Map of Inspection

Map of Inspection

• Oct 3, 2025
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Finding the Location of Anomalies

The Map of Anomalies is an interactive map that shows the site with a digital representation of all modules and anomalies found during the analysis. It provides coarse to fine grain locations of anomalies. When the map is zoomed out, a high-level distribution of anomalies will show as a heat map. The heat map conveys the density of the anomalies at different portions of the site. As you zoom, the heat map will seamlessly shift to a more granular module-level view of anomalies, where anomalies are colored according to their type. The following capabilities are available in the Map View:

• Layers
• Filters
• Colors
• Module Dialog
  • Anomaly Status
  • Bulk Anomaly Status Update
  • File Upload
• Comparing Inspections

Layers

The layer icon in the bottom left of the map provides the following options for selecting boundary outlines to show on the map:

• Site Outline:  Show the outline of the site on the geographic map.
• Stack Boundaries:  Show the outlines of stacks and their identifiers on the geographic map – stacks are groups of geographically co-located modules.
• Inverters Boundaries:  Show outlines around groups of modules connected to the same inverter – only available if inverter, combiner, string, or module nomenclature encoding was performed for the site.
• Combiner Boundaries:  Show outlines around groups of modules connected to the same combiner – only available if combiner, string, or module nomenclature encoding was performed for the site.

Filters

By default, all anomalies are shown on the geographic map. The filter panel to the right of the map provides a way of quickly filtering the map to specific anomalies based on the following properties: Priority, Anomaly Status, IR Signal and RGB Signal.

You will notice that as you select more filters within the same property, the number of anomalies on the map increases; however, if you select a filter within a different property, you will likely see the number of anomalies decrease. This is the result of the filter finding modules with anomalies that have both properties. For example, selecting “Module Anomaly” and “Hot Spot” within the IR Signal property will show both types of anomalies on the map. However, if you also select “Remediation Recommended” with the Remediation Category property, then you will only see modules with module anomalies and hot spots that Zeitview recommends being repaired or replaced.

Clearing all filters will once again show you all the anomalies on the site.

Colors

The Map of Anomalies can color modules according to either their IR Signal (i.e. thermal signature observed on the module) or their RGB Signal (i.e. visual signature observed on the module). The color switcher is available at the bottom of the filter panel.

Module Dialog

Details of anomalies impacting a specific module can be viewed by clicking on a module with an anomaly. When a module is clicked, a dialog describing all the anomalies in detail (along with IR and RGB images of the anomalies) is shown. An anomaly image can be viewed at a higher resolution by clicking it.

Anomaly Status

The resolution status of anomalies can be updated by selecting the anomaly status drop-down within the Anomaly details. Zeitview Solar Insights supports the following statuses:

• Pending – This is the default status assigned to anomalies and indicates that the anomaly has not been actioned.
• In Progress –This status represents an anomaly that is being worked on by a field technician.
• On Hold – This status represents an anomaly where a field technician started work to resolve it, but has temporarily paused the work.
• Not Found – This status represents an anomaly that could not be found in the field because it either did not exist, was fixed by a field technician, or was resolved through some other means.
• Resolved – This status represents an anomaly that was fixed by a field technician.
• No Action Required – This status is assigned to an anomaly where either the asset/O&M/site manager chose not to fix the issue, or the field technician investigated the anomaly and found that no action is required.

Bulk Anomaly Status Update

Users can update multiple anomalies of the same type within an inverter, combiner, or stack in bulk. Anomaly types affecting many modules like combiner outages, inverter outages, and tracker misalignments can updated quickly instead of module by module.

Updating anomaly status workflow

1.Select an anomaly that is compatible with mass status updates (see List of Applicable anomalies). 2.Click the current status and select the new status.

3.After selecting a new status, a banner will appear with current scope selection if the anomaly qualifies for a bulk update. 4.Click “Change updating option” and select the appropriate scope of the update. The available scope selection will list a sum of the affected anomalies and the Asset ID of the stack, inverter, and combiner.

1. By default, only the selected module will be updated.
2. All customers will have the option to update the scope to the current stack.
3. Inverter and combiner selections will only be available when nomenclature encoding has been purchased.

5.Before saving the update, confirm that the other anomalies of the same type in the scope can be updated to the same status. 6.Click “Save” and a message will pop up stating the update is in progress.

Workflow examples

Updating an inverter outage, inverter encoding available

1. Select any inverter outage anomaly within the affected inverter.
2. Click the current status and select the new status.
3. Click “Change updating option” and select the affected inverter.
4. Save the update.
   1. It make take more than a minute to complete the update.

Updating multiple string outages within a combiner

1. While remediating multiple string outages in a combiner, update the status of one or two modules per outage track progress.
2. Once you have remediated all of the affected strings, be sure to confirm that all string outage anomalies within the combiner can be updated to the same status.
3. Select a string outage anomaly within the combiner that still needs to be updated.
4. Click the current status and select the new status.
5. Click “Change updating option” and select the combiner.
6. Save the update.

