1. UCTE CIM Visualization & Editing Tool
Jun Zhu, Power Info LLC
CIM User Group Meeting, Genval 2009

2. Presentation Overview
Tool Function Review
Demo

3. About the Tool
Designed to provide an integrated data engineering environment in support of CIM-based model exchange
Built on the top of CIMSpy Enterprise Edition
Configured as a Windows-based desktop application
Targeted to be available for UCTE and its TSO members in the middle of July 2009

4. Functional Overview UCTE CIM Visualization & Editing Tool Importer
Browsing
Editing
Visualization
CIM/XML
CIM/CSV
Full
Partial
Incremental
Equipment
Topology
State
Merged
CIM/XML
CIM/CSV
Full
Partial
Incremental
Equipment
Topology
State
Merged
In-Memory RDF Database
Importer
Exporter
Incremental Updating
Merging
Validation
Tool Metafiles
Schema definition
Validation rules
UI settings

5. Model Browsing and Navigation
Hierarchical Display
Form Display
Graphical Display
Tabular Display

6. Model Editing Model Editor Model Changes Base Model CIM/XML Edited
CIM/XML Incremental

7. Model Validation Validation Engine CIM Instance Model
Validation Report
Context-Sensitive Validation Metafiles
Profile Schema Definition
Domain-specific Validation Rules

8. Model Merging
State
Equipment
Topology
State
Topology
XNode
Equipment

9. Model Update Importing/Exporting CIM Incremental (Difference) Model
Validating the imported incremental model against the base model
Updating the base model with CIM Incremental model

10. Model Visualization Visualizing Network Connectivity
System Diagram
Region Diagram
Substation Diagram
Substation Neighborhood Diagram
Line-Substation Diagram
Visualizing Operating Conditions
Power flow/State Estimation Results
Contingency

11. Demo
This demo will focus on the core features and enhancements implemented for UCTE, including
Support of Model Editing in a Tabular Display
CIM/CSV Import/Export
Model Visualization
There will be another demo during the Tool session, concentrating on the existing CIMSpy features including
Model Browsing
Model Validation
Handling Large RTO Operational Models
Visualization of CIM on a Geographical Map

12. Conclusions - It’s all about leveraging
By leveraging the
IEC standards
Microsoft Technologies
the Tool transfer the power of leverage to power system data engineers to help them
achieve maximum performance
with minimal efforts