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  "gis",
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   "note": "Opened NIO page presents Volue Network Information & Operations as a fully managed SaaS for electricity DSOs covering network documentation, planning, maintenance, outage handling, and operations.",
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   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-11",
   "fact": "vendor",
   "note": "The page brands the operator as Volue and states that Volue runs and secures the platform.",
   "source": "https://www.volue.com/products-and-services/network-information-and-operations",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-11",
   "fact": "name",
   "note": "The page names the product Volue Network Information & Operations (NIO) and NETBAS Core.",
   "source": "https://www.volue.com/products-and-services/network-information-and-operations",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-11",
   "fact": "license",
   "note": "NIO is sold as managed SaaS with predictable SaaS pricing, not as a free or open-source API.",
   "source": "https://www.volue.com/products-and-services/network-information-and-operations",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-11",
   "fact": "deployment",
   "note": "The page states NIO is a fully managed SaaS platform operated by Volue. On-premises NETBAS remains available as a migration source, but this record is the NIO SaaS.",
   "source": "https://www.volue.com/products-and-services/network-information-and-operations",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-11",
   "fact": "modalities.api.exists",
   "note": "The NETBAS page states that in the NIO SaaS environment the NIO Integration Gateway exposes REST/JSON APIs.",
   "source": "https://www.volue.com/products-and-services/netbas",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-11",
   "fact": "modalities.api.kinds[0]",
   "note": "NIO Integration Gateway is named as REST/JSON APIs for grid-data integration in the NIO SaaS environment.",
   "source": "https://www.volue.com/products-and-services/netbas",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-11",
   "fact": "modalities.api.kinds[1]",
   "note": "The same page names standardised exports including CIM/CGMES. The NIO page also names CIM among Integration Gateway connectors.",
   "source": "https://www.volue.com/products-and-services/netbas",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-11",
   "fact": "modalities.api.coverage",
   "note": "Named connectors are CIM, ArcGIS, Power BI, and REST APIs, maintained by Volue through upgrades. Public pages do not publish authentication, scopes, or an endpoint catalogue, so coverage stays partial.",
   "source": "https://www.volue.com/products-and-services/network-information-and-operations",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-11",
   "fact": "modalities.api.docs",
   "note": "Opened as the public NIO page that declares the Integration Gateway. A guest-accessible Integration Gateway reference or OpenAPI was not found on opened Volue pages.",
   "source": "https://www.volue.com/products-and-services/network-information-and-operations",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-11",
   "fact": "modalities.extensibility.scripting[0]",
   "note": "Connect NIO via the Integration Gateway is the named integration path, with standards-based APIs maintained by Volue.",
   "source": "https://www.volue.com/products-and-services/network-information-and-operations",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-11",
   "fact": "modalities.extensibility.scripting[1]",
   "note": "Volue FASIT is part of NIO Fault & Outage Reporting. The page states FASIT-suite APIs, including the Volue FASIT Data API and USLA API, are available through the NIO Integration Gateway.",
   "source": "https://www.volue.com/products-and-services/fasit",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-11",
   "fact": "modalities.extensibility.scripting[2]",
   "note": "The Integration Gateway lists out-of-the-box ArcGIS support beside CIM, Power BI, and REST APIs.",
   "source": "https://www.volue.com/products-and-services/network-information-and-operations",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-11",
   "fact": "modalities.data_access.export[0]",
   "note": "Standardised exports include CIM/CGMES so the network model can flow to downstream systems.",
   "source": "https://www.volue.com/products-and-services/netbas",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-11",
   "fact": "modalities.data_access.export[1]",
   "note": "Standardised exports include ArcGIS Geodatabase.",
   "source": "https://www.volue.com/products-and-services/netbas",
   "tier": "declared"
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  {
   "date": "2026-09-11",
   "fact": "modalities.rpa.ui_stack[0]",
   "note": "NIO is presented as a cloud-managed web platform for planning, maintenance, and control-room operations. No UI probe was run.",
