Your grid at a glance
Explore combines your AMI, SCADA, and GIS in one view — here's what to know before you start
Use Texture to see your meters, transformers, and substations together — pulling from the AMI, SCADA, and GIS data your utility already produces. Most day-to-day work happens in Explore, which you open from the left navigation.
The features in this section are available once Texture has ingested your grid data. Texture's Delivery Services team will work with your organization to develop a data intake plan tailored to your exact data sources and requirements. To get started, contact us.
Navigation#
Explore has three views in the left sidebar: Map, Sites, and Meters. The right panel opens to the Overview with a summary of open alerts, sites, and meters in your workspace. Sites and Meters each have a table view toggle in their header if you prefer a flat list over the map.
The workspace selector in the bottom-left corner controls which environment you are viewing. Production and sandbox data are kept separate, so if the map looks empty or data is missing, confirm you are in the correct workspace before investigating further.
Data sources and freshness#
| Source | What to know in Texture |
|---|---|
| AMI / meters | Typically one to two days behind. Texture defaults to a 7-day chart window for that reason — a 24-hour window can look empty even when the meter is healthy. |
| SCADA | Usually within 15 minutes of your SCADA system pushing a new file. Coverage generally ends at the substation; anything downstream is covered by AMI. |
| GIS / topology | Current as of the last topology import. A meter missing from the map has not been placed yet — it still has telemetry and is searchable. Contact your account team if topology looks out of date. |
For a full breakdown of empty charts, missing map pins, and sites with no meters, see Troubleshoot missing data.
Where to go next#
| Task | Page |
|---|---|
| Look up element names and how the hierarchy is structured | Grid elements and hierarchy |
| Locate a transformer, feeder, or substation and read what is beneath it | Find and inspect an asset |
| Read the SCADA one-line for a substation | Read a one-line |
| Find a member, their site, or their meter | Look up a member or site |
| Open an alert and go to the device or site it names | Read an alert |
| Send a colleague a view, export a CSV, or set up a wall display | Share grid data with your team |
| Diagnose an empty chart, a missing pin, or a site with no meters | Troubleshoot missing data |