Power monitoring device simulation using a database profile generated from real time-value data

A method for generating a test database, the method comprising:

• accessing an external database including a plurality of categories of time-value data collected from an electrical device via an interface;
• converting one of plurality of categories of time-value data to a corresponding topic of a common data format;
• creating a device profile including the converted topic;
• and
• creating a database profile representing a system including a device defined by the device profile and including the category of time-value data.

A machine readable medium having stored thereon instructions for generating a test database from an external database of time-value entries collected from an electrical device, the stored instructions comprising machine executable code, which when executed by at least one machine processor, causes the machine to:

• access an external database including a plurality of categories of time-value data collected from an electrical device via an interface;
• convert one of plurality of categories of time-value data to a corresponding topic of a common data format;
• create a device profile including the converted topic;
• and
• create a database profile representing a system including a device defined by the device profile and including the category of time-value data.