Method for auto-discovery and categorization of a plants power and energy smart devices for analytics

A method for collecting and rendering smart power and energy device information, comprising:

• identifying, by a system comprising a processor, sources of power and energy data on a network, wherein the sources comprises at least one of smart power and energy devices or repositories of power and energy data;
• for each source of the sources of power and energy data, retrieving, by the system, device information comprising an identity of the source and identities of data items available on the source;
• for each source of the sources of power and energy data, determining, by the system, a type of the source;
• generating, by the system, a device profile for the source;
• classifying, by the system, the device profile according to the type of the source to yield categorized power or energy data;
• and
• generating, by the system, an interface display that renders selected sets of the categorized power or energy data in accordance with search input submitted via the interface display.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions that, in response to execution, cause a system comprising a processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

• detecting and identifying smart power and energy devices present on a network;
• retrieving device information from the smart power and energy devices, the device information comprising, for each device of the smart power and energy devices, an identity of the device and identities of data items available on the device;
• for each device of the smart power and energy devices:
• determining a type of the device,
• generating a device profile for the device, and
• classifying the device profile according to the type of the device to yield categorized power or energy data;
• and
• rendering an interface display that displays selected sets of the categorized power or energy data in accordance with search input submitted via interaction with the interface display.