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1. 167 Dream Report 168 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Step Table Step Table is an object which creates a table automatically with a predefined time for each row in the table Example Create a table for 1 day making 1 row for each hour Click on the Step Table button on the Report Designer Studio Elements toolbar pic above Draw a rectangle where you want to place the table in the report workspace Step Table Data Definition dialog window will be opened See pic x on the right Daia Definition Object Desorp Gon Energy Production Step Table Data Definition In the Object Description section you can specify general 4 Number of coloumns information related to an object Define time period Absolute or relatve period definition To create a step table define how many columns that table will EN frepar contain what the content of each column will be and also the I o Dya veo Dam general table time period and the period for each row 1 step isomo E hhmmssback zooo hhmmsss back In the Number of columns edit box enter a number of columns the Step Period table will contain hour s 7 ime based Batch based Step number value range based Step number is value based Shep number amp based on all item values j The data definition of each column is defined in the Appearance section of the Step Table definition window The Define time period group box defines a time
2. 00 0000 Fopearance OK C nca Automatic Statistical Table Data Definition In the Get Data From dialog box select which history type will be used to extract data from Dream Report History or External History Server To add data items tags to the Selected List table click on the Edit List button and the Select Data Items dialog window will be opened If Dream Report History radio button will be enabled then the combo box Select Data Source will contain a list of data access drivers defined in the project If External History Server will be selected the Select Data Source combo box will contain a list of history access drivers defined in the project In the Select Data Source and Available Data Items combo boxes select the source and item from which Dream Report will calculate values and add them to the list Data source name and data item name of the selected tags will appear in the Selected List table Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation When you have selected a data item tag choose the statistical functions you will need to perform for the textual output of the report result The list of all available statistical functions for the AST calculations is the same as for the Single Data Object calculations Last value Maximum value Minimum value Sum value Integral value Average value Weighted Average Duration Counters For detailed information about these statistical functions please go to
3. Connectivity Project Web Elements 5 ta7 fi pedink Action Kombo Timestamp Manual Butt ong Box Picker Input Add a button to the report and the following Action Button Configuration dialog box will be opened Action Button Configuration 7 Button Caption Validate Production Data Select Action validate Data Action Parameters Validate Source In this dialog window user has to define the name for the caption Button Caption select an action to be done when this button will be pushed Select Action and also configure Action Parameters if needed Each defined action has its proper parameters for action There are 10 actions available Validate data Submit Correction Submit Refresh report Generate report Login with different user Logout File transfer Generate PDF and Reset web report data If Validate data action is selected there will be no special action parameters to configure Access to the data validation action will be managed on the level of configuration of a user access to that report only the supervisor login can access the validation of the report data Dream Report 225 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation If Submit Correction action is selected there will be no special action parameters to configure User will only have to select the source Submit Source and the report fields will be checked for correct data
4. The option Run as application or Run as service is Set Current Project as Startup applicable to the PC which Runtime Manager is currently Level of Log Messages connected to This setting is saved on a PC where the Runtime Manager is now connected to The runtime control Normal x service RM there will run either as an application or as a Default time period for dynamic report generator se rvice Define time period If Run as service option is selected then the runtime a Se Sendis contd hes control service will write itself into Windows startup and will be launched on a PC start If Run as application option is gt i a faa selected then the runtime control service will be launched on 00 00 00 Ahmm ssback 00 00 00 hh mm ss back a user Windows login CPU priority Default selection for the Start mode section is Run as Logger Report generator application Normal Normal NOTE Runtime configuration control options Run as service or Run as application can influence the performance of Custom Archive Import Tool CAIT and UHH Import Tool If either CAIT or UHH Import Tool is launched via Runtime Manager and import is performed to from SQL Server please make sure that Runtime Manager is running under user who has an authorized access to SQL Server Startup options section enables to set automatic startup runtime service and select the project that will be launched on a PC start
5. Last value selects the last found value for the selected item from a database which is within the specified time period Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Timestamp of last value displays the timestamp of the last found value during the specified time period The timestamp has a configurable format of three options Date time or Date only or Time only Current value selects current value for the selected item from a database NOTE f user will display current value in a web portal there is a way to display real time value changes To enable that user has to open a dialog window Report Settings gt File Format and then click on the button Settings and enable real time value update in web Also real time values update rate can be configured in seconds This functionality is described more in details in report settings section Report File Format Maximum retrieves the maximum value of the selected item within the specified time period Timestamp of maximum value displays the timestamp of the maximum value during the specified time period The timestamp has a configurable format of three options Date time or Date only or Time only Minimum retrieves the minimum value of the selected item within the specified time period Timestamp of minimum value displays the timestamp of the minimum value during the specified time period The timestamp has a configurable format of three options Da
6. Set URL to open web hyperlink Select Report to be loaded O Set Report with Parameters http Awww dreamreport net ces If Set URL to open web hyperlink option is selected user MUST ENTER A WEB PAGE ADDRESS hittp and then after clicking on that hyperlink a new web page will be opened navigated to a specified hyperlink please see the pic above If Select Report to be loaded option is selected the dialog will display a combo box with the list of all reports available for that user and he she will be able to select which report will be opened upon clicking on that hyperlink please see the pic below _ Hyperlink Configuration s Hyperlink Task options 9 Set URL to open web hyperlink Select Report to be loaded 7 Set Report with Parameters Production Report Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation If Set Report with Parameters option is selected user will have to click on the Configure button in order to enable internal hyperlink for the project report please see the pic below intema Hyperlink Parameters Configuration Dialog x J Enable Hyper Link F Production Report Pass parameters information i Set Parameter Select Parameter Data Source Configuration ane Cycle 2 ftobject Hyperlink Task options Set URL to open web hyperlink Delete Select Repot to be loaded Parameter name sining By default thi
7. Timestamps start From the cell ala Date is located in the cell Tag names start From the cell C 5 allele iS Save Cancel In the Tag names start from the cell combo box select the start place to read tag names and their values i e specity a cell which is the start for tag names If the table is vertical select the first left cell of the row which has tag names Then EDI driver will know that all other tag names are located to the right of that cell If the table is horizontal select the first top cell of the column which has tag names Then EDI driver will know that all other tag names are located below that cell The EDI engine will assume that all values are started just next to the corresponding tag name If any tag name cell is empty its data block will be ignored Single Tags Definition Data can be also taken from particular cells For this purpose please select cells one by one and define a name for a value from that cell Tag name and a type for that value Tag value type Tag name can be also taken as a value of another cell Enable the radio button Read from the cell and select the address of the cell which will contain the name of the desired tag Or enable the radio button Manual name and enter the name of the tag manually into the edit box next to it Having defined a single tag name Tag name select the address of the cell which will contain value Tag value read from the cell and
8. Dream Report 124 Ocean Data Systems Designer Studio Simple Statistic Objects Single Data Object Help Documentation Single Data Object is a dynamic object which performs statistical calculations with the textual output of the result To add this object click on the Single Data Object button on the Report Designer Studio Elements toolbar Draw a rectangle in the workspace where the output data will be displayed The following dialog box will be opened Object Name must be a unique logical name which will be used in further work with that object within the project The object name can be up to 64 characters long Only alohanumeric characters and _ are allowed The first character cannot be a number Object Description allows users to quickly understand the use of the object The description can be up to 256 characters long Any characters are allowed In the Select Data ltem section select the data to display The radio buttons Dream Report History and External History Server define whether historical data will be taken from Dream Report history or directly from the history of an external server using the history driver for that server If Dream Report History will be selected the combo box Select Data Source will contain a list of data access drivers defined in the project If External History Server will be selected the Select Data Source combo box will contain a list of history access drivers
9. Set URL to open web hyperlink O Select Report to be loaded 6 Set Report with Parameters http Awww dreamreport net ces If Set URL to open web hyperlink option is selected user MUST ENTER A WEB PAGE ADDRESS hitp and then after clicking on that hyperlink a new web page will be opened navigated to a specified hyperlink please see the pic above If Select Report to be loaded option is selected the dialog will display a combo box with the list of all reports available for that user and he she will be able to select which report will be opened upon clicking on that hyperlink please see the pic below _ Hypedink Configuration Ei Hyperlink Task options O Set URL to open web hyperlink Select Report to be loaded 0 Set Report with Parameters 214 Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation If Set Report with Parameters option is selected user will have to click on the Configure button in order to enable internal hyperlink for the project report please see the pic below intema Hyperlink Parameters Configuration Dialog ra J Enable Hyper Link Pass parameters information Con Set Parameter Select Parameter Data Source Cyce 2 feobject 3 Hyperlink Task options SetURL to operni web hyperlink Delete Select Report to be loaded Parameber name Sining By default this option will be disabled In the Enable Hyperlink check box user can e
10. lt count gt specifies how many batch IDs to include into the range It may have only positive whole values e g 1 2 oxi Example generaie exe Energy Report br Prod Batch Last 1 will generate report for 1 last batch using Prod_Batch batch definition Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation generate exe lt report name gt ba lt Batch Name gt lt StartBatchID gt lt EndBatchID gt absolute batch based report generation lt Batch Name gt specifies name of batch definition which will be used to get batch IDs for report generation lt StartBatchID gt specifies start batch ID lt EndBatchID gt specifies end batch ID This option will generate report for the range of batches between lt StartBatchID gt and lt EndBatchID gt DRG will identify the start time of the lt StartBatchID gt and the end time of the lt EndBatchID gt and generate report for that time period User can also specify the same batch ID both for lt StartBatchID gt and lt EndBatchID gt then the report will be generated for that 1 specified batch ID Example generaie exe Energy Report ba Prod_ Batch 10 9937 10 9937 will generate the report for batch ID 10 9937 using Prod_Batch batch definition User Interface Mode In the user interface window as shown on the picture below user can define the period and type of report generation Dynamic Report Avatable Reports Dynamic Ge
11. Dream Report 112 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Rulers and Grid The Rulers and Grid dialog box defines settings for rulers and the grid in the report designer workspace User can open the dialog window with Grid and Ruler settings either using the menu in the Designer studio or the toolbar button To learn more about how to create header and footer _ Grid and Ruler settings Il please refer to the Page template section m Fils Rulers are the vertical bar on the left side of the page mm inches and the horizontal bar on the top side of the page which show the exact position of the object on the output report Grid page Horizontal Vertical Minimum Spacing 5 Bo Subdivisions horizontal and vertical define the space between ticks in the ruler The upper combo box has 3 preset positions Rulers Horizontal Vertical If the unit selection is mm then the ruler definition will have the following spacing Fine 1mm tick Normal 6mm tick and Coarse 1cm tick If the unit selection is inches then the ruler definition will have the following spacing Subdivisions Fine k Fine hz Fine 1 32 tick Normal 1 8 tick and Coarse 1 tick Ruler Zero defines the offset between 0 ruler mark and the top left corner of the page The Grid is a set of dots drawn in vertical and horizontal lines over the workspace which makes it easy to align objects on the page and align objects with
12. Each language is implemented in a separate table The name of the table is the name of the language The list of tables in the language database corresponds to the list of available languages It s recognized by Dream Report automatically Useful tip In order to add a new language one needs only to add a new table to the database which has to be the exact copy of the English table English is a template language open it and replace all English strings by the translated ones The new table and new language will be recognized automatically Date Format Dream Report provides users a capability to configure a format of the timestamp which will be displayed in various report objects The default value of the date format will be taken from the Windows regional settings of the local machine If a user wishes to change the date display format he can select the desired date format from the Date format combo box Project Settings w General Date Base Configuration Web configuration Project Paths Log File Hotbackup Configuration Localization Select Language English w Set Date Time Format Result example Mzdy w 5 23 2011 OMH Result example OAM PM 14 34 07 Week settings Fast day of week Fast week of year Morgay w Starts on Jan w Common visualization settings Display when there is no value H A Use decimal separator ike thes 1 00 w Display beg numbers like this 1 000 000 wl Dream R
13. For details please see List of Dynamic Tokens section Such dynamic objects can be selected from the list and will be automatically added to the SQL query in required format If user will click on Select Dynamic Token button then window with the list of available dynamic objects will be opened and user can select required object and add it to the query as dynamic token Detailed information on dynamic objects selection can be found in the dedicated section Dynamic objects selection Visual Query Builder Now if user doesn t have deep knowledge of SQL language or would like to use visual tool to design SQL query user can click on Visual Query Builder button and then visual SQL query builder window will be opened where user can create and edit his SQL query in a user friendly manner More in details Visual query builder is described in its section Visual Query Builder Using pre defined SQL queries User has also the ability to use predefined complete SQL queries or used pre defined queries as any integral part of the entire query The SQL Query manager module allows users to The Select existing SQL query drop down list contains the list of all already defined SQL queries Detailed description of SQL Query Manager can be found in its dedicated section Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation SQL Query Manager In the Appearance section you can define the formatting for your table such as the maximum number of columns sort
14. If the check box Start Project Automatically When Runtime Starts is checked the runtime service will be added to the Windows startup section and will be automatically launched either in the Run as service or Run as application mode Then on a PC start the runtime service will be launched with the last launched project In the Start this project with runtime edit box a user can select with the browse button the path of the project that will be launched with the runtime service on a PC start If a user clicks on the button Set current project as startup the current project path will appear in the Start this project with runtime edit box Then on a PC start the runtime service will be launched with this current project Dream Report 266 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Default time period for dynamic report generator section enables to define time period which will be displayed as default when the Dynamic Report Generator will be opened Level of log messages combo box enables configuring the level to control which message of the severity of the event that has occurred will be actually printed out to the log 2 options are available Normal it is the default log level where only the events with a severity of NOTICE or greater will be logged Debug it is the level where all events will be logged and its debugging messages will be very important for diagnosing configuration problems CPU priority
15. If you want to use any of the following report target options Email Printer Excel for dynamic report generation they need to be enabled and configured in the Report File Format section of Report Settings in the Designer Studio Dynamic Tag Selection Dynamic tag selection in Dynamic Report Generator allows to manually select the list of tags which will be used for specific report generation NOTE Dynamic tag selection can be applied only to Item Tables Automatic Statistical Tables ASTs and Charts Dream Report 272 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation If the Select List of Tags for Replacement check box is checked then the Dynamic Tags List control will appear please see the pic below Avaliable Repots E E E Batch reports Use onginal time period S E Energy Report examples Define time period OEE Performance and Marte 5 Production and Manufacturing amp Gy Reporting Objects Examples Absokte or relative period definition gt mee tii IF Select List of Tags for Replacement Curent Status Absolute Date Time i seaman Date 7 27 2012 12 39 23 PM H MM SS End of penod Absolute Date Time Date 8 2 2012 12 39 23 PM gt H MM SS If you click on the browse button next to the Dynamic Tags List the following Select Data Items dialog window to browse and select tags for the list will be opened Ssenonsnems ei O Deam Report History amp Extemal History S
16. Mitsubishi Emerso 4 Are Informatique H E Techno Trade nA tian i Data Source Descriphon MVE ieaie values a Click on the button Configure and the following manual driver anual items definition x configuration window will be opened ltem name In this window enter a list of predefined parameter names which Flow meter 1 will be used for manual data entry heen Every parameter name is a free string which has to be unique It will be seen afterwards as a Data ltem Name User can also add a description to every parameter which will give a hint to a user what the meaning of that parameter is As soon as the list is complete user can click on OK and all the design part will be finished d Pressure Gauge 1 248 Dream Report 249 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Then click Add button and the Manual Driver will be configured for your project It will also be automatically added to the Defined Drivers List Logging manual item values As soon as the manual items have been defined a user should configure the conditions for recording these items into the Dream Report database To do this a user should 1 Open the Dream Report Logger Studio and either click on the command button Add Item Group on the Connectivity ribbon icon on the horizontal toolbar in the Dream Report Logger Studio menu or right click on Add item group in the left top part of the Logger Studio and select Add item group from the con
17. OF Cancel In the Display Options section a user can enable displaying labels units values and the color for each indicator selected from the list The typeface for each indicator object selected can be defined in the Font Settings section of the Appearance dialog window Click OK and the picture of the result indicator object will appear as displayed on the picture below Electricity This picture is an example of the Indicator Object where Energy report is the object name Water Electricity are pointer names m3 kWh are pointer units with enabled display A B indicators on the right correspond to each of the pointers defined in the Appearance dialog box A B C D E grades on the left correspond to the indicator appearance Dream Report 209 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Designer Studio Time Period Definition Time period can be defined in 4 ways You can define the start and end of time period select a periodic interval e g hourly use a batch definition for batch process reporting define timestamp manually is possible only in dynamic WEB reports Time Period Definition has 5 options to define time in Dream Report Fixed Period Absolute or relative period definition Batch based Calculated time period and Manual Input If you select Fixed Period from the Define time period combo box you will have another combo box from which to select a fixed period as seen below Define
18. Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation SQL Query Table SQL Query Table is an object that allows you to connect to any ODBC compatible database and display data from it in a report To add this object click on the SQL Query Table button on the Report Designer Studio Elements toolbar Using the Free SQL Table you can specify any query and visualize the result as a table with predefined parameters To define a Free SQL Table select the DSN for the database and write an SQL query The SQL Table also supports the command SELECT In this case draw a table in the Designer Studio as one single column and then during report generation it will automatically expand to the right where the number of columns will correspond to the number of the columns in the database table The width of each column will be equal to the width of the table you have drawn in the Designer Studio If the width of the SQL Table at report generation time is too wide it will be truncated Any valid SQL commands can be specified in the SQL Query edit box If you need to use dynamic values in your SQL condition based on your statistical calculations you can add any valid object name in the format f lt field name gt which can be either a Single data object a Compound object or an Expression object In this case during report generation the value of the specified object will be calculated and the result will replace the f lt field name gt in the query
19. excel see examples below fileParam File to be used as a file with the parameters for preprocessor NOTE f fixPeriod is used then timeStart has to provide one of the following arguments last day last n days last hour last n hours last week last n weeks last month and last n months Current day Current hour Current week Current month Current quarter where n is a number from 1 to 500 Examples e rtm exe generate name Report_1 instance Instance_1 fixPeriod last 10 hours rtm exe generate name Report_1 instance Instance_1 absPeriod timeStart 31 12 2010 00 00 00 timeEnd 01 01 2011 00 00 00 rtm exe generate name Report_1 instance Instance_1 relPeriod timeStart 10 2 30 30 timeEnd 5 2 30 30 rtm exe generate name Report_1 instance Instance_1 batchRelPeriod batchDef MyBatch batchRel last batchCount 2 rtm exe generate name Rep1 instance Inst1 batchAbsPeriod batchDef MyBatch batchidStart 120 batchldEnd 130 e rtm exe generate name Rep instance Inst1 currentTime 2010 12 02 18 00 20 e rtm exe generate name Rep instance Inst1 target pdf excel email printer e rtm exe generate name Rep1 instance Inst1 fileParam C Data params xml Examples of targets for the report t pdf t pdf excel t pdf excel email t pdf excel email printer NOTES Report target printer will send out
20. will correspond to the timestamp of the first value of the next batch with the difference of 1 second as explained in the formula below Batch_End_Time Batch_N Timestamp_of_First_Value Batch_N 1 1s where Batch_N is ID of the defined batch and Batch_N 1 is ID of the next batch Batch Start Time and Batch End Time will have time resolution of 1 second msec will be ignored Once batch definition is completed click OK and continue designing your project During report generation Dream Report will automatically go to the database analyze the values of a tag defined for the batch recognize the start and end times of the batch and will then apply those times to the object If you add a phase for a batch it will operate the same way as batch As mentioned before a phase is used in Dream Report to make the project configuration easier to understand Golden batch In the Select Golden Batch ID combo box on the bottom part of the Batch Definition dialog window user can enter the ID of the golden batch for the data comparison To browse for specific batch ID from the database user can click on the Batch IDs in time range eal browse button All batch IDs r 4 4 Batch IDs in time range SOso0luke or relative penod dehnitian ki Start of report period End of report period Relatiwe Date Time hi Relatiwe Date Time r al Days m Days i y 0 E oy 00 00 00 hhmm ss back 00 00 00 d hhmmss back Select the time period to search
21. 164 Dream Report 165 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Automatic Statistical Table Automatic Statistical Table AST is a table object which allows you to quickly create and modify a table in a few clicks Select a list of tags select a list of statistical functions for each of them and define a common time period Click on the Automatic Statistical Table button on the statistical object toolbar in the Dream Report Designer Studio a aa m Draw an area for your table in the report workspace The AST Data Definition dialog window will be opened Aaomatic Statistical Table x Date Defintion Get Data Fom Orcan Report History O Ertena History Server Data emName Description Correction f A Select Functor Capton a 123 Z First Velue a Trt E Tmestamo of First Value R TimeOf First Z Last Value a Last 4 Tmestemo of Lest Value ca TimeOf Lest C Gsrert Value g Cureet E Maanam m Miz E Timostare of Maxireum Voue v TeneOf Max E Meweuen m vin E Tinodaro d Mrinum Vake F TeneOf Min O rioya go regal Average Ave Apply correction factor for all item values Weighted A AveWeigtted use e g 2009 E Sum Bi Sum ADF to be used es E Duon nthe riora hous 2 Pomoc Logged P ter_1 v base O Courter go Cre Logged Value Courter LoggedVaiCourt onus Foster CLON Courter a creon Define tme period Fred Penod Last LPR week s Start Date and Time C Duraton Day Time
22. General Record Rate Record Conditions v Enable Record on Condition Data Source Ana ltem Mame a Energ repot temp 135 box from the source list The lower combo box will have a complete list of data items from the selected source The user will have to select the source and data item for the event expression After an item name is selected select the condition sign from the combo box and enter a condition value in the edit box Any woe numeric can be entered using a as the decimal separator Alarms from that group will be logged only when the defined condition is true When the condition is false any alarms within this group will not be logged v Inhibit group logging The Inhibit group logging check box can disable group logging It can allow the user to define a list of group definitions for future use and inhibit them without deleting the configuration oK Cancel Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Designer Studio Designer Studio Create new report To create a new report right click on the report tree in the Report Designer Studio and select New Report from the context menu Report Designer Studio r List of Reports i Project Reports List Virtual Report Instances Apply Page Template Apply Report Template Dynamic Objects Save As Page Template Save As Report Template Copy Report To F
