to see the previous year’s consumption.

This is very annoying as it is difficult to see if I am using more or less energy.

Does anyone know why OVO do not supply the previous years usage?

Many thanks,

Ian

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Hey @ianatstanage ,

Where are you looking for this? There’s a known bug in the app right now that’s similar, but MyOVO at https://my.ovoenergy.com should be working properly.

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Hi Blastoise186 ,

The previous year’s usage is not showing on either the App or the Web.

In the past I have seen the usage from 2021, but not for a while.

I am trying to use less energy, so the comparison with last year is important to see.

Cheers,

Ian

 

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