Dynamic Spec Assignment Configuration (Optional)

As mentioned previously, this step might be optional depending on the needs of your ADMS and OMS integrations.

A “spec” is a term that describes the electrical specifications of a component, which are required for calculations and data fidelity.

The spec ID is not stored as an attribute in the GIS features. If it were stored in the feature itself, there is a chance it would become out of sync with the feature as GIS edits are made over time. Further, it is difficult for an administrator to assign the ID to every feature in the GIS.

Instead, the spec ID is assigned “on the fly” as the design components are extracted from the GIS and brought into the design via the Edge Service. In that manner, the ID is informed by the most up-to-date attributes for the GIS features. Further, it is much easier to let the service assign the ID. Finally, it is easier to maintain the system with future updates, as you do not have to go back and edit features’ spec IDs in the GIS.

But, how does the application know which spec ID to assign? You supply the “rules” by mapping attribute fields to spec IDs in an Excel table that is uploaded to Solution Center, where you inform the application which GIS fields to use when it assigns the spec ID.

This information is condensed into a single cell in the Catalog Export or Import Excel table:

RATEDKVA:15,HIGHSIDEVOLTAGE:12.5,LOWSIDEVOLTAGE:120/240,HIGHSIDECONFIGURATION:LG,LOWSIDECONFIGURATION:SP,PHASEDESIGNATION:1|2|4

Finally, that combination of attributes receives a spec ID in GUID format. As features are brought into the Geodatabase Regions (GRR), any transformer (in this example) that meets the above criteria receives that spec ID. Any transformer that does not would then be compared to other attribute combinations in the Catalog Export or Import Excel table. There would likely be several different combinations of attributes that inform an ID, and transformers would continue to be categorized by the service. Configuring the attribute combinations occurs in an Excel table that is uploaded to Solution Center.

Default Spec ID

As stated above, the application continues to compare the transformers (in this example) to the known spec criteria. But, if it cannot find a match, you can provide a generic or default spec ID. This should be the most generic set of attributes in order to act as a “bucket” to contain unmatched features. You should create a default spec ID for each component type. It should be the last spec per component type (in other words, at the end of all transformer specs should be the generic transformer spec, and at the end of all conductor specs should be the generic conductor spec, etc.).

To create a set of default specs, follow these steps:

1. Open the Designer XI plugin, select the Catalog Tab, and click the Export subtab. Refer to these Designer XI topics for more information:

   • Import/Export Introduction

   • Equipment Types

   IMPORTANT: If your organization hasn’t implemented Designer XI, your Project Implementation team and Schneider Electric Technical Support must work together on creating the specs.

2. Export the file using the Template and Example option for each component type that needs a default spec.

3. Modify the default specs to ensure that each one has a unique GUID for ID. Refer to the Fields to Support Snapping topic in the Designer XI Implementation Guide for more information.

   Ensure that you are prepared to provide the default value of the following:

   • Breaker: Phase count, type

   • Capacitor: Phase count

   • Conductor: Phase count, type

   • Electric Network Component: Phase count, type

   • Fuse: Phase count

   • Sectionalizer: Phase count

   • Service Point: Phase count

   • Switch: Phase count

   • Transformer: Phase count, type

   IMPORTANT: Autogenerated units rely on at least the phase count being set correctly.

   As an example, if you want all your breakers to be three-phase for Phase Count and Circuit Breaker for breaker subtype, then set those values.

   NOTE: If you occasionally need to use 3-phase and other times use 1-phase, or if you need Circuit Breaker and Recloser, more configuration is needed because a single default spec is not sufficient.

4. Save the updated Excel spreadsheet then import the specs into your development environment using the Select Resources to Import option. Refer to the Import/Export Introduction topic for more information.

5. Select the Catalog Cache tab, and click the Update Cache button for each of the “Equipment Specs” and the "to Spec Mapping" buttons under all domain types. You should see a total of 10 buttons of caches to update.

6. After about 7 to 10 minutes, run the logs in Verbose mode to find an update that indicates the cache is updated.

Once these default specs are defined, all features that are brought into the Geodatabase Regions (GRR) receive that spec ID plus those default values.