23. Name edit box its logical Modbus address in the Address edit box using standard Modbus conventional addressing the ID of the Modbus device unit in the Modbus network in the Unit edit box and then click on Ada button The new data point will be added to the list If a list of data points is too long a user can filter the items list by name using a name mask with wild characters NOTE f you need to configure the same driver more than once then after having configured it the first time you ll just need to click in the Select Data Source Type field on any other driver and then go back to the driver that you need to configure Dream Report 300 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Analytical Driver Analytical driver of Dream Report is an internal module which is responsible for recording statistical data calculated by Dream Report to the database Each textual statistical object defined in the report such as Single data object Compound data object and Expression object can be considered by Dream Report as internal variables and their values can be recorded to the Dream Report database as values of any other data source To use this module 1 Open the Communication Configuration Wizard dialog window Communication Configuration Wizard w Saart inia Soona Typa Configure Diiver foe Selected Source Defined Drivers List hee A ol anaia al line values Ewe reali Dalen hintonca value Driver Logica
24. Ocean Data Systems Dream Report Version 4 6 Release 1 User s Guide User Friendly and Programming Free Reporting for Automation Ocean Data Systems LTD THE ART OF INDUSTRIAL INTELLIGENCE http www dreamreport net Copyright c All rights reserved Ocean Data Systems Ltd 1 Dream Report N 8 9 yy Table Of Contents Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation General Information Dream Report Installation Tips Uninstall or Modify Installation Project Upgrade Procedure Licensing and Software Protection Project Wizard Project Wizard General Project Wizard Project Name Project Wizard Connectivity Project Wizard Data Archiving Project Wizard Batch Definition Project Wizard Report Configuration Project Settings Project Settings General Project Settings Database Configuration Project Settings Web Configuration Project Settings Folder Selection Project Settings Log File Settings Hotbackup Redundancy Configuration Project Settings Localization User Management Project Settings User Management User Group Authorization 10 Version Control 11 Report Settings Report Settings General Report Settings Report Name Format Report Settings Generation Time Definition Report Settings Generate Report on Event Report Settings Report Output Format Report Settings Excel Reports Report Settings Email Configuration Report Settings Printer Sel
25. Save Project SI Save Project As F i j i Print ed Eii P Exit Ocean Data Systems Projects Opened Recently 1 Production drpj 2 O ODS energy energy drpj 3 Production _Users drpj 4 C 0DS Demo Dema drpj Help Documentation Dream Report 50 Ocean Data Systems Project Settings Database Configuration Help Documentation Database Configuration tab enables users to configure databases for data and alarm logging within the entire project Data can be logged either to the Dream Report default database or to any open database using the ODBC interface To open Database Configuration dialog window click on the command button Data Base Definition on the Project ribbon icon on the horizontal toolbar either in the Dream Report Logger Studio or Dream Report Designer Studio menu see pic below Connectivity Web Elements Poth General Database ured Set Log Hotbackup L Definition Konfiguration Paths File configuration Default Database MS Access MS SQL Server If this option is selected the project database will be created automatically in the project database folder defined in the Project Settings dialog box No user configuration is needed The database will be created and maintained automatically NOTE t is highly recommended not to use the MS Access for the real projects installing at least SQL Server 2008 Express edition as minimum required Please note that SQL Server
26. Use alternative language option defines whether primary or secondary language will be used for tag description and other text data properties Use variable title This option enables disables the use of the name for the alarm updates When all configuration is properly set a user can test connection with a server by clicking on Test Connection button in the bottom part of the driver configuration window 323 Dream Report 324 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation PcVue historical values using Web services driver configuration If PcVue historical values using Web services communication driver is selected then as soon as you click on Configure button the following PcVue driver configuration dialog window will be opened ka Host address Po Prony address Po Proxy Port HTTPS Use alternative language Test Connector In this window please specify Host address The IP address of PcVue server to which the driver will be connected Proxy address The address of a proxy server if exists Proxy port Proxy port HT TPS This option defines if HTTP or secure HTTP HT TPS will be used for data transfer Username Username for login to PcVue server Password Password for PcVue server connection Use alternative language option defines whether primary or secondary language will be used for tag description and other text data properties When all configuration is properly set a user can test connection wi
27. ane Be _ lt Cunent Time gt z Curent Time gt J This Combo Bow ts Obligatory Visible in POF Add Def Value lt Not specfied gt Auto ter cm User has to select a tag Data Source ltem name and time period Define time period and then the combo box will be filled with all values extracted for the specified tag for the specified time period If user wants to display all existing values he can check the All values check box and then the time period definition control will become disabled and all tag values will be extracted If more than one same value exists in the database only one will be displayed in the combo box it will operate similar to the SELECT DISTINCT SQL query If a user wants to apply additional filtering to the data he she can click on the Advanced SQL button The Advanced SQL Condition dialog window will be opened for details please see Advanced SQL Condition section of tis manual List of users display When this option is selected the combo box will be filled with the list of all available users If Windows user management system is used Active directory or local windows users list then Dream Report will retrieve the list of all users from Windows and fill the combo box with that list for details please see User Management section of this manual 219 Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Show Data Source List This option will have 2 radio buttons
28. or Caa Create a new indicator To create a new indicator a user has to enter a logical name for this indicator and then to select its type from the list of the defined indicators The following dialog window will be opened Dream Report 205 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation fri g heft cer Dai Coppa The Pointer Type combo box will have 4 values 3 pre ua Peier Hana configured types and the custom one This combo box will gt wee have the following selection Energy indicator Eco CO2 SE indicator Water indicator Custom indicator Dars When a user has selected the required indicator type he can then configure it The preset indicator types and the custom one will have different configuration dialog boxes please see the corresponding sections below Add Clekede Energy Eco Water indicators configuration Cancel Energy Indicator will display how much energy was spent per m2 per year Therefore to calculate this indice select an existing statistical object for energy consumption select a time period which is referenced to that object and has a possibility to enter the area in m2 or ft2 The selected statistical object value will be divided by area and then interpolated for 1 year according to the associated period e g if the associated period is 1 year the result will be multiplied by 12 Eco Indicator This indicator will display how much CO2 was emitted per m2 per year
29. Content of any such an object can be used as a source for batch ID for report generation Time based period This option enables to generate report using dynamic time period If this option is selected then user will be able to select the object for report start time and the object for report end time Single Data Object Expression Object Date Time picker and List Box object types are available for selection 226 Dream Report 227 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation If Generate report action is selected user will have to select a report and report instance if defined which will be generated please see the picture below Action Button Configuration x Button Caption Generate Select Acton Generate Report Acton Parameters Get Report Name From Object List of Reports Let of defined repart inetances Make Dynamic Tag Replacement Dinamie Parameters cancel Dialog has the additional options for report generation Make Dynamic Tag Replacement By default this option is disabled If Make Dynamic Tag Replacement option is enabled then the Get Tag List From combo box below will be filled with the list of all web combo box objects which have the Tags List and Report Instances functions If in real time in a web report the selected web combo box object has no selected value the report will be generated in a hardcopy PDF Excel format without any dynamic replacement If during report
30. Dream Report History and External History Server please see the pic below Combo Box Contiguration x Object name Default Value Assign Selection to Tag Producton_1 fipppp_End_Time 5 Real Time Item HDA Item Date Source Display Data from Energy Show Data Source List E muhi selecton tem Name L rnergy Cons Data Configuration Send Result To i Dream Repart History Timestamp Daie Time lt curentTme gt This Combo Box is Obligatory 3 visible in POF F Add Def Value lt Not spectied gt T Autofitter cancel In a web report the web combo box will be filled with a list of data sources of the corresponding type Show Tag List f this display option is selected its configuration will be the following Combo Box Confiquralion x Object name Default valke Asegn Selection to Tag Praductian_ 1 fee zipe_End Time x Real Tine Ibam w HOA Them Display Date from Energy Show Tag List E Multi selection tem Name C l Enengy_Cons Dats Configuration Send Result To W Select Daia Source below C Select Date Source from another Comba bow Display Date from Timestamp Date Time lt Cument Time gt w lt Current Tme gt F This Combo Box is Obligatory Fl Visible in POF V Add Def Value lt Not sped ed gt Autofiter The Data Configuration section will have 2 radio buttons Select Data Source below and Select Data Source from another Combo box 220
31. Express Edition is commercially free however as a free tool it is also limited in terms of performance When selecting the option to use MS SQL Server there is a combo box where user can select any available local or remote SQL server either default server or any of its instances Custom database using DSN This option enables users to connect to any predefined custom database using the ODBC interface If this radio button is enabled user will have either to select an existing DSN or add a new DSN definition New DSN definition will be created using the standard Windows wizard window which will be opened as soon as user clicks on Add button After the DSN selection user will have to specify DSN login and password and click on Test connection button to check if the connection to the selected DSN succeeded or failed If DSN connection failed a message box with error will be opened User will have to check the reasons for the DSN connection failure This option also enables users to connect to remote databases over the network The network connection will be managed by ODBC NOTES Project Settings 4 Database Definition O Defaut Database Select Default Database Type MS Access MS SOL Server Bocal Custom Database Using D lt Browse for more gt 5 Logri Password Test commecton Data Logging Settings Timestamp resolution 1000 msec Advanced options Dream Report 51 Ocean Data Systems
32. Management section of the Project ribbon icon on the horizontal toolbar or on the vertical toolbar either in the Dream Report Designer Studio or Logger Studio menu see pic below rr Connectivity Project Web Elements Tools Runtime eo l l LER si e ehh 6B oO ee General Database Web Set Log Hotbackup Localization Tag Project Parameters Login with Edit projectWVersion Definition configuration Paths File configuration Dictionary Definition lifferent user users NOTE Edit project users option will be enabled only if you have Full Administrator Rights e the right to modify existing users and their properties as well as to create new users This access is usually given to project administrators please see Full Administrator Rights option in the User Group Authorization section The Edit project users option enables to change user access to different project modules at any stage of the project report generation Dream Report 64 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Users and Groups In the Users and Groups section you can create users and user groups Left part of the dialog box contains the users definition and the right part contains the users groups definition List of Users When you add a user you fill in the user name its password and password confirmation set up the user s preferred language and expiration date as an option User Authorization section contains additional user definitions like us
33. Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Before installing Dream Report with web portal on Windows Vista or Windows 7 please read this section Manual IIS configuration on Windows Vista or Windows 7 Web Portal Welcome Page Welcome Page of the Dream Report Web Portal enables users to browse a list of reports from the currently running project to visualize any existing report from the entire project and also to generate any report on user demand in real time When opening Dream Report web portal the actual web portal with access to history of all report PDF Excel files will be opened User will see the tree with reports PDF Excel Web report format icons and report generation buttons If no report in the project has Web option enabled then the Web reports section will not be displayed as no reports have been configured for the web format for details on how to enable Web option please see the Report Output Format section of this manual Web reports format If the report has Web format defined the Report Formats column will contain WEB icon Web reports contain web pages with reports which have Web option enabled No history of these reports is displayed When user Selects a report the report view frame will display Please wait while retrieving report information and meanwhile it will generate the report calculate all objects located on that report page and then display it in the report view frame Then user c
34. Password rrr Computer Mame Wocalhost Browse Network Select Server Matrikon OPC Simulation 1 Test Connection Retresh Server List Cancel NOTE n Dream Report version 3 43 the OPC driver had one driver instance for real time data historical data and alarms configuration Now in this new version of Dream Report the OPC driver has three driver instances and should be configured separately as OPC DA real time values OPC AE real time alarms or OPC HDA history data access This dialog window has 2 options radio buttons Main OPC Server and Backup OPC Server that allow OPC driver to work in a hot backup mode and automatically switch from one OPC server to another in case of communication error being able to connect to the secured OPC servers If the Main OPC Server radio button is enabled you can select the computer name and the OPC server If the Backup OPC Server radio button is enabled the Computer Name edit box and the Select Server combo box will be empty You will be able to make another selection for the backup OPC server If the OPC server has secured password protected connection it will be possible to specify in the OPC server secured access section login and password for the connection for the selected OPC server Login and password will be set and saved separately for the main and backup servers NOTE f OPC server definition contains login and password the OPC browser and clien
35. The left combo box contains two entries Monthly and Yearly Please select which type of schedule you would like to use Dream Report 78 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation If Monthly option will be selected then the combo box on the right will be filled with the possible days of the month 1 31 Select which date of every month that selected report will be automatically generated To the right of date selection specify the time at which the report will be generated lf Yearly option will be selected then the combo box on the right will display a calendar to select a day of the year for the given report to be generated Though the calendar will contain the current year report generation will not be limited to the selected year Every year the report will be generated at your selected date To the right of date selection specify a time at which the report will be generated The Daily or Weekly Report option enables a user to define a very flexible schedule of report generation one or more times during one specific day or several days of the week For this create a list of schedule records defining when each report will be generated The schedule record includes the time hh mm ss and the days of the week Each scheduler record may contain its own set of days of the week The report will be generated every day at each defined time which is enabled in the schedule To add a record enter the desired time in the Set Time edit b
36. Therefore to calculate this indice select an existing statistical object which calculates CO2 emission select a time period which is referenced to that object and has a possibility to enter the area in m2 or ft2 The selected statistical object value will be divided by area and then interpolated for 1 year according to the associated period e g if the associated period is 1 year the result will be multiplied by 12 Water Indicator This indicator will display how much water was spent per m2 for per 1 year Therefore to calculate this indice select an existing statistical object for water consumption select a time period which is referenced to that object and has a possibility to enter the area in m2 or ft2 The selected statistical object value will be divided by area and then interpolated for 1 year according to the associated period e g if the associated period is 1 year the result will be multiplied by 12 Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation User can configure any of those preset types Energy Indicator Eco Indicator Water Indicator in the Configuration dialog window which will appear after clicking on Configure button next to the Pointer Type combo box Confiquration Dialog w Select Data Object Tank3 Define time period Batch Mode court batches 1 200000 md foc o Cancel The Select Data Object combo box in this dialog box will contain the list of Single Data Objects Co
37. This means that the start time for ROC before setpoint or the end time for ROC after setpoint will be start end of the calculation period defined in the statistical object e g start or end of the batch 2 Start End of changes means that the rate of change measurement will be not calculated from the start or until the end of an object calculation period but only from the point of time when values started to change or until values are changing If this option is selected the edit box will appear where a user can enter the minimum change of value from until which ROC will be calculated Dream Report 242 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation 3 Specific value This option sets a specific value so that the rate of change will start stop its calculation only when the item value will reach this value If this option is selected the edit box will appear where a user can enter the control value for start stop of ROC calculation Example f a user sets this option with a specific value of 30 then the rate of change before setpoint will start its calculation only when the item value for setpoint has reached value 30 and will calculate it until the start of the setpoint stability zone Setpoint stability zone is a time period where all values of all items defined for that setpoint are within the corridor of a setpoint value tolerance Dynamic values Almost all the parameters such as Setpoint value Upper Tolerance R
38. This option only applies when the Display Value check box is enabled Percentage when this radio button is selected you can specify the font type and size for slice percentages You can also select the text alignment font style font color and background color for percentage text This option only applies when the Display Percentage check box is enabled The Select unit to add to result defines which engineering unit to display after the decimal point in slice values This option makes sense only when the Display Value check box is selected Precision of result after decimal point defines how many digits after the decimal point will be displayed This option can only be applied when the Display Value check box is selected The Advanced SQL Condition section is described in details in the Advanced SQL Condition section Example of Pie Graph Tank1 Tank Tanks Tank4 Tanks i bl a OD ns Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Bar Graph Bar graph displays data in a bar chart The data can be either a data value a counter of logged values or a counter of logged alarms To add a bar chart to a report click the Bar Graph button on the Report Designer Studio Elements toolbar Draw a rectangle where you would like to place the chart in the report workspace and the Bar Graph definition dialog box will be opened Bar Graph Definition Bar Graph Defriion The upper combo box Chart B
39. You can define which list of items you would like to see using combo boxes above this list control The left combo box allows you to select Item List by Data Source Then the right combo box will be filled with a list of available data sources defined in a project and the configured source the item list will be filled with the list of items from that data source If you will select Item List by Group the right combo box will be filled with a list of item groups defined in a project and selecting a group will list the items from that group The lower left part contains a list of all alarm logging groups defined in a project Detailed explanation of data alarm group definition is described in the Alarm Group Definition chapter If you right click on the item list header a popup menu will appear where you can select which columns to show ltem List by Group z Add Field i Remove Field If you will select Remove Field the selected column will be removed from the list If you will select Add Field then the column definition dialog will be opened where you can select which columns you would like to add ltem Mame Avsilable Colui Visible Columns liem Hame Status Current Value Add gt gt Data Source Timestamp Remove Add Al The available columns for the item list header can be Item Name Current Value Status Data Source and Timestamp There are 2 options in the Logger Studio which allow managing the process of dat
40. below meena h x 4 i ge gt i E Custom Virtual Report Repor UHH DSN Dg Archive Import Instances filters Import Tool Manager Connectivity Project Web Elements Setpoint analysis configuration The following dialog window will be opened Selpi analy cinli zi Sater dies Get data ban EE a A Mame Waka Upeer Tolkino Desa Repot History Cial 700L d 10 Edema Mitoey Jarwa Corse Sibis Perel lt Vales Are State ba af Lent Leir Ticked arate a 5 Select Data ers ity R ba a chase elon pipari Aata af charge alter pipari Cage Linde pa Units pu TE 10 a1 crater 10 1 adaa ista liera ee ham Haira bo Daia bem Giat off paid WE nd oof pai Bath ise Tempi J Shot of charges End of WE Changes a 3 a Bath Dieta Temps Specific wile oo Spacing v e Procees Success Cabsiy JAI Wide ures Within Dehri Rlandeadth Cunng Stability Perad E Fate of Change Is Mot Less Than Expected Piste of Change Is Mot Hone Than Expected l Eeechacke Fal hom Cakuls Siab Priced Fel ignore Re of Change Beime Shabliy i lga Fite of Change Ala Suy Lollgpia gu o Eha araga heri From To Lest ot cei neice gt Hare Value Upper Toker Lioness T oder To define a setpoint enter a logical Name logical name is unique and cant be the same for different setpoints Then enter Setpoint Value and its Bandwidth Bandwidth defines high Upper Tolerance and low Lower Tolerance levels for the st
41. check box Then while searching for the selected item the search and replace mechanism will show only the tag items that have this complete name Example f you want to find tag items that have the name Tank 2 then if you type only the word Tank for the item name and click Search Next the message box No Data Address was found will pop up You will then have to type the complete tag name Tank 2 to be searched If you search for the specific tag item from the specific data source you can type part of the name of the data source you need in the Data Source edit box and when you click Search Next the search and replace mechanism will show all tag items and all the data sources where these items have been found both external and Dream Report Example f you have tag item Tank 1 recorded both into the Dream Report and external historian simulation drivers then if you type Sim into the Data Source edit box and click Search Next the search and replace mechanism will show all tag items with the name Tank 1 in all drivers that have the part of the name Sim in their driver logical name both from Dream Report and External History If you need to find the specific tag item from the specific data source check the Matching Source Type check box Then while searching for the selected item from the selected database the search and replace mechanism will show only the data sources that have the same complete data source name as defined in the
42. dynamic replacement Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation If during report generation the selected combo box has the value s selected the report will be generated with original tags replaced by the web combo box selection either by other tags tag set selected in a web combo box object or by virtual report instance s If user will click on Dynamic Parameters button then the following window will be opened intemal Hyperlink Parameters Configuration Dialog x Dynamic Generation Generate report using dynamic ime period Batch Dased period v Select object for Batch ID Select object for Batch Definition cbh TP_TagSelector v Pass parameters information Set Parameter Select Parameter Data Source v Add Delete Parameter Name Parameter Type ox cance This window allows user to set dynamic time period parameters either batch based or report start and time coming from dynamic calculation objects as well as pass values to Internal Project Parameters for report generation The upper list box Generate report using dynamic time period has three available values Dynamic period is not used this option disable dynamic parameters for report generation Baich based period This option enables users to specify object which value will hold a batch ID This list box will automatically contain the list of all Single Data Object Expression Object and List Box object types existing in that report
43. for different lines then the line setting of the first line in a chart will be taken as a default one for all dynamic lines If there is any line defined on Absolute or Golden batch it will NOT be replaced and will stay in addition to all dynamic lines Time definitions and all other settings will have no change ONLY data items will be dynamically replaced Automatic Statistical Table Automatic Statistical Table will take all statistical functions defined in the table and apply it for all items supplied by preprocessor All settings SQC AVC from the first item in the table will be used Also the data source from the first item will be used as the right one ltem Tables In Item tables all originally defined items will be replaced by the new ones The data source will remain the same If an Item table contains several data sources then the one from the first data item will be considered as the correct one Dream Report 92 Report Settings Macros This option enables users to define and attach a list of macros to each report separately and run it when the report is generated or on event A macro can be one of two types an SQL macro ora shell command command line To add a macro to a list Specify a unique logical Macro name to associate with the macro Select macro type SQL Macro or Shell command Enter Macro itself If the macro type is a Shell command enter the command line If