   "source": "https://www.volue.com/products-and-services/network-information-and-operations",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-11",
   "fact": "verdict.scores.api",
   "note": "Vendor pages establish a NIO Integration Gateway with REST/JSON and CIM exports, but no public authentication guide or OpenAPI was opened. That is the narrow-and-gated band.",
   "source": "https://www.volue.com/products-and-services/netbas",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-11",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[0].url",
   "note": "Opened and verified as the current NIO product page, including Integration Gateway CIM, ArcGIS, Power BI, and REST claims.",
   "source": "https://www.volue.com/products-and-services/network-information-and-operations",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-11",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[1].url",
   "note": "Opened and verified as the current NETBAS page naming NIO Integration Gateway REST/JSON APIs and CIM/CGMES exports.",
   "source": "https://www.volue.com/products-and-services/netbas",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-11",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[2].url",
   "note": "Opened and verified as the current FASIT page stating FASIT-suite APIs are available through the NIO Integration Gateway.",
   "source": "https://www.volue.com/products-and-services/fasit",
   "tier": "declared"
  }
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  "volatility": "medium",
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   {
    "type": "docs",
    "url": "https://www.volue.com/products-and-services/network-information-and-operations"
   },
   {
    "type": "api",
    "url": "https://www.volue.com/products-and-services/netbas"
   },
   {
    "type": "docs",
    "url": "https://www.volue.com/products-and-services/fasit"
   }
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 "homepage": "https://www.volue.com/products-and-services/network-information-and-operations",
 "id": "volue-nio",
 "license": "commercial",
 "modalities": {
  "agent_docs": {
   "llms_txt": "unknown"
  },
  "api": {
   "auth": [],
   "coverage": "partial",
   "docs": "https://www.volue.com/products-and-services/network-information-and-operations",
   "exists": true,
   "kinds": [
    "rest",
    "cim"
   ]
  },
  "cli": {
   "exists": "unknown"
  },
  "computer_use": {
   "issues": [],
   "viability": "unknown"
  },
  "data_access": {
   "export": [
    "cim-cgmes",
    "arcgis-geodatabase"
   ],
   "import": []
  },
  "extensibility": {
   "scripting": [
    "nio-integration-gateway",
    "fasit-data-api",
    "arcgis"
   ],
   "webhooks": "unknown"
  },
  "integrations": {
   "make": "unknown",
   "n8n": "unknown",
   "power_automate": "unknown",
   "zapier": "unknown"
  },
  "mcp": {
   "first_party": "unknown",
   "third_party": [],
   "verdict": "unknown"
  },
  "rpa": {
   "drivability": "unknown",
   "notes": "No repeatable UI probe was run. NIO is a managed SaaS console for electricity DSOs. The documented machine path is the NIO Integration Gateway and packaged CIM, ArcGIS, and Power BI connectors, not browser control of a control-room view.\n",
   "ui_stack": [
    "web-dom"
   ],
   "vendor_support": []
  },
  "sdk": {
   "exists": "unknown",
   "languages": [],
   "official": "unknown"
  }
 },
 "name": "Volue Network Information & Operations",
 "platforms": [
  "web"
 ],
 "related": {
  "alternatives": [
   "invera-gemini-va"
  ],
  "our_products": []
 },
 "schema_version": 1,
 "score_version": 1,
 "status": "active",
 "vendor": "Volue",
 "verdict": {
  "best_path": "api",
  "scores": {
   "api": 3,
   "cli": null,
   "computer_use": null,
   "integrations": null,
   "mcp": null,
   "overall": 3,
   "rpa": null
  },
  "summary": "Volue Network Information & Operations is automatable today through the vendor-declared NIO Integration Gateway, not through a public OpenAPI catalogue. This record is Volue NIO, the managed SaaS for electricity DSOs built on NETBAS, Volue FASIT, and Volue ADMS. It is not Invera Gemini VA, the former Volue Infrastructure water product. The NIO page states that the Integration Gateway has out-of-the-box support for CIM, ArcGIS, Power BI, and REST APIs. The NETBAS page states that in the NIO SaaS environment the NIO Integration Gateway exposes REST/JSON APIs, and that standardised exports include CIM/CGMES and ArcGIS Geodatabase. The FASIT page states that FASIT-suite APIs, including the Volue FASIT Data API and USLA API, are also available through the NIO Integration Gateway. Public pages do not publish authentication, base URLs, or a guest-accessible Integration Gateway reference. Volue Mesh REST documentation is a different energy-data product and is not this record. First-party MCP ownership is not established. Computer-use viability is unassessed. API scores 3 and is the best path.\n"
 }
}