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Delivering Best-Practice Analytics through

Analytics Center of Excellence (ACE)

Hari Khamandula, DAKE@DakeACE

About Dake Solutions

• Is a Dake Group company

• Head Quartered in Johannesburg, South Africa

• Presence in Africa, Middle East, Asia and North America

• Specialises in Analytics, Business Intelligence, Operational Efficiency

• Serving utilities industry for over 15 years

Workflow and Operational Efficiency

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Analytics

Real Time

Typical Workflow© DAKE

What’s wrong with a Big Bang Approach?

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Why not a Technology Driven Approach?

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Why is Traditional Warehousing not the complete answer?Read Transactional Data

Analyse transactional structures

Model them into dimensional structures

Build ETLs to transform the operational Data

Store the volumes of Data

Tune for performance

Identify data patterns

Run analytical calculations

Present predictions© DAKE

Why can’t the IT department alone service it?

Request

Service

Report

Typical IT Department

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ACE - Analytics Center of Excellence

driven by the Common Sense Business Approach

Focused Team

Structured Governance

Defined Processes

Apt Technologies

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Functional Overview

Scalable Infrastructure

Robust Framework

Data Scientists Models

Operational Systems

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Team Structure

Stream 1

Governance

Requirements Analysis

Data Stewardship

Standards Infrastructure Change Mgmt.Architecture

Design & Development

Support

Stream 2

Requirements Analysis

Data Stewardship

Design & Development

Support

Stream n

Requirements Analysis

Data Stewardship

Design & Development

Support

Help Desk

Customer Services

Notifications

Research and Innovation Stream

Requirements Analysis

Data Stewardship

Design & Development

Support

Status Updates

Data Enquiries

Access Control

Infrastructure

Hardware

Software

Network

Disaster Recovery

Security

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Architecture Overview

DATA HUB(CIM Compliant)

Operational Reporting Engine (ORE)

Workflow Orchestration Engine (WOE)

Data Warehouse

Warehouse Administration Console (WAC)

Meta D

ata Repository (MD

R)

Business Intelligence Engine (BIE)

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Case Study 1

Workflow Automation

The Challenge

Papers driven Process

Low transparency

Over 20,000 users across the nation

Regulatory targets

Approach

National survey

Analyse data

Propose process changes

Automate workflow

Define performance

indicators

Accumulate data

Manage Change

Establish Analytics stream

Define processes for continuous

improvement

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Efficient Workflow Setup

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Case Study 2

Substation Automation

The Challenge

Isolated device level substation data

OT structures different to the IT structures

Large volumes of real-time data

Lack of communication within the grid

Common Substation Setup

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Monitoring and Control © DAKE

Data Server Setup

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All Substation Level Data

All Substation LevelReporting © DAKE

The potential

DAKESubstation Information

Services

Selective Object Level Data

Rules Configuration

Object Communication Setup(Rules Configuration)

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Extending the potential…

DAKESubstation Information

Services (SDK)

Rules Configuration

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Extending it further!

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Case Study 3

Situational Awareness Center

Visualization

PE

NB

Gx Tx

LC

Dx

CS DM

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PE – Primary EnergyNB – New Station BuildsGx – GenerationTx – TransmissionLC – Large CustomersDx – DistributionCS – Customer ServicesR – RevenueDM – Demand Management

Event Type : Substation FailureEvent Cost : R 1.2 milImpacted Areas : Tx, Dx, R, CSShort Term Action : Substation MaintenanceLong Term Action : Transformer Procurement

Oct 2012

Substation FailureTx

Generating Unit MaintenanceGx

Load SheddingDx

Initiate Action

Initiate Action

Initiate Action

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Planned Maintenance90% Progress Details

Progress DetailsNew Asset Procurement60%

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Use Case 1

Weather Alert DAKE ACE Platform

Modelled Analytical Data

Equipment Impact

Maintenance Impact

Customer Impact

GIS

Vis

ualisati

on

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Use Case 2

Coal Supply DAKE ACE Platform

Modelled Analytical Data

Customer Impact

GIS

Vis

ualisati

on

Generation Info

Industrial Impact

Revenue Impact

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Use Case 3

Equipment Failures DAKE ACE Platform

Modelled Analytical Data

InterruptionImpact

GIS

Vis

ualisati

on

Operational Maintenance

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Thank youQuestions? Visit: http://ace.dake.co.za