44. list of report instances defined for that report Show Batch Definitions display If this option is selected the combo box in a web report will be filled with a list of batch definition names defined in the project Report may have multiple combo boxes with this function defined Show Batch IDs List display If this option is selected its configuration will have the following design Dream Report 355 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Combo Bos Configuration w Object name Default value Assign Selection to Tag Production_1 oppo _ End Time kd Teal Time bem w HDA Item Data Source Display Data from Energy Shaw Batch Ds Let Pelt eke tice tem Hame _ Energy Oar Data Configuration Send Result Ta Select Bstch CeSnition below Select Batch Definition from another Combo bow 005_Batch Timestamp Date Tre lt Current Time gt Ourent Time gt w This Combo Bow is Obligatory F Visible in POF 7 Add Def Value lt Not specified gt Autofilter Canl The Data Configuration section will have 2 radio buttons Select Batch Definition below and Select Batch Definition from another Combo box Both options define the source for retrieving and building the Batch ID list If Select Batch Definition below option is selected then the combo box will be filled with the list of the actual existing batch definitions defined in the project If Select Batch Definition
45. move etc lf want to add page number option is selected then the page number will be automatically added to every page of the report I want to add timestamp of report generation option enables to add to the report page template the timestamp of logged item values to be displayed using local time of the computer where Dream Report is running You can also type the title for report page in the corresponding edit box NOTE Page template files are created with ptdr extension By default page template files are saved in the Templates folder within the Dream Report installation directory Click Next to go to the next step of project creation Click Back to go one step back to re configure or check project configuration Click Close to exit Project Wizard without any operation performed If Select existing report template radio button is enabled then the following Reports Page Design window will be opened eating Wizard In this section you can create a visual template for your report pages E Select existing report template Olei design report ims Ci Progam Files O05 Dream Report Templates energy rpt bd H Apply report settings kippi epit bo Exca settings Configure Tey List First select with the browse button to the right from the combo box the desired report template from the Templates folder of the Dream Report installation directory tdr files If the selected report template has any of the fo
46. provided by Microsoft which is required for proper operation of Web Services communication In the actual version of Dream Report Web Services are used in the communication drivers for PcVue SCADA and for Schneider FactoryCast PLC If you use Dream Report with native communication to PeVue SCADA package please install this component Otherwise its installation is not required Language Installation While installing Dream Report installation procedure doesn t provide selection of the installed language Though Dream Report has true multilingual environment you can set your preferred language after installation in the Project Settings section in the Dream Report studio However also during installation Dream Report will automatically check for the language of actual operating system and will automatically set product language to it if that language exists in the product or otherwise set product language to English as default Also it is possible to manually change the current language open DreamHeport ini file in the System folder This is an ASCII text file which can be opened using Notepad or other text editors This file contains section Current Language You will see there the actual defined language You can change it to any other language existing in the Dream Report lexicon save and close the file The next time you open Dream Report Designer Studio or Runtime Manager the new language setting will be used Installed tools and uti
47. provides the calculation methodology which is adopted by Eurotherm as a standard When the Advanced Mean Kinetic Temperature function is selected a use has to click on Configure button and the following dialog window will be opened Dream Report 128 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Calculation parameters JH os 144 Precision 1 T C Use calculation algorythm By number of samples OBy number of periods intervals OB y defined periods intervals In the Calculation parameters section a user has to enter constant parameters for the calculation and select the input temperature unit In the Use calculation algorithm section a user has to specify which data will be selected for the calculation and analysis 1 If the By number of samples option is selected then a user will have to enter the number of samples to take for calculation into the edit box below The number of samples has to be only non zero and positive 2 If the By number of periods option is selected then a user will have to enter the number of equal periods into the edit box below Then all the entire period defined in the object will be divided into that entered number of equal parts and the calculation will be done accordingly The number of periods has to be only non zero and positive 3 If the By defined periods option is selected then the edit box below will be replaced by the time picke
48. users to define the output action of the result i e which source and item the calculation result should be written back to Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Compound Data Object Definition x Compound Data Object Definition Result Representation Enable object visible in report V Visible Select unit to add to result None gt Preasion of result after decimal point 2 Write Result Back to Data Item Data Source item Name Show result as Defaut Calculation X avancon OK Cancel If the Write Result Back to Data Item check box is enabled then select the data source and item where calculated statistic result will be written to The item selection will contain all available data items from all available data sources The result will be written to the selected data item each time the statistical object is calculated during report generation The Advanced options button will open the Advanced Visualization settings window which is described in detail in the Advanced Visualization section The Internal Hyperlink button will open Internal Hyperlink Parameters Configuration Dialog window please see the picture below By default this option will be disabled In the Enable Hyperlink check box user can enable disable object as internal hyperlink Combo box Select Report to generate will be filled with the list of all project reports including current report Combo box Set Param
49. with different statistical functions selected like First Value Last Value Maximum Value Minimum Value etc with different time periods defined The results are represented in the format of the free table Dream Report 137 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Designer Studio Compound Data Object Compound Data Object is a statistical field which performs analytical calculations between the results of two or more other statistical or analytical fields in the given report To add this object please click on the Compound Object button second from the left on the Report Designer Studio Elements toolbar Mark in the workspace the rectangle where desired data will be displayed Compound Data Object Definition x Compound Data Obpect Definition Object Hame Temperature_ survey E Descriptio Object Name must be a unique logical name which will be used in further work with that object within the project Defined Object List The object name can be up to 64 characters long Only item Fiter lene alohanumeric characters and _ are allowed The first Available Data lens Added Data Items character cannot be a number piire templ gt templ i PEE tempz hemp Object Description is a label to help users quickly temp3 lt understand purpose of the object The description can be up to 256 characters long All characters are allowed lt Defined Object List contains a list of all statistical objects i
50. 1 A Single Data Object On_Duration is defined to calculate Duration in the interval when the ventilator was running and then an expression object is defined to calculate an average running time of the ventilator per day i e On_Duration 24 If result of calculation of On_Duration is 06 00 00 6 hours then the result of expression object will be 00 15 00 i e 06 00 00 24 Example 2 f a user has to calculate the interval between the first value and the last value define 2 Single Data Objects TimeOfFirstVal and TimeOfLastVal then the calculation can be done in an expression object which will have the following definition TimeOfLastVal TimeOfFirstVal lf TimeOfLastVal 12 30 00 and TimeOfFirstVal 12 05 00 then the result value will be 00 25 00 The format of the outout decimal precision unit advanced visualization etc is described in details in the Result Representation section Operations with strings Expression object allows few operations with strings such as concatenation string to a string concatenation numeric result with a string having result as a string extraction left or right or mid part of a string converting numeric value into a string This can be done as follows Concatenation Strings concatenation is done using the operator Example 1 f you need to concatenate a string tag BatchName value with another string MyString then the syntax will be li HOPC BatchName MyString Ex
51. 12 02 01 2005 12 15 15 02 01 2005 16 30 26 02 01 2005 21 00 00 03 01 2005 02 20 21 03 01 2005 10 50 16 03 01 2005 12 32 05 03 01 2005 14 50 09 04 01 2005 06 00 00 04 01 2005 11 50 12 04 01 2005 13 53 18 04 01 2005 23 50 18 05 01 2005 08 05 00 2 nr ana O a a a T 4m ANAN ma mn Enr I4 lt 1 gt gt I gt gt sur 1530 1 MNM MNM N e e e l i M M M l M ee M ee D O O c ne O Oc Oc Oo J ODO OOO ee c O0 cll mll lmn er J O O O ce O eo IOMO NW EHH lo J El Enter the right SQL query SELECT TIMESTAMP BATCH_NUM Motor1 TankLevel1 FROM Batch WHERE BATCH_NUM 4 AND Motor1 1 Then you will get the following result in your report TIMESTAMP BATCH_NUM MOTOR1 TANKLEVEL1 2005 01 18 08 00 00 400 1201 04 200507 5508 a00 AE E 20050116165018 40 2005 01 46 12 50 18 40 2005 07 15 15 39 18 400 2005 01 15 09 21 18 2005 01 14 18 50 18 2005 01 14 16 23 33 Dream Report 179 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation SQL Table Appearance SQL Query Parser When you enter the SQL query by default it will be automatically parsed When you open the Appearance section you will see the list of columns to be selected where you can edit column captions in an easy way as displayed on the picture below Free SOL Query table x Agoeerance Table Name Batch Table V Display Table Name Display Columns Field Capton VWiidth Sortby 4 Batch_ID Batc
52. 2010 00 00 00 timeEnd 01 01 2011 00 00 00 rtm exe generate name Report_1 instance Instance_1 relPeriod timeStart 10 2 30 30 timeEnd 5 2 30 30 rtm exe generate name Report_1 instance Instance_1 batchRelPeriod batchDef MyBatch batchRel last batchCount 2 rtm exe generate name Rep1 instance Inst1 batchAbsPeriod batchDef MyBatch batchlidStart 120 batchldEnd 130 e rtm exe generate name Rep instance Inst1 currentTime 2010 12 02 18 00 20 e rtm exe generate name Rep instance Inst1 target pdf excel email printer e rtm exe generate name Rep1 instance Inst1 fileParam C Data params xml Examples of targets for the report t pdf t pdf excel t pdf excel email t pdf excel email printer NOTES Report target printer will send output files for printing according to the printer settings of the report file format of the Dream Report Studio It means that no matter which targets have been defined in the cmd command printer will receive only those files which have been defined in the Dream Report Studio Report Settings If the generated report needs to be delivered to the email user must always add the generated report output format PDF or and Excel to the t email command line Example t pdf email report will be sent to the defined email with the report generated in PDF format t excel email report will be sent to the defined email with the report generated in Excel f
53. 3 Configure lS time a new project is started user will have to configure IIS Internet Information Services for that project manually by clicking Default language for web eee on the Configure IIS button When configuring IIS the IIS lt Default project language configurator window will pop up asking Do you want to backup ___ a the actual content of your project web files and a user will have ciation Naren to agree by clicking Yes Timeout If the IIS configuration process has succeeded user will get the Logout on user inactivity message IIS configuration has been successfully completed 300 Seconds Otherwise he will have to check the reason for the IIS ao Refresh Details page each l Delete Ly configuration failure EEI Seconds NOTE f Internet Information Services IIS are not installed in Station Name URL your operating system you will get the message box Can t err attp Mocalhost DRWeb configure IIS Web portal is not enabled You will have first to install IIS and then configure IIS for details please see Installation Tips iil Log File Internet Information Services IIS can be also configured from the Hotbackup Configuration Runtime Management Console for details please see Runtime Localization Management Console section ae ee NOTES e ForllS versions 7 7 5 and 8 if user clicks on Configure IIS button
54. 59 We recommend not scheduling reports more frequently than every 10 minutes NOTE A report cannot be set to have both generation options A report can be configured to be generated only according to a schedule or in the periodical cycle Dream Report 79 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Report Settings Generate Report on Event The Generate Report on Event dialog box configures an event based report generation Report Settings Project Reports List Alarm Tables Automatc Statistical Tat Bacteriological Report Bar Graphs Batch Info Report Batch Trend Charts Data Tables Demo Batch Report Energy Effidency Repor x General Repot Name Format Repot Time Definition Generate Repot On Event Ji Enable Generation on Event J Enable Instance Generation Report Instances Equipment availabaty re Onginal Report i Apply to Al Fluoride Monthly Report Select Event Type Besed GW Monthly Operating F 5 On Condition On Item Value Change indicators Data Source Monthly Operating Repo Pie Graphs Report Energy hem Name Jk Report Maintenance Report Producton Generating report with delay after event Report Refinery Report Water Generate report after event with delay of Setpoint Analysis Single objects SQL Tables Step Tables Turbidity Report Web Trend Widgets Report Fle Format Repot Preprocessor Macros m gt User Authorization OK Cancel Apply The Enable Generation On Event check box enables disab
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57. Absolute batch ID and the Golden batch options are similar The difference between them is that the Golden batch is defined once per reporting project Then since the user has defined the Golden batch ID once in the batch definition window then it will be used for all the reporting objects throughout the entire project If the user changes it it will be automatically applied to all reporting objects as well The Absolute batch ID is applied to one specific reporting object and will not affect any other objects If the user wants to modify the absolute batch ID it will have to go through every reporting objects where the absolute batch ID is used and to change each of them Example Last 2 batches will mean 2 last batches which have been completed at the time of generation but not including the one which is in process now The current 2 batches will mean the last 2 batches including the one which is in process now If you select Calculated time period option the following period definition control will appear Time Definition Calculated time period r Start of report period End of report period Select calculated report object Select calculated report object Tank 1 Tank 2 This option allows you to set start and end of period using the result of calculation You can select any statistical object from the combo box to calculate start and end of the period where those objects must have statistical function returning a timestamp Timesta
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59. Data Source edit box Example f you want to find tag items that have the name Tank 2 and are recorded into the Dream Report simulation driver for real time values and this driver has Simulation 1 as its driver logical name then if you type only part of the name Sim in the Data Source edit box and check Matching Source Type check box then when you click Search Next the message box No Data Address was found will pop up You will then have to type the complete driver name Simulation 1 to be searched The same mechanism should be applied when a user needs to replace tag items in the Project Tag Dictionary Select Data Item to be replaced by section Dream Report 240 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Setpoint Stability Analysis Setpoint analysis is a special module which allows smart analyzing of thermal and other processes where the process is based on a setpoint stability analysis It allows automatic detection of the stability periods entry and exit points of those stability periods To use Setpoint Analysis user has to create setpoint definitions Then the analysis result can be used in a chart and in statistical functions You can create setpoint definitions in the Setpoint analysis configuration window To open it click on the command button Setpoint analysis configuration on the Tools ribbon icon on the horizontal toolbar either in the Dream Report Logger Studio or Dream Report Designer Studio menu see pic
60. Designer Studio Tables 160 Item Table Raw Values 160 Free Table Draw Table 163 Automatic Statistical Table 165 Step Table 168 SQL Query Table 176 SQL Query Manager 177 Alarm Table 181 Designer Studio Time Period Definition 185 15 Charts and Graphs 188 Pie Graph 188 Pie Graph Definition 188 Pie Graph Appearance 189 Bar Graph 191 iii Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Bar Graph Definition 191 Bar Graph Appearance 193 Line Chart 197 Chart Definition 197 Line Chart Appearance 200 Indicator 204 Indicator Data Definition 204 Indicator Appearance 207 Designer Studio Time Period Definition 209 16 Dynamic Interactive Objects 212 Timestamp Picker 212 Hyperlink 214 List Box 217 Action Button 224 17 Report and Page Templates eee 289 Page Templates 229 Report Templates 231 18 Tools eesesess isi i i imme 887 Tag Dictionary 237 Setpoint Stability Analysis 240 Custom Archives Import Tool 244 Virtual Report Instances 246 Manual Values Editor MVE 248 DSN Manager 251 Tag Helper Tag Selection 253 19 Runtime Manager 257 Runtime Management Console 257 Runtime Configuration 265 Start mode 265 Startup options 265 Default time period for dynamic report generator 266 Level of log messages 266 CPU priority 266 20 Dynamic Report Generator 267 Silent Mode 267 User Interface Mode 270 21 Communication Drivers 274 List of Communication Drivers 274 Open communication proto
61. Editor Then the Manual values editor window will be opened Mangal vahsoe odilce W Jekki Doba baros T eiiciid tern valas biua j 7 Daia Berm vwe Tiresti amp 1 Select a data source name from the Select Data Source setsi tmetano energy 1 combo box DHI LOE zr The list of selected items will be filled with all the items available for these selected items 2 Set a Default timestamp which will be set by default for all manual values 3 Double click into a Value field in the list and enter a value for the items needed T 4 As soon as all new manual values are set click on the ee button Update database and all manually entered values Linea will be written into the Dream Report database Dream Report 250 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Using manual parameters in reports To use manual values in a report user will only have to open any statistical object select Dream Report database option select required real time driver or manual driver select required parameter and select statistical function It will work as with the usual data from the Dream Report database NOTE f the manual driver is defined then on the top of the Web Portal Welcome Page a new button Manual value entry will be displayed When a user clicks on that button a new page will be opened where a user has input manual values It will have exactly the same design as a regular MVE window Dream Report 251 O
62. In the bottom part of that dialog window there is the possibility to change the CPU priority for different Dream Report runtime tasks The default priority for all processes is Normal If user wants to modify CPU priority there is the ability to set CPU priority for data logger and for report generator There are 5 levels of CPU settings Critical high High Normal Low Very low If the CPU priority will be set to a certain level than the process may gain more performance or lose performance comparing to other running processes If you modify CPU priority that change will take effect only after PC restart Restarting PC is required to change CPU priority Dream Report 267 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Dynamic Report Generator Dynamic Report Generator DRG is a module that generates reports on demand where the time period for the report is selected by a user at runtime or the list of tags which will be used for specific report generation is selected manually in runtime DRG is implemented as a standard Windows application generate exe NOTE While installing Dream Report DRG will be also installed as ActiveX component and user will be able to integrate it as part of the HMI System Dynamic Report Generator window can be opened either from the Windows start menu Dynamic Report Generator or from Runtime Management Console RMC To open Dynamic Report Generator from RMC user will have to click o
63. Monthly Report GW Monthly Operating amp Inckators Monthly Operating Repo Pe Graphs Report Energy Report Maintenance Report Production Report Refinery Report Water Setpomt Ansiyas Single objects SQL Tables Step Taves Tu bidty Report Web Trend Wikigets Cancel Help Documentation Report Name Format Repat Time Defirttion Report instances Monthly or Yearly Report Select day of the month ren t v Daly or Weekly Report Set Time 12 00 00 Set Time Add Execste Report Each hh mm ss Generate Repor On Event Rapot File Format Report Preprocessor Macros User Authorization Pep Select Time 4 MM 55 Execute On If there is time schedule defined for Apply to All and there is another time schedule defined for any other template then that template will be generated twice at its own schedule and for Apply to All schedule All time schedules for every template will be saved inside the report settings structure of that selected report If the report generation schedule is defined and a new instance is added then it will have no generation schedule by default There are 2 options available to configure automatic report generation generation on schedule or cyclic generation Generation on Schedule The Monthly or Yearly Report option enables users to define a specific time and day of the month or day of the year when the selected report will be automatically generated
64. Motel amp Prony Z iski Blak BF Taki E Tere Temp amp Tempd ki Dream Report 247 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation If a user opens this Virtual report instances window for report with no instances defined then this window will show the default instance entry with all originally defined tags Any time when user clicks on it he will see the tag dictionary or just the list of tags defined in that report If a user modifies tag descriptions or any tag in the default instance and clicks OK then the popup message box will appear asking You are about to change tag dictionary or replace one or several tags used in that report Do you want to continue Yes No If a user clicks on No all changes will be discarded If Yes then the tag dictionary of that report will be modified accordingly For details on how to define configure Tag Dictionary please see Tag Dictionary of this manual To create a new instance in the Instance definition combo box user has to 1 Enter Instance name which has to be unique for that report 2 Enter Instance description into the corresponding edit box optional not required 3 Select required data sources and items tags for each dictionary entry 4 Click on Add button To delete the instance user has to 1 Select any defined instance in the list 2 Click on the button Delete Then a message box will appear asking Do you want to delete the virtual in
65. Password field Feld With Batch End Time Feld With Batch Start Time Each batch process is marked by a unique ID as this ID will be used seest Golden sata w See later to recognize and distinguish batches process loops So in 7 amp order to track batches define the source for batch IDs Dream Report batch definitions allow tracking batch IDs by a tag from any real time data source by logging batch information into internal Dream Report history or retrieving them from an external database in different formats Batch in Dream Report can be defined in 2 ways according to the way batch information is stored Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation 1 If the table where batch information is stored includes columns corresponding to Batch ID Batch Start Time and Batch End Time then select the Defined in external database option Use Select DSN to select the database where batch information is stored If the DSN doesn t exist create it and then continue the batch definition If the DSN is protected with a login and password then enter the login and password in the User name and Password text boxes Click on the Connect button and Batch Manager will connect to your database via the selected DSN After connecting to a database in the section Select Data Location specifies the location of all data components needed to process the batch information In the Select Table combo box select a table which contains
66. Report Studio when the DR studio is started the first small dialog window Open Project will have a check box Run Project Wizard just below the radio button New Project Open Project x New Project E Run Project Wizard Open Existing Project C 0D5 Pream Report Project bemo Demo drpj r If a user wants to start Project Wizard he will have to check the Run Project Wizard check box Then Dream Report studio will be closed and Project Wizard will be started NOTE Several instances of Project Wizard can be started at once At each step of Project Wizard if a user clicks on the Close button it will be closed without any operations performed No project will be created If a user clicks on the Back button at any step Project Wizard will go one step back and user will be able to either re configure its functionality settings or to check the configuration If a user clicks on the Next button Project Wizard will bring him her to the next step of project creation NOTE f Project Wizard is launched when opening the Dream Report Designer Studio then when it will close after project creation is complete the Dream Report Designer Studio will start automatically with the project just created If Project Wizard is launched either from the Windows start menu or by double clicking on the ProjectWizard exe file in the Dream Report project system folder then when Project Wizard will close after project creation noth
67. Server will be saved for each entry separately as well If a source name or and item name is defined in the list control and user calls the item selection dialog window then the Select Data Item window will be opened with the existing selection filled in If a user will double click either into the Data Source column or into the item Name column the cell will be opened for manual text editing In the top right corner of the tag dictionary dialog window there is a button Print If a user will click on it it will open Windows print dialog box Select printer or the file and print the list of Source item names and their descriptions Report Tag Dictionary If this report has been created from the report template using tag dictionary then it will be saved for this report as well When a user will open Tag dictionary from the context menu it will be filled with the relevant information If this report doesnt have tag dictionary information yet then this window will have the list of all tags used in the project User can enter the best fit description for every such a tag Tag dictionary will be saved into the encrypted XML file with the name of report and extension tdi This file will contain the list of source name item name description and for every such an entry the list of references of objects where this tag is used If you apply report template to the report and tag dictionary is not empty then this file wil
68. Setur NET Fram W Internet intoemebon Ser DAPET 1 Seraces 2 ASP NET amp WM Control a ASP NET vA D Clan ty SQU Server Corfguratic DaT v D OcfeuhAppPoot gt Manages Peel Yates Chem stanet ered Merned tanet 3 Click on the Advanced Settings option in the right hand side Actions section and configure the DefaultAppPool application pool Please ensure that NET Framework Version is set as v2 0 and Enable 32 Bit Applications is set as True please see the picture below Dream Report Ocean Data Systems O General Help Documentation NET Framework Version vi Enable 32 Bit Applications Tre Managed Pipeline Mode Integrated Queue Length 1000 Start Automatically True E CPU Limit 0 Lirit Action Ho chon Limit Interval minutes 5 Processor Affinity Enabled False Processor Affinity Mask 4294967295 E Process Model Identity ApplicationPoolldentity Idle Time out minutes a0 Load User Profile True Maximum Worker Processes 1 Ping Enabled True Name name The application pool name is the unique identifier for the application pool NOTE f another application pool default needs to be configured please create a new application tool by clicking Add Application Tool in the Actions section and create another application pool with the same options selected i e NET Framework Version set as v2 0 and Enable 32 Bit Applications set as True 344 Dream Repor
