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The following Technical Benefits Have Been Achieved:
– Pulling a Version When Needed (Just In Time) Reduces Performance Impact on Production]
– Allows NIPSCO to Review the Edits Prior to Posting
– Allows Maximo to be Updated Per Each RAMTeCH Edit
– Allows Edits to be Applied as if an Editor Applied the Edit in Real Time
– Edits Are Applied en masse to Production Allowing for the Process to be Closely Monitored
– Allows RAMTeCH To Edit without Any ArcFM Technology in Place
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Managing Massive Updates - Using GIS to Fuel Gas Compliance
This document outlines a presentation from the ESRI User Conference 2015 discussing how GIS technology was used by NIPSCO to manage substantial updates in gas compliance and asset integrity. Key challenges included managing high volumes of edits from both external and internal sources while minimizing production downtime, and a solution was implemented using SSP’s technology for efficient data handling. The project resulted in significant business benefits such as improved data integration, reduced excavation damage, and enhanced operational efficiency.
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- 1. Managing Massive Updates EsriUser Conference 2015 Using GIS to Fuel Gas Compliance
- 2. Managing Massive Updates– Using GIS to Fuel Gas Compliance • Introductions • Business Drivers – Project Background • Business Challenges • Solution Overview – Process – Workflow & QAQC – Additional Challenges • Business Benefits Agenda
- 3. Managing Massive Updates– Using GIS to Fuel Gas Compliance Jill Gehrig | NIPSCO – Leader of Maps & Records – PM for the Data Mining Gas Asset Integrity & Pipeline Safety Project – 39 Years of experience in gas and electric utility industry – Involved with NIPSCO mapping from Linens to Esri ArcGIS / ArcFM Skye Perry | SSP Innovations – Founder & Principal Consultant – Esri & Schneider Electric Technical Architect – Began work with NIPSCO in 2004 – NIPSCO was SSP’s Founding Customer Introductions
- 4. Managing Massive Updates– Using GIS to Fuel Gas Compliance Business Drivers Project Objectives – Reduce excavation damage driven from incomplete records information – Achieve continual and sustainable improvement in the quality and content of gas system condition and performance data used for integrity decision making Project Approach – Establish a data collection, storage and retrieval framework that defines GIS and Maximo as the primary “Sources of Truth” – Define the key data element required to fulfill the project objectives – Migrate existing paper records and disparate data sources to the GIS/MAXIMO framework
- 5. Project Background The followingsteps were completed in 2014: • GIS Transmission Main Centerline Rectification • GIS Sessions Cleanup • Selection of RAMTeCH to Digitize Data from Linens into GIS for entire service territory • Initial Planning and Scoping Effort • Source Data Matrix • Conversion Specification • Data Model Changes in Test Environment (GIS) Managing Massive Updates – Using GIS to Fuel Gas Compliance
- 6. Business Challenges RAMTeCH willapply edits to the following GIS record types: – Gas Main Locations – Abandoned Gas Main Locations – Controllable Fittings – Non Controllable Fittings – Drips – Gas Valves – Pipe Changes (based on WO/Material/etc.) – Regulator Stations – Vertical Pipe (aka Risers) Managing Massive Updates – Using GIS to Fuel Gas Compliance – Dimensions – Foreign Utility Lines – Gas Main – Gas Pipe Casings – Service Lines – Crossings – CP Circuits – Excess Flow Valves – Various Relationships between features
- 7. Business Challenges RAMTeCH willcreate up to 20 versions per Month – Working in a copy of the NIPSCO geodatabase – Up to 40 RAMTeCH editors in India – Desire to work without ArcFM – Expected Duration of ~30 months – Deliveries back to NIPSCO each month Managing Massive Updates – Using GIS to Fuel Gas Compliance
- 8. Business Challenges High Volumeof External RAMTeCH Edits + High Volume of Ongoing Internal Edits – Production Updates Cannot Stop – Need a Process to Merge RAMTeCH Edits into Production GDB – Need ArcFM AutoUpdaters and QAQC Validation to Fire – Need to pass all pertinent updates back to Maximo Asset Management via existing interface – Need to do it all while minimizing any production downtime Managing Massive Updates – Using GIS to Fuel Gas Compliance A True Challenge of Massive Data Updates and Moving Parts… Engaged SSP Innovations to assist
- 9. Solution Overview SSP Proposedto Use Existing “SSP All Edits State 0 Technology” – Used with other utilities to extract all versions in a geodatabase – Allows for compress to state 0 for any activities requiring state 0 including dropping the network – Automatically recreates all geodatabase versions from scratch – Re-synchronizes all ArcFM Sessions and Designer Designs – System comes back online as if versions were intact the whole time Managing Massive Updates – Using GIS to Fuel Gas Compliance New Process Created as the “SSP All Edits Replay” – Versioned Edits extracted from RAMTeCH’s copy of the geodatabase each month – Automatically replayed into ArcFM Sessions over a weekend each month – Replayed with ArcFM AutoUpdaters On – Sessions reviewed and posted per normal QAQC – Maximo Interface Enabled for all Assets
