Oracle Utilities: NMS v2.5 Fundamentals Ed 1 LVC

Introduction

• Agenda
• Network Management System Overview Agenda
• Learning Objectives
• Introduction

Web Workspace

• Objectives
• Web Workspace Overview
• Launching Web Workspace
• Web Workspace
• Web Workspace Window Features
• Authority Tool and Control Zones
• Using the Search Tool to Searching for a Zone
• Subscribing to an Authority Zone
• Unsubscribing from an Authority Zone
• Working with Tables: Selecting Rows and Columns
• Working with Tables: Moving and Locking Columns
• Working With Tables: Sorting and Filtering Data Overview
• Filtering Data
• Creating Filters
• Conditional Formatting Table Data
• Practice 1: Logging In
• Practice 2: Subscribing to and Unsubscribing from Control Zones
• Practice 3: Exploring Web Workspace Common Features
• Work Agenda
• Using the Work Agenda
• Understanding Work Agenda Events
• Practice 5: Creating a Custom Sort
• Practice 6: Creating a Custom Filter
• Using the Web Workspace Viewer
• Starting the Viewer
• Searching to Load Maps
• Object Focus
• Changing Viewer Coloring Mode
• Practice 7: Exploring the Viewer
• Practice 8: Loading and Unloading Viewer Maps
• Device Details
• Selecting Devices
• Device Symbology
• Condition Symbology
• Condition Symbology Placement
• Conductor Symbology
• Off-Nominal Status Symbology
• Off-Nominal Status Symbology Example
• Changing the Viewer Symbology Display
• Traces
• Practice 9: Changing What You See in the Viewer
• Trace Dialog Box
• Trace Dialog Toolbar
• Advanced Trace Dialog Fields
• Practice 10: Performing a Trace
• The Viewer Lens Tool
• Practice 11: Use the Viewer Lens Tool
• Schematics
• Viewing Schematics
• Practice 12: View Schematics
• Understanding Real-Time and Study Mode
• Switching Modes
• The Control Tool
• Highlighting Events in the Work Agenda from the Control Tool
• Operating Devices (1 of 2)
• Operating Devices (2 of 2)
• Instruct Actions
• Using the Look Ahead Window
• Viewing Device Attribute Information
• Using Notes
• Creating, Editing, and Deleting Notes
• Toggling Call Display
• Tagging Devices
• Placing and Removing Grounds
• Repredicting Upstream/Downstream
• Placing Jumpers
• Jumper Types
• Inserting a Jumper
• Operating a Jumper
• Removing a Jumper
• Practice 13: Operating Devices
• Practice 14: Adding and Removing a Tag
• Practice 15: Working with Notes on a Device
• Practice 16: View Device Attributes
• Practice 17: View Customer Information
• Practice 18: Open a Device to Confirm an Outage
• Using the Commissioning Tool
• Commissioning Tool Actions
• Selecting Pending Devices
• Commissioning and Decommissioning Devices
• Viewing Summaries
• Condition Summary
• SCADA Summary
• Preventing Updates from SCADA
• Manual Entry and Override of SCADA Values (1 of 2)
• Manual Entry and Override of SCADA Values (2 of 2)
• Using the Alarms and Devices Lists
• Abnormal Devices List
• Device Operations List
• System Alarms List
• SCADA Alarms List
• Acknowledging Alarms
• Removing Alarms from the List
• Preventing a Device from Reporting SCADA Alarms
• Practice 19: View the Alarms and Conditions Lists
• Quiz
• Summary

Web Trouble

• Objectives
• Introduction
• Trouble Event–Related Windows Overview
• Creating an Event
• Acknowledging Events in the Work Agenda
• Event Details
• Event Details: Tabs (1 of 2)
• Event Details: Tabs (2 of 2)
• Crew Management Overview
• Summary

