Find and inspect an asset
Locate an element on the map and read its hierarchy, connected devices, and telemetry
Explore is where you locate a specific asset and examine what is connected to it. Open Explore from the left navigation, then select Map.
Find the element#
At the default zoom level, the map shows your distribution network as lines with sites and meters grouped into numbered clusters. Pan to the area you are interested in and zoom until the elements you need become visible, then click an element to open its detail panel on the right. If a colleague has already found the element you need, ask them to share the URL — it opens directly to the same panel.
Grid elements render progressively as you zoom: the three-phase backbone appears first, followed by overcurrent devices, switches, and regulators, then transformers and poles, and finally consumers and generators. If an element you expect is not visible, zoom in further before assuming it is missing from GIS — see Troubleshoot missing data.
Narrow the map with filters#
The Filter button in the top bar scopes the site and meter records shown on the map. The most useful filters for grid operations are Site Locations (state, city, postal code, territory) to narrow to a geographic area, and Dates → Last reading to find meters that have stopped reporting. Active filters appear as chips in the top bar; click the × on a chip to remove that condition, or Clear all to reset.
To control which grid element types are visible — transformers, lines, switches, and so on — use the layer control instead of the filter panel. Transmission lines have their own layer, which is off by default because those circuits are frequently owned by another party and generally have no AMI beneath them.
Save a view#
Once you have the filters set the way you want, click Save view in the top bar and give it a name. The view saves your current filter state so you can return to it without rebuilding the filters each time — useful for a region you check regularly or a watch-list of a specific device type.
To reopen a saved view, select it from the Views dropdown in the top bar. Your filters are reapplied automatically.
Saved views belong to your account — a colleague opening the same workspace will not see them in their dropdown. To share a filtered view, copy the URL from the address bar instead, since filters and selection travel with the link.
Read the panel#
Sections that do not apply to an element are omitted rather than displayed empty, so not every element shows every section.
| Section | What it covers |
|---|---|
| Grid Hierarchy | The path from this element up to its source. The selected element appears at the top labeled CURRENT, with each element closer to the substation listed below it, ending at the source. Clicking any row moves the panel to that element and recenters the map. |
| Details | All properties the grid model carries for this element, as supplied by GIS. |
| Device Details | The element's own meter, on a consumer or generator element, with a link through to the meter. |
| Downstream Devices | How many devices sit beneath this element, with a preview list and a link to the full set. |
| Telemetry | How the element has been performing, as described below. |
| One-Line Diagram | A link that opens the substation schematic, where SCADA covers this element. |
To navigate toward meters rather than the substation, use Downstream Devices or click the next element on the map. To read more detail, drag the panel's left edge or click the expand toggle in the panel header to widen it; the width is remembered between sessions. The names used on that path are described in Grid elements and hierarchy.
Read the telemetry#
Telemetry shows the last 7 days by default, and you can change the window with the date control at the top of the section. For windows up to a week, each point is one hour; wider windows use one-day points. A caption under the control shows which is active.
| Chart | When it appears |
|---|---|
| Usage (avg power) | On any element with meters beneath it, plotting those meters' consumption summed and expressed as average demand over each bucket. A label below the chart title shows how many meters roll up into the aggregate. |
| Voltage | When downstream or directly linked meters report voltage. |
| SCADA series | On elements with no meters beneath them, where SCADA is the only source. |
Usage and voltage come from AMI, which arrives one to two days late — which is why the 7-day default is what makes the pattern visible and a 24-hour window can look empty even when the meter is healthy. If the readings still look wrong, see Troubleshoot missing data.
Open the one-line diagram#
On substations and any other element where SCADA data is available, One-Line Diagram opens the control-room schematic. Reading the schematic, the Data Display board, and the wall-display window are covered in Read a one-line.
If the section reads No SCADA data available for this element, SCADA coverage does not extend to this part of the grid, although meter-derived telemetry remains available.
Share the current selection#
The address bar tracks the element you have selected, so copying the URL sends a colleague to the same element with the same panel open. Share grid data with your team covers the other ways to hand off what you are looking at.