69. Start and End of period may have separate modes any of four possible If you select the Batch based option then the following period definition control will appear Time Definition Batch based r Batch Tank 1 r Duration Mode court batches Last E 2 Here you can select a batch definition which will be used to calculate the period for your object The Batch combo box will contain a list of previously defined batch definitions If you need to edit that list click on the browse button and the Batch definition window will be opened where you can edit the existing batch definitions Batch definition is described in detail in the Batch Definition section Then after selecting a batch definition select the mode Last Current and the batch count Last batch means the most recently completed batch ID i e at the time of the report generation it has valid start time and end time Current batch means batch ID which is being processed at present i e at the time of the report generation it has a valid start time and no end time yet Absolute batch ID will enable user to enter any specific absolute batch ID and their start and end time will be considered as the time period for that statistical object Dream Report 211 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Golden batch will use start and end time of the golden batch ID defined in the selected batch definition in the batch configuration dialog window The
70. Tokens c This dynamic token is used in Step tables to give possibility to calculate data between columns and to present this data as an additional column i This dynamic token has the following format i lt ltem Names and can be used in 2 possible ways a To provide item name to the Advanced SQL condition b To give currently calculated value to any part of Dream Report which requests this value via Analytical driver i e Batch ID to the Report s file name Example i Analytics Report energy1 f This dynamic token has the following format f Field Names and is used as a parameter that will be replaced dynamically by the value of the item specified in it It can be used as a part of a Advanced SQL condition b In Expression Objects c In SQL Single Data Objects or in SQL tables Example f energy1 NOTE TIP value of f token can be used only as part of the current report If user wants to get this value in another report he can use i token via analytical driver s This dynamic token returns to the project different system information and can be used in Dynamic Text Objects Example s ReportName dt This is the DateTime token which has the following format dt lt object_name gt and can be used in Expression Objects in order to perform time based calculation operations Example dt energy5 cb This dynamic token has the following format cb lt
71. a configuration string which is used then by that driver So in this connection string section users will see selected driver s connection string in pure internal format NOTE f you need to configure the same driver more than once then after having configured it the first time you ll just need to click in the Select Data Source Type field on any other driver and then go back to the driver that you need to configure When all the communication settings for the project are done click on OK and the driver configuration will be finished For help information on a specific driver use please refer to the specific driver information in the Communication Drivers section NOTE When changing the definition of an existing driver please be aware that the name of the existing driver can NOT be changed Dream Report 99 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Item Group Item Group Definition The Dream Report Logger Studio enables users to split different data items by groups and define separate logging conditions for each group of data items Click on the command button Add Item Group on the Connectivity ribbon icon on the horizontal toolbar in the Dream Report Logger Studio menu see pic below Project Web Elements Driver Batch Configuration definition Add ltem Group dialog window will be opened see pic below If no item group has already been created you can open the Dream Report Logger Studio and right cl
72. alarm filter The Name field should contain any unique logical name Adding a new filter with the same name as an existing filter will replace the existing one The filter name can be up to 64 characters long and can contain spaces No wildcard characters are allowed Description allows users to quickly understand the use of the object The description can be up to 256 characters long Any characters can be used Priority range specifies the priority range of alarms which will be included in the filter The Source combo box contains a complete list of alarm sources in the project If external history server is defined then the Source combo box will include alarm history access drivers defined in the project If Dream Report History is defined then the Source combo box will include a list of real time alarm sources Each filter can only be applied to a single data source To add a filter click the Add Filter button The Alarm filter manager will get all data from the filter definition part and add appropriate filters to the Alarm Filter List To modify an existing filter select the filter in the list The filter definition will be updated with the selected filter data To change the filter click the Modify button The filter configuration will be updated with your new data To delete an existing alarm filter press the Delete button Dream Report 151 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Dynamic Text Object Dynamic Text
73. and List Box object types existing in that report Content of any such an object can be used as a source for batch ID for report generation Time based period This option enables to generate report using dynamic time period If this option is selected then user will be able to select the object for report start time and the object for report end time Single Data Object Expression Object Date Time picker and List Box object types are available for selection Dream Report 360 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation If Generate report action is selected user will have to select a report and report instance if defined which will be generated please see the picture below Action Button Configuration Wf Button Caption Serer ate Select Acton Acton Parameters Get Report Name From Object List of Reports Alarm Tables Lisi of defined repat inetances Make Dynamic Tag Replacement Dinamie Pasmebes can Dialog has the additional options for report generation Make Dynamic Tag Replacement By default this option is disabled If Make Dynamic Tag Replacement option is enabled then the Get Tag List From combo box below will be filled with the list of all web combo box objects which have the Tags List and Report Instances functions If in real time in a web report the selected web combo box object has no selected value the report will be generated in a hardcopy PDF Excel format without any d
74. and then will be used within the main calculated formula When option By defined periods is used then only the whole complete sub periods will be considered for calculation Example if the period is 18 00 21 30 and the sub period is 1 hour then only 3 sub periods 18 00 19 00 19 00 20 00 20 00 21 00 will be used Performance Analysis Functions ON Counter calculates how many times during the specified time period the value changed from zero to a non zero value Example f during the specified period the following values were found 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 then ON Counter will return 2 because the value changed from 0 to 1 only twice OFF Counter calculates how many times during the specified time period the value changed from a non zero value to zero Example f during the specified period the following values were found 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 then OFF Counter will return 3 because the value changed from 1 to 0 three times ON OFF Counter calculates how many times during the specified time period the value changed from zero to a non zero value and then changed back to zero Example f during the specified period the following values were found 1 0 0 1 O 1 0 then ON OFF Counter will return 2 because the value changed from 0 to 1 and back to zero twice NOTE Found Values means those values that are in the Dream Report database or the External History server with the correct t
75. archive real time tag values into its own historian database ae oe Source type 2 Do you want to archive your tag s real time values Data Archiving Yes want bo adie real time tags nio a Dream Report historian Batch Delimiborn Ho ank you I wil wee external ancheves for reporting If No thank you I will use external archives for reporting option is selected the button Next will skip the Data archiving section and a user will go directly to the Project Wizard Batch definition section lf Yes I want to archive real time tags into a Dream Report historian option is selected then a user will go to the Project Wizard Data archiving section NOTE f a user has defined at least one real time driver he can start configuring data logging into the Dream Report historian in the Project Wizard Data_archiving section But if a user has defined only external history access drivers he will not be able to configure data logging into the Dream Report historian and will have to go directly to the Project Wizard Batch definition section Click Next to go to the next step of project creation Click Back to go one step back to re configure or check project configuration Click Close to exit Project Wizard without any operation performed Dream Report 26 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Project Wizard Data Archiving Data archiving enables data logging into the Dream Report hi
76. be disabled By default this option is disabled The Show Title parameter will enable disable display of the object title If this option is enabled then the widget title will be displayed on top of the object Object title can be specified in the edit box right below the Show Title check box If that check box is checked then the object title edit box will be enabled If that check box is unchecked then the object title edit box will be disabled The Show Result option will enable disable digital display as a digit of the calculated displayed value in the center of the object For example if the displayed value is 60 then gauge or linear indicator will display 60 units but also in the middle of the object the number 60 will be displayed as well By default this option is enabled The Precision combo box will be always enabled and a user can select the required decimal precision This decimal precision from this combo box will be used both for scale tick marks decimal precision and also for displayed result decimal precision Dream Report 149 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation If the calculated object Single Data Object Compound Expression object which includes this widget already has decimal precision defined in the Result Representation section that decimal precision will be inherited and set in the widget dialog If a user changes it here then it will be changed in the Result Representation dialog
77. be used in Expression Object calculations If Step Table has the footer defined this footer will be added to the list of dynamic objects of the report in the Expression Object Add dynamic object from report section in the format of f lt Step Table Object Description gt and its data will be available for calculations The footer will be added to the list of dynamic objects in the report only if the Step Table has object description defined For details on Expression Object calculations please go to the Expression Object section of this manual The Font Properties controls enable you to set different font properties for the table title table header and the displayed data in columns The Max Number of Rows edit box allows you to specify the maximum number of rows to display in the table This enables a user to protect the report from an overflow When defining the maximum number of rows you can set which cut of all data set you would like to display the first or the last block of data This can be defined by selecting an appropriate radio button List rows from Start or List rows from End Enhanced Display Options If any specific step cell in the step table has no value the desired behavior of a step table in this case can be configured by using the Step No value settings option It has 3 radio buttons Show N A Show Previous value and Show Next Value Show N A option is selected by default In this case if any specific cell
78. box will define how many units of value should be changed in order to log a new value to the database and which value change should be ignored The On Update option will enable logging when any value update is received from the data source whether or not the new value is different from the previous one The Every option will record the item value at the defined rate whether or not the value has changed The rate is defined in seconds Dream Report 28 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation The On Item Value Change option will record item values each time the value of a control item changes It works as follows 1 You can define an item from the same data source that this group will log data from as displayed on the picture below Please select how do you wantto archive values of your selected tags On Item value Change Data Source Simulation 1 Tolerance ltem Hame Ana_10 2 Every time this value changes Dream Report will log values of all selected tags Please note that only items from real time data sources can be used If you select a data item from the external history server this option won t work The On Absolute Time option will record item values at an exact time specified in the list see example below Please select how do you wantto archive values of your selected tags On 46solute tine w Set Time 12 00 00 12 00 00 A il Modify Delete You can add as many time definitions a
79. browser and history access client In order to receive more detailed information on a toolkit get instructions for use and other toolkit related information please apply to your local Dream Report distributor Special documentation on this issue is available Dream Report 330 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Dream Report Web Portal General Overview Dream Report has its own proprietary web portal which enables users to browse a list of reports from the currently running project to visualize any existing report from the entire project to generate any report on user demand in real time to enter manual values data into the Dream Report database or use them for calculations or filtering for regular reporting Dream Report web portal uses ASP net web technology and has communication with the runtime manager using Microsoft NET Framework version 3 5 or higher Manual Data Entry WEB Reports Dream Report web portal also provides a set of Dream Report functions Manual Data Entry Functions which enable users to enter manual values in a standard Dream Report reporting template Those manual values can be later used to enter manual data into the Dream Report database or use it for calculations or filtering for regular reporting For details on how to configure Web portal manual data entry functions please go to the Manual Data Entry section of this manual Web Portal Activation To activate the web portal Dream Rep
80. click on OK button and the configuration will be completed No other configuration is needed Access real time Wizcon tags When browse of the list of Wizcon tags is opened and Wizcon network is enabled you will see automatically a tree of Wizcon network stations and expanding a tree you will get a list of Wizcon tags from the selected station If a network station has more than a thousand tags it can take several seconds up to a minute to get a list of tags from the selected station Note Receiving a list of 65000 tags from remote station can take up to 7 10 minutes depending on the PC resources and network load Access Wizcon history of tags and alarms When you configure Dream Report object to get historical data from the external history server and select Wizcon driver then during report generation Dream Report will automatically connect to Wizcon and access its history in a completely transparent way to a user History of remote tags or remote alarms can be accessed only if it is stored in the local Wizcon project due to the limitation of Wizcon itself NOTES Please note that the Dream Report Wizcon drivers are also drivers to communicate with Control Maestro 2008 2010 2011and 2013 versions Dream Report 326 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Kit of simulation drivers Simulation Driver enables to design report templates without connection to the real data servers Users can define different virtual data s
81. configuration please go to the Aggregated Data Filter section of this manual Process Value section enables to select a statistical function for the chart object and has 6 available options Process Value Moving Average Lin ar regression Power regression Setpoint analysis SOL Query Value will display a chart object according to the report item values selected 197 Dream Report 198 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Moving Average will display a chart object as an analyzed set of data items having created a series of averages of different values of the full data value set Linear Regression will display a chart object as a linear model where data items are modeled using linear functions and their model parameters are estimated from the data values set Power Regression will display in curved lines in a chart object the data sets which compare measurements that change at a specific rate The mathematical algorithm will analyze entered values in order to define a and b coefficients so that when the curved line matching the appropriate power regression function y a xb will be added this line will display item values with the highest level of data approximation If a user selects the statistical function Setpoint Analysis then the button will appear next to the combo box with the statistical function which a user has to click and select setpoints that he would like to analyze and display on the char
82. correction factor and then the OK Cancel _ bar graph will display re calculated data For more details please refer to the Correction Factor section ADF to be used enables to select an aggregated data filter ADF to be used combo box will contain all ADF definitions configured in the project The default string will be Not Used i e no filter ADF is applied For details on ADF definition configuration please go to the Aggregated Data Filter section of this manual When displaying data item values for a specified period in the Process Value combo box you can select one of the options to display It can be either 191 Dream Report 192 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation First value the first found value for the selected item from a database within the specified time period Last value the last raw value from the database Current value will read and display the current value from the specified data item from real time data driver Average the average value for this data item calculated for the specified time period e Maximum the maximum value for this data item calculated for the specified time period Minimum the minimum value for this data item calculated for the specified time period Sum calculates the sum of all values of this data item during the specified time period e Integral calculates the integral of all values of this data item during the specified time p
83. counter resets it can be configured as well Specify the Maximum value which the counter will reach before resetting and also specify the Start value i e the value from which the counter starts to count after reset e g from O or from 1 Select Statistical Function Counter Stat 9 00 Max 000 Example f you define a counter with a maximum of 1000 and a start value of 1 and your data has values 800 900 100 200 then the result will be 399 which is 1000 800 200 1 NOTE n order to avoid any mix up due to O s at the start of Wizcon application a user should write 1 in Start and Max combo boxes Mean Kinetic Temperature MKT this function performs a complex calculation with an array of temperature measurements calculating the time interval for each temperature and brings the array to the equivalent of one single temperature value during the period Example f the diary factory has produced milk which was stored 1 hour at a temperature of 5C then it was in a truck 1 hour at a temperature of 15C and then it was in a shop for 10 hours at a temperature 3C the MKT calculation will calculate the equivalent of storing the milk as at 6 7C for the entire period 12 hours This example is theoretical and is provided only as an example the result is not properly calculated using the complete set of input parameters Advanced Mean Kinetic Temperature calculation enhances precision of the calculated result and
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85. defined in the project For Data Source and Item Name select the source and item from which Dream Report will calculate values NOTE f you will select Dream Report History then you will be prompted to select a data item only from the list of data items defined in one or more logging groups within the Dream Report logger Single Data Object Definition Single Dats Object Definition Object Name Maxi_F Object Description Select Data Item Dream Report History O External Hstory Server Data Source Process tem Name Batch_Data Tank Apoly correction factor for al item values use e g 1000 ADF to be used Filter_1 sed hoi Select Statistical Function Maximum ee Define time period Fixed Period ba tast H 1 lt manth s x Start Date and Time _ Duration Day Time 3 00 00 00 Result Representation Advanced SQL Candiion OK Cancel 1 However if the selected statistical function will be Current Value you will be prompted to select a data item from the list of all available data items within the selected source If you will select External History Server then you will be prompted to select a data item from the list of all available items within the selected history source Apply correction factor for all item values enables adding simple expression to a single data object If the correction factor is set for a data item in a single data object then when retrieving value of th
86. driver selected as well Dream Report 255 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation When user will close the Select Data Items multi tag selection window and select Favorite tags list in the Select Data Item tag selection window the tag browser tem Name will not display all the entire list of tags from the data source but will display only the list of pre defined tags please see the pic below Select Data item x I Select Data Source ODBC _data T Display tag browse list options i I All items Favourite item list J Item Filter Description Filter Path tem Name Description i Batch_ID Batch_ID 2 Batch_ID ID Cancel Dream Report 256 Select Data bema Select Dais Source OES dete hera Filter Desorpson Fiter Aveiable Cein Dems Path ten Hame Despioi 5 7 A Batch _J0 Batch_I0 E paih IID OK ma Ocean Data Systems NOTE This option will also be available in the Select Data Items multi tag selection window please see the pic below Danay beg breve lst opini Ad items g Paourthe them best Maria Then Eriry Added Gets Dems OD6C data Gate DiBa D _Femeve_ Ravn M Help Documentation Dream Report 257 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Runtime Manager Runtime Management Console Any Dream Report project can run by means of a special module Runtime Manager Runtime control service This module can run either as a service lau
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88. each other Grid spacing defines the distance between dots in ticks Minimum spacing This value sets a minimum grid spacing which is a low limit of grid spacing while zooming a workspace in low zoom If low zoom factors are used the grid spacing will change according to a new zoom factor but cannot be lower than a value specified in the Minimum Spacing edit boxes If the unit selection is mm then 1unit of the grid minimum spacing definition will correspond to 1mm If the unit selection is inch then 1unit of the grid minimum spacing definition will correspond to 1 tick of rulers in fine definition i e 1 32 Example Grid minimum spacing of 5 units in inches will correspond to 5 32 Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Static Objects The Dream Report graphic editor supports drawing most basic shapes in order to add custom graphics to a report mag O0 cp PEED EEN All drawing of static objects can be done using the Drawing toolbar or using the Designer menu in the Report Designer Studio Line Click the Line button left one on the toolbar Then click the left mouse button on the report page where the line should start Move the mouse to the point where the line should end and release the mouse button To edit line properties click on the line and select a property from the toolbar The following line properties can be edited color width style All these properties are accessible from the same tool
89. enable a user to use built in MS Excel filtering tools for easier analysis The Use Online Log File check box will enable logging of all online data The Limit size of Info File option will limit the size of the info file If this option will be enabled and file size limit is reached additional data will be deleted If that check box will be unchecked the log file size will be unlimited 2 options are available Cut from end older records will be deleted and newer added Cut from beginning newer records will be deleted After the log file size exceeds the limit defined in the edit box Limit File Size by all content above the limit will be removed according to the selected option described above Level for project log messages combo box enables configuring the level to control which message of the Project Settings General Date Base Configuration Proyect Paths Log Fie w Use On Line Log File Set File Hane enengy lepal M Lima Size of Info File Linn File Size by 120 WB Lint Option Ge Cut from beginning Cut from end Level for propect log mesrapes Maima L_ Use multisession log He AEE AE Localization severity of the event that has occurred will be actually printed out to the log 2 options are available Normal it is the default log level where only the events with a severity of NOTICE or greater will be logged Dream Report 58 Ocean Data S
90. execution mode The execution mode is applied to each macro separately and not globally to the entire macro list If the execute before report generation option will be selected the macro will be executed before each report is processed However the report generation will not wait until the macro execution is completed The macro will be executed asynchronously If the execute after report generation option will be selected the macro will be executed each time after the report is processed If the execute On Event option is selected specify a macro event condition source item and the condition itself The condition value must be a numeric value Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Each time the item value meets the defined condition the macro will be executed This option is independent of report generation Report Settings User Authorization This window enables you to define access rights to each specific report for specific users groups This option is also applied for the Runtime Manager and in the Web Portal If user management is defined in the project then you have to specity which users are authorized to have access to each report Authorized access to a report means that this user will see that report in the list of reports in the Runtime Management Console window will be able to select and generate that report open the PDF file for this report and enable disable automatic report
91. for that tag If all check boxes in Query result are unchecked then the SQL command will be executed and its result will be ignored This case can be used to prepare data before report generation NOTE SQL Command will be executed in synchronous mode with report generation Report will start generation only after execution of the SQL command In the Maximum Command Timeout edit box define the maximum waiting timeout If this timeout is expired the report will start generation without waiting for the preprocessor results and they will be ignored i e the report will be generated using its original configuration If report has any macros define it before report generation Anyway the Report preprocessor command will be generated before macros Input Parameter from File If a user selects the Input parameter from file option and clicks on Add button then Input parameter from XML file dialog window will be opened see pic below Input Parameter from XML File m Select XML File CAProgram Files ODS Dream ReportiProject MyReportbatch_descr xml Select Parameter Batch description ki Dream Report 91 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Enter parameter name and select an XML file or enter an XML file name Report Preprocessor will try to open the specified XML file read it and look for the specified parameter If the file has been found Report Preprocessor will read its value and use as an input
