Viewing Progress Reports

Viewing Progress Reports

Progress Reports

The progress report window displays graphs and percentages reflecting the state of progress of every single component of the PV plant for every single flight performed. The components show by it’s component group as below:

Mechanical
  1. Piles
  2. Tables
  3. Modules
Electrical
  1. AC cables
  2. DC cables
  3. LV cables
  4. MV cables
  5. HV cables
Infrastructure
  1. Transformers
  2. Inverters
  3. Roads
  4. Fences
  5. Buildings
  6. Substations
  7. Batteries
  8. Weather stations
  9. CCTV
  10. SCADA
The progress report of each component will be showing the percentage and the quantity of each component based on the progress of the project. Users are able to view the following reports:
  1. Overall progress
  2. Completed items to date
  3. Component progress
If the project is divided into several blocks, the user is also able to filter the report by a number of blocks. The blocks are defined by the client, it can be based on an electrical block, a field, or a large area of the PV site etc.

This video shows how to check progress by block:
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The project should show a construction start date. A start date is required to update the component progress, otherwise the start date will be based on the first drone event date.  This date should only be changed at the start of the project, or if there is no start date. 




The following video gives an explanation on how to benefit from the Progress Reports page.



Overall Progress

This chart shows the Overall Progress throughout the key stages of the construction phase. Each section is broken apart by Mechanical, Electrical and Infrastructure. If a stage applies to different components, the section can be expanded to a lower tier, showing precise detail of each stage.

Each column presents project status:
  1. Progress bar shows the stage as a percentage
  2. Contracted to complete is the expected amount of components to be completed on site
  3. Baseline start: Users with Editor rights can add in a Baseline start date, if they would like to track this information
  4. Actual start: Actual start is when the first event has been recorded, either by a user or drone event
  5. Start variance (days): This is the difference between Baseline and Actual start dates. If it is overdue, it will show in red
  6. Baseline end: Users with Editor rights can add in a Baseline end date, if they would like to track this information
  7. End: The end date will display a "P" if the date is still predicted. A calculation is made based on progress over all previous events. The calculation needs 3 dates otherwise you will see "-" shown. Once a component 100% complete, then the predicted completion date will equal the actual completion date and no longer show a P.
  8. End variance (days): This is the difference between Baseline end and End dates. If it is overdue, it will show as red.

This video explains how to check the status of your component (example is piling).


Editing Baseline start and Baseline end can be done by clicking the Edit button in upper right corner. This is optional but will allow the project slippage by seeing the variance dates.


The Edit button launches the "Edit progress dates" modal:

Completed Items to Date

This chart has been created to show:

  1. The % of completed items up to the latest event
  2. The progress of completion over time

Each event date in the construction phase will appear on this chart, whether it has been inputted by the customer (Update Progress tab) or from data collected by drone.

This allows clients to compare these values against their project milestones (Gantt Chart) and timeline, to make sure that the project is on track. Simply by moving the cursor to the date column, a summary of each date will be shown.

As you can see from the screenshot below, the graph presents two types of entries:
  1. Full dot - Data collected by a drone and analysed by Above - Above data

  1. Empty dot - Data added by a customer through the "Update Progress" tab - User data


For example, if the chart shows that on a given date Transformers were 30.3% complete, then that means that 30.3% of the Transformers on site have got the status “Transformers complete”, and that the rest (69.7%) are either at “Not started”, “Breaking ground”, “Foundations laid” or “Equipment mounted”.

This allows clients to compare these values against their project milestones (Gantt Chart) and timeline, to make sure that the project is on track.

Component Progress

These charts allow you to compare work being performed on each component over time, making sure that you see your team’s progress in between each event.

Users can select a range of event dates, to see the amount of work done between each event date within that selection. By moving the cursor to specific progress then the quantity will be shown.





These charts allow you to compare the work being performed between each event. Each of these charts shows the work for a component type (tables, cables etc.). For example, the “Piles” chart shows the following values between two events:
  1. Drilling complete - 1,540
  2. Piles installed - 726
As you can see from the screenshots below, these charts also represent 2 types of entries:
  1. Full bar - Data collected by a drone and analysed by Above - Above data


  1. "Hashed" bar - Data added by a customer through the "Update Progress" tab - User data


As you can see from the screenshot above, the chart can now also manage negative values.


For further help, visit the Construction Management FAQ's page. Additionally, you can request further support below or contact your Technical Account Manager (TAM).

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