Web Switching Management

• Objectives (1 of 2)
• Objectives (2 of 2)
• Overview (1 of 2)
• Overview (2 of 2)
• Switching Sheet Types
• Switching Sheet States
• Operating Modes
• The Web Switching Management Window
• Switching Sheet Window
• Planned Switching
• Creating a Planned Switching Sheet
• Opening an Existing Switching Sheet
• Switching Sheet List Color Coding
• Capabilities of the Switching Request User Type
• Completing the Request Tab
• Taking and Relinquishing Ownership
• Changing the Switching Sheet State
• Adding and Editing Steps
• Switching Sheet Step States
• Adding Recorded Steps to a Switching Sheet (1 of 2)
• Adding Recorded Steps to a Switching Sheet (2 of 2)
• Adding Comment Steps
• Copying and Pasting Steps
• Creating Go-Back Steps
• Working with Blocks
• Adding a New Block Header
• Parallel Step Execution (1 of 2)
• Parallel Step Execution (2 of 2)
• Grouping and Ungrouping Steps (1 of 2)
• Grouping and Ungrouping Steps (2 of 2)
• Grouping Steps
• Ungrouping Steps
• Adding Steps to an Existing Group
• Grouping Aggregate Steps
• Editing Existing Steps
• Finding and Replacing a Device in the Steps
• Focusing on a Device in a Step
• Reviewing a Switching Sheet in Study Mode
• Replaying Steps
• Implementing a Planned Switching Sheet
• Scheduling Planned Master Events
• Scheduling a Planned Master Event
• Updating the ERT in Event Details
• Issuing a Switching Sheet
• Pre-Assigning Steps to Crews (Optional)
• Changing the Sheet State to Issued
• Printing a Switching Sheet
• Printing the Switching Sheet
• Instructing and Completing Switching Sheet Steps
• Moving a Crew
• Working with Switching Sheet Versions
• Step Versioning (1 of 2)
• Step Versioning (2 of 2)
• Viewing Impacted Customers
• Using the Impacted Customers Tab
• Moving Customers
• Checking for Overlaps
• Overlaps Tab – Color Coding
• Updating the Overlaps List
• Viewing an Overlapping Switching Sheet
• Adding External Documents to a Switching Sheet
• Adding an External Document
• Removing an External Document
• Opening and Editing an External Document
• Saving and Loading View Areas
• Saving a Viewing Area
• Loading a Saved Viewing Area
• Reloading all Auto-Load Viewing Areas
• Deleting a Saved Viewing Area
• Viewing the Audit Log
• Emailing Switching Sheet Data
• Automatic Emails
• Switching Sheet Templates
• Creating a Switching Sheet Template
• Creating a Switching Sheet from a Template
• Emergency Switching
• Creating an Emergency Switching Sheet
• Recording Emergency Operations
• Hard Associations
• Working with Safety Documents
• Safety Document Types (1 of 2)
• Safety Document Types (2 of 2)
• Adding Safety State Transition Steps
• Editing the Device List
• Removing Devices
• Executing Safety State Transition Steps (1 of 2)
• Executing Safety State Transition Steps (2 of 2)
• Issuing Safety Documents
• Issuing Safety Documents Manually
• Issuing Safety Documents While Executing Steps
• Releasing Safety Documents
• Releasing Safety Documents Manually
• Releasing Safety Documents While Executing Steps
• Opening an Existing Safety Document (1 of 2)
• Opening an Existing Safety Document (2 of 2)
• Completing Safety Documents
• Aborting a Safety Document
• Outage Correction
• Re-Recording the Outage Restoration Sequence in Study Mode
• Using the Miscellaneous Log
• Displaying the Miscellaneous Log
• Filtering the Log
• Viewing Global Overlaps
• Quiz
• Summary (1 of 2)
• Summary (2 of 2)

Operations Mobile Application

• Objectives
• Overview
• Overview of the Operations Mobile Application
• OMA Settings
• Logging In and Registering
• Understanding the User Interface Components
• Main App Panel
• Map Panel
• Map Panel Interaction Icons
• Map Selection List Panel
• Crew Management: the Crew Collapsible Panel
• Tasks Panel
• Task Information and Actions (1 of 2)
• Task Information and Actions (2 of 2)
• Switching
• Damage Assessments and Damage Patrolling