92. format There is no limitation regarding printer type or manufacturer The Primary printer list defines the main list of printers on which report will be printed One or multiple printers can be selected Active printer for the report printing will be the one which check box is checked Each main printer may have one backup printer To define the backup printer you have to select a printer in the Primary printer list not to select the check box but to select the printer to make it highlight and then select one printer in the Backup printer list Selecting its check box Both printer lists are populated with all printer definitions available in Windows both local and remote ones The option Print report on default printer enables printing report on the printer which is currently defined as default on that computer If this option is enabled then copying that project to another computer will make it work able to print reports without re configuring printer definitions Dream Report 89 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Report Preprocessor The Report Preprocessor dialog box enables users to perform an action SQL query or stored procedure before report generation using input parameters and Pes ese S use the result as an input for report e g as a list of Project Reports List General tags alarm Tables g Austomabc Statistica Tat Report Noma Format Bacteriological Report Repat Time Defintion da Graph
93. generation If a user is not authorized to have access to a report i e in the User Authorization section of this report settings a check box of that user is unchecked then after making login to the Runtime manager or to the Web Portal that unauthorized report will not be displayed in the list of reports It will be hidden from unauthorized users The List of defined users displayed in this section is a global project list defined in the Authorization dialog window and is described in details in the User Management section Report Settings Project Reports List Alarm Tables Austomatic Statistica Tat BSacteriolboical Report 3a Graphs Batch info Report Batch Trend Charts Osta Tables Demo Batch Report Energy Effoency Repor Equoment avadabdlity re Puornde Monthly Report GW Monthly Operating amp Inccators Monthly Operating Repo Me Graphs Report Energy Report Maintenance Report Producton Report Refinery Report Water Setpomt Anslyas Single objects SQL Tables Step Taves Turbeaty Report Web Trend Widgets Report Name Format Repat Time Defintion Generate Repot On Event Report File Format Repon Preprocessor List of defined users Access Authorized User Login Select A Uneslied Al Kaar A If you delete any user from the project List of Users and Groups in the Authorization dialog window of the User Management dialog box then it will be automatically removed from the List of defin
94. has been introduced It allows Dream Report to raise data logging up to 10 times Database Archiving If user clicks on Advanced Options button the Database Archiving Configuration Dialog window will be opened In this configuration window user will be able to configure periodic archiving of internal Dream Report database For details on the configuration of database archiving please refer to the Database Archiving Configuration section of this manual Dream Report 52 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Useful tips Which database is better to use MS Access can be used only for small size projects MS Access is limited in size to 2Gb but when your MS Access database mdb file reaches the size of several hundreds Mbytes you can start to experience problems so we recommend to use MS Access where the database size doesn t exceed 100Mb MS SQL Server is a good and reliable database and is recommended for use MS SQL Server Express 2008 Edition is free and is limited in size to 10Gb So if your database does not exceed 10Gb this database type can be also used MySQL is free and has no limitation This database type is also recommended for use as good and reliable What is the approximate database size allocation When numeric data is logged by Dream Report then the approximate database size allocation is about 16 bytes per record When string or textual values are logged this depends on the size of a lo
95. i Cancel Click on Configure button and the following dialog window will be opened Configure manual entry parameters Conhiguie Dives for Selected Source Driver Logical Mame Add I mbes Date Souce Dencipion Web mansal dine x Manual parameter definition Hame Tipe Fira meter 1 Analog Destro an Fica meter Ifor plant 1 gt Min x Max 200 add Delete Hame Type Min Max Flow meter 1 Analog oO 200 Aow meter 7 Boolean 0 200 Flow meter 3 Text 0 200 Parameters 3 import Export cancel 301 Delined Drireers List Driwear Logical Name BB CarFi apot EEM Process WB Procese BB Procese_Setpoint Wicana E ica Dream Report 302 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Define tags for the selected data source Every manual tag must have its Name and Type Optional information can be also added in the Description box any free text or for the data validation criteria Min and Max values The defined manual tag can be one of three types available Analog default selection Boolean and Text NOTE The data validation criteria input is available only for the Analog type tags If other type is selected validation criteria input controls will be hidden Values for both Min and Max for the validation criteria are expected as integer or float numbers They will be saved and displayed as a double format number If Min or Max value edit boxes remain empty the c
96. in Fiter_1 X g Process Value Manual Entry Draw a rectangle where you would like to place the aes a Fer chart in the report workspace and the Chart definition nae dialog box will be opened Frec Penod Last mi ta gt week s n ope Duration sy bi Chart Definition mea la Ws oonan Remov X Axis settings The Get Data From radio buttons specify the kind of sae data source for the chart Timestamo Format Date The data source and data item can be selected from R ee the relevant combo boxes in the Select Data ltem group oe ee panes x Lire Style a y y ine ad Select the desired data source and item select the line a i color line width and style specify the line legena if REA desired and then click on the Add Line button The line Advanced SQL Condon will be added to the chart a aa Apply correction factor for all item values enables adding simple expression to a chart If a user needs to display a chart on item s with the correction factor then first all values of the selected item s will be re calculated applying correction factor and then the chart will display re calculated data For more details please refer to the Correction Factor section ADF to be used enables to select an aggregated data filter ADF to be used combo box will contain all ADF definitions configured in the project The default string will be Not Used i e no filter ADF is applied For details on ADF definition
97. in the User name and Password text boxes Click on the Connect button and Batch Manager will connect to your database via the selected DSN After connecting to a database in the section Select Data Location specifies the location of all data components needed to process the batch information In the Select Table combo box select a table which contains batch information batch ID start time and end time In the Field with Batch ID combo box select a table column which contains batch IDs In the Field with Batch Start Time and Field with Batch End Time combo boxes select the table columns which contain the batch start time and end time 2 If the table where batch information is stored doesn t include Batch Start Time and Batch End Time columns select the Defined by data item option This option will require only Batch ID column where Batch ID will be recorded periodically In the Data Item for Batch ID section select data source and data item containing batch ID Then click OK and batch definition will be completed NOTE Batch process must be continuous and there will be no time interval between consequent batches Batch Start Time will correspond to the Timestamp of the first value of the defined batch as explained in the formula below Dream Report 32 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Batch_Start_Time Batch_N Timestamp_ of_First_Value Batch_N where Batch_N is ID of the defined batch Batch End Time
98. in the driver configuration file Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation In the example mentioned above the list of sources will have two sources Alarms_ A and Alarms_ B Click on Add button and add this driver to your project NOTE f you need to configure the same driver more than once then after having configured it the first time you ll just need to click in the Select Data Source Type field on any other driver and then go back to the driver that you need to configure 328 Dream Report 329 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Communication driver development toolkit Dream Report enables users to develop custom drivers for connectivity with any custom equipment for real time data acquisition real time alarm data acquisition and direct history access Custom driver development considers development of 4 dynamic linked libraries DLL Each DLL will contain implementation of one or more corresponding C classes For real time data access driver 2 libraries have to be created Item Browser to get list of server nodes and get list of items from the selected node If data access driver has its own configuration dialog it must be implemented in the data browser Data Client library which will connect to a data source and will get value updates or read values when needed For real time alarm access alarm client library has to be created For external history access you will have to implement item
99. in the step table has no value the step table will display N A value Please see an example below Monday Tuesday Wed nese Na Thursday ua Na Na Na Friday MA NA iuda If Show Previous value option is selected then the last valid step value will be displayed instead of N A value In this sample step table the N A value is replaced by 2 the last available value before N A Please see an example below atop a Wednesday Fry sunday 8 Dream Report 175 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation NOTE The last valid step value which will be displayed instead of N A value must be available in the range of the existing values of this Step table i e it should be present among the values existing inside the table Otherwise it will display N A If Show Next Value option is selected then the next valid step value will be displayed instead of N A value Please see an example below In this sample step table the N A value is replaced by 3 the next available value after N A Special mark f the step value is not real original but is last or next available then such a cell will have a small red mark in the cell corner like on the picture below NOTE For footer and inter column calculation if cells have values which are not real values but last or next available all the calculation is done using those values regardless to their nature and origin Dream Report 176
100. in total Dream Report can open and maintain up to 3 concurrent connections with 1 OPC server which cannot work with OPC servers mentioned above In order to be able to work normally with such OPC servers this OPC Offline driver must be used As soon as you add OPC driver to your project the studio will establish only 1 client connection for browsing only and OPC client will not be loaded for the studio During the first connection to a server the studio will save the entire list of items from the OPC server into a text file in he System folder of Dream Report installation The name of that file will be lt address of your OPC server gt DATA Each next time when you open the studio Dream Report will not establish a new connection to OPC client but will provide a browse from that text file This will enable you to edit your project while runtime manager is running without damaging its client connection The order of driver use is the following 1 Add OPC Offline driver to your project 2 Design your project 3 Save your project and close the Designer studio 4 Start runtime Now you can also open the Designer studio while runtime is running client connection will not be damaged In order to refresh the list of browsed items from the OPC server delete manually or rename an existing browse text file close runtime manager and then load the Designer studio again Then the studio will get a new browse list of items form the OPC s
101. into Excel or not If this option is enabled the table header will be exported as a plain text Header font size style header background color will not be exported The option Export to static Excel file enables users to export one or more reports to an existing Excel file rather than creating a new file each time the report is executed This gives users the option to export several reports into the same Excel spreadsheet and create consolidated reports in the same Excel file Template selection Dream Report enables selection of a specific pre formatted Excel file template for specific reports If you wish to use an Excel file template for the specific report select your report in the list and then select your Excel file template in the edit box Use particular template file in the top right part of the Excel Configuration Wizard dialog window Useful tips When exporting data into an Excel file and creating new Excel report files Dream Report will copy a template Excel file from a folder Untitled in the Project folder of Dream Report installation template xls file If you wish to generate custom Excel reports in pre formatted Excel files you can format the template xls file and Dream Report will always use it each time to generate Excel reports Dream Report 85 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation When adding objects to an Excel spreadsheet objects are listed in the object tree by their logical names To see tables in
102. list This can be configured by Display mode control Combe Box Configuration Object name Default Value sagn Selection to Tag TP_TagSelector Real Time item HDA Item Dats Source Display Data from Show Tag List ten Name Disptay Mode Send Result To Display as List Box Mit selecton TP_TagSeector Data Configuration G Select Dats Source below Select Data Source from another Combo box Display Data from Dream Report History External Mstory Server Process v Favourite tags ist Tenestamp Date Teme lt Current Time gt 7 lt Not Used gt hd This Combo Box is Obligatory Visible in POF Add Def Value lt Not specfied gt Autofiter x Gee If Display as List box option is selected then a standard list box will be displayed If Display as selection box is selected then each entry in a list box will be displayed as a selection bution radio button if Multi selection check box is unchecked or as a check boxes if Multi selection check box is checked 223 Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Action Button Action Button is a dynamic interactive object which enables users to perform a pre defined action and is available ONLY in WEB reports please also see Manual Data Entry section To add this object click on the command button Action Button on the Web Elements ribbon icon on the horizontal toolbar in the Dream Report Designer Studio menu see pic below
103. mechanism of the Dream Report Project Wizard Each batch process is marked by a unique ID and this ID will be used later to recognize and distinguish batches process loops So in order to track batches define the source for batch IDs The Batch definition window please see pic below has 2 options This section allows you creating one or multiple batch definitions to be able to generate reports based on batch and not based on time Do you need to use batch information in this project Oies I need batch information in this project O Mo 1 ell have only time based reports If No will have only time based reports option is selected click Next and go to the Project Wizard Reports section lf Yes I need batch information in this project option is selected click Next and go to the next step where you can Start creating batch definitions for the project reports The following window will be opened Proyect Name i y TSA This section stans creating a new batch definition Connectivity 5 Data Archiving Batch Leann Reports The Batch definition button will open the Batch definition dialog window Dream Report 31 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Batch defwution x Defined batches Name at A Temperature Description To add a new batch definition click on the New button and a new batch definition will be added to the list New Delete i In the Name edit box you can edit the name of the ba
104. name In the nstance name menu the following string will be added to the filename mask s InstanceName and during report generation it will be replaced by the report instance name for which this report file was generated If the file was generated for the generic report template the string Default will be used Click Add and the component will be added in an appropriate format and the separator will be added automatically Date time of file generation in various formats Select any format of date time from the Add Date Time combo box and click on the button Add The can be added as Select Data Item Add The separator will be added automatically During report generation this component will be replaced by the current value You can mix any number of any components in your report filename mask as long as the mask length does not exceed 256 characters When the length of a filename mask reaches 256 characters the edit box will automatically stop accepting additional characters e or is an operator whether the number of days offset should be added or deducted from the report generation date eDAYS is the conventional token word which will be recognized by the report name mask parser Dream Report 76 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation This example shows how the additional tokens or can be used Please always check that these tokens should be added to the timestamp format inside the
105. of hours minutes seconds from the starting point of the time of that line Time format will be automatically set depending on the time value which has to be displayed e g if timestamp doesn t contain hours then only minutes and seconds will be displayed If both check boxes are checked then two X scales will be displayed showing both absolute and relative time Enable scale X Enable scale Y check boxes allow to display on the X Y axis of the chart data items configured User can select items to be displayed on the X Y axis in the Attach X axis to Attach Y axis to combo boxes Dream Report 200 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Line Chart Appearance If a user clicks on the Appearance bar the Chart Appearance configuration tab will be opened e The Chart Name edit box enables a user to enter the title for a Chart This title will be displayed on top of a line chart window ore os a Tae Select unit to add to result section enables a user to select a or to type in manually a unit type which will be displayed next area tomate to that scale e g kWh or Tones etc This option can be aanse i defined separately for each line i e each line of a chart can Pore a eee have its one unit for X and Y scales femoris ST The Display Options section contains the list of check boxes a mae re which display hide chart appearance elements x E The Chart window option combo box offers a user 2 modes aama O
106. on that computer will remain by default Project folder License and Template directories and all their content will NOT be erased in order to save your existing license if any and also to save your custom clipart images if you have any By selecting the Modify option the Installation Components window will appear This window will include all installed features as checked and all not installed yet as unchecked E System Files V Dream Report Designer CipArts H V Connectty Drivers W Help M Templates V Embedded Web Portal Upgrading existing installation to a new version The installer of Dream Report has an auto upgrade feature It will automatically recognize the version currently installed on your computer and start the upgrade process if its version has any newer files During this process all new files will be copied to appropriate place No uninstall of the previous version is needed When you run the installation the corresponding window will appear saying that the older product version is already installed on this computer Press the Next button in order to proceed with upgrade You can continue using Dream Report right after upgrade Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Project Upgrade Procedure 12 If you need to upgrade your project to a newer Dream Report version 4 2 please perform the following upgrade steps 1 Backup of the Existing Project First you should backup you
107. option is switched off the Logger studio floating splitter and menu option in View menu as well as driver definition dialog box access will be disabled and user will not be able to edit data communication settings Access to runtime engine defines if the user has rights to control runtime manager operations If this option is disabled the Runtime Management Console dialog box will be unavailable for that user NOTE f RMC is password protected and is minimized and hidden in the system tray then every time user wants to maximize it by double clicking on the RMC icon in the system tray RMC will ask for user authorization Access to web portal defines if the user has a right to access the web portal and browse and generate reports over the web Full Administrator Rights defines if a user has all access rights as well as a right to access to the user definition window to modify existing users and their properties and create new users Usually this access is given to project administrators Dream Report 68 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation If this option is enabled then all other check boxes with allowed access rights will automatically become checked but not allowed for manual editing If this option is enabled for a user then every time this user logs in the Dream Report Studio the Edit project users command button in the User Management section of the Project ribbon icon on the horizontal or vertical toolbar will be
108. part of the Project Wizard window menu Project Wizard will open the step that you need Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Project Wizard Project Name By clicking the Start button in the Project Wizard Welcome window a user will start creating a new project First the Project Name window will be opened res i port F OJE C Fiala yi Project Name eh Conmectraty Dala Archiving Please enter your new project name Ereor py report Batch Definition St Reports Please select the place where the project folder and project files will be sawed Program Piles OCS Dream ReporthProiectlinengy report ea In this section user will define the project name and select the PC folder where the project configuration files will be saved The folder will have the project name you have entered Click Next to go to the next step of project creation Click Back to go one step back to re configure or check project configuration Click Close to exit Project Wizard without any operation performed NOTE Please always define the name of the project which is being created by the Project Wizard If you don t define the name of your project then when you will come to the final step of project creation and will click button Create to close Project Wizard and to load the project into the Dream Report Studio the message box Project Name is Empty will pop up and you will not be able to perform t
109. period for the entire table Time period definition is described in detail in the Time Period Definition section OK E Cna The Step Period section defines a period for each row of the table It has 5 options Time based Batch based Step number is value range based Step number is value based and Step number is based on all item values If Time based option is selected you can enter any integer number from 1 to 86400 and time second s min s hour s day s week s month s quarter s year s in the time unit combo box Example f you define a time period of 1 day and a step period of 1 hour you will have a table for the last 24 hours with 24 rows where each row will correspond to 1 hour and will contain statistical calculation of data for that corresponding 1 hour Batch based option configuration is described in details in the Batch Definition section NOTE When batch is defined in the external database see Batch definition section then if in the Step table the time period is defined as Absolute Relative Fixed or Calculated and the Step period is defined as batch based the first step of the table will be the beginning of the first batch which started within the time period defined for the step table The last step of the table will end with the end of the time period defined Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation 169 Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation If Step n
110. please see pic below select tags items to be applied to the report objects d Please select tags which you want to add to your report objects Connectnaty A QDR History Data Archiving External Hton Server Telet Tags Batch Definition j The radio buttons Dream Report History and External History Server define whether historical data will be taken from the Dream Report history or directly from the history of an external server using the history driver for that server The Select tags button will open a new dialog box Select Data Items containing the complete list of all data items from the selected drivers User will be able to add or remove items from the entire item tag group If the radio button Dream Report History is enabled then the Select Data Items dialog box will contain a list of data access drivers defined in the project If the radio button External History Server is enabled the Select Data Items dialog box will contain a list of history access drivers defined in the project The left list box of that window will contain a complete list of available items and the right list box will contain a list of items selected for the entire group Dream Report 44 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation items Filter enables users to easily find an item in a list As soon as a prefix is entered the list will be automatically filtered by the prefix Use an asterisk as a wildcard ch
111. report Pages C Select enting report template CEH wall design report mysa yd want bo ate a background pechure zli want to add a logo or a picbure Tiga for report page yd want to edd page number e E Mant fo edd bap of report gener ation User can select one of the 2 ways to use a page template in the report Select existing report template and will design report myself lf will design report myself radio button is enabled please create a report template yourself by selecting the proper settings in the Reports Page Design dialog window see pic above I want to use a background picture option enables to set a background image for the report pages Button Selec will open a standard Windows Open File dialog box where a user can select an image file jpg file format to use as a background picture in the report page template Dream Report 41 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation I want to add a logo or a picture option enables to add a picture to a report Button Select will open a standard Windows Open File dialog box where a user can select an image file jpg file format to add to the report page template When an image is inserted into a report it can be handled as a native Dream Report object It will be saved in the report layout file and will not require the original image picture file After adding an image it will be available to most of the object operations copy paste re size
112. report alarm data will be displayed in the alarm table There are 3 options that can be selected by checking Display every alarm once Fit rows to text Display as event list Display every alarm once f this check box will be checked then if the same alarm will occur multiple times over the period it will be presented in the list by one first occurrence line only The criteria to compare alarms to identify the same alarms will be the combination of Alarm text and alarm Priority If an alarm will have the same text and the same priority it will be considered as the same alarm If priority is not available then the alarm text will only be used for analysis Timestamp of the last occurred alarm will be shown If for the last started alarm there is no acknowledged time or and end time the corresponding columns will be empty The Duration column will show accumulated duration time for all alarm occurrences If there is no end time for the last occurrence the Duration column will show duration for previous occurrences If there is only one alarm without end time the Duration column will be empty The Response Time column will show response time for the last occurrence only If the last occurrence doesn t have an acknowledged time the Response Time column will be empty Number of Occurrences The list of available alarm table columns will have a new column Number of occurrences This will be the calculated column like Duration or Resp
113. s with the correction factor then first all values of the selected item s will be re calculated applying correction factor and then the pie graph will display re calculated data For more details please refer to the Correction Factor section ADF to be used enables to select an aggregated data filter ADF to be used combo box will contain all ADF definitions configured in the project The default string will be Not Used i e no filter ADF is applied Dream Report 189 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation For details on ADF definition configuration please go to the Aggregated Data Filter section of this manual When displaying data item values for a specified period in the Process Value combo box you can select one of the options to display It can be either Last value the last raw value from the database Current value the current value for the specified data item from the real time data driver Average the average value for this data item calculated for the specified time period Minimum the minimum value for this data item calculated for the specified time period Maximum the maximum value for this data item calculated for the specified time period The Define time period section defines the time period for statistical calculations for this object and is described in detail in the Time Definition section of this manual The Manual Data Entry check box supports entering a static numeric val
