Presentation by Florian Brandi-Dohrn from AED-Sicad on Esri European User Conference 2011.

1. Utility Case Studies
Florian Brandi-Dohrn, AED-SICAD
EUC 2011: Oct. 26 – 28, 2011

2. AED-SICAD: Who Are We?
One of the biggest GIS-Software
Application Companies in Europe
German Company
> 200 employees / 330 in the group
Employees with > 20 years of
experience
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Applications
Utilities: ArcFM UT
Land Management: LM on ArcGIS
ArcGIS Server Applications
ESRI Platinum Partner
Only Platinum Partner outside
of North America

3. ArcFM UT Product Suite
Light Mobile Desktop
Clients Clients Clients
Web Smart Desktop Full Desktop
UT Web
Process Planner Mobile ArcFM UT ArcFM UT
Silverlight/
Templates Editor View
JavaScript ArcFM UT Asset Manager
WMPS CODI ArcGIS Engine ArcEditor ArcView
URM
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UT Server ArcGIS
AGS Extensions Server
Server
ArcFM UT ArcFM UT
Integrator EAI Integrator NCS
SOAP SOAP
SAP File Local Enterprise
Integration SCADA GDB GDB GDB
ERP, SAP
(SOAP) Integration

4. Successes 2008 / 2011: Overview ArcFM UT Customers
Case Studies: Approx. 130 small,
• Brabant Water, Netherlands medium and large
• VSE, Slovak Republic (Electricity) international utilities
have decided for
ArcFM UT since first
release
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From the top 5
German Utilities, 3
are using ArcFM UT
Most customers full
Enterprise
Implementations

5. Brabant Water, Netherlands
Main pipeline system 17.000 km
House connections 1.100.000
Inhabitants 2.4 million
GIS ArcFM UT users
20 data editors
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115 field employees: mobile users
175 geo data viewers in office
10 spatial analysts
IT Staff
5 application developers
6 application operational management & service

6. Brabant Water: Software Architecture
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7. Brabant Water: Screenshot
Brabant Water: Editing
• Data conversion done by
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ATOS Origin
• Customizable data model /
alpha masks

8. Brabant Water: Tracing
Brabant Water: Tracing
• Isolate network
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• Find affected customers

9. Brabant Water: Tracing
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10. Brabant Water: Tracing
Brabant Water: Tracing
• Customer addresses:
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Integrated with ArcFM UT
Integrator EAI with the
CRM

11. Brabant Water: Importing DXF
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12. Brabant Water: Importing DXF
Brabant Water: DXF
• Cut & paste
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• Adapt alpha-numerical
data

13. Brabant Water: ArcFM UT Web
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14. Conclusions
Objectives
Migration : All data migrated
System open and adaptable
IT integration (CRM) big success
Standard COTS application software
(ArcFM UT – no specific developments):
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First System update cycle without problems passed
Experiences
Extensive user training reflects in excellent data quality
Inclusion of users in design decisions
Keep „time boxes“ for unforseen tasks
Involve and benefit from AED-SICAD and ESRI experts

15. Východoslovenská Energetika a.s. (VSE)
Company Profile
Energy utility company
Member of the RWE Group since 2003
More than 605.000 points of delivery
Mission = provide reliable and complex
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services which correspond to the needs
of customers
Sold more than 3,2 TWh in 2010 Distribution area
16 221 km2
Average number of employees = 1.575
HV Lines: 1 274 km
MV Lines: 8 276 km
LV Lines:11 160 km
Shareholders MV / LV Distribution
National Property Fund: 51 % stations: 5 108
RWE: 49 %

16. Project Phase I: GIS and Data
1. Technical architecture (HW,SW)
2. Data Model (ArcFM UT+VSE) configuration
3. Migration tools MV, HV = ArcGEO
Specific tool for each data source
DGN+DB UT MDB UT SDE
4. Data migration = VSE
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Preparing data
Using / extending migration tools
Correcting / post-processing data
MV migration = 04/2009 – 09/2009
HV migration = 02/2010 – 05/2010

