IEE 8.1 OVERVIEW

Ty Roberts Product Line Manager Itron

ITRON ENTERPRISE EDITION

Data Collection

Quality Assurance Aggregation Analysis Distribution

Consolidates data collection and storage

Holds meter data to a single corporate quality standard

Converts data into value

IEE turns meter data into a corporate asset

8.1 RELEASE GOALS

1. Increase value of data

2. Reduce time to value

3. Lower cost of ownership

INTEGRATED ITRON ANALYTICS

Smart Grid Analytics

• Revenue Protection • Power Quality • Transformer Load

Mgmt • DER Forecasting • Load Research • Energy Efficiency • Dynamic Profiling • AMI Operations

Water & Gas Analytics

• District Metering • Revenue

Protection • Event Analysis • Conservation • Customer Service • Customer Portal • Distribution

System Monitoring

Consulting & Analysis

• Advanced AMI Business Case

• Rate and Program Design

• Measurement and Evaluation

• Distributed Energy Resources

SMALLER AND SIMPLER

» Streamlined, low latency processing • Reclaimed several hours of daily processing time • Elimination of multiple pre-processing steps

- DRS and LDA ETLs no longer needed by VEE processes - FlatConfig tables updated with configuration save

» MDM data storage reduction • Register readings stored 50% more efficiently • Elimination or reduction of many pre-calculated data elements

- Daily Reading Summary and Like Day Algorithm tables

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ARI: EASIER TO MONITOR AND MANAGE

» ARI health at a glance

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ARI: EASIER TO MONITOR AND MANAGE

» ARI health at a glance » Browse files by state

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ARI: EASIER TO MONITOR AND MANAGE

» ARI health at a glance » Browse files by state » Manually resubmit files

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ARI: EASIER TO MONITOR AND MANAGE

» ARI health at a glance » Browse files by state » Manually resubmit files » View relationships

between files

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ARI: EASIER TO MONITOR AND MANAGE

» ARI health at a glance » Browse files by state » Manually resubmit files » View relationships

between files » Monitor performance

trends over time

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DATA QUALITY MANAGEMENT

» IEE’s high performance Data Quality Engine now provides:

• A more flexible and configurable workflow process • More options to manage continuous data improvement • Improved traceability: more detail, stored efficiently • Register validation and estimation

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Quality Assurance Aggregation Analysis Distribution

DATA QUALITY MANAGEMENT

» More flexible workflow • Warn, auto-estimate or

manually investigate by validation rule

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DATA QUALITY MANAGEMENT

» More flexible workflow » Scale unscaled estimates

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Scaling Requests are: • Scaled when readings End Time is within Scaling Window, inclusive • Skipped when readings End Time is after the Scaling Window • Deleted when readings End Time is before the Scaling Window

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DATA QUALITY MANAGEMENT

» More flexible workflow » Scale unscaled estimates » Reduce configuration

overhead • Independent validation

and estimation sets

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DATA QUALITY MANAGEMENT

» More flexible workflow » Scale unscaled estimates » Reduce configuration

overhead » Fill gaps caused by meter

provisioning issues

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Quality Assurance Aggregation Analysis Distribution

DATA QUALITY MANAGEMENT

» More flexible workflow » Scale unscaled estimates » Reduce configuration

overhead » Fill gaps caused by meter

provisioning issues » Improved traceability

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Quality Assurance Aggregation Analysis Distribution

DATA QUALITY MANAGEMENT

» More flexible workflow » Scale unscaled estimates » Reduce configuration

overhead » Fill gaps caused by meter

provisioning issues » Improved traceability » Enhanced manual

estimation

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Quality Assurance Aggregation Analysis Distribution

DATA QUALITY MANAGEMENT

» More flexible workflow » Scale unscaled estimates » Reduce configuration

overhead » Fill gaps caused by meter

provisioning issues » Improved traceability » Enhanced manual

estimation » Register VEE » So much more!

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Quality Assurance Aggregation Analysis Distribution

SERVICE ORDER PROCESSING

» Faster detection and resolution of field issues • Auto detection and notification of serious metering issues • Track status of orders to inform MDM processing • Full visibility of the process for operators • Extensible framework for future growth

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ENHANCED WORK MANAGEMENT

» More tools for operators and managers

• Track exceptions worked by operator

• Balance workload intelligently

• Work history reporting - Support training

needs assessment - Identify exception

tuning opportunities

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Quality Assurance Aggregation Analysis Distribution

REDUCE BILLING RISK

» Identify potential billing of estimates in an outage case • ABE detects estimates within a “risk window” • Prevent auto-billing of estimates at the end of a bill period • Allow time for actual data to automatically replace estimates • Users can proactively request readings

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Quality Assurance Aggregation Analysis Distribution

IMPROVED DEVICE EVENT MANAGEMENT

» Event Categorization • Simplifies Creation of Event Filters • Supports targeted event Reporting

» Device Event Summary Report • View events by device or group of devices • Drill-down to see entities reporting selected device events

» Detail Report • Output can be grouped by meter / service point or by event

category

Device Event Management Enhancements

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MORE DATA DISTRIBUTION OPTIONS

» I need all data for all meters, as soon as you store it. • Near real time export of all readings and event data • Very low latency, suitable for data warehouse population

» I need a fixed duration of high quality data, every day. • High volume, but specific time frame and quality filters • Suitable for market settlement and billing

» I don’t know what I need until I need it. I’ll ask you. • High volume, ad hoc request and response process • Suitable for billing and special case processing

New 8.1 Capabilities

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SAP PARTNERSHIP

» Introducing support for SAP EhP6

» New version, continued commitment: • Reduce CIS and AMI project risk • Lower integration and maintenance costs • Improve time to value

SAP

EhP6 IEE 8.1

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CHOICE CONNECT INTEGRATION

» Alignment of IEE and ChoiceConnect configuration models • Using IEE PBC

» Same configuration file consumed by both systems.

» On-demand read support

8.1 Integration Enhancements

NEW IT PLATFORM SUPPORT

» Latest in database technology from Microsoft • SQL Server 2012

» Move to full 64 bit architecture • Windows Server 2008 64 bit • Windows 7 64 bit

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