114. s selected and the report is generated its displayed value will be the name of a virtual instance which was currently generated If report is generated for generic template then the string Default will be displayed Search and Replace Users can change data items by clicking Search and Replace button below the Instance Description edit box For details on how to find and replace data items please see the corresponding part of the Tag Dictionary section of this manual Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Manual Values Editor MVE Manual Values Editor is a module which enables user to enter manual data and then use it for reports during report generation To enter manual values user has to do the following 1 Open Driver Configuration in the Report Designer studio and select a real time manual driver MVE real time values option as a source of obtaining data for your project reports see Pic 1 You can also provide your data source description if needed Communication Configuration Wizard m Select Dala Source Type Configure Dive fot Selected Source Defined Orrrers List Internal Driver Linoicad N E naylica rea ime values el earel OBatch histatical valust Driver Logical Name BB CearAepot Fp ierl mernstnicht Add H Eno eae bivE eaha values i E Process H fondersare BB Procese_Setpoint H E Aspertech scabs H Open communication protocols Eic H Citez H Siemene H Euohem Lover
115. set for report calculation objects This time period will be set as the default time period for all a stattstical objects in this project Afterwards you can change it at any time Connectivity for any reporting object by double clicking on that abject in the report workspace Data Archiving Batch Definition gead E Batch Defmition aoa mmer Selecting Fixed Calendar Time mode allows user to define all objects in the report based on predefined fixed penod i e last 1 day will correspond to penod of complete past day from midnight tll midnight Dream Report 38 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation If you select Fixed calendar time from the Select time period option combo box you will have another combo box from which to select a fixed period as seen below Select time penod apton Fixed Period bal Selecting Fixed Calendar Time mode allows user to define all objects in the report based on predifined fixed penod Le last 1 day will comespond to period of complete past day fom midnight tll midnight Last a 2 Mmombhys z SET Start Date snd Tine v Duration Day Time i hows 1 12 00 00 amp Last means previous complete i e if the current time is 14 32 then the Last hour will be 13 00 14 00 Current means the incomplete in progress period If the current time is 14 32 then the Current hour will be 14 00 14 32 Combining a mode Last Current time unit and number of units yo
116. stored in one column then if you use Column ltem or Any database type select only a column with Timestamp from the Table field for date combo box If timestamp is stored in two columns then if you use Column ltem or Any database type select only a column with date from the Table field for time combo box Timestamp properties If timestamp is used in local time zone timestamp will be accepted as it has been retrieved from the database If timestamp is used in GMT format check the Database uses UTC time format check box Then all timestamps received from a database will be automatically converted into a local time zone If date format has a special non standard SQL format a user can select a format from the date format selection combo box Date format f timestamp with that date contains only date no time then check the Date only check box next to the Date format combo box 6 Browsing from a text file If you connect ODBC driver to a big database where getting browse of tags takes a lot of time in order to avoid losing time for each browse ODBC driver offers a function to save list of all found tags into a text file during the first connection Then it will not connect to a database each time when tag browse is requested It will take it from that text file In order to switch on this option please check the Use text file to save item list check box In order to reset a browse from the text and refresh it delete a text f
117. text it will have no influence on a hyperlink definition To edit hyperlink user will have to select that text object and click on the Hyperlink button or select Hyperlink from the right click context menu please see the pic below a at ere ve PRODUC N a aA a gt Lu A Copy Object Dennett Copy Object Properties Paste Object Properties Hyperlink Dream Report Menu To remove hyperlink from the text object select Delete from the right click Dream Report context menu Dream Report Context right click Menu for the text object has 6 entries Cut Copy Object Copy Object Properties Paste Object Properties Hyperlink and Delete Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation List Box Combo Box is a dynamic interactive object which enables users to select values from a predefined list and is available ONLY in WEB reports please also see Manual Data Entry section The Combo box object will be visible only in web reports and will not be displayed in PDF Excel reports To add this object click on the command button Combo Box on the Web Elements ribbon icon on the horizontal toolbar in the Dream Report Designer Studio menu see pic below t FFn Connectivity Project Web Elements gi Hyperlink Action Combo fimestamp Manual Butt Picker Input Draw a rectangle in the workspace where the output data will be displayed The following Combo Box Configuration dialog box will be o
118. the Connect button and the RMC will try to connect to the runtime control service which is running on that PC If connection cant be established the user will get a message box with an appropriate error If the connection has been established the RMC window will be updated with the information from the new project which it s connected to RMC also visualizes the following information about the project State the status of the project performance Running or No Project is Running Current User the name of the project user if defined Operating Mode the mode for the project which is running Active as master i e connected to the main station or Passive in the backup mode if the hotbackup node is configured The button Reload will have a drop down menu which will have the following entries Reload project Reload reports Close project NOTE You can also reload project reports directly from the Dream Report Studio by clicking on the Reload project or Reload reports command buttons on the vertical toolbar both in the Dream Report Logger Studio and Dream Report Designer Studios see pic below 258 Dream Report 259 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Run Project Ea Reload project Reload report ah If you log data into the Dream Report internal history and want to change data logging conditions for your project please select Reload project option lf you w
119. the Application Pool OdsDrAppPool will be automatically created Thus for 64 Bit OS this will allow automatic configuration of Dream Report Web portal e Ifyou upgrade Web Portal to Dream Report version 4 2 when you click Configure IIS button you will have to agree to save the backup of your Web Portal configuration Please click Yes in the IIS configurator window which will pop up asking Do you want to backup the actual content of your project web files Dream Report 54 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Default language for web client combo box defines which language will be used for a web client by default if a language on a web client web browser does not exist in the product language list Station Name is a logical name of the Dream Report station which will be displayed in the list of Dream Report stations URL is a real address with the alias name of the Dream Report virtual folder Timeouts group box contains tunable timeout parameters described below Logout on user inactivity parameter specifies a timeout period during which if a user performs no action click mouse move press key on a keyboard web portal will automatically logout a currently logged user So then user will need to login again to continue working with a web portal Refresh Details page each parameter specifies a timeout period where every such a period web portal will automatically check for updates in the reporting project an
120. the options for the visual bar representation Rectangle 3D Cylinder 3D Rectangle Flat Cylinder Flat or Marks Only NOTE f Marks Only bar representation type is selected then in the Bar Graph Definition dialog window below the Color section anew combo box will appear please see the picture below Bar Period Legend Colour E source Name Item Name Legend Sta User will be able to select an option for the type of marks which will visualize the bar defined There are 6 mark options available Cross Star Line Square Triangle or Circle Grid settings By enabling the Display Grid on Y Axis edit box a user can define if the grid will be shown on the Y Axis of the bar graph object Dream Report 195 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Then a user can define any of three available grid setting options for the bar graph Fine f this option will be selected the grid will subdivide the bar graph object into small cells via fine grid parameters Values offered by default have been preset in such manner that for most usual cases none of them needs to be adjusted Normal f this option will be selected the grid will subdivide the bar graph object into small cells via normal grid parameters Values offered by default have been preset in such manner that for most usual cases none of them needs to be adjusted Manual f this option will be selected the grid will subdivide the bar graph object into small
121. the specified time Date and Time displays both the date and time and the week containing January 1 is Week 1 e Day of the week displays the name of the day of the week e g Monday Day of the week number displays the number of the day of the week where 1 Monday and 7 Sunday Month displays the name of the month e g January Month Number displays a two digit number for the month where January is 01 Year only displays the four digit year Hour only displays the two digit hour applying the 24 hour or AM PM selection but without the PM designation e g 15 00 will be displayed as 03 Minute only displays the two digit minutes The Set Date Time Format section defines the format in which the date and time will be displayed e g dd mm yyyy or mm dd yyyy or dd mm vy etc for the date format and 24h format or am om for the time format Dream Report Week Number displays only the week number where Monday is treated as the beginning of the week Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Designer Studio Time Period Definition Time period can be defined in 4 ways You can define the start and end of time period select a periodic interval e g hourly use a batch definition for batch process reporting define timestamp manually is possible only in dynamic WEB reports Time Period Definition has 5 options to define time in Dream Report Fixed Period Absolute or rela
122. the table Project _DSNs Login and password for each DSN will be saved in BASE64 encoding Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Tag Helper Tag Selection Tag Helper is a new module that allows users to pre select tags which will be very often used in a reporting project and then to select tags for reporting objects from this pre selected list This function will helo users to avoid selecting tags from thousands of tags from the server and save a lot of engineering time NOTE This option works only with historical drivers and is not relevant to DA drivers as DA items browse already shows the list of tags used only for logging If user has selected an HDA External History Server driver in any object the following Select Data Item tag selection window will be opened Select Data tem w Select Data Source ODBC _data Display tag browse list options All items Favourite item list Item Filter Description Filter Path Item Name Descripton ET Ba amp Batch ID A End Ip Z Start It has two radio buttons All tags and Favorite tag list The default selection is All tags When this radio button is selected then the items browse will work as in the standard Select Data Item window If the Favorite tag list radio button is selected then First the small button next to the radio button will become enabled When the Favorite tags list option is selected the it
123. then both visual properties will be applied If a user will enable advanced visualization then the Advanced Options button will have additional OK icon on it indicating that Advanced Visualization is enabled in this object Advanced options t Example of Alarm table Heure de debut All Alarms Champ Heure de Fin Texte de l Alarme 0 06 07 14 00 00 30 06 07 15 00 00 30 06 07 16 00 00 30 06 07 17 00 00 30 06 07 18 00 00 01 07 07 07 00 00 01 07707 08 00 00 01 07 07 09 00 00 017 07 07 10 00 00 01 07 07 11 00 00 01 07 07 12 00 00 01 07 07 13 00 00 017 07 07 14 00 00 017 07 07 15 00 00 01 07 07 16 00 00 01 07 07 17 00 00 017 07 07 18 00 00 184 Heure Acq 30 06 07 14 30 00 30 06 07 15 30 00 30 06 07 16 30 00 30 06 07 17 30 00 30 06 07 18 30 00 01 07 07 07 30 00 01 07 07 08 30 00 01 07 07 09 30 00 01 07 07 10 30 00 01 07 07 11 30 00 01 07 07 12 30 00 01 07 07 13 30 00 01 07 07 14 30 00 01 07 07 15 30 00 01 07 07 16 30 00 01 07 07 17 30 00 01 07 07 18 30 00 Priorite 307 06 07 15 00 00 30 06 07 16 00 00 30 06 07 17 00 00 30 06 07 18 00 00 30 06 07 19 00 00 01 07 07 08 00 00 01 07 07 09 00 00 O17 sO 10 00 00 01 07 07 11 00 00 O17 sO 12 00 00 0107 07 13 00 00 01 07 07 14 00 00 01 07 07 15 00 00 01 07 07 16 00 00 01 07 07 17 00 00 O17 sO 18 00 00 0107 07 19 00 00 P um ee eS ee moo mo j Production Starts Starts System Valves Open Mixer runs Enter Settings Value Batch can
124. time period Fired Period z Last g monthis 7 Start Date and Time Duration Day Time week s 3 i4000 Last means previous complete i e if the current time is 14 32 then the Last hour will be 13 00 14 00 Current means the incomplete in progress period If the current time is 14 32 then the Current hour will be 14 00 14 32 Combining a mode Last Current time unit and number of units you can compile any time period i e Last 3 years Current 6 months etc If the check box Duration is checked then you must specify how long the duration of the fixed period will be and it will modify appropriately the end time Example f today is April 29 and you specify the fixed period Last 2 months and Duration 1 month then Start period will be defined by Last 2 months i e Feb and March i e start of the period will be February 1 End of the period will be defined by Duration i e 1 month i e the end date will be February 1 1 month March 1 The section Siart Date Time may define when the start and end date and time for the specified fixed period are For example the Last 1 day period means the period from midnight last day until midnight today Using start date you can count 1 day not from midnight to midnight but from and to the time specified in the Start Date Time field e g if the start time is 07 00 00 then Last 1 day period will be accounted not from midnight last day until midnight today but fr
125. upper and lower engineering unit values 1 and 2 Dream Report will scale the raw values to engineering units 104 Dream Report 105 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation The Inhibit group logging check box can disable group logging It can allow users to define a list of group definitions for future use and optionally disable data recording while doing the maintenance of the site where Dream Report project is running in order to avoid wrong data to be recorded into the Dream Report database Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Alarm Group 106 Alarm Group Definition The Dream Report logger enables a user to split different alarms by groups according to their source and priority range and define separate logging conditions for each alarm group Click on the command button Add alarm group on the Connectivity ribbon icon on the horizontal toolbar in the Dream Report Logger Studio menu see pic below aay Connectivity Project ie Ba a Driver Batch Add itemj Add alarm Configuration definition group group Web Elements The Alarm Group Definition dialog box will be opened see pic below If no alarm group has already been created you can open the Dream Report Logger Studio and right click on Add alarm group in the Alarms section left bottom part of the Logger studio If any alarm group has already been created and you want to create a new alarm group you can also o
126. version of Dream Report the Simulation driver has four driver instances and should be configured separately as Simulation Driver real time values Simulation Driver real time alarms Simulation Driver historical values or Simulation Driver historical alarms Simulation Data Driver Configuration All configuration of the Simulation Data Driver is stored in the text file dummy cfg which is located in the System folder of Dream Report installation The configuration file of the Simulation Data Driver has the following format DataSource_A Dig1 int rand 200 0 2 Tag_50_1 float rand 500 0 35 Tag100_1 int rand 500 30 95 DataSource_B Dig1 int rand 200 0 2 Tag_50_1 float rand 500 0 35 Tag100_1 int rand 500 30 95 Dream Report 327 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation SOURCE NAME is a definition of a virtual data server One configuration file can contain multiple source definitions They will be just listed one below the other like shown on example above List of items is added one below another right below the source name Each source can have a list of its own items ltem definition has the following format lt item name gt lt format gt lt method gt lt change rate gt lt minimum value gt lt max value gt Example Dig1 int rand 200 0 2 lt format gt can be int float bool string lt method gt can be rand const When clicking on Configure button the configuration dialog i e the dialog with virtual sourc
127. when the actual running batch will be ended Checkup frequency rate parameter defines how often the driver will check Review database for batch events Default value is 20 seconds i e by default every 20 seconds this driver will open connection to the Review database and check for start stop batch events In order to make automatic batch report generation from Review database user has to 1 Add Eurotherm Review data access driver to the project 2 Create a batch definition based on that driver item based external data source select any data item from required area and dataset 3 Go to report settings gt Generate on event section and select any data item from the same area and dataset which was used for the batch definition and assign the required value according to the required event type end of a batch or start of a new batch History Data Alarms Access Eurotherm Review driver This driver enables having direct and automatic access to the Review archives and making reports out of that 317 Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation If a user has selected either the Eurotherm Historical values in Review database driver or Eurotherm Historical alarms messages in Review database driver in the Eurotherm folder of the Select Data Source Type section of the Communication Configuration Wizard and clicks on the button Configure then the following Eurotherm data access driver configuration dialog window will be open
128. window will be opened The left tree contains a list of reports defined in the project Panels on the right display settings for the selected report in the tree If the report selection is changed the panel will be updated with data from the selected report The configuration of all reports in the project can be changed in one window without closing and reopening it again Clicking on another report in the tree in the left part of the dialog window will automatically update a dialog window with settings of the selected report The Report Name can be any unique logical name Only alohanumeric characters and spaces can be used otherwise unexpected problems can be expected The maximum length of a report name is 64 characters The Description of Report text box can include a short description for the report The description can be up to 256 characters The Report storage section allows you to organize report files store and maintain them in a more organized way Report Settings Project Reports List Alarm Tables Austomaltic Statistical Tat Bacteriological Report Sar Graphs Batch info Report Batch Trend Charts Osta Tables Demo Batch Report Energy ffoency Repor Equipment avadahdity re Ruoride Monthly Report GW Monthly Operating amp Inckcalors Monthly Operabtng Repo Ae Graphs Report Energy Report Maintenance Report Production Report Refinery Report Water Setpomt Anslyas Single objects SQL Tables Step T
129. you ll just need to click in the Select Data Source Type field on any other driver and then go back to the driver that you need to configure Dream Report 312 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation InTouch Historian Driver LGH files InTouch historical values LGH files driver allows Dream Report to access InTouch internal proprietary history archive which is saved in LGH binary files and make reports directly out of that archive without the necessity of exporting data into an open database This driver allows connecting to either local or remote LGH historical archives To add this driver to the project a user has to select InTouch historical values LGH files driver from the list of Wonderware history access drivers in the Wonderware folder of the Select Data Source Type section please see the picture below Commies Lonligpuanalicn Wixand x Select Dola Source T ae E i in Configure Cirteer for Selechead Source Defined Dress List Iniemal i i i Drva Logika Hame E Wondere E appien Sewa loca or eae Driver Logra Mame BB hic Bw Historian InTouch_Historian Add HE ODBC Aam E Doli E In ouch loca w emoe node using FS Configure ELEME B Suelrk Protocol ower TCPAP EEE E nigu hica aare 4 ALMDE T WALH Hisimical lems 3 E Apene 15 Open communicalion protocols z Cilect 3 yj e LE Eurotherm J E Loptec 4 43 Mitsubish Joh E maran Daa burga Denig jaf cick hiton sai LEH tikes Cancel Then
130. zone for details on how to configure the criteria for this statistical function calculations please see section Setpoint Stability Analysis Rate of change after exiting stability zone calculates rate of change of item tag values of the setpoint after exiting stability zone for details on how to configure the criteria for this statistical function calculations please see section Setpoint Stability Analysis Alarm Analysis Functions Counter of alarms calculates the number of alarms which occurred during the specified time period and which match the selected alarm filter If Counter of logged alarms is selected click on Filter and select an alarm filter from the dialog window Alarm Filter Manager which is described in the Alarm Filter section Select Statistical Function Counter of alarms ki Filter alarm Direct SQL Query SQL Query performs a predefined SQL query in the selected database If SQL Query is selected click on Define SQL Query In this case the result will be the result of the query i e the history type source item and time period will not be applied Functionality of SQL query editor window is described in details in its dedicated section Edit SQL Query Any standard SQL query can be specified but only the first row in the result set will be displayed The value can be of any type If received value type is not numeric it will be displayed as a string IMPORTANT NOTES When using stati
131. 032013 23032013 24 03 2013 25032013 26032013 Ar fUaf20lSs 20032013 Timestamp Ocean Data Systems Help DEHA aA eG a hae Ae m M E 1170 1455 1320 1185 1380 1425 1465 1335 Single tags definition Tag name Read From the cell O Manual name Tag Value read from the cell Tag value type Single tag Timestamp definition Dake is located in the cell Timestamp is located in the cell Tag name Value Type Date in Time in Tank Tanks 1350 1500 1425 1350 1395 1125 1470 750 1500 375 1350 1200 1305 1500 1335 1350 Help Documentation Dream Report 291 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Excel Data Import Configuration Ed Read data From Excel File s From Single tags definition CiiDate xls p Tag name Read From the cell M M Manual name E Use Default Spreadsheet Tag value read From the cell ka Select Spreadsheet Tag value type Number we Date is located in the cell Values in excel File data blocks are recorded Timestamp is located in the cell w C Vertically kop down Horizontally Left to Right Do not import data blocks Single tag Timestamp definition Check For new data every 10 second s Ww g Tag name Value Type Date in Time in Excel layout configuration Timestamp Format in data block Date Ww EAA Time Format hh mm ss Date format dd MM yyy
132. 2 neighbor ticks This parameter may contain only positive number integer or float By default this will be set to 10 e g 10 tick divisions between 2 scale marks Dream Report 148 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation The Linear Indicator display type will have the following graphical representation see pic on the right The main division here is defined as 10 i e the scale displays 0 10 20 100 scale ticks Subdivision is defined as 5 i e there are only 5 small horizontal lines between each of the two neighbor ticks eg between 10 and 20 20 and 30 etc The Gauge display type will have the following graphical representation Supply Air The main division here is defined as 10 i e the scale displays 0 000 10 00 50 00 scale ticks Subdivision is also defined as 10 i e there are 10 small horizontal lines between each of the two neighbor ticks eg between 0 and 10 00 10 00 and 20 00 etc In the Appearance section set visual settings for a gauge or linear indicator object display The Show Units parameter will enable disable display of a measurement unit on a gauge or a linear indicator object shown Units can be selected from a standard unit selection combo box or typed in as it s normally configured in other Dream Report objects If this option is enabled then the unit selection combo box will be enabled as well If this option is disabled then the unit selection combo box will
133. 51 Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation By default the Select DSN combo box will be empty If any DSNs have already been configured in the Project DSN Manager then user will be able to select one of the DSNs from that list If no DSNs have been configured yet or if user needs to configure a specific DSN he will have to click on the browse button in the Select DSN combo box and the Project DSNs Configuration dialog window will be opened For details on how to configure DSN please go to the DSN Manager section of this manual Tag values display In the Data Configuration section user has to select the tag and then when initializing the report Dream Report will read all available values of a selected tag for the defined time period from the database and display those values in the combo box Combo Box Configuration Object name Default Value Agen Selection to Tag Production_1 foo ipo_End_Time Real Time Item w HOA Item Data Source Tag vales Mutiseecton hem Hame Energy Cane Data Configuration Send Result Ta Cream Report Hetory External Hetery Server Data Source Process tem Name Batch Data Tank1 Defne time paiod Absolute or relative period de fMmibon z Start of report period End of report period Absolute Date Time T Absolute Date Time 10 1 2012 Devs 10 16 2012 Days ee hhmmasback ys 9 hho back izo 30m Tenesta z A Date Tire All Values Advanced SI ane Be
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135. 60 Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation NOTE 2 f Internet Information Services IIS are not installed in your operating system you will get the message box Can t configure IIS Web portal is not enabled You will have first to install IIS and then configure IIS for details please see Installation Tips NOTE 3 f you upgrade Web Portal to Dream Report version 4 2 when you click Configure IIS button you will have to agree to save the backup of your Web Portal configuration Please click Yes in the IIS configurator window which will pop up asking Do you want to backup the actual content of your project web files NOTE 4 S should be enabled on the PC before installation of MS SQL Server 2005 in Windows XP so that the different MS SQL components can be used as a service In the Help combo box there are 2 options which allow 1 Direct access to the online Dream Report helo documentation Help option 2 Complete information about the installed Dream Report and the license i e Dream Report version number license type license ID company name number of tags and concurrent web clients used in this product About RMC option NOTE f the license is upgraded its data will be automatically updated by the Runtime Manager but in the About RMC section of the Help combo box this updated information won t be shown To see the updated license data in the About RMC section user will need to
136. 7 07 00 00 1320 00 02 07 07 11 00 00 1395 00 1200 00 900 00 All Tanks Together Timestamp Tank Name Values O2 07 07 18 00 00 Tanks 1600 00 027 07 07 18 00 00 Tank 30 00 O2 07 07 18 0000 Tanki 150 00 02 07 07 17 00500 Tanks 1170 00 02 07 07 17 00 00 Tank 75000 02 07 07 17 0000 Tanki 1485 00 02 07 07 16 00 00 Tanki 1470 00 02 07 07 16 00 00 Tank2 900 00 02 07 07 16 00 00 Tanks 1795 00 02 07 07 15 00 00 Tank2 1050 00 O2 07 07 15 0000 Tanki 1455 00 02 07 07 15 00 00 Tanks 1500 00 22 07 07 14 00 00 Tank2 1200 00 02 07 07 14 00500 Tanki 1440 00 02 07 07 14 00 00 Tanks 1485 00 02 07 07 13 00 00 Tank3 1425 00 Dream Report 163 Ocean Data Systems Free Table Draw Table Help Documentation Free Table is an object that combines different static and dynamic statistical objects into a table To add a free table to the project click the Free Table button on the Report Designer Studio Elements toolbar Mark in the workspace the rectangle where desired data will be displayed The following dialog box will be opened Free Table Definition i Rows and Columns Definition Number of Columns js _ _ Number of Rows S Enter the number of rows and columns for the table The maximum size is 50 rows and 50 columns When a free table is added to the project it can be filled with the following types of data To add a statistical object user has to right click on a cell and select required object ty
