Use Cases
Electrical Network and Infrastructure Audits
From inspection planning and field audits to automated reporting, bring all your network audit operations together within a single integrated GIS platform. Improve data quality, streamline field workflows and gain greater confidence in your asset management decisions.
Many solutions are available today to support the collection of field data during electrical infrastructure audits. However, few provide a seamless workflow that connects field inspections, office-based operations management and the production of final audit reports.
In practice, while data capture is naturally time-consuming, the greatest inefficiencies often arise during the consolidation, formatting and distribution of results. These administrative tasks can significantly impact productivity and delay decision-making.
To address these challenges, Dotic provides an integrated GIS solution that enables teams to carry out electrical network audits and asset inspections directly in the field using a mobile application connected to a Web GIS platform. By combining field data capture, operational oversight and automated reporting within a single environment, organisations can improve data quality, streamline audit processes and gain greater control over their infrastructure assets.
Electrical Network Audits: Ensuring Reliability and Safety Across Critical Infrastructure
Electrical networks face a unique set of operational challenges:
- Critical assets that require high availability and uninterrupted service
- Strict health, safety and regulatory requirements
- A wide range of infrastructure types, including low-voltage and medium-voltage networks, substations and street lighting assets
- The need for accurate monitoring of asset condition and performance
- Full traceability of inspections, maintenance activities and field interventions
These challenges often result in:
- Incomplete or outdated asset data
- Discrepancies between GIS records and field reality
- Difficulties locating specific assets in the field
- Limited visibility of maintenance activities and inspection outcomes
- Information scattered across multiple systems and teams
- Reduced confidence in network data when making operational and investment decisions
Streamlining Electrical Network Audits and Inspections
Digitising field data and managing audit activities within a single integrated platform helps organisations improve data accuracy, maintain reliable asset records and increase operational efficiency across electrical network operations.
The Dotic solution combines:
- ConnectField, a mobile application designed for field inspections, audits and asset data capture
- ConnectServices, a Web GIS platform that enables teams to plan and manage field operations, monitor audit progress and make full use of collected network data
Together, these solutions provide a seamless workflow from field inspection to reporting, ensuring greater visibility, traceability and control over electrical infrastructure assets.
ConnectField: A Mobile Application for Field Audits
ConnectField enables field teams to carry out inspections and audits directly from their smartphone or tablet, with seamless access to GIS network data.
Field operators can:
- View electrical networks on an interactive map
- Locate assets such as substations, cabinets, service boxes and cables
- Verify technical asset information
- Update asset attributes, including type, condition and capacity
- Record field observations
- Capture and attach geotagged photographs
- Log maintenance activities and inspection results
Designed for demanding field environments, ConnectField offers an intuitive user experience and full offline capability, ensuring uninterrupted access to critical information wherever teams are working.
ConnectServices: Plan, Manage and Monitor Electrical Network Audits
The platform enables organisations to:
- Visualise and select assets for inspection and audit
- Plan and assign field activities
- Monitor audit progress and completion
- Centralise data collected in the field
- Validate and improve data quality
- Analyse collected information and generate customised reports
The seamless integration between ConnectField and ConnectServices ensures a continuous flow of accurate information, eliminating manual data entry and helping teams save valuable time while maintaining confidence in their network data.
Use Case: Electrical Network Audit and Visual Inspection
• Exporting GIS data to external files
• Working from printed maps or PDF extracts
• Recording information on paper forms or disconnected applications
• Re-entering field data in the office or transferring it to third-party systems
• Manually updating the GIS database
• Compiling audit reports manually
A time-consuming process prone to errors, with limited traceability and no single source of truth.
With the Dotic Solution
- Audit programmes are planned and managed within ConnectServices
- Field inspectors access all required asset and network data in ConnectField on their smartphone or tablet
- Inspection findings are captured and documented directly in the field
- Synchronised data is automatically integrated into the GIS environment
- Office-based teams can review and validate audit results in ConnectServices before generating customised inspection reports
A fully connected audit workflow that improves data quality, eliminates duplicate data entry and provides complete traceability from field inspection to final reporting.
The Benefits of a Digital Field Audit Solution for Energy Distribution Networks
A Complete Workflow from Field Data Capture to Data Analysis
• Select assets for inspection
• Configure audit forms and data collection templates
• Plan and assign inspections to field teams
• Interactive map-based view of assets to be inspected
• Guided data capture through configurable audit forms
• Precise geolocation of inspections and field activities
• Full offline capability for uninterrupted field operations
• Visualise audit results and inspection outcomes
• Validate and review collected field data
• Monitor operations and manage follow-up inspections where required
• Generate customised reports
Specialised Use Cases for Electricity Network Operators
The solution supports a wide range of audit and inspection activities, including:
Distribution Cabinets and Service Boxes Audits
- Verification of asset information
- Condition assessments
- Updating asset records
Substation Inspections
- Inspection of substation assets and installations
- Monitoring of equipment condition and status
- Updating network and asset data
Street Lighting Inspections and Maintenance
- Inspection of lighting points and assets
- Verification of equipment condition and status
- Management of maintenance activities
Asset Maintenance and Monitoring
- Recording maintenance operations
- Complete maintenance history and audit trail
- Monitoring and tracking asset defects
The audit workflows and data collection forms can be tailored to meet regulatory requirements and the specific operational needs of network operators.
The Benefits of an Integrated Office-to-Field Solution for Electrical Infrastructure Audits
The Dotic electrical network audit solution helps organisations to:
- Significantly improve GIS data quality and accuracy
- Reduce data errors and inconsistencies
- Save time across both field and office operations
- Ensure greater traceability of inspections and audits
- Improve collaboration between field teams and office-based staff
- Maintain up-to-date network data for informed decision-making
Ready to improve the reliability of your network data and gain greater control over your electrical infrastructure?
Discover how ConnectField and ConnectServices help you streamline field audits, improve data quality and strengthen the resilience of your electrical networks.
