Use Electric Distribution Inspections

In this topic, you will learn how to use the solution by assuming the role of a user and performing the following workflows.

Overhead inspection campaign

Electric utilities use overhead infrastructure to provide power to customers. To improve system reliability and reduce operations and maintenance costs of their system, electric utilities perform inspections on their overhead assets.

Assign staff to inspections

In this workflow, you will assume the role of an operations manager who wants to create a campaign of poles that need to be inspected. Using steps below, you will assign inspections.

1. Sign in to your ArcGIS organization and browse to the Electric Overhead Inspections Manager app.
2. On the item page click View. You will start on the Assign Inspections tab.
3. Use the filters to help find the poles needing inspection.
4. To start assigning poles for inspection, choose a selecting option from the Select tool in the map and select the poles.
5. The selected poles will appear in the Assign Inspections pane. Click the Edit these records button to bring up the form to create the pole inspection assignments.
6. Fill out the form and click Update.

The inspections have been assigned and will be visible to the inspector in the Electric Overhead Inspections Field Editor map.

Perform an inspection in the field

In this workflow, you will assume the role of a mobile worker who has been assigned overhead inspections.

1. Download the ArcGIS Field Maps app onto your mobile device.
2. Open ArcGIS Field Maps and sign in to your ArcGIS organization.
3. Open the Electric Overhead Inspections Field Editor map.
4. If inspections are assigned to you they will be in the Assigned to me list.
5. Tap one of the listed inspections and tap Edit to bring up the inspection form.
6. Fill out the inspection form and tap Submit.

   Note:

   There are hidden inspection questions that only appear if a condition is met.

7. After submitting, click the Finish button to complete the assignment. The completed assignment will be removed from the Assigned to me list.

Monitor inspections

Monitoring the progress of inspection campaigns allows staff to evaluate the best use of resources for their system in order to provide the most reliable service to their customers.

In this workflow, you will assume the role of an operations manager who wants to evaluate the current progress of the overhead asset inspection campaign.

1. Sign in to your ArcGIS organization and browse to the Electric Overhead Inspections Manager app.
2. On the item page click View.
3. Click the Monitor Inspections tab to open the Monitor page.
4. The dashboard has a section showing all of the assets on the pole needing repair.
5. The dashboard also shows the following:
   • Number of inspections needing repair
   • Number of NESC violations
   • Number of inspections done in the last 30 days
   • Number of scheduled inspections
   • Number of completed inspections compared to the total number of poles
6. The dashboard has a ribbon of filters. The filters only work on the dashboard map and not the other dashboard elements.

Underground inspection campaign

In addition to overhead infrastructure, electric utilities use underground infrastructure to provide power customers. To improve system reliability and reduce operations and maintenance costs of their system, electric utilities perform inspections on their underground assets, which include: capacitors, junction boxes, regulators, switch gears, and transformers.

Assign staff to inspections

In this workflow, you will assume the role of an operations manager who wants to create a campaign of underground assets that need to be inspected. Using steps below, you will assign inspections.

1. Sign in to your ArcGIS organization and browse to the Electric Underground Inspections Manager application.
2. On the item page click View. You will start on the Assign Inspections tab.
3. Use the filters to help find the underground assets needing inspection.
4. To start assigning underground assets for inspection, choose a selecting option from the Select tool in the map and select the underground assetd.
5. The selected assets will appear in the Assign Inspections pane. Click the Edit these records button to bring up the form to create the underground asset inspection assignments.
6. Fill out the form and click Update.

The inspections have been assigned and will be visible to the inspector in the Electric Underground Inspections Field Editor map.

Perform an inspection in the field

In this workflow, you will assume the role of a mobile worker who has been assigned underground inspections.

1. Download the ArcGIS Field Maps app onto your mobile device.
2. Open ArcGIS Field Maps and sign in to your ArcGIS organization.
3. Open the Electric Underground Inspections Field Editor map.
4. If inspections are assigned to you they will be in the Assigned to me list.
5. Tap one of the listed inspections and tap Edit to bring up the inspection form.
6. Fill out the inspection form and tap Submit.

   Note:

   There are hidden inspection questions that only appear if a condition is met.

7. After submitting, click the Finish button to complete the assignment. The completed assignment will be removed from the Assigned to me list.

Monitor inspections

Monitoring the progress of inspection campaigns allows staff to evaluate the best use of resources for their system in order to provide the most reliability to their customers.

In this workflow, you will assume the role of an engineer who wants to evaluate the current progress of the underground asset inspection campaign.

1. Sign in to your ArcGIS organization and browse to the Electric Underground Inspections Manager app.
2. On the item page click View.
3. Click the Monitor Inspections tab to open the Monitor page.
4. The dashboard has a section showing all of the underground assets needing repair.
5. The dashboard also shows the following:
   • Number of inspections needing repair
   • Number of inspections done in the last 30 days
   • Number of scheduled inspections
   • Number of completed inspections compared to the total number of underground assets.
6. The dashboard has a ribbon of filters. The filters only work on the dashboard map and not the other dashboard elements.

Update an overhead inspection on the web

At times, inspections may need to be updated on the web.

In this workflow, you will assume the role of an engineer who needs to update pole inspection information on the web.

1. In a browser, sign in to your ArcGIS organization and browse to the Electric Overhead Inspections Editor app.
2. From the item page, click View.
3. Find the pole. Use the Search bar to identify by asset ID or an address in the area. Optionally, zoom and pan around the map.
4. On the left panel, click the Edit tab.
5. Under Edit features, click the Select button.
6. Click on the pole in the map.
7. Update the attributes and click Update.

   Note:

   After making the edits, switch the selection tool back to pan in order to use the info tab to view attributes.

Update an underground inspection om the web

In this workflow, you will assume the role of an engineer who needs to update underground asset inspection information on the web.

1. In a browser, sign in to your ArcGIS organization and browse to the Electric Underground Inspections Editor app.
2. From the item page, click View.
3. Find an underground asset. Use the Search bar to identify by asset ID or an address in the area. Optionally, zoom and pan around the map.
4. On the left panel, click the Edit tab.
5. Under Edit features, click the Select button.
6. Click on an underground asset in the map.
7. Update the attributes and click Update.

   Note:

   After making the edits, switch the selection tool back to pan in order to use the info tab to view attributes.

Archive inspections

Once the campaign is complete there are a couple ways to archive the inspection data: deploying the solution again for a new campaign or saving the inspection data and deleting records from the feature layer so the campaign can start over in the currently deployed solution. To archive the inspection data you can use an export option. Once exported, the data can be deleted from the feature layer.

In this workflow, you will assume the role of an operations manager who wants to archive the overhead inspection campaign.

1. Verify that you are signed in to your ArcGIS organization and browse to the ElectricOverheadInspections feature layer.
2. From the item page, select the Pole_Inspections layer.
3. From the item page, click Export Data.

   Tip:

   You may need to click the Show more button to see all options.

4. Follow the steps in the Export data wizard to download your data.
5. Repeat the previous steps to export data from the ElectricUndergroundInspections feature layer.

Once the inspections are exported and saved in a safe location, you can proceed with deleting the records from the solution to start a new campaign.