Improving ROI by Leveraging ArcGIS Server for Data Analytics

Subrahmanyam(Subbu) PendyalaAnil JayavarapuJune 29, 2016

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Agenda

About Pepco Holdings

GIS at Pepco Holdings

Analytics• Business Needs• Current Approach: Mixed Bag• New Approach: Leveraging “ArcGIS for Server” for Analytics

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About Pepco Holdings

Provides electric service to approximately 2 million customers in• Washington DC• Maryland• Delaware• New Jersey

Operating Companies• Pepco• Delmarva Power• Atlantic City Electric

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GIS at Pepco Holdings

Departments and Business Processes Supported By GIS• System Planning• Distribution Engineering• Transmission• Drafting• Construction• Maintenance• Outage Management• Reliability• Vegetation Management• Tax Accounting• Situational Awareness

Who is UsingGIS ?

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GIS at Pepco Holdings

Desktop GIS (ArcGIS)   : 2251 (Editors + View Only) Web GIS (Portal for ArcGIS) :   933 Users Cloud GIS (ArcGIS Online) : 140 Users Mobile GIS (ArcGIS Explorer) :  120 Mobile GIS (ArcGIS Collector) :  60

How many are using GIS?

40%Of the Employees

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GIS Value Proposition

Maps:‐ Desktop‐Web‐Mobile

Business Process Support and Automation:‐ Records‐ System Planning‐ Engineering & Design‐ Outage  Restoration

Analytics:‐ Data Governance‐ Asset Trends‐ Operation Trends‐ Customer Trends‐ Business Intelligence

Visualization

Network Data Management

Business Management

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Analytics: Business Needs

Bi‐Weekly• Equipment with more than one FeederID• De‐energized• Missing data• Invalid geometry checks • Un‐Split line check for fuses, open points and switches• Conflicts in database 

Monthly• Inspections• Vegetation management

Quarterly• Asset tax reporting• Transformers count by feeder and ward

GIS:BeyondMaps

• Yearly • Circuit mileage• Pole mileage

• Ad‐hoc • Device Counts by Feeder, System, Grid

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Analytics: Business Need Categories

Asset Reporting Inspection Trends Installation Trends Aging Trends Reliability Trends Customer Trends

Data Diagnostics What is updated in the last week, month, quarter, year? Is the data quality getting better? What are the unposted changes?

Business Reporting Designs By Operating Company/District Tax Reporting

‐ By Feeder‐ By Asset Type ‐ By Region

Time

Measure(s) 

Multi‐DimensionalSpatial Trends

GIS:EnablingAnalytics

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Analytics: Current Approach

ArcGIS Desktop Schneider Reporting Tool Data Reviewer

ArcGIS Scripts VBA macros 

Custom Web Applications Compass (.ASP)

ArcGIS Portal Widgets Design Dashboard (Java Stack) Data Quality Dashboard (Java Stack)

Evolution:-Multiple Tools-Customizations-Disintegrated-Manual Trending

An Analyst or End User has to spend time each time

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Expectations: GIS/IT Strategy

Continue to improve user satisfaction

Implement generic tooling to address most (not all) requirements Provide automated trending  Scalable and flexible  Easy to deploy

No programming   No modeling

Leverage existing software  Leverage existing hardware

Mandate:Reduce Customizations

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New Approach: “Metrics Extension” to ArcGIS for Server

GIS

ArcGIS for Server

DefineDefine ScheduleSchedule ComputeCompute ShareShare

Data Trends

Intelligence to Make Informed DecisionsBusiness | Policy

ExecutivesManagers SupervisorsConsultantsAdministrators AnalystsEmployees

Metrics Administrator

Metrics Publisher

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Metrics Database

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GIS ArcGIS for Server

AdministratorDesktop Application

PublisherWindows Service

Server Object Extension (SOE)*REST Web Service

COMPUTESHARE

DEFINESCHEDULEMetrics

Extension

* Certified for ArcGIS Server 10.1, 10.2, and 10.3

Websites(html reports)

Email

Excel (Shared Folder)

BusinessIntelligenceTools

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Metrics(Oracle or Microsoft SQL Server)

Current Min Max AvgRecent ~7d ~30d ~90d ~1y ~2y+/‐ % +/‐ % +/‐ % +/‐ % +/‐ % +/‐ %

OPTIONS

New Approach: “Metrics Extension” to ArcGIS for Server

Automated Trending

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Asset Counts by Feature Class and Subtype

ArcGIS for Server

Metrics Extension

GIS

Tree View: Low footprint asset history 

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Asset Counts by Feature Class and Subtype

ArcGIS for Server

Metrics Extension

GIS

Pivot: Interactive  Analytics Leveraging BI

Feature ClassSubtype

Timeline

Asset Counts

Filters

Business Intelligence(Microstrategy)

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Field Density

Which fields are well populated on a asset?

Which assets(feature classes )are well populated?

ArcGIS for Server

Metrics Extension

GISBusiness Intelligence(Microstrategy)

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Null Values

ArcGIS for Server

Metrics Extension

GIS

ArcGIS Portal

Data Governance

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Versions By Age and Depth

ArcGIS for Server

Metrics Extension

GIS

ArcGIS Portal

Monitoring Data Edit Volumeand  Latency

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ArcGIS for Server

Metrics Extension

GIS

ArcGIS Portal

Features With More Than One Feeder ID  GoverningData Discrepancies

CausingDownstreamImpact on

Other Systems

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ArcGIS for Server

Metrics Extension

GIS

ArcGIS Portal

De‐energized Features Data Integrity:Minimizing ImpactOn Downstream

Systems

Time

Coun

t 

Multi‐DimensionalSpatial Trends

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Poles By Service District and Year Installed

1923 201660+ Years Old

ArcGIS for Server

Metrics Extension

GISBusiness Intelligence(Microstrategy)

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Circuit Mileage

ArcGIS for Server

Metrics Extension

GIS

Which Circuits changed the most and by how much?(For Tax Reporting and System Planning)

Business Intelligence(Microstrategy)

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Transformers Count By Phase and KVA

ArcGIS for Server

Metrics Extension

GIS

Understanding Regional Trends

Business Intelligence(Microstrategy)

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Poles by Type and Service District

ArcGIS for Server

Metrics Extension

GIS

Understanding Regional Trends

Business Intelligence(Microstrategy)

Time

Coun

t 

Multi‐DimensionalSpatial Trends

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Getting More Value Out of “ArcGIS Server”

Used for Web/Mobile MapsDuring the day

In the Night SleepUsed forCrunchingAnalytics

BEFORE NOW/FUTURE

8 to 10 Hours a Day

Day Night

Weekends

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Return on Investment (ROI): Metrics Extension to ArcGIS for Server

Implement automated process to define and share analytics• Asset reporting• Data diagnostics• Business reporting

Faster response time to end user requests

Exceed end user expectations by delivering trends periodically

Reduce customizations

Transition from a reactive to proactive posture

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Questions?

Subrahmanyam(Subbu) PendyalaSr. Analyst ITPepco Holdings, Inc.spendyala@pepco.com

Anil JayavarapuDirector, Software SolutionsAvineon, Inc.ajayavarapu@avineon.com