building gis workflow mgmt sys electric utility
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Building a GIS Based Workflow Management System for Electric Utility
Srikanth Reddy Yadiki, RMSI Private Ltd
Presentation Outline
Introduction
GIS for Electric Utility
Building GIS data
GIS Enabled Workflow Management
Conclusion
Introduction
Delivering a world of solutions
Professional services organization providing enterprise wide geospatial solutions and application software services to utilities worldwide
Manages landbase, network database and GIS applications to provide real-time unified network information for utility industry
RMSI helps utilities to design, store, manage, and maintain network information to operate distribution infrastructure safely, efficiently, and profitably using integrated CAD and GIS tools, with best breed of technologies available
• Web Application Interface• Application Migration• Data Modeling• Custom Tool Development
Application Development
• Enterprise Solution Support• User Need Analysis• Conflation & Migration strategies
GISConsulting
Geo-dataDevelopment
• Data Conversion (Imagery & Vectors)• Conflation & Positional Accuracy Improvement• Legacy Migration & Integration• Data Maintenance
GIS For Electric Utility Electric utilities need
– Integrate business functions
– Near real time information
– Ensure long-term sustainability
– Scalability Generation
Transmission Distribution
Conservation Requires interactive real-time network to
ensure improved performance and reliability
An Enterprise GIS based solution provides the tools, applications, workflows, and integration ability supporting the utility functions
GIS For Electric Utility
CIS
Mapping / Engineering
Finance
Regulations
CustomerService
AssetManagement
Outage Management
Network Analysis
EngineeringAnalysisSupport
Land Records
Field Data Collection
Work Order Posting
Rules and Standards Enterprise GIS
How Does this Work? Electric utility needs accurate and reliable data that automatically controls the
electric distribution system
Utilities require careful and systematic data updating processes
Lack of a coordinated work flow will limit the overall effectiveness
GIS
Build GIS Data !
Streamline Workflow !
Creating an electric distribution network model by surveying and network mapping of spatially distributed features.
Building GIS data
Asset inventorying for the entire electric network using field survey
Consumer indexing, attribution and mapping
Network Mapping of SLD and creation of Geodatabase
Build data model and Integration to systems
Survey ConvertData
LoadData
Review&
ConfigureBuildGIS
Building GIS Data
CAD standards development/Survey Planning
Establish set of procedures & standards
Preparation of Survey methodology Field Survey & Coding for OH, UG and consumer
connections using GPS, PDA’s etc.o Primary substations
o Distribution Substations
o Transformer Substations
o Feeder Circuits
o Consumer Connections
Preparation of CAD drawings
Quality checks and validation
Asset Survey & Data Collection
Building GIS Data
Conversion specifications
Data collection
Landbase & Network Data
Geometry verification
Topology verification
Linking external data from field survey to related features
Converting CAD data to GIS format
Data Conversion
Migration to staging
Migration to target environment
Data Migration & Loading
Building GIS Data
Attribution
Network Connectivity
Domain Values
Feature/Object Relationship
Validation on Custom Requirement
Auto Validation Review
Custom Objects
Subtype Specification
Domains and Validation Rules
Connectivity Rules
Feature Type Selection
Relationships
Final Geodatabase creation
Network configuration
Integration to system
Configuration
Building GIS Data
GIS Based Workflow Management GIS-based workflow supports automation of
daily business operations of utilities
– Planning
– Engineering
– Operations
– Accounting applications
Automate reporting tools as a virtual dashboard of the GIS system
– Identify locations of new customers or networks
– Synchronized editing and approval process for updating GIS data
– Load analysis
Crew dispatch Job scheduling Survey & Asset data collection Service inspection
Asset data management Outage response Service Connections
Work order value Meter Billing & invoice Payments & Receipts Energy audit
Work Order Design Load demand & Analysis Support Permits & Approvals
Planning
Accounting Operations
Engineering
Workflow Management System
WFMSGIS
CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENT
SURVEY
Location is surveyed and field data is collected and updated
Workflow Management Customer Service
– New Connection case– Selecting the New Connection functionality– GIS user logs into the system
User selects New Connection case Log in screen for departmental user
Workflow Management New connections case
– Initiation of customer case with details– Submission of the New Connection case to Distribution Planning Department
Enter the details of New Connection case Details generated from Customer Service department
Workflow Management
Distribution Planning– Receives and accepts request
– Initiates work order
– Creates design
– Provides details to Network Planning• Requests for survey of proposed line
• Request Survey of Sub station area
– Schedules work
View Cases
Workflow Management Network Planning
Analyzing the network to search the nearest electrical equipment
– Checks details about nearest substation
– Match with network planned area
– Generates markup area
– Confirms and sends to distributionAnalyze
Network
Workflow Management Engineering Analysis
– Track and check the stage of the case and the user to whom it is assigned– Analyze and provide required permits and approvals– Generates BoM
Case tracking through step by step history logging
Workflow Management Operations
– Perform edits to the network
– Updates information back to dashboard
– Field updates integrated to the system
Workflow Management Billing & Accounting
– Visualize customer billing trends & analyze usage areas
– Integrate with finance system
– Meter reading system provides customer consumption history
– Release invoice as per billing cycle
Workflow Management Outage Management
– Monitor Network emergencies– Visual access to track events– Locate outages– Assign and dispatch crews– Monitor repair crew locations– Create reports
Benefits:
– Minimize response and restoration time
– Improve network and crew management – Track history and reports– Improve service reliability
Zoomed area with feature
Highlighted
Conclusion Building GIS data through field design and integrated work order process
increases accuracy.
Regular updating the GIS and adding geographic context into designs, from sketching to close out, provides the opportunity for advanced analysis on how a utility’s infrastructure is developed and maintained.
GIS helps in decision making by this fully automated process provides a high level of data quality, making it possible for utilities to document the network precisely and consistently.
A workflow management system built on GIS helps streamline business functionalities through visualization of mapped assets making use of a single integrated environment.
Questions ?
Srikanth [email protected]
RMSI Private Limited, A-7, Sector 16NOIDA 201301, IndiaTel: +91 120 2511102, 2512101