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May 27, 2021
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Why have I lost the yearly view and comparisons on my online usage graphs?

  • May 27, 2021
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From day one with OVO I have been able to see annual data and comparisons, rather than daily useage.
It would appear that this functionality has been removed in preference for daily data returned by smart metres. I for one am not intending to micro-manage my energy consumption and am happy to check long term deviations and so spot increasing annual costs so I can budget accordingly.

When questioned I am told this is probably due to issues at my end - wrong browser, clogged cache, and so on. Nonsense.

 

You tell me that by clicking on usage that the options to see year on year comparisons should appear - they do not.

 

When I go to the help centre and ask for my annual statement there is a check your yearly energy use box, which when clicked on re-routes me back to my monthly energy use in and endless loop.

 

So broken links?
Update issues?

Is this something other folk are having issues with?

What was a first rate site seems to be having issues with the latest update and basic functions either broken or deliberately removed … 

 

Best answer by Jess_OVO

Updated on 18/10/23 by Abby_OVO

 

Back with an update from the team on this one - they have been working on this feature so sounds like a bug crept in there whilst they were making the changes (hopefully this should have already been fixed).

 

They did also explain that the usage views 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.

 

 

Anyway, great to see a community forum being well used and hopefully the problem will be easy to fix.

 

A good community forum goes a long way towards customer satisfaction. Though I should say that I’ve never joined before because I’ve never needed any support before - that doubtless says something important about Ovo. :smile:

 

And we whole-heartedly agree with this one - so nice to have so many active community members here to help us improve our online features. Bringing all your technical expertise to the table, we really are incredibly grateful to have you here to share your knowledge and ultimately play a really important role in our journey to Plan Zero - we couldn’t do it without you! :relaxed:

57 replies

Newcomer
June 2, 2021

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.

Blastoise186
Super User
Super User
June 3, 2021

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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TomThumb
Rank 6
Rank 6
June 3, 2021

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
Jess_OVO
OVO Staff
OVO Staff
June 3, 2021

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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TomThumb
Rank 6
Rank 6
June 3, 2021

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
Jess_OVO
OVO Staff
OVO Staff
June 4, 2021

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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Jess_OVO
OVO Staff
OVO Staff
June 7, 2021

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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TomThumb
Rank 6
Rank 6
June 7, 2021

@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…

3 meters: Smart Gas & Smart Elec / Traditional Gas meter
Jeffus
Rank 20
Rank 20
July 30, 2021

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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Jess_OVO
OVO Staff
OVO Staff
August 5, 2021

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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