Known limitations and bugs

1. We can only perform bulk updates by stack, inverter, and combiner. We cannot use row, set, string or any other customer nomenclature.

2. When an inspection map is first opened, it will take extra time for bulk status updates to become available. A single anomaly can be updated while waiting.

3. Anomalies caused by vegetation and soiling do NOT qualify for bulk updates.

4. Known bug: When applying an update to an anomaly that shares a module with a second anomaly, both anomalies will be updated. This is not intended behaviour and will be fixed post launch.

List of Applicable Anomalies

File Upload

Confirm the presence of a reported anomaly or provide proof of remediation with the file upload feature. Any file type can be uploaded with a maximum size of 20 MB. Images can be viewed in the app while other file types must be downloaded.

Uploaded files are accessible by anyone viewing the report but deleted only by the uploader. Additional details include the original file name, caption, creation date, the email of the uploader, and the GPS coordinates (if available).

1. Select the anomaly of interest and click ‘Upload’.
2. Select a file that is 20 MB or less and enter a caption.
3. View the progress of the upload in the anomaly’s Uploaded Files section.
4. Click the ‘X’ to cancel the upload.
5. Click the ellipsis to download the file or delete the file if you are the uploader.
6. To view additional details, click to open the file and then click the right arrow to view the panel.

Comparing Inspections

The Comparison View feature enables you to compare consecutive inspections for a site, enabling you to see trends of how anomalies have progressed from one inspection to the next. The Comparison View feature is an add-on service and can be purchased by contacting a Zeitview sales representative.

To access the Comparison View, navigate to the site where the inspections you want to compare are located.

• A site must have 2 or more inspections to be able to use the Comparison View feature.
• The Comparison View will compare the results of an inspection to its predecessor.

To activate the Comparison View, click on the button in the top right corner labeled “ Comparison View”

Breakdown of site performance between inspections

When initiating the Comparison View you will be presented with a breakdown of the results of the two inspections. As shown in the accompanying image, it will give you a total change in detected power (gain or loss) and a breakdown by BoS, Major and Minor module anomalies.

After dismissing the breakdown of site performance between inspections, you can access this information again by clicking on the “See Breakdown” link in the top right corner of the Comparison View.

Map View

The Map View provides a geographic overview of how anomalies have evolved between the consecutive inspections. The map for the Comparison View is similar to that used when viewing a single inspection, except that it provides you with the ability to filter anomalies based on the following statuses:

• Present in both: the same anomaly was detected in both reports. No changes.

Changed Anomalies: the module is still affected in some way, but the anomaly has changed

• Absent: an anomaly that existed in the first report is no longer visible in the latest report, and no new anomaly was detected
• New: a new anomaly has been detected in the most recent report, one that did not exist previously

The remaining buttons allow you to filter the map to show only the data from one of the inspections.

Clicking on a module in the map view

By zooming in and clicking on a specific module in the map view, you will be shown details of the anomaly or anomalies that exist on that module. If there is not change, the remediation recommendation and the anomaly type will be the same (see example 1 below)

If there was a change between the reports on either the remediation recommendation or the anomaly type, that will also be indicated. (See example 2 below)

Example 1

Example 2

Pivot View

The pivot view can be accessed by selecting the Anomalies tab at the top of the Comparison View, then selecting the Pivot tab. The pivot view has similar functionality to the pivot view for a single inspection, except that it contains new pre-defined pivot options specifically designed for the Comparison View:

• Overall Differential Counts - This view provides a breakdown of anomaly counts by change status.
• Differential by Remediation - This view provides a breakdown of anomaly counts by change status broken down by remediation priority.
• Differential by Subsystem - This view provides a breakdown of anomaly counts by change status broken down by subsystem (i.e. the extent to which the anomaly affects the plant).
• Older Inspection - This view provides summarized counts of anomalies in the older inspection.
• Newer Inspection - This view provides summarized counts of anomalies in the newer inspection.

Tabular View

The tabular view can be accessed by selecting the Anomalies tab at the top of the Comparison View, then selecting the Tabular tab. The tabular view has similar functionality to the tabular view for a single inspection, except that it contains a new column that denotes the change status of the anomaly.

What if I have inspections with different service tiers?

You can compare results from inspections with different service tiers. If the older inspection is of a higher service tier then anomalies specific to the higher service tier will have a status of “Absent” as a result of not being included in the newer inspection’s service tier. If the newer inspection is of a higher service tier then anomalies specific to the higher service tier will have a status of “New” as a result of not being included in the older inspection’s service tier.

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Map of Inspection

Article Created Date

9/21/2025 7:29 PM

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Insights-General-Solar-Insights-User-Guide-Map-of-Inspection

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Jason Norat, 10/3/2025 12:42 PM

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10/3/2025 1:11 PM