Training Simulator

• Objectives
• Overview
• Training Simulator – Overview
• Trainer User Type
• Training Simulator Process Flow
• Trainer User Type
• Practice 6-1: Logging In and Obtaining Control Zone Authority
• Managing Scenarios
• Recording Scenario
• Practice 6-2: Recording a Training Scenario
• Performing a Training Scenario
• Playing a Storm Dataset During Training
• NMS Simulator – Trainee Environment
• Reviewing Trainee Actions

Introduction

• Objectives
• Introduction
• OMS Overview
• Course Overview
• Course Components
• Course Conventions (1 of 2)
• Course Conventions (2 of 2)
• Enjoy The Course!

Understanding and Viewing Outage Events

• Objectives
• Understanding Event Sources
• Outage Events in the Work Agenda
• Working an Outage Event
• Introduction to Crew Management
• Crew Actions
• Crew Views
• Activating a Crew
• Setting a Crew’s Status to On Shift or Off Shift
• Making a Crew Inactive
• Changing Crew Availability
• Creating Events
• Creating Events with Web Call Entry and the Web Workspace Create Event Tool
• Creating an Event with the Create Event Tool
• Understanding Fuzzy Calls
• Working with Crews
• Responding to an Event
• Placing a Crew En Route
• Placing a Crew Onsite
• Moving a Crew
• Moving a Crew with Drag and Drop
• Finding the Event to Which a Crew is En Route
• Understanding Crew Makeup
• Creating a Crew
• Creating a Crew: Adding Personnel
• Creating a Crew: Adding Vehicles and Equipment
• Editing a Crew
• Removing Personnel and Equipment from a Crew
• Crew Info Window
• Unassigning a Crew
• Releasing a Crew from an Event
• Suspending a Crew
• Deleting a Crew
• Summary

Managing Customer Calls & Web Call Entry

• Objectives
• Web Call Entry Window
• Web Call Entry: Searching for a Customer
• Web Call Entry: Searching for a Customer by Using the Call ID
• Web Call Entry: Entering a Call
• Practice #1: Searching for Customers
• Web Call Entry: Completing the Request Section
• Web Call Entry: Outages Summary
• Web Call Entry: Customer Call History
• Web Call Entry: Viewing Event History
• Practice #2: Entering Customer Calls
• Practice #3: Submitting a Second Customer Call
• Practice #4: View Customer Call and Event History
• Practice #5: Create an Appointment
• Summary

Managing Events

• Objectives
• Introduction
• Event Details
• Event Details: Tabs
• Job Actions Tab
• Completion Actions Tab
• Equipment Failure Tab
• Trouble Info Tab
• Trouble Info: Understanding the Callers View
• Trouble Info: Understanding the Customers View
• Trouble Info: Understanding the AMI Customers View
• Trouble Info: Understanding Supply Points View
• Using the Damage Assessments Tab
• Using the Event Log Tab
• Understanding the Steps Tab
• Understanding the Attachments Tab
• Event Grouping
• Manual Grouping Rules
• Grouping Rules
• Graphical Grouping
• Work Agenda: Condensed View for Related Events
• Completing an Event
• Associating and Unassociating Calls with Devices
• Associating a Fuzzy Call with a Device
• Unassociating/Reassociating a Call from/to a Device
• Understanding Damage Assessments
• Damage Assessment Window
• Damage Assessments States and Symbology
• Creating AMI Requests for Service Outages
• Creating AMI Requests for Device Outages
• Creating an AMI Request Without an Outage
• AMI Requests – Other Functions
• Updating the Estimated Restoration Time (ERT) for Selected Events
• Set ERT for Selected Events
• Clearing the ERT
• Setting the System-Wide ERT
• Clearing the System-Wide ERT
• Summary

