This document discusses how ENMAX Power Corporation uses FME software to improve their GIS data workflows and processes. It describes two key processes - an outage database update process where FME automates monthly updates from Excel to ArcGIS; and a site to transformer automation process where FME turns electric service data into spatial data to map connections from transformers to parcels, improving efficiency over manual methods. FME allows ENMAX to better manage assets, update critical data regularly, and classify errors to resolve in their electric distribution infrastructure mapping.

1. ENMAX Supporting Processes and
Improving GIS Data Workflows
with FME
Sophie Duan - Terry Magnusson -
GIS Technician,MGIS Supervisor
GIS Support & Solutions
Geomatics & Asset Records Management
April 11, 2013
ENMAX Power Corporation

2. ENMAX Supporting Processes and
Improving GIS Data Workflows with FME
 GIS in ENMAX
 Outage Database Update Process
 Site to Transformer Automation Process
 Questions

3. GIS in
 ENMAX Power Corporation (the “wires” business)
 Designs, builds and maintains the electrical
infrastructure that provides power to Calgary
and area
 Our Services
-Over 100 years
-Distribution Service Area – over 1000 Sq km
-Distribution Conductor - over 7800 km

4. GIS in
 ENMAX GeoARM: Geomatics& Asset Records
Management group
- GIS Operations
- GIS Data Management
- GIS Support and Solutions
- Asset Records
- Project Management

5. GIS in

6. GIS in
 Life before FME…Contractors and Code
 In the last 8 years, ENMAX’s Geomatics group
has been using FME primarily for mass data
conversions between CAD and ArcGIS 9.2
formats.
 Recently, FME has been applied in many other
projects as a powerful and dynamic ETL tool in
our organization.

7. Outage Database Update Process
 ENMAX Outages is a custom application that
produces internal notifications regarding outages
in our distribution area.
 FME process updated the Excel spreadsheet file
that is used as input for ENMAX Outages. The
update frequency is monthly.

8. Outage Database Update Process
Service Point Attributes
(Meters)
Dedicated Feeder
Table
FME Process VB Formatting
Workflow Code
Community
District
Rural District
Attributes

9. Outage Database Update Process

10. Outage Database Update Process
BENEFIT:
 FME supports direct output to Excel file, and no
extra conversion needs to be done.

11. Site to Transformer Automation Process
 Spatial Electric Service data
shows how electric services
are distributed from
transformer to parcels on
map view (Spider Diagram).
 The Site to Transformer
process turns the Electric
Service information to spatial
Electric Service data.
 This process used to be done
by GIS drafters manually.

12. Site to Transformer Automation Process
WRAP
Customers
Application
Electric Service Attributes
Table
Geodatabase
Service Point
Address Point No Transformer ID Need
No Address to be
FME Process Incomplete Address fixed
Workflow Wrong Addresses
No Matched Address Delivery Point
Land Parcel
Polygon
Address in Intersections Need
Matched Condo Address Manual
Townhouses or Industrial Area Process Secondary Link
Transformer Point
Geometry & Connectivity

13. Site to Transformer Automation Process

14. Site to Transformer Automation Process
 Automation Process (red)
 Manual process (purple)
 Classified as errors
thatneed to be resolved
(green)

15. Site to Transformer Automation Process
BENEFIT:
 Speeds up the manual process and allows better
resource allocations
 Provides a way for mass generation of data
 Classifies the errors into different types
 Keeps the data more up-to-date

16. Thank You!
 Questions?
 For more information:
-Sophie Duan – sduan@enmax.com
-GIS Technician, ENMAX Power Corporation
-Terry Magnusson – tmagnusson@enmax.com
-GIS Support & Solutions Supervisor, ENMAX Power
Corporation