137. Absolute Date Time 218 201 w Days 5 19 2011 we Days 1051 10 hhemocss back mE al hh mon es back Replace by time period Deme time period Fixed Period Last 2 morith x Stat Date and Time v Duration Day Time 1 j months 7 gt 02 00 00 l v Taa C Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation If you will select the radio button All time periods then the time period to search will have no effect the specified time period to replace by will be applied to all the objects from the selected object type If you will select the radio button Specific time periods then the time period replacement will be applied only to those statistical reporting objects which have actual time period definition the same as to be searched for and which type is the same as selected in the Object type combo box If a user needs to replace any specified time period data item in the statistical objects in that report he will have to select time period defined to replace with in the Replace by time period section below Then click on Replace All button and all the statistical objects which use specified time period defined will replace this specified time period inside their definition by the time period definition selected to be replaced by For details on how to define time please see Time Period Definition section of this manual Search and Replace in the selected objects If a user needs to search or replace
138. Access SNMP driver for Dream Report provides you with an automatic browsing of network devices exchanging SNMP data and trap messages Dream Report Dy List of other data systems which have connectivity to Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation COMMENTS Ocean Data Systeme SNMP ed SHMP V1 and V2 Hatia Driver Ocaan Data Systeme CSV Driver ol ef CSVITXT Driver Modbus Driver TOMAIP RS 232 RATU Hate driveriv 6 amp 7 and OPC DA based OPC via F Gateway and DA native driver supportot LGH ODEC driver Maths driver support of all retrieval modes 276 Dream Report 277 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Data Source Definition Dream Report logger has ability to connect to one or multiple data sources and to collect online data alarms and to have direct history access for data and alarms Data source driver definition can be done in the Communication Configuration Wizard dialog box which can be opened from either Logger Studio or Report Designer Studio menu Click on the command button Driver Configuration either on the Connectivity ribbon icon or the Driver Configuration button also located on the left vertical toolbar cei tivity ran ie Batch Driver Configuration List of Reports Sa Prniert Rens Driver Configuration Data source selection will be displayed as a tree Communication Configuration Wizard select
139. All rights reoerved Web Portal Detail Page displays the following data Reports List the eft part of the detail page presents all reports with their instances and report format types defined in the project User can view any generated report without any need to go back to the Welcome Page Report Information the top central part of the detail page presents the general report information the selected report report instance name the generated report filename mask the description of the report if defined and the timestamp of report generation Dream Report 336 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation New Static Dynamic Report Generation in the top central part of the detail page the standard generation New Report and dynamic report generation New Dynamic Report buttons are available for each report report instance By clicking on the button needed the corresponding report report instance will be generated For details on how to configure dynamic report generation please see Dynamic Report Generator section List of Report files the right part of the detail page presents the list of all generated report files arranged weekly monthly yearly in separate folders The list of report files can be displayed either as a list with report timestamps Show list by Report timestamp or as a list with report names Show list by Report name Click Refresh button to update the reports information Click Back
140. By default no default report will be assigned to all users The Project Reports ist will be filled with all reports existing in the actual Dream Report project When a user selects one or multiple users or groups he can check the reports which the selected users and groups will have access to in the Report Name list control on the right NOTE f there are any virtual instances of the reports in the project then if a user gets some all access rights to any report in this project he will automatically get the same defined access rights to all the instances of that report Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Version Control Version Control module enables users to track design version of the reports log and track all changes between versions and roll back to a specific version number This functionality will be disabled by default when the new project is opened It will become enabled if a user clicks on the Version control command button in the User Management section of the Project ribbon icon on the horizontal toolbar either in the Logger or the Report Designer studio see pic below Home Connectivity Project Web Elements Tools Runtime st f amp EB E an General Database Web Set Log Hotbackup Localization Tag Project Parameters Dictionary Definition Definition configuration Paths File configuration Then the following dialog box will be opened e Enable version control Version control Wers
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142. DSM Manager X DSN definition name Use OSM Login Password Batch test_batch date hda s o Tet Addi DSN ad De O Name UseDSN Login In the DSN definition name section user will have to define a unique logical name which will be used in further work with that DSN within the project Dream Report 252 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Use DSN combo box will be filled with all DSNs defined in Windows After having selected any DSN user should specify Login and Password and click on the button Ada The DSN definition DSN definition name Use DSN and its Login will be automatically added to the list of project DSNs To delete DSN user has to select a DSN definition in the list and click on Delete button A confirmation message box Do you want to delete selected DSN definition will appear and if user will click Yes the selected DSN will be deleted Clicking on the Test button will check if the connection to the selected DSN succeeded or failed If DSN connection has failed a message box with error will be opened User will have to check the reasons for the DSN connection failure If user wants to add a new DSN to the project he should click on Add DSN button The standard Windows wizard Create New Data Source window will be opened and user will be able to create a new DSN definition using it NOTE A I DSN configurations will be stored in the project database in
143. Data Sauce Type Configure Driver tor Selected Source Defined Drevess Last E Interna S Drever Logoa Name Z AnakOcal realtime vakat p Z DBatch histoncal values Oriver Logical Name B Web mawa diver Dread BEng 2B MVE teshime values A Process 2 Sieudation Driver Delete EB Process HAD Wondere A Process_Setpoant 5 C Aspentech Oriver user description F SCADA 6 QJ Open commurecation protocols SCADA HEJ Citect 4 J Siemens J Eurotherm 5 J indott H J Loec 2 M subehy 3 Emeeson HE OSisolt rr Ser lpbeematew oe Data Source Description Anabtical realtime values J Show thee Wizard on cresting new provect Denver Commection stung aa Cancel The first browse level will be the list of data source vendors All first level browse will be displayed as folders NOTE n Dream Report version 3 43 each driver when configured had only one driver instance with one two or three subdivisions according to the types of data to access for configuration i e the driver could have maximum three options available for configuration Data Driver real time values Alarm Driver and History Driver Example The ODBC History Access driver had one instance both for historical data and historical alarms configuration The Eurotherm Review driver had one instance for both real time and historical data access configuration Now in this new version of Dream Report each driver has separate instances for each type of data to access
144. Dream Report installation install IIS and after that install Dream Report If you have installed Dream Report without the web portal and afterwards you have installed IIS and you wish to start to use the Dream Report web portal you have to uninstall Dream Report and then install it again During new installation Dream Report installation procedure will recognize that IIS is installed and then all relevant web components will be installed Dream Report 10 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Additional installed components OPC Core Components and Visual C Runtime During installation of Dream Report one of Dream Report installation wizard sections is Select installation components In this section you will see a tree of components available for installation including Dream Report designer studio Communication drivers and others This section also has two custom components in that list OPC Core Component and Visual C 2005 Runtime Redistributable Please check why and when you may need them OPC Core Component This ts an official patch redistributable from the OPC Foundation It re installs all necessary Windows components needed for proper operation of OPC In many cases strange OPC operating problems can be solved just by installing this component If you do not use OPC DA AE HDA in your Dream Report projects then installation of these components is not required Visual C Runtime Redistributable This is a component
145. Dream Report 221 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation If Select Data Source below option is selected then the Display Data from combo box will contain the list of data sources by the selected type Dream Report History or External History Server please see the pic above If Select Data Source from another Combo box option is selected then the Display data from combo box will contain the list of web combo box objects defined in that report please see the pic below Display Data from Show Tag List F Multi selection Data Configuration Select Date Source below D Select Data Source from another Comba bow Display Data from Productionz ua The Show Tag List combo box will be a drop down list where users will be able to select one or multiple tags in one selection The Show Tag List combo box in a web report will have no default selection If a report is generated from Web and this report has the Show Tag List combo box with no selection then all reports will be generated by default using tags originally defined in all report objects But if report is generated and the Show Tag List combo box has some tags selected then the report will be generated for the selected tags using the tag replacement mechanism used in Report Pre processor Show Report Instances List display If this option is selected then in real time it will be filled with the list of report instances defined for that re
146. Dream Report with web portal on Windows Vista or on Windows 7 a user has to perform the certain set of manual actions which is described below hereinafter Those actions are required only once during the installation and don t have to be repeated when running a project Please do those actions in order to ensure proper functionality of the Dream Report Web portal Steps to follow 1 User must login as System Administrator 2 Ensure that your computer where you are installing Dream Report has an installation of _Net Framework version 3 5 or newer here is the link to download the installation of NET Framework 3 5 SP1 http www microsoft com downloads details aspx familyid ab99342f 5d 1a 413d 8319 81da479ab0d7 amp displaylang en 3 Open the Windows Features window from the Control Panel gt Administrative Tools gt Internet Information Services on your PC and install the following components please see the picture below Dream Report 342 Ocean Data Systems B Windows Features x Son Turn Windows features on or off Totum a festure on select its check box To turn a feature off clear its check box A filled box means that only part of the feature is turned on E ActiveX Installer Service a mj Game E Indexing Service aW Internet Information Services m Eji FTP Publishing Service Web Management Tools W I5 G Management Console E 056 Scripting Tools ML 156 WMI Compatibility E 0S Metabase and 05 6 confi
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148. Help Documentation All DSNs defined in the project are saved and can be managed from one place for details please see the DSN Manager section of this manual If before upgrading to version 4 2 the Dream Report project DSN was defined in order to connect to SQL databases SQL Server 2008 SQL Server 2005 then in version 4 the driver in the DSN definition should be changed for the SQL Native Client 10 0 driver for details please see the Project Upgrade Procedure section of this manual Limit Database by period If enabled this option allows a user to limit the database by the data age i e the maximum number of days for which historical data will be kept This will be checked by Dream Report each midnight or during project start All data exceeding the limits will be deleted without being backed up into another database This option is recommended to be used especially with databases with limited allowed database sizes for example with SQL Server 2005 limited to 4 Gb or SQL Server 2008 which is limited to 10 Gb In the Data Logging Settings section you can configure your timestamp settings for a timestamp for logged item values and alarms Data Logging Timestamp Resolution The Dream Report logging system enables you to select timestamp resolution for logged item values The default timestamp resolution is 1000 msec which means that by default Dream Report is logging data with 1 sec resolution and milliseconds are rou
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150. IVE F H Water amp Waste Water H Wah Reports Available Roagaarts Raportis Cucue E Batch reports Timestamp Report name Status ai Local Connect E1005 reem ReportiProjecGemoibemo _ Rekoedl Stabe Project Running Generate Reports Generate A Open 7 Dynamic Generation Report Inia Clear Report Qu Current Status waiting Project Access F i Last Generated 5 2012 1i 20 55 Open 7 Help a ext Generation 16 1 2012 40 00 00 Queued Close Project Selection The section in the left upper corner enables users to select a project to which the RMC will be connected There are 2 options available Local computer and lt Browse for more gt By default it will be connected to the local computer If RMC is connected to the local computer then a user can click on the button Standard Windows Open File dialog window will be opened which will filter files by drpj extension User can select any drpj file and start it or connect to it When starting the RMC it will check if there s any project currently running If yes then it will connect to it and display automatically the currently running project path in the local computer section If a user selects an option lt Browse for more gt the the network browse dialog window will be opened There a user can select a PC which he wishes to connect to When the PC name is selected the user has to click on
151. L max SQL round SQL min SQL Having SQL sum Disabling Query Parser Dream Report 180 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation If you want to enter the SQL query which contains functions unsupported by the table parser please check the check box Use query directly and the SQL Query parser will be disabled and the query will be launched as it Is Calling a stored procedure from Free SQL Query Table It s possible to call a stored procedure using Free SQL Query table To do that Create SQL Table select required DSN and specify user name and password for that DSN if required Inside the SQL query edit box write the following command CALL ProcedureName Parameter Example CALL sp_GetNameByld 1 Where sp_GetNameByld name of the stored procedure 1 the parameter for the stored procedure It s very important not to put space between the first curly brace and the CALL keyword It s not that important for the last curly brace The result of the stored procedure will be displayed in that SQL table IMPORTANT NOTES When using an MS Access database and column names or table names starting with _ or other non alohanumeric symbols enclose the column or table names in square brackets e g MyTable or MyColumn This is not required for SQL Server or other database types Statement SELECT can be used also Then in the Designer Studio you will see the table with a single column and when
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153. Now the OPC driver which has been defined in the project with the Wonderware Quick Reports license will have the configuration of a Wonderware OPC driver allowed by Wonderware in the Wonderware Dream Report license and all the existing data log groups won t be lost Example if you have OPC DA real time values driver with the name OPC_DA configured in the project in Wonderware Quick Reports and you upgrade your license to Wonderware Dream Report and you don t want to lose your data log groups from the driver OPC_DA please do the following 1 Configure a new Wonderware OPC driver for example with the name WW_OPC in the Wonderware folder in Dream Report driver configuration section Application Server local or remote or InTouch local or remote using FS Gateway 2 Close Dream Report studio 3 In the Project folder open ProjectCfg mdb file and select the table Data Sources 4 In the Data Sources table select WW_OPC driver and copy data from all sections except for the Driver Definition section into the corresponding sections of the OPC_DA driver 5 Delete the WW_OPC driver from the Data Sources table 6 Now the OPC_DA driver will have the configuration of the WW_OPC driver allowed by Wonderware but the existing log groups data from the OPC_DA driver won t be lost Dream Report 310 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Wonderware Historian driver WW Historian driver ena
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155. Object enables users to display a text in a report where the value will be determined during report generation To add this object click on the Dynamic text button on the Report Designer Studio Elements toolbar Draw a rectangle in the workspace where the output data will be displayed The following dialog window will be opened Dynamic text A Select type of dynamic data to display Instance Mame 7 Project Hame p Curent User AENA ENE Version ID You can select one of the following types of Dynamic Text Report Name the name of the actual report File Name the name of the generated report PDF file e Full File Name the name of the generated report PDF file including its file path Project Name the name of the actual reporting project Current User the name of the user who has generated that report Instance Name the name of the instance of the generated report For details of report instances Instance Name please go to the Virtual Report Instances section Version ID D of the report version a user will need please see the description of the Version ID section below NOTE The selected dynamic object will be added in the format of s lt Field Name gt For details please see List of Dynamic Tokens section Dynamic text visual properties can be edited in the font toolbar like the properties of other text objects font size color and style Version ID If a use
156. Output Format This dialog enables users to configure report output settings i e what format the report will be generated in and how and to whom it will be Fepat soitinga x distributed Project Reports Ust General Alarm Tables Automatic Statstcal Tabi Report Name Foma Bacteriological Report Report Time Defintion Web option will be enabled only if the current e Generate Report On Evert Svid into Repor license has web portal option enabled Otherwise sash trend Report Fle Format the Web target option will be by default disabled Charts Report Target Page Format If a user currently doesn t have a web portal vee aoe Bay Ti web Page Sie Vemo SB0CN sepor option but he will enable the Web format he will Energy ein Rep rt Sailings AS 7 get a warning message box saying that using WED Easpment avatsb tyres gt soe canine Acrobat SPAR j i i i Fluoride Monthly Report i genes 3 cients file we a runtime will require web license option aii Ea renan Wea Monthly Operating Repor For details please see Web Portal section of this Pie Graphs settings A Report Energy manual xan eer J Printer Report Production Browse If user has selected web reports format this Report Refinery Peod allows user to display real time values using KAAPS ie aa i setpont y single data object and those objects can Singe objects dynamically change values in real time Real time SQL Tables Open report fle after generation values update rate can b
157. Progress Motor Runs Tier in Progress Valve Open Production Starts Valve Closed Pumps 100 in Progress Valve In Closed Tank Filled 60 Confirm Settings Tank Filled Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Designer Studio Time Period Definition Time period can be defined in 4 ways You can define the start and end of time period select a periodic interval e g hourly use a batch definition for batch process reporting define timestamp manually is possible only in dynamic WEB reports Time Period Definition has 5 options to define time in Dream Report Fixed Period Absolute or relative period definition Batch based Calculated time period and Manual Input If you select Fixed Period from the Define time period combo box you will have another combo box from which to select a fixed period as seen below Define time period Fined Period hi Last ki monthia hi Start Date and Time Duration Day Time week s 3 14000 Last means previous complete i e if the current time is 14 32 then the Last hour will be 13 00 14 00 Current means the incomplete in progress period If the current time is 14 32 then the Current hour will be 14 00 14 32 Combining a mode Last Current time unit and number of units you can compile any time period i e Last 3 years Current 6 months etc If the check box Duration is checked then you must specify how long the duration of the fixe
158. QL Server 2005 Express 2008 Express 2012 Express using ODBC SQL Native Client 11 MS SQL Server 2012 using ODBC SQL Native Client 11 MySQL 4 x and 5 x versions over ODBC driver 3 51 5 1 Oracle 11 over Oracle XE ODBC driver Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Manual Data WEB Reports System Requirements Data Entry Functions are compliant with the following operating systems e Windows Vista SP1 and higher e Windows 7 32 bit and 64 bit e Windows Server 2008 32 bit and 64 bit and e Windows Server 2008 R2 Data Entry Functions are compliant with the following database types e SQL Server 2005 e SQL Server 2005 Express e SQL Server 2008 e SQL Server 2008 Express e SQL Server 2012 e MS Access 2000 2003 2007 2010 2013 e MySQL 4 0 5 0 5 1 e Oracle 9 1 10 0 The following Microsoft NET Framework versions are required to be installed on DR server and web client PCs e NET Framework 3 5 e NET Framework 4 0 For details please refer to the Manual Data Entry section of this manual Additional Software Requirements If you would like to visualize PDF files please install Adobe Acrobat Reader for the best performance we recommend to use Acrobat Reader 7 0 and higher If you want to use Web Portal please install a web server Internet Information Services or other before installing Dream Report Online Help The online help contains detailed description about most of Dream Repor
159. R report and stored internally in a report layout file as uncompressed therefore will consume more memory while loaded to the runtime Therefore please use images with size not bigger than 100Kb The quality of the generated report wont be affected Using Symbol Factory in Dream Report Design Ocean Data Systems being in partnership with Software Toolbox allows Dream Report users to add to the designed reports a variety of animated objects from Software Toolbox Symbol Factory a library of over 3 600 industrial and manufacturing objects For details please visit http Wwww symbolfactory net Dream Report 115 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Designer Studio Background Dream Report supports setting a background image or color To define background click on the Set background button on the Edit toolbar in the Report Designer Studio ALS Lo Oo Drawing When the button is clicked the Background dialog box will be opened Background si OSet background colour Set background picture C Program Files O0S Drean Report ClipArt Only For Current Page oe The Set Background Color option will set the background color selected in the color selection combo box The Set Background Picture option will set a background from an image file selected using Browse button or by typing a file path and name directly in the edit box The check box Only for Current Page defines whether the background will be
160. RE of drawing a chart window during run time Char Web avicii Fit to time period option will force a chart to display full time period which is defined for that line If the chart is defined for a long time period and data for its data item exists only for a smaller period then the full time period will be displayed anyway Fit to data option will draw a chart window only for a period of time when values for its data item exist If the chart window is configured for 1 week and during report generation its data item has values only during 1 day then the chart window will automatically be drawn for 1 day only This option is very useful to display charts on batches The Chart type combo box offers 2 modes of drawing a chart line Value based mode will draw a regular chart line which connects all value points The example is displayed on the picture below 03 03 19 PM 03 03 21 PM 03 03 23 PM 03 03 25 PM 03 03 28 PM BReactLevel Dream Report 201 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Time based mode will draw a horizontal line of a value until the time point when the value is changed This line type is usually used to display line chart for binary values chart of run time of a motor or valve state etc The example is displayed on the picture below 03 05 13 PFM 03 05 14 PM 03 05 16 PM 03 05 18 PFM 03 05 21 PM mFeactLevel The Deviation section enables a user to filter all item values and draw a line only
161. Statistical Table enables you to add a Footer This footer can have multiple lines which can include static text Expression or Compound data objects Data from all table cells objects can be stored in the Dream Report database for further use using the analytical driver Time Definition which defines the period for statistical calculations for this object is described in the Time Definition section of this manual Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Automatic Statistical Table Appearance The Appearance section contains column definitions as well as formatting options font properties colors background etc Autemabe Stabatcal adie x Data Detinton Agpeawrce Table None weekly Temperature Statistics Sennor 1 3 2 Show Table Horizontally Show Here Mame couen Dinplay Table Nane Show D Here you can format the properties of an AST object ERT The orientation of a table can be specified by the atte pernan Show Table Horizontally check box Rem Descrption Capion Dencephon By default 2 options Show Item Name column and Show Description are enabled User can hide the item name column and the description column by disabling the corresponding edit boxes Both columns can be defined accordingly in the Data Definition Tab The user can set the table name and then decide to a Jie display it or not by selecting Display Table Name Example of Automatic Statistical table
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163. The right set of check boxes Sort By will define by which column the data will be sorted Only one column can be selected Radio buttons below Sort In will define the sorting direction ascending or descending The Font Properties controls enable you to set different font properties for the table title table header and displayed data in columns When you define a table you never know how many rows will actually be displayed It may be few but may also result in dozens of pages in a report Therefore the Max Number of Rows edit box allows you to specify the maximum number of rows to display in the table This enables the user to protect the report from an overflow When defining the maximum number of rows you can set which cut of all the data set you would like to display the first or the last block of data This can be defined by selecting an appropriate radio button List rows from Start or List rows from End Examples of Item tables Column based When logging is the same for each Tag Timestamp Tanki Tank3 02 07 07 18 00 00 150 00 fi 1500 00 02 07 07 17 00 00 1445 00 1170 00 02 07 07 16 00 00 1470 00 iO 1395 00 02 07 07 15 00 00 1455 00 1050 00 1500 00 02 07 07 14 00 00 1440 00 1200 00 1465 00 02 07 07 13 00 00 1425 00 1350 00 1425 00 02 07 07 17 00 00 1410 00 150000 1200 00 02 07 07 10 00 00 1340 00 500 00 450 00 02 07 07 09 00 00 1365 00 225 00 02 07 07 08 00 00 1350 00 82500 gt 52 07 0