Web Callbacks

• Objectives
• Web Callbacks Overview
• Web Callbacks Window
• Callbacks Table
• Callbacks Table Column Features
• Callbacks Summary Panel
• Callbacks Buttons
• Status Bar
• Assigning Callbacks
• Assign Callbacks Window
• Assigning Callbacks to Users
• Assigning Numbers of Callbacks
• Practice #1: Assigning Numbers of Callbacks
• Assigning Percentages of Callbacks
• Practice #2: Assigning Numbers of Callbacks
• Assigning All Remaining Callbacks
• Practice #3: Assigning All Remaining Callbacks
• Reassigning All Remaining Callbacks
• Viewing Callback Assignments
• Canceling versus Unassigning Callbacks
• Canceling Your Callback Assignments
• Unassigning Callbacks
• Unassigning Callbacks for a Specific Event
• Unassigning All of Your Callbacks
• Practice #4: Working with Your Callback Assignments
• Practice #5: Canceling Your Callback Assignments
• Performing Callbacks
• Perform Callback List Window
• Performing Assigned Callbacks for an Event
• Performing Unassigned Callbacks
• Perform Next Callback Window
• Performing the Next Unassigned Callback for an Event
• Practice #6: Performing Callbacks
• Quiz
• Summary

Service Alert

• Objectives
• Service Alert Overview
• Service Alert Administration Window
• Using the Contact Manager Tab
• Practice #1: Using the Contact Manager to Create Contacts
• Practice #2: Edit a Contact
• Using the Group Manager Tab
• Practice #3: Creating Groups
• Using the Parameter Manager Tab
• About Parameter Values
• Practice #4: Configuring Alert Parameters
• Using the Utility Customers Tab
• Practice #5: Using the Utility Customers Tab to Designate Alerts
• Using the Attributes Manager Tab
• Service Alert Notification Examples
• Unplanned Outage Affecting Critical Customers
• Unplanned Outage Affecting a Specific Customer
• Planned Outage Affecting Many Customers
• Storm Ended
• Frequency of Device Operations
• Quiz
• Summary

Storm Management

• Objectives (1 of 2)
• Objectives (2 of 2)
• Storm Management Overview
• Analysis Rule Sets – Web Workspace
• Practice 1: Change Rule Sets
• Starting Storm Management
• Practice 2: Log In to Storm Management
• Storm Management Window
• Status Bar
• Zone Selection Panel
• Selecting the Control Zone to View
• Summary Information Panel
• Storm Report Panel
• Storm Management Panels
• Using Storm Management Modes
• Non-Storm Mode
• Using ERT Overrides
• ERT Projections
• Turning Off Accessibility of the Estimates
• Overriding the Estimates
• Changing Publish/Non-Publish or Default ERT Information
• Turning Accessibility of Projections Back On/Removing Overrides
• Printing ERT Overrides
• Manual Overrides
• Overriding Historical Averages
• Practice 3: Enter Outage Calls
• Practice 4: Adjust ERT Parameters
• Storm Mode
• Entering Storm Mode
• Defining the Storm
• Placing a Control Zone in Storm Mode and Defining the Storm
• Joining Existing Storms
• Joining a Control Zone to an Existing Storm
• Storm Information Panel
• Changing Storm Levels
• Changing Storm Types
• Practice 5: Create a Storm Event
• Forecasting Outages
• Forecasting Outages by Percentage
• Forecasting Outages by Value
• Practice 6: Forecast the Outage
• Forecast Profiles
• Forecast Profiles Window
• Adding a Profile
• Editing a Profile
• Removing a Profile
• Applying a Profile
• Printing Forecast Profiles
• Practice 7: Create a Storm Profile
• Crew Information Panel
• Sorting the Crew Information Table
• Applying Changes
• Applying Changes
• Importing Crews
• Import Crews Window
• How to Import Crews
• Example of Importing Crews
• Practice 8: Import Crews
• Adding Crew Groups
• Add Crew Group Dialog
• Adding Crews
• Adding Crew Groups Using the Add Crew Group Dialog
• Adding Crews with the Right-Click Menu
• Editing Crew Groups
• Editing Crew Groups with the Edit Crew Group Dialog
• Editing Crew Groups in the Crew Information Table
• Deleting Crew Groups
• Moving Crew Groups
• Move Crew Group Dialog
• Moving Crews to Another Control Zone
• Moving Entire Crew Groups in the Table
• Moving Partial Crew Groups with the Right-Click Menu
• Practice 9: Add, Edit, and Delete Crews
• Practice 10: Stop Publishing the ERT Values
• Study Mode (1 of 3)
• Study Mode (2 of 3)
• Study Mode (3 of 3)
• Practice 11: Import Crews in Study Mode
• Calculating Crew Resources
• Calculate Crews Dialog
• Calculating Crews Needed to Assess and Restore Outages by a Given Time
• Printing Calculate Crews Results
• Practice 12: Calculate Crews – What-If Analysis
• Importing Crews and Parameters
• Importing Real-Time Crews and Parameters into the Study Session
• Importing Real-Time Session Information into the Study Session
• Practice 13: Add Crews
• Resetting the Current Study Session to Match the Real-Time Session
• Exporting Crews and Parameters
• Calculating Estimates in Study Mode
• Exiting Study Mode
• Practice 14: Export Study Session to Real-Time
• Practice 15: Publish Global ERT Value
• Exiting Storm Mode
• Practice 16: Toggle out of Storm Mode
• Quiz
• Summary (1 of 2)
• Summary (2 of 2)

