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  1. Update 21A
  1. Revision History
  2. Overview
  3. Feature Summary
    1. Analytics and Insights
      1. Data Visualization
        1. Data Visualization Upgraded to Oracle Analytics Server
      2. User Interface Enhancements
        1. User Configured Panels
        2. Customizable Transformer Load Management Panels
        3. Operational Improvements

Update 21A

Revision History

This document will continue to evolve as existing sections change and new information is added. All updates appear in the following table:

Date Product Feature Notes
25 MAR 2021     Created initial document.

Overview

Oracle Utilities Analytics and Insights Cloud Service unlocks smart grid data and turns it into actionable insight for electric, gas, and water utilities.

This guide outlines the information you need to know about new or improved functionality in this update, and describes any tasks you might need to perform for the update. Each section includes a brief description of the feature, the steps you need to take to enable or begin using the feature, any tips or considerations that you should keep in mind, and the resources available to help you.

Feature Summary

Column Definitions:

Report = New or modified, Oracle-delivered, ready to run reports.

UI or Process-Based: Small Scale = These UI or process-based features are typically comprised of minor field, validation, or program changes. Therefore, the potential impact to users is minimal.

UI or Process-Based: Larger Scale* = These UI or process-based features have more complex designs. Therefore, the potential impact to users is higher.

Features Delivered Disabled = Action is needed BEFORE these features can be used by END USERS. These features are delivered disabled and you choose if and when to enable them. For example, a) new or expanded BI subject areas need to first be incorporated into reports, b) Integration is required to utilize new web services, or c) features must be assigned to user roles before they can be accessed.

Ready for Use by End Users
(Feature Delivered Enabled)

Reports plus Small Scale UI or Process-Based new features will have minimal user impact after an update. Therefore, customer acceptance testing should focus on the Larger Scale UI or Process-Based* new features.

Customer Must Take Action before Use by End Users
(Feature Delivered Disabled)

Not disruptive as action is required to make these features ready to use. As you selectively choose to leverage, you set your test and roll out timing.

Feature

Report

UI or
Process-Based:
Small Scale

UI or
Process-Based:
Larger Scale*

Analytics and Insights

Data Visualization

Data Visualization Upgraded to Oracle Analytics Server

User Interface Enhancements

User Configured Panels

Customizable Transformer Load Management Panels

Operational Improvements

Analytics and Insights

Data Visualization

Data Visualization Upgraded to Oracle Analytics Server

Upgrading to Oracle Analytics Server provides enhanced visualization capabilities when viewing insights and data from Oracle Utilities Analytics Insights. When you view data sets in Data Visualization, you see recommendations of other data that may be relevant from publicly available data sets. You can leverage machine learning to recommend chart and graph styles based on the viewed data. You can also use Data Visualization to add multiple layers of information over geographic views and then compare several dimensions of assets on the network.

The Oracle Analytics Server upgrade adds automated and machine learning-powered chart and graph recommendations. It also enhances your ability to visualize multiple layers of map information.

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

User Interface Enhancements

User Configured Panels

You can customize the metric panel order and save the geographic view as the default for a Point Type.

You can customize the order by which metric panels display information like energy consumption over time, meter events, and meter location on a geographic view.

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Customizable Transformer Load Management Panels

You can now customize the color schemes of the Transformer Consumption Graph, Transformer Overload Panel, and Transformer Heat Map.

Configurable Transformer Load Management panels enable you to apply your organization's branding on graphs, maps, and panels.

Steps to Enable

Contact your Service Delivery Manager to initiate configuration of this feature.

Operational Improvements

Performance improvements enhance the responsiveness of the Oracle Utilities Analytics Insights screen when loading long-duration AMI data or transformer consumption data with large numbers of meter data.

Operational improvements increase productivity and help you better understand AMI and consumption data.

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.