Case Study

Large-Scale Carbon-Free Energy Producer

Learn how this carbon-free energy producer streamlined the replacement of PI ProcessBook, aligned enterprise-wide operations, and unlocked advanced analytics with asset-aware visualizations.

Company’s Story

As a major provider of reliable, clean, carbon-free energy, this organization serves millions through a wide range of energy products and services. With a strong focus on sustainable energy solutions, they support homes, institutions, public-sector clients, and businesses, continually working to meet modern energy demands through innovative technologies.

dataPARC provided a sustainable replacement for PI Processbook that allowed thousands of existing displays to be migrated.

Streamlined PI ProcessBook Replacement

Existing ProcessBook displays were successfully converted, preserving familiar layouts.

Advanced Visualization & Analytics

Users can now filter events by custom criteria to deliver faster, more targeted insights.

Enterprise Alignment & IT Readiness

Unified data access brought all divisions together under a single, IT-approved platform.

Company’s Challenges

This energy producer needed a scalable replacement for PI ProcessBook, with connections to multiple PI Data Archives and PI AF servers. The end-of-life status of ProcessBook created urgency, especially given the need to migrate thousands of displays without starting from scratch. The organization also required support for advanced use cases, including filtering events by user-defined criteria, advanced calculations, and tight PI AF integration with element-relative graphics.

The dataPARC Solution

dataPARC provided a sustainable, cost-effective replacement for PI ProcessBook, enabling the migration of thousands of existing displays without requiring complete rebuilds. The platform maintained familiar usability while integrating seamlessly with existing PI infrastructure. Stakeholders from Power, Nuclear, and Renewables were actively engaged during the evaluation, with corporate engineering coordinating efforts across divisions. Today, the site leverages dataPARC’s advanced visualization and analytics capabilities for filtering events based on user-defined criteria, executing complex calculations, and displaying dynamic, asset-aware graphics through tight integration with asset management systems.