Introduction

• Objectives
• Introduction
• DMS Operations Objectives What is the DMS Tasked with Doing?
• DMS Functional Components
• DMS Overview
• DMS Key Modules: Power Flow
• DMS Key Modules: Suggested Switching
• DMS Key Modules: Feeder Load Management
• DMS Key Modules: Fault Location, Isolation, and Service Restoration
• DMS Key Modules: Fault Location Analysis
• DMS Key Modules: Real-time Network Optimization
• Course Components (1 of 2)
• Course Components (2 of 2)
• Course Conventions

Power Flow and Feeder Load Management

• Objectives
• Power Flow
• Viewing Power Flow Results in Real Time (1 of 2)
• Viewing Power Flow Results in Real Time (2 of 2)
• Power Flow Information Visualization
• Practice 1: Viewing Power Flow Information
• Real-Time Power Flow Updates
• Study Mode Load Scenario for Power Flow
• Practice 2: Viewing Power Flow Results
• Using Power Flow with Look Ahead (1 of 2)
• Using Power Flow with Look Ahead (2 of 2)
• Practice 3: Using the Look Ahead to Evaluate a Load Transfer
• Feeder Load Management Overview (1 of 2)
• Feeder Load Management Overview (2 of 2)
• Feeder Load Management Overview
• Feeder Load Management Updates
• Accessing Feeder Load Management Tools
• Feeder Load Summary Window
• Feeder Load Summary Table
• Feeder Load Management Window
• Accessing the Feeder Load Management Window (1 of 2)
• Accessing the Feeder Load Management Window (2 of 2)
• Accessing the Feeder Load Management Window
• Using the Feeder Load Management Window
• Using Real-Time and Study Mode (1 of 2)
• Using Real-Time and Study Mode (2 of 2)
• Graphical View (1 of 3)
• Graphical View (2 of 3)
• Graphical View (3 of 3)
• Feeder Load Overview View
• Feeder Load Overview View: Viewing the Limiting Device by Phase
• Feeder Load Overview View: Starting a Study Session for Selected Row
• Profile
• Feeder Load Management Details (1 of 2)
• Feeder Load Management Details (2 of 2)
• Viewing and Modifying Study Session Parameters
• Practice 4: Using FLM to Evaluate Need for Planned Switching
• Summary

