Use cases that deliver immediate ROI: Outage metrics, load aggregation & asset management

Not all analytics projects require months of custom development. With Xylem Data Lake (XDL), utilities gain access to a suite of pre‑built dashboards part of its Insights Library that tackle common challenges out of the box. These modules are more than pretty graphs; they’re designed and purpose-built to answer specific business questions and generate return on investment quickly.

1. Outage Metrics Dashboard: Transparency in Outage Management
   The IEEE Outage Metrics Dashboard leverages outage events and “last gasp” signals from smart meters to provide actionable insights into outage frequency, duration, and restoration KPIs.
   
   Utility managers can instantly see which circuits experience the longest downtime and how restoration crews are performing. Trend charts show how reliability improves over time and whether tree‑trimming or equipment upgrades are paying off. Because the dashboard is productized, it can be deployed in less than a month, bringing immediate transparency to outage management.
   
   
2. Load Intelligence Dashboard: Planning for Electrification
   The Xylem Load Intelligence dashboard addresses a different but equally pressing challenge: planning for electrification. As electric vehicle adoption and building electrification surge, utilities need to know which transformers and feeders are approaching capacity. XDL aggregates interval data at the feeder or transformer level and displays peak loads, baseloads and daily trends. By ranking assets from highest to lowest utilization, planners can prioritize upgrades or explore non‑wires alternatives. When you extend the model with rated capacity or GIS coordinates, it even calculates utilization percentages and maps hotspots.
   
   
3. Additional High-Impact Modules: Asset Management & Billing Anomalies
   Other modules help with asset management and billing anomalies. A firmware tracking dashboard monitors which devices need upgrades, while water‑loss or pressure dashboards detect leaks and pump issues. Together, these use cases demonstrate how packaged analytics can deliver measurable ROI, reduced outage duration, better capital allocation and fewer truck rolls without the overhead of building reports from scratch.

The power of plug-and-play insights from Xylem Data Lake

XDL’s pre-built dashboards demonstrate how packaged analytics can deliver immediate ROI without the complexity of custom development. Whether you’re addressing outage metrics, planning for EV adoption, or detecting inefficiencies, Xylem Data Lake’s Insights Library ensures you’re equipped with the right data at the right time. It’s not just about analytics—it’s about driving measurable results and creating a smarter, more resilient utility infrastructure.