Dream Report: Advanced Manual Data Entry
Renee SikesApplications EngineerDream Report Brand Manager
Agenda
• Review of Automation Challenges• Overview of Dream Report Architecture• Live Demo of Manual Data Entry
– Setting up manual drivers– Configuring simple statistical objects for manual
input– Adding and configuring web elements– Running the web portal and entering manual data
• Q&A
Reporting for Automation
• Common Problems– Accessing both real-time and
historical data from numerous sources
– Costly to implement– Requires IT, programming skills– Manual data entry– Distribution and automation of
reports– Resource intensive– Costly to maintain– Mobile support– Quality support and training– Licensing
Dream Report is the solution!
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, …
K A F
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
Solution: Manual Data Entry Options
• Dream Report 4+ provides 2 Manual Input drivers
• Provides a Manual Values Editor to enter values– Desktop and web portal
interface
• Writes values directly to database using Web Format report
How? Manual Values Editor
• Use date/time picker to set timestamp of data
• Manual driver tracks– Original Values– Each value correction operation– Separate timestamps of the
operation and the value associated time
• Extract manual values for reporting by: – All values– Only original values– Only validated values– Only non-validated values
How? Web Manual Data Entry
• Turns simple dynamic objects into user entry objects– Single Data Items– Step Tables– Free Tables
• Web Elements for interacting with page– Hyperlink– Action Button– Timestamp Picker– Combo Box
Live Demo
• Project Wizard• Manually Adding/Configuring Communication Drivers• Setting up Logging Groups• Configuring Dynamic Data Objects
– Date/Time object– Single Data Object– Step Table– Chart
• Scheduling Report Generation• Running Your Project
What Tools are Needed?
• Licensing based on tag and web portal count– Contact us to discuss your project
• Like what you see? Have a project in mind? – Let us show you how Dream Report can solve your reporting needs
• Free Demo Available– Limits to 25 tags– Development will run for unlimited time, Runtime for 30 minutes at a
time
www.softwaretoolbox.com/DreamReport
Contact Information & Other Learning Opportunities
• Questions later?– Renee Sikes
– 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
• Tentative Schedule– June 29th: Info on the Go– July 20th: Fast, Friendly,
& Flexible– August 24th: Secure and
Reliable
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