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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!
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
Product ArchitectureAutomatically Publish and Distribute
Generate and execute
Design and configure
Data Logger
Real-Time Data and Alarms
Access existing 3-d party archives
Design Reports
Configure Data Aggregation
Generate Reports
HMIs, PLCs, DCS, SCADA, …
Web Portal File Server eMail Printers Mobile
Connect to Data Sources
HISTORIAN access
• OPC HDA
• ODBC & OLE
• CSV files
• Native drivers for proprietary archives
REAL TIME data and alarms
- OPC DA-AE
- Native Drivers
Dream Report logger can archive real time data into any open database
• SQL Server
• MySQL
• Oracle
• Access
• …
Provide Data Provide Data
Provide Data
Provide Reports
• Design reports in easy environment
• Use Page Templates
• Use Report Templates
Define and execute periodically any type of calculations:
Min, Max, Average, Current, Integral, Duration, Counter, SQL commands, free Mathematical Calculation…
Automatically:
On Schedule
On Event
Manually:
Select Report
Change period or select batch
Generate new report
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.
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
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
Operator
Operator
Supervisors
• 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)
Dream Report for Complex Projects
Operator
Historian
ProductionDatabase
ProcessEngineering
QualityAssurance
HMI, SCADA Stations
Recorders
Controllers
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
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
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
Part Number License Count Price
41295101-50T 50 Tags US$1550
41295101-250T 250 Tags US$3300
41295301-2W 2 Web Clients US$1050
41295305-5W 5 Web Clients US$2300
Contact Information & Other Learning Opportunities
• Questions later?– Win Worrall
– Software Toolbox Tech Support• [email protected]• 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