- 10. Solution Overview -Process Managing Massive Updates – Using GIS to Fuel Gas Compliance NIPSCO GeoDB RAMTeCH GeoDB 1. Take a Copy of GDB 2. RAMTeCH Creates up to 20 Versions 3. RAMTeCH Edits Version for ~1mo+ SSP All Edits 4. SSP Extracts Edits into SSP All Edits Format *For each version 5. Create NIPSCO ArcFM Sessions/Versions 6. SSP Replays Edits into ArcFM Sessions
- 11. Solution Overview –Workflow & QAQC Managing Massive Updates – Using GIS to Fuel Gas Compliance
- 12. Solution Overview –Additional Challenges The following Issues Arose During The Project: – Maximo interface was too slow to handle the volume of edits over a weekend • Expected time was 24-30 hours of processing • The interface was refactored resulting in an improvement of 5000% – Additional QAQC Reports Desired to Drive Faster Review • Reports being developed on “before” and “after” data elements • Validates NULL attribute values now populated and number of features created by RAMTeCH Managing Massive Updates – Using GIS to Fuel Gas Compliance
- 13. Business Benefits The followingTechnical Benefits Have Been Achieved: – Pulling a Version When Needed (Just In Time) Reduces Performance Impact on Production] – Allows NIPSCO to Review the Edits Prior to Posting – Allows Maximo to be Updated Per Each RAMTeCH Edit – Allows Edits to be Applied as if an Editor Applied the Edit in Real Time – Edits Are Applied en masse to Production Allowing for the Process to be Closely Monitored – Allows RAMTeCH To Edit without Any ArcFM Technology in Place Managing Massive Updates – Using GIS to Fuel Gas Compliance
- 14. Business Benefits The followingare Benefits of the Overall Data Mining Project: – Elimination of widely dispersed and disparate sources of asset condition and performance information – Reduction in excavation damage due to inadequate data – Improved efficiencies in collecting data to support risk assessments…and subsequent increased awareness of all threats and risks to pipeline safety – Enables linkage between Asset Health and Condition, Risk and Capital Investment / O&M Spending Portfolio optimization – Efficient integration of enabling IT Platforms (e.g.; GIS and MAXIMO) – Streamlined asset data retrieval, dissemination and storage practices for Field personnel Clearly understood and communicated “single source of truth” Managing Massive Updates – Using GIS to Fuel Gas Compliance
- 15. Wrap Up Managing MassiveUpdates – Using GIS to Fuel Gas Compliance Skye Perry Principal Consultant SSP Innovations skye.perry@sspinnovations.com Jill Gehrig PM Data Mining Gas Asset Integrity NIPSCO jagehrig@nisource.com Questions?
- 16. Managing Massive Updates EsriUser Conference 2015 Using GIS to Fuel Gas Compliance
Editor's Notes
- #2 Abstract (500 characters): NIPSCO was required to undergo massive data updates to their GIS to meet new gas regulation. A series of projects allowed for the rectification of all gas transmission assets and the manual update of system-wide records to accommodate the requirements. SSP technology was implemented to allow for outsourced updates to be replayed into the versioned production GIS while maintaining fulltime day-to-day editing. This provided maximum flexibility while minimizing downtime and any performance impact.
- #3 Jill to give a brief overview of the agenda
- #4 Jill send Skye introduce themselves
- #5 Jill to review the business drivers behind the project.
- #6 Jill, include the work that was done leading up to the replay…
- #7 Jill talk to the types of edits RAMTeCH will be collecting emphasizing that there is a lot of data being collected.
- #8 Jill talk to the huger scope of this overall project – building up to it being a massive undertaking with significant challenges.
- #9 Jill talk about needing to keep RAMTeCH going while keeping production editing going at the same time over the coming years. Skye can jump in on any of the bullets as needed. The end game was Jill calling Skye as a trusted advisor for help with how to make this all together. Skye will take over here.
- #10 Skye to review the past technology that provided the basis for the project
- #11 Skye review the process we are using.
- #12 Skye touch briefly on the workflow and qaqc.
- #13 Skye talk to additional issues encountered and how they were remedied
- #14 Skye to talk to technical benefits of the project…
- #15 Jill to talk to the overall benefits of the data mining project and getting the linen updates into GIS.
- #16 Q&A
- #17 Abstract (500 characters): NIPSCO was required to undergo massive data updates to their GIS to meet new gas regulation. A series of projects allowed for the rectification of all gas transmission assets and the manual update of system-wide records to accommodate the requirements. SSP technology was implemented to allow for outsourced updates to be replayed into the versioned production GIS while maintaining fulltime day-to-day editing. This provided maximum flexibility while minimizing downtime and any performance impact.