17. Data Migration – Example MV
SAP: Source of web application 9 sources of
organizational SAP ESM El.vedenia (EV)
geographic data
data
Data sources
Automatic External MV
Source of SAP-EV
data merging
specific tool for each
data source
overhead lines
External MV
technical data DGN -> ESRI
conversion from DGN,
cables
External MV
attribute linking (MDB,tag),
conversion transformations, cables (pilot)
data checks
SAP+EV Internal MV
+list of SAPIDs overhead lines
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+Substation info Internal MV
object text ID formating,
appending attributes from cables (new)
Link with SAP
SAP+EV (by text ID)
Internal MV
cables (old)
Based on SAP object MV construction
Automatic restructuring, mapping to
relations, incl. the plans
generation of assignment of SAP+EV Object station models,
Substation ISP attribute linking, MV aerial
attributes transformation assignment creation, imaging
offsets, data checks, etc.
station
ground plans
Substation
Inside Plant Substation ISP
linking Merging,
data cleaning
rotation and snapping data checks
Automated tool for ESRI Personal GDB
(VSE schema)
Generating Station ISP
OCL mapping
(using tabular data only) Migration to
ArcFM UT
FCL mapping
(bulk)
ArcFM UT GDB (SDE)
SDE migration
ArcFM UT GDB
(check out)

18. Data Migration – Result - MV
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MV + 1:10 000
basemap
MV + elevation MV + aerial imaging
basemap

19. Low Voltage (0.4 kV): Digitalization / Data Collection
Overview:
Start = 07/2009
Duration = 5 years
Accuracy = submetric 3rd class
Internal and external sources
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First results:
Estimation:
3 500 km cables
10 500 km overhead lines

20. Project Phase II: GIS Integration
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GIS became a master source of the distribution network of VSE:
Geographic data
Detailed technical records of electricity distribution devices (HV, MV, LV)
Data update process (distribution network) = managed by the GIS
department

21. GIS – SCADA (offline export)
> Initial & Incremental
scheduled export
> Input = MV data (divided
into tiles)
> Output = DXF+CSV files
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(SCADA FTP upload)
> In operation since 9/2008

22. GIS – SAP PM, ETRA, Maximo (online integration)
> All HV and MV objects
> Data handling in GIS
(„image“ to SAP PM)
> SAP ID back to GIS
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> In operation since 3/2010
> TR (Transformer) – MV/LV
> Create TR in GIS
> All HV and MV objects
> Update TR in ETRA
> Data handling in GIS („image“ to Maximo)
> In operation since 3/2010
> State of equipment back to GIS
> 6/2010 (pilot), since 6/2011 (sequential roll-out)

23. GIS – SAP IS-U (Online Integration + Scheduled „Pull“ Export)
Customer data
(source SAP IS-U)
Service point (based on
the current grid
configuration) +
coordinates of customer
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(source GIS)
Consumption data
mirrored to the GIS
In operation since 9/2009

24. GIS – SAP FI-AA (Online Integration)
Ownership information
of equipment (source
SAP FI-AA)
Asset accounting
number mirrored to
GIS
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All MV objects
Much faster report
generation for
Regulatory Authority
In operation since
3/2010

25. GIS – SAP Integration: Project Benefits
Storing data in a single „primary“ system (GIS)
Reducing data management workload
Removing old isolated legacy applications for technical data
management
Reducing number of SAP clients in VSE
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Solving online communication of SAP IS-U with GIS
Much faster reports for regulatory authority
Prepared environment for implementation of a very important
project = HIFFI (MAXIMO - grid maintenance management)

26. GIS – Network Calculation System (Offline Export)
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All HV, MV, LV objects
Off-line export directly from GIS
In progress, go operation in 11/2011 (plan)

27. GIS Integration at VSE - Evolution
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28. Utility Case Studies
GIS / IT Landscape

29. Project Aspects
External systems require new attributes / objects / relations
VSE DM changes drive the process – make projects sequential
VSE data model: DM v1 v22d
Large coordination effort
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Stringent deployment plan & coordination of projects is essential
Up to six projects running simultaneously at VSE
Dev AG Dev VSE Test Prod Bugfix (Test)
Align activities with 3rd parties – impl., testing, deployment

30. VSE – Future Plans
Enhance monitoring capabilities of APIs
Extended GUI for integration
Extended logging, error handling & mail notifications
Optimize performance and robustness
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Include high-availability (on DB and integration server level)
Optimize integration processes
Upgrade to ArcFM UT V10
Extend current integrations
New objects/voltage levels, functions & processes

31. Thank you for your attention
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Florian Brandi-Dohrn
AED-SICAD AG
Lilienthalstraße 7
D - 85579 Neubiberg / Germany
Tel.: +49-89-45 026 - 217
florian.brandi-dohrn@aed-sicad.de