Suggested Switching

• Objectives
• Suggested Switching Overview (1 of 3)
• Suggested Switching Overview(2 of 3)
• Suggested Switching Overview(3 of 3)
• Understanding Suggested Switching Scenarios
• Suggested Switching Scenarios
• Suggested Switching Scenarios – Substations
• Using Suggested Switching (1 of 2)
• Using Suggested Switching (2 of 2)
• Running the Suggested Switching Tool (1 of 2)
• Running the Suggested Switching Tool (2 of 2)
• Plan Type Page (1 of 2)
• Plan Type Page (2 of 2)
• Unload Feeder Page: Displayed for Feeder Unloading Scenario Only
• Load Scenario Page
• Load Scenario Page: Power Flow Study Mode Load Scenario Window (1 of 2)
• Load Scenario Page: Power Flow Study Mode Load Scenario Window (2 of 2)
• Constraints Page (1 of 2)
• Constraints Page (2 of 2)
• Feeders Ties Page
• Plans Page
• Plan Details Page
• Summary Page
• Practice #1: Unloading a Feeder
• Summary

Optimization

• Objectives
• Optimization Objectives
• Optimization Overview
• Optimization Study Mode Overview
• Starting Volt/VAr Optimization
• Volt/VAr Optimization Tool Overview
• Options Page
• Load Scenario Page
• Result Plan Page
• Plan Details Page
• Summary Page
• Real-Time Optimization Overview
• Optimization Closed Loop Mode
• Practice #1: Running a Volt/VAr Optimization
• Summary

Fault Location, Isolation, and Service Restoration

• Objectives
• FLISR Overview
• FLISR Scenarios
• Setting the FLISR Mode
• Controlling FLISR Devices from the Control Tool
• Using FLISR with Work Agenda
• DMS Status Field
• Using the FLISR Report Tool
• Practice #1: FLISR Operation in Manual Mode
• Executing FLISR in Automatic Mode
• FLISR Automatic Mode with Overloads
• Generating a Switch Plan for Overload Case
• Generating a Switch Plan in Manual Mode
• FLISR with Web Switching
• Practice #2: FLISR Operation in Automatic Mode
• Practice #3: FLISR Generate Go-Backs to Return to Nominal
• Viewing FLISR Disabled Devices Overview (1 of 2)
• Viewing FLISR Disabled Devices Overview (2 of 2)
• Viewing FLISR Disabled Devices
• Viewing FLISR Conditions
• Using the FLISR Flow Summary Window
• Summary

Fault Location Analysis

• Objectives
• Fault Location Analysis Overview
• Fault Location Process Overview
• Using the Fault Location Analysis Tool
• Fault Location Analysis Window: Context Menu Options
• Practice #1: Display Possible Fault Locations
• Confirming Fault Locations
• Marking Fault Locations as Incorrect
• Correcting a Fault Location
• Isolate and Restore Option for a Confirmed Fault
• Viewing Fault Events in the Work Agenda
• Viewing Fault Outages in the Viewer
• Practice #2: Confirm Fault Location
• Summary

Load Shed and Restoration

• Agenda
• Objectives
• Load Shed and Restoration Overview
• Starting the Load Shed and Restoration Tool
• Understanding the Load Shed and Restoration Tool
• Creating A Load Shed Plan:
• Automatic Execution of SCADA Load Shed Steps
• Summary

Dynamic Protection Schemes

• Agenda
• Objectives
• Dynamic Protection Schemes Overview
• Setting Protection Scheme Mode
• Viewing and Updating the Protection Scheme Status for a Device
• Viewing a Device’s Protection Scheme Value
• Setting a Device’s Protection Scheme Value
• Verifying a Device’s Protection Scheme
• Protection Scheme Settings Related to FLISR and Suggested Switching
• Practice #1: Setting the Protection Scheme Mode
• Practice #2: Verifying Protection Scheme Setting on a Device
• Practice #3: Creating a Protection Scheme Event
• Summary

Active Network Management Schemes

• Agenda
• Objectives
• Active Network Management Schemes Overview
• Understanding Active Network Management Schemes
• Practice #1: Create ANMS Template Steps
• Practice #2: Test ANMS Scheme
• Summary