Find a substation, feeder, transformer, line, or pole — and see where it sits in the grid and what connects to it.

Every grid element in Texture maps into the grid hierarchy. From any element — a substation, feeder, transformer, line, or pole — you can see where it sits, trace upstream to its substation source, and view the infrastructure and meters connected to it. Here's how.

View a grid element's infrastructure

• Open Explore. Select Explore from the left navigation.

• Find the element. Search by its name or ID, pick it from a grid-element list, or click it on the map. (Zoom in to reveal finer elements such as transformers.)

• Open the grid hierarchy. In the element's detail, open Grid hierarchy to see where it sits — traced all the way up to its substation source.

• See what's connected. Review the connected infrastructure and the downstream meters that roll up to the element.

• Check the details. The metadata comes from your GIS and connectivity data — conductor type, phase, and length for lines; rated kVA for transformers; and so on — plus telemetry where available.

• Navigate from here. Jump to a connected element (for example, up to its transformer or substation) to keep moving through the hierarchy.

Already on a site? You can also open the grid hierarchy straight from a site's detail page — no need to start in Explore. It's the same hierarchy, opened from the site you're already viewing.

Good to know

• Everything maps to a source. From any element you can trace upstream to the substation that feeds it.

• Upstream today; downstream meters available. You can see the meters beneath an element now; richer downstream grid-element navigation is expanding.

• Built from your grid data. The hierarchy comes from your GIS and connectivity imports.

• Search to jump straight there. Global search finds an element by name or ID — handy for going right to a known substation or transformer.

• Zoom reveals detail. Finer elements appear on the map as you zoom in.

Related articles

• Grid Topology & GIS — how the hierarchy is built and what grid elements are

• Explore — the map and list workspace

• SCADA — substation data and one-line diagrams