1. CIMSpy/CIMdesk A CIM-based Data Engineering Tool
CIM User Group Meeting, Charlotte, NC, 2009

2. About CIMSpy Initiated during the CIMug Fall 2005
Designed to provide an integrated data engineering environment in support of CIM-based model exchange
Used in EPRI IOP 8-11and ERCOT Nodal project
Two Editions Available
Standard Edition (CIMSpy SE) in support of IOP, released as open source under GNU public license
Enterprise Edition (CIMSpy EE) in support of CIM-related projects, normally requiring customization

3. About CIMdesk
Designed to support model exchange between ENTSO-E and its Transmission System Operator (TSO) Members
Derived from CIMSpy EE
Customized to support ENTSO-E model exchange business processes as well as the CIM profile developed to govern these model exchanges
Added many enhancements including support of model editing and model visualization, etc.
Version 1.0 was released to ENTSO-E and TSOs in July 2009.

4. CIMdesk Functional Overview
CIM data engineering solution kit
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 & Partition
Validation
CIMdesk Metafiles
Schema definition
Validation rules
User preference 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
Equipment Diagram
Visualizing Operating Conditions
Power flow/State Estimation Results
Contingency

11. Substation Diagram

12. Neighborhood Diagram

13. Power Flow Visualization

14. Graphical Editing

15. Geographical Display (experimental)