mobile gis: developing a workflow for electric asset

MOBILE GIS: DEVELOPING A WORKFLOW FOR ELECTRIC ASSET INSPECTION

By Mohamed Mohamed

Fall-2018

Road Map

Introduction Business Issue

Method Solution Result

Conclusion

Introduction

• Project goal • SSVEC

• Utility challenge

• Process integration

The purpose of this project is to replace paper-based workflow with GIS workflow for electric asset inspection.

Introduction

• Project goal

• SSVEC • Utility challenge


Introduction

• Project goal

• SSVEC

• Utility challenge • Process integration

Assets

Field

Work Collaboration

Budgeting

Introduction

• Project goal

• SSVEC

• Utility challenge


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Activity Function

Activity Function

Road Map

Introduction

Business Issue Method Solution Result

Conclusion

Business Issue

Field Photo

The Old Workflow

Limitations

Business

Issue

Inspection preparation

Data Entry Limited

Visualization

Limited

Reporting

Business Issue

• Consideration

• Esri Model

• inspection is a field-office process.

• inspection is form-centric which means collecting non-spatial data about an electric asset.

• the new workflow should support collaboration and data sharing among stakeholders.

• the new workflow should business analytics capabilities.

• the new workflow would be driven by feature layers and maps.

Business Issue

• Consideration

• Esri Model

Esri Field work Model

Road Map



Conclusion

Method

• Data

• Software

• Solution

• Access Joint Use Master Database (Non-spatial)

• ArcFM Database contains the Spatial Database

• Data owned by SSVEC

• Workflow is hosted in SSVEC database

Access ArcFM

Method

• Data

• Software • Solution

Method

• Data

• Software

• Solution

ArcGIS Online

Workforce

(Assignments) Survey123

(Inspection Form) Joint Use Database

Master records

FME Server (Automation)

Operations Dashboard

(Reporting)

Road Map


Method

Solution Result

Conclusion

Solution Collect

Requirements

Design

Develop

Automate

Test

ArcGIS Online

Workforce

(Assignments) Survey123

(Inspection Form) Joint Use Database

Master records

FME Server (Automation)

Operations Dashboard

(Reporting)

Solution Meeting with Engineering Services

• inspection preparation

• data entry

• limited visualization and location awareness

• limited reporting capabilities

Collect

Requirements

Design

Develop

Automate

Test

Solution Defining technology Scope

• Workforce used in managing field activities

• Coordinate dispatchers, workers, and assignments

Collect

Requirements

Design

Develop

Automate

Test




• Survey123 used to replace a paper form with a smart form.

• Survey123 works offline

Collect

Requirements

Design

Develop

Automate

Test




• Survey123 used to replace a paper form with a smart form.

• Survey123 works offline

• Operation Dashboard reporting and monitoring in real-time

• provides data visualization, analytics

Collect

Requirements

Design

Develop

Automate

Test

Solution Collect

Requirements

Design

Develop

Automate

Test

Solution Collect

Requirements

Design

Develop

Automate

Test

ArcGIS Pro

Joint use layer designed in

Solution Create Project

Provide Roles

Customize maps

Collect

Requirements

Design

Develop

Automate

Test

Solution Create inspection form Collect

Requirements

Design

Develop

Automate

Test

Solution Operation Dashboard

was created to answer 6 questions:

• Where are SSVEC joint use assets?

• Where SSVEC worker?

• Where should the work be done?

• How much work needs to be performed (today, next week, and next month)?

• How much work was done in the (yesterday, next week, and next month)?

• What companies own the attachments?

Collect

Requirements

Design

Develop

Automate

Test

Solution Operation Dashboard

Collect

Requirements

Design

Develop

Automate

Test

Solution Collect

Requirements

Design

Develop

Automate

Test

Solution Integrate Access with Esri apps

Access

to

AGOL

Workforce

to Survey123

AGOL

to

Access

Collect

Requirements

Design

Develop

Automate

Test

Solution Collect

Requirements

Design

Develop

Automate

Test

Solution Meeting with Engineering Services

• Tested entire process on sample data

• Demonstrated applications for users.

After Engineering Services approved the new workflow:

• Production data was published, and accounts were created.

Collect

Requirements

Design

Develop

Automate

Test

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Method Solution

Results Conclusion

Result :

• GIS workflow is created and deployed

• Business Function Improvements

• Automation improved data quality and saved time

Result :




By using Workforce for ArcGIS:

• Time saved: preparation and

data entry time

• Work is scheduled automatically

• Field worker can see their assignments on map.

Result :




By using Survey123 for ArcGIS:

• paper form was replaced with a smart form.

• Data quality improved by adding defaults and domain enhanced

• Inspection time reduced by using smart form, and map.

Result :




By using Operation Dashboard:

• stakeholders on top of field work

• reporting and monitoring in near real-time

• view for Key performance indicators

Result :




Road Map



Conclusion

Conclusion :

• Other process identified for integration

• Engineering Services wanted to create their own Dashboard

• Lesson learned • Introducing change

• GIS about the big picture

• Design for the end-user

• GIS professional role

Thanks

Q & A

Image credits

• Esri: slide 1,3 , 38 41 ,

• SSVEC: slide 9

• JMC: slide 3

• Safeway Software: slide 15

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