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Introducing Dream Report

Introducing Dream Report. Win Worrall Applications and Development Engineer. Reporting for Automation. Common Problems Costly Resource intensive Requires IT, programming skills Challenges Accessing real-time plant floor information Accessing various archives

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Introducing Dream Report

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  1. Introducing Dream Report Win Worrall Applications and Development Engineer

  2. Reporting for Automation • Common Problems • Costly • Resource intensive • Requires IT, programming skills • Challenges • Accessing real-time plant floor information • Accessing various archives • Connecting to different data sources Dream Report is the solution!

  3. What is Dream Report? • Simplest solution on the market • Automatically generates and distributes .pdf and .xls reports • Designed for both Continuous and Batch processes • Aggregates data from real time data sources and existing historical sources • Complements existing SCADA and MES applications

  4. Product Architecture Automatically Publish and Distribute Web Portal File Server eMail Printers Mobile Provide Reports Generate and execute • Manually: • Select Report • Change period or select batch • Generate new report • Automatically: • On Schedule • On Event Generate Reports Provide Data Design and configure Define and execute periodically any type of calculations: Design Reports Configure Data Aggregation • Design reports in easy environment • Use Page Templates • Use Report Templates Min, Max, Average, Current, Integral, Duration, Counter, SQL commands, free Mathematical Calculation… Provide Data Provide Data Connect to Data Sources Access existing 3-d party archives Data Logger Real-Time Data and Alarms • Dream Report logger can archive real time data into any open database • SQL Server • MySQL • Oracle • Access • … • HISTORIANaccess • OPC HDA • ODBC & OLE • CSV files • Native drivers for proprietary archives REAL TIMEdata and alarms - OPC DA-AE - Native Drivers HMIs, PLCs, DCS, SCADA, …   K A F

  5. Works With? • Supports direct connection to existing OPC data sources • OPC DA, OPC HDA, OPC A&E • Can be connected to one or multiple ODBC databases • SQL Server, Oracle, MS Access, etc • Built-in custom drivers for connecting to a variety of historians • Ex. iFix/Proficy, Emerson, Pi, etc.

  6. International Integration Made Easy • Web Portal • Ideal solution for distributing and sharing reports over the Internet/intranet • Password protected to display only authorized reports • Easy access to any archived reports • Generate reports on demand • Multi-language user interface support • English, French, German, Italian, Russian, Japanese and more

  7. Operator Operator Dream Report for Small Projects • Connect directly to PLCs to collect and archive data • Retrieve values and alarms and display data in charts, tables, and other graphical representation • Automatically retrieve batch information and generate batch reports • Web-based archiving and reporting solution at a low cost Supervisors

  8. Operator Dream Report for Complex Projects • Retrieve data from different vendors • Retrieve data from plant database or other 3rd party historians • Run complex consolidated reports • Automatic publishing and distribution of reports inside organization (email, file servers, etc) Recorders Quality Assurance HMI, SCADA Stations Controllers Historian ProcessEngineering ProductionDatabase

  9. Why Use Dream Report? • Speed up report development time by 15-20 times • Quickly and easily bring data into valuable, professional looking reports • Requires no IT or programming skills • Make reports easily and securely available to any authorized person through built-in Web Portal • Use in virtually any industry • Already adopted by market leaders

  10. Live Demo • Live Demo • Connect to an OPC Data Source • Log Data to a Database • Create Reports using Real-Time and Historical Data • Generate Reports on a Schedule and on Event • View the Reports from a Web Browser • Generate Dynamic Reports from the Web

  11. What Tools are Needed? • For all usage scenarios • Tag license required • Web Portal licensing optional • Support Contracts Available for 15 % of list price • Free Demo Available • Limits to 25 tags • Development will run for unlimited time, Runtime for 30 minutes at a time www.softwaretoolbox.com/DreamReport

  12. Contact Information & Other Learning Opportunities • Questions later? • Win Worrall • wworrall@softwaretoolbox.com • Software Toolbox Tech Support • support@softwaretoolbox.com • 888-665-3678 or +1 704-849-2773 • Product Website • http://www.softwaretoolbox.com/dreamreport • Other learning opportunities • Recording of this webinar • Visit softwaretoolbox.webex.com

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