164. _ lt Cunent Time gt z Curent Time gt J This Combo Bow ts Obligatory Visible in POF Add Def Value lt Not specfied gt Auto ter cm User has to select a tag Data Source ltem name and time period Define time period and then the combo box will be filled with all values extracted for the specified tag for the specified time period If user wants to display all existing values he can check the All values check box and then the time period definition contro will become disabled and all tag values will be extracted If more than one same value exists in the database only one will be displayed in the combo box it will operate similar to the SELECT DISTINCT SQL query If a user wants to apply additional filtering to the data he she can click on the Advanced SQL button The Advanced SQL Condition dialog window will be opened for details please see Advanced SQL Condition section of tis manual List of users display When this option is selected the combo box will be filled with the list of all available users If Windows user management system is used Active directory or local windows users list then Dream Report will retrieve the list of all users from Windows and fill the combo box with that list for details please see User Management section of this manual 352 Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Show Data Source List This option will have 2 radio buttons Dream Re
165. _ param name param2 value value2 gt lt ods rpp_ param name param3 value value3 gt lt ods_rpp_param_list gt lt ods_rpp_document gt NOTE For details on the dynamic tokens used in Dream Report please see the List of Dynamic Tokens The Query Result section defines how the result of the SQL command will influence report generation There are 4 possible options here Option 1 List of tags f this option is checked then the content of the specified column of the SQL query result will be considered as a tag list for report objects If this option is unchecked then all other three options below will be unchecked automatically Three options below make sense only in connection with the tag list Option 2 Units f this option is checked then the content of the specified column of the SQL query result will be considered as a unit for the corresponding tag from received tag list Option 3 Minimum value f this option is checked then the content of the specified column of the SQL query result will be considered as a minimum value for the corresponding tag from the received tag list This minimum value will be used for a chart Y scale setting for that tag Option 4 Maximum value f this option is checked then the content of the specified column of the SQL query result will be considered as a maximum value for the corresponding tag from the received tag list This maximum value will be used for a chart Y scale setting
166. a Go to the project Web directory and delete the Settings Config file b Open Project Settings Web Configuration Select all required web portal elements which you are willing to include into the Dream Report web portal c Press Configure IIS button NOTE f you are running Windows Vista Window 7 or Windows 2008 server before configuration of IIS please ensure that the following components are installed in Windows Features Internet Information Services Dream Report 13 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Windows Features Turn Windows features on or off To turn a feature on select its check box To tum a feature off clear its check bor A filled box means that onby part of the feature is tumed on ActiveX Installer Service i Games hy Indexing Service 5 Internet Information Services p EJ FTP Publishing Service E Web Management Poor Fle 9 05 6 Management Compatibility if 0156 Management Console Ja 056 Scripting Tools F 056 WMI Compatibility T di 0S Metabase and 156 configureton compatibility ldi IS Management Console BS Management Scripts and Tools Po IS Managerment Service Wj World Wide Web Services 3 W Microsoft MET Framework 3 0 Eons heao Durus Tinh im Prnt Services FU Remote Differential Compression d RIP Listener sl AJ SNMP feature FI Tablet PC Optional Components vU Telnet Client F elr Jo TFTP Client NOTE n order to successfully upgrade Web Portal to Dream Repor
167. a logging Start Monitoring and Force Read as shown below Item List by Group Data 2 Dream Report 96 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation If Start Monitoring check box is checked then the whole process of data logging data logging value changes status timestamp can be monitored or controlled If Force Read button is clicked then the current status details of the data item logging current value status and timestamp will be displayed i e you will see the logging status details but you won t be able to observe and control the process of data logging as with Start Monitoring option By default when Logger Studio is opened both options will be disabled NOTE By clicking on the DR Main Button in the Dream Report Logger Studio users can perform only some of the operations enabled in the DR Logger Studio with projects and reports such as e open any existing project save the current project exit the Studio with the current project opened Nwew Report s Projects Opened Recently 1 Production drpj ia Oren Project 2 C ODS energy energy drpj Save Project 3 Production_Users drpj A Save Project As F i Print d 4 0 0D Demo Demo drpj Dream Report 97 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Communication Driver Configuration To connect to any data source and acquire live data alarms or access its history a user has to select an appropriate communication driv
168. a user can configure destination folders where different project files will be written to To open Project Paths dialog window click on the command button Set Paths on the Project ribbon icon on the horizontal toolbar either in the Dream Report Logger Studio or Dream Report Designer Studio menu see pic below TYP z Connectivity Project Web Elements Tools General Database Los Log Hotbackup Localization Definition configuratio File configuration has af The following dialog window will be opened Project Settings x General By default all folders will be pointed to the following Data Bare Configuration directory Web configuration lt installation directory gt Projects lt Project name gt Project Paths However a user can change working directories as follows Project Configuration Files defines where all project files will be stored Project Configuration Files am Fies 005A Dream Report ProyectE nergy report drpj Dream Report studio launch file Log File drt Runtime manager launch and configuration file C Program Files ODS Dream Pleport Project E ner lt report name gt cfg files with settings of reports defined Defauk Database if defined In a project C Program Files O0S Dream Report Proect Dela lt report name gt lyt files with object layout of reports Repote Destination Folder defined in a project C Program FilesSO0S Dream Report Propect ner other project
169. ability This enables to resolve the task when high and low tolerance values are different Both Upper Tolerance and Lower Tolerance values can be defined as a tag then real time tag value at the moment of report generation will be used for the corresponding parameter Double click on Upper Tolerance or Lower Tolerance and the Select Data Item dialog will be opened Dream Report 241 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Select any available real time driver and select a tag which real time value will be taken during report generation for the corresponding tolerance In the right hand part of the dialog window select one of the sources to obtain data from Dream Report History or External History Server Select data source and data items which will be used as a source for the data for setpoint analysis If setpoint configuration has already got some setpoint definition with required data source and tags select such a setpoint from the combo box next to the button Copy from and click on that button This new setpoint definition will copy all defined items from the selected setpoint Then click on the button Select Data Items The Select Data Items dialog window will be opened Select items tags which will be used for this setpoint analysis If Dream Report History radio button will be enabled then the combo box Select Data Source will contain a list of data access drivers defined in the project If Extern
170. added to your report in addition to the existing ones If position of any existing object will be the same as from any new object from the template such objects will be overlayed one on top of the other Time replacement option enables users to apply report template applying desired time period to all template objects If Set this time period for all objects check box is checked then user can specify time period definition which will be set for all objects which will be added to the report from the template For details on time period definition please see Time Period Definition section If this check box will be unchecked then time period replacement will be disabled and all template objects will be added to the report with their original time definitions Once the selected template is added to the report each template element will be available for editing as an independent object Further report modifications will not affect its report template design and also further template modifications will not affect design of that report Moving reports from one project to another If you need to move the report from one project to another please do the following 1 Save the report that you want to move as a report template 2 Load the project where you want to move this report 3 Define a new report and apply to it that saved report template Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation NOTE Reports can be also sav
171. ade may occur due to the incorrect functioning of HASP driver currently installed on the computer where user tries to run upgrade on Dream Report USB plug If this is the case please do the following 1 Unplug the key 2 Uninstall the existing HASP driver as follows a Run command line b Set path to lt path to gt ODS Dream Report Utilities c Run the following command lt path to executable gt haspdinst exe kp r 3 Install the new version of HASP driver it is located in Utilities folder of Dream Report as follows Dream Report 19 Ocean Data Systems a Run command line b Set path to lt path to gt ODS Dream Report Utilities c Run the following command lt path to executable gt haspdinst exe kp i 4 Plug the key again 5 Repeat the LUT procedure and upgrade the USB key Help Documentation Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Project Wizard 20 Project Wizard General Project Wizard enables users to create a turn key simple project in an easy way and then continue its development if needed in the Dream Report Designer studio in a normal working mode This functionality is implemented as a standalone exe file utility It can be launched From the Windows start menu When opening DR Designer Studio By double clicking on the ProjectWizard exe file in the Dream Report Project System folder If a user launches Project Wizard from the Dream
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173. aken Result Representation Such an object will be displayed in the report only as an edit box User will be able to select it in the DR Designer Studio and change its size and font properties When displayed in a report in the DR studio it will contain a value of its statistical objects Example f an object is displayed in the studio as object then edit box will contain the text object This edit box result representation will be available only in web reports If report is opened in the DR Web Portal in the web format the calculated default value will be written in the edit box control That value can be changed manually If an action button with Refresh report function is defined then user will be able to enter different manual values and re calculate report using those manual values If user enters manual value into the edit box this object won t be re calculated and manual value will be used instead of Refresh report action If edit box is empty then during Refresh report operation the object value will be re calculated according to its definition If report is generated by schedule in PDF the object value will be displayed in PDF as default result representation without any edit box For details on Refresh report action please see Action Button section of this manual NOTES Single data objects with the Manual input statistical function will be displayed ONLY in a web report When generatin
174. al History Server will be selected the Select Data Source combo box will contain a list of history access drivers defined in the project In Select Data Source and Available Data Items select the source and item from which Dream Report will calculate values Click on the button Ada in the List of defined setpoints section and a new setpoint definition will be added to the project Its name value and tolerance will appear in the table in this section Consider Stable Period if Values are Stable for at least enables users to define the stability period by setting the time period when the values will remain stable Rate of Change ROC If you are interested in measuring the rate of change of your values before entering the stability zone and after exiting it you can set the criteria for the rate of change measurement There are 2 sections Rate of change before setpoint contains the criteria for the rate of change measurement before entering the stability zone Rate of change after setpoint contains the criteria after exiting the stability zone Both sections have the same configuration parameters and controls Rate Of Change ROC has 2 sections to be defined Value you have to specify the expected rate of change units e g degrees C per time unit e g per hour per minute Criteria to start stop measurement of the rate of change For the measurement criteria there are 3 options available 1 Start End of period
175. al operators and constants To add this object click on the Expression Data button on the Report Designer Studio Elements toolbar WS o e Then draw a rectangle in the report page where the object will be placed The Expression Data Object definition dialog window will be opened Object Name must be a unique logical name which will be used in further work with that object within the project The object name can be up to 64 characters long Only alohanumeric characters and _ are allowed The first character cannot be a number Object Description allows users to quickly understand the use of the object The description can be up to 256 characters long All characters are allowed The Add dynamic object from report option allows users to select a data object to add to the expression To use this choose an object from the combo box and click the Add button The object name will be added to the expression edit box To remove the last object inserted from expression click Delete The selected dynamic object will be added in the format of f lt Field Name gt If even one of the dynamic objects in an Expression Object shows N A then all values in this Expression Object will be shown as N A Expression Object can make calculations with the data from the footer of the Step Table in the report If Step Table has the footer defined objects from this footer will be added to the list of dynamic objects of the report Add dynamic obje
176. al orientation values are listed down from their tag name If there is no need to import data from data blocks please check the Do not import data blocks check box Then both radio buttons will be disabled In the Excel layout configuration section first select timestamp format in a data block in the Timestamp format in data block combo box This combo box has 3 entries Time Date and Date and Time Each of them sets the timestamp format which will be used next to each value in data blocks The default timestamp format value is Time JJ kk IJ kk Time format combo box enables to select time format and has 9 entries hh hh am pm mm hh mm hh mm am pm hh mm ss hh mm ss am pm hh mm ss msec hh mm ss msec am pm The default time format value is hh mm ss Date format combo box enables to select date format for the values timestamp This combo box has exactly the same entries and functions as the date format combo box Set Date Format in the Project Settings Localization section in the Dream Report studio In the combo boxes Timestamps start from the cell please select a cell where timestamps values start If an Excel file has the vertical layout type please select the first cell from the top containing Timestamp If an Excel file has horizontal orientation please select first cell from the left containing Timestamp If the timestamp format in the Timestamp forma
177. all available batch IDs from Batch IDs in time range or select All batch IDs Then the combo box Select Golden Batch ID will be automatically populated with all available batch IDs during the specified period and user will be able to select any of them to be the Golden Batch ID As soon as the Golden Batch ID is selected this batch ID will be taken for calculations in any statistical object throughout the reporting project where time definition is configured for the Golden batch Click Next to go to the next step of project creation Click Back to go one step back to re configure or check project configuration Click Close to exit Project Wizard without any operation performed Dream Report 33 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Project Wizard Report Configuration The Report Configuration section of the Project Wizard enables users to configure the output properties for a project report Name First select a name for your new report in the Reports Name window _ E Dream Report Project Creating Wand TE This section will allow you to create a new report and add it to the project Pease enter a name for a new report Dady Prodati YOu can also add areport descnplon optonal The Report Name can be any unique logical name Only alohanumeric characters and spaces can be used otherwise unexpected problems can be expected The maximum length of a report name is 64 characters The Description of Report text b
178. amic Tokens used in Advanced SQL Condition k ONLY_VALIDATED This dynamic token is used when only validated values will be received from Web Manual Entry Driver k NOT_VALIDATED This dynamic token is used when only NOT validated values will be received from Web Manual Entry Driver k ORIGINAL This dynamic token is used when only original submitted values will be received from Web Manual Entry Driver Example Tag_Name f exp_tag_name AND k NOT_VALIDATED List of Preprocessor Dynamic Tokens gen Batchld This dynamic token will be replaced by ID of the batch Batch ID for which the report is generated gen ReportStartTime This dynamic token will be replaced by Report Start Time as configured in the dynamic generation settings gen ReportEndTime This dynamic token will be replaced by Report End Time as configured in the dynamic generation settings file lt file_name gt lt param_name gt This dynamic token will be replaced by the parameter value that will be found in the specified lt file_name gt The file has to have a special format in order to be used in Report Preprocessor The special file format is lt ods_rpp_document ver 1 00 gt lt ods_rpp_param_list gt lt ods_rpp_param name param1 value value1 gt lt ods rpp_ param name param2 value value2 gt lt ods rpp_ param name param3 value value3 gt lt ods_ rpp_param_list gt lt ods_rpp_document gt
179. ample 2 f you need to concatenate a numeric tag to a string the syntax will be i OPC Ana_01 _MyString the result will be 10 00_MyString 139 Dream Report 140 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Extracting left or right part of a string is done using functions lefi lt argument gt lt num of chars gt or righi The result will be extracted string Example 1 Extract 3 left chars from a string 3 1415 The syntax will be left 3 1475 3 Result will be 3 7 Example 2 Extract 3 right chars from a string 3 1415 The syntax will be righi 3 1415 3 Result will be 475 NOTE if you need to extract a part of value of statistical object or item value then item name or statistical object name must be taken in quotation marks Example eft f _sdo1 3 Converting numeric value into a string can be done using a function tostring lt numeric expression gt it will calculate a numeric expression and convert the end result into a string Example fosiring f _sdo1 f sdo2 it will calculate a sum of two numeric objects _sdo1 and _sdo2 and then return the result as a String ToNumber Function in Expression Objects ToNumber is a ToString function which converts its argument to a number This function works as follows or sign in front of a string are correctly handled Example ToNumber 123 or ToNumber 123 will give a result of 123 and 123 Spaces are accepted if they
180. an work with this report according to its design For details please go to the Manual Data Entry section of this manual PDF Excel format If the report has Excel report format defined the Report Formats column will contain PDF and Excel icons If the report has only PDF format only the PDF icon will be displayed NOTE f you have Microsoft XP operating system installed on your PC then in order to define correct path to the place where generated PDF files will be stored please go to the Web Configuration section of Project Settings and click OK If the report has only Excel format only the Excel icon will be displayed NOTE n order to have direct access to PDF and Excel files in Web Portal users can create shortcuts htto localhost filereport aspx Repld 3 amp FormatlType 0 amp login admin amp pass admin WHERE Repld is an ID of the report from the Web Portal Welcome Page starting from 0 FormatType FormatType 0 for PDF format and FormatType 1 for Excel format login user name e pass password as text Dream Report 334 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Welcome Page Layout Dream Report Web Portal Welcome Page has the following layout Welcome to Ocean Data Systems Reporting Portal Report name Report Formats Description Generated on New Report E i ahh T L ORL Lae 1 P cot H in ee io F Alem Tables oh ay TERE TEETE ve D a 4 ji Tales dh PINAG ihian i 5 Step Tables
181. and the difference will be only the Step ID which can be used as an argument for statistical calculations inside the table please see Column Type Settings section below NOTE This option enables to create steps rows by calculated number where time period for each step is the same and the difference between steps is not time but the number of rows If Step number is based on all item values option is selected then all tag values will be considered In this mode the Step table will work exactly as an Item table It will ignore statistical functions read all values of tag s selected in a column Then it will consider every value as a momentary step where Start and End of a step is the timestamp of that value and will just list all found tag values over the table period It will use the function Last Value for every timestamp period and get all tag values i e for each column definition it will get only the tag name and the function will be always ignored with the Last Value used instead Dream Report 172 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Example Let s suppose that the tag Batch_Data Motor 1 has the following values in the duration of 1 hour 11 00 In this case the step table will display 7 steps with every timestamp i e it will work just as a usual item table for tags selected in the columns If tags in the columns have different timestamps they will be all put together and make one common value a
182. and then set scale limits automatically according to that Automatic zero based f this mode is selected chart object will automatically detect maximum of all values which have to be displayed in the chart line and then set maximum scale limits automatically according to that Minimum scale limit will be always zero Auto centered f this mode is selected chart object will automatically detect minimum and maximum of all values which have to be displayed in the chart line and then will automatically center scale limits Dream Report 202 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Manual or item based f this mode is selected user can manually enter a value for minimum and maximum limit for a scale If you wish to use real time tag values to set scale limits dynamically during report generation you can double click directly on a From or and To edit box and tag selection dialog window will be opened where you can select any available real time data source and select any tag Then at the moment of report generation chart object will read the actual real time value of that defined tag and use it to define limits of that scale Scale limit mode Manual or item based r From To All scale limits are set separately for each line so in order to change a scale limit for any specific line a user has to select that line in the list and then edit its scale definition Advanced Visualization If a user clicks on the Advanced Optio
183. ant to change anything in the report s in the project without changing stopping data logging please select Reload reports option If a user wants to shut down a project in a runtime service then he should select the Close project option in a dropdown menu of the Reload button Button Generate has a drop down menu with 3 entries PDF Excel and PDF and Excel PDF Excel and PDF and Excel entries mean which report or instance format will be generated The Generate button will generate the selected report However this will not cancel normal scheduled report generation i e on demand generation is done outside the scheduling framework and will have no impact on it The Dynamic Generation button enables to open Dynamic Report Generator window for dynamic report generation NOTE n Dream Report version 3 43 user could enable or disable report generation on event or on schedule directly from the Runtime Engine by using the Activate column of the list control In the new completely redesigned Runtime Manager in order to disable automatic report generation either on event or by schedule user will have to go to the corresponding dialog boxes Report Time Definition or and Generate Report on Event of the Report Settings section in the Dream Report Designer Studio Button Open has a drop down menu with 3 entries PDF Excel and PDF and Excel Each entry h
184. antends 115 Bar lt 2 6 g RAE ee RE ene REP ee en ene mee ne 191 13 2 O Renee eee money Be ena ORR ene a nea eT ne onan ne ene nr 145 Batch ASCO cshieceasvidicidnnvieeibaeiiavddndeeaesshoininienevaxeanvininseess 156 185 209 B tch DCHIIUON sssri R ns dispaleewtanaeas 142 156 185 209 Bach OU ANON ispiri apa eE ea 124 Baloh end UNE seeissa oiin eTR A ET 124 BACIO ea e E ce oct ae e gap EE A 124 Ban SIAM UTE iien e E E EEE 124 Batch based parod econ se otzssedscesezcacteaecah tines ieai ERTE TRTE 224 357 before report GENCLALION ccccccseeeceeeccenaeesseeessnaaecsseeessnaaeesseeeessaaaees 92 C Calculated as Duration iN vss carezeuctninastadanltadedtennbekaciemseusteanmeaacdeneeedendns 145 Calculated time period ccccccccccccneeeceeceneeeeeseeeeessaneseeees 156 185 209 Calling a stored procedure 112 cccccccneeeseeeeeeseaeceeeeseeeaneeseeeesssanaees 176 Change report generation LHC ececccccccsccccasnnesessseeeeeecesessassaaaneeeees 267 VA A E EN PA E E E E E E 197 Coan DaN E eee ee E E E E 197 Chart window O DtiON 1 cccccccccseeceecceeesseeeseeceessaseesecessessaaeeseessssaaees 197 Check IIS configuration ON StAITUP cccccccccsesseeeesseeeeeeeesesssnsaaaaaeeees 53 EC OI ee ere re eee Ree een ences ee een E ene oer ee ee 59 CNOA a ER cantata soa EN PER ENE EA E E E E E 168 OA E a a a EE EE EOE IAA RETENE OA 112 C E EEE E E E 168 Coloumn ltem GCAtADASC ccceeeececcecceseeeeeecceeseseeeeeeeses
185. applied to all pages of the report or only applied for the current page Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Designer Studio Text Object This object allows users to add static text to a report Add New Text Object When a user selects a text object in the toolbar or from the menu in the Report Designer Studio P a AOO Ol he Ae Dr lS then left click on the workspace and drag the mouse to mark the boundaries of the text area and then release the mouse button When inserted the text box will contain the word TEXT which can be replaced by typing the desired text As soon as the text has been entered press ENTER or click on the workspace outside the text rectangle and the text will be accepted Edit Existing Text Object To edit the properties of the text click on the text again and the boundary rectangle will be shown You can change the text properties e g font color style size alignment background color or border color if any To edit the text double click on the text and the text box will be opened and available for editing PSS A The font size can be increased or decreased by 1 point size using the appropriate toolbars The text string can be aligned within the text box by the right or left edge or centered using the appropriate buttons on the alignment toolbar Text Object Manipulation E 2 Dream Report can automatically number paragraphs or mark paragraphs with bu
186. aracter NOTE f you select Dream Report History then you will be prompted to select a data item only from the list of data items defined in one or more logging groups within the Dream Report logger If you select External History Server then you will be prompted to select a data item from the list of all available items within the selected history source Click Next to go to the next step of project creation Click Back to go one step back to re configure or check project configuration Click Close to exit Project Wizard without any operation performed Object Selection This step of the project creation enables a user to select the types of dynamic objects that will display the data in the report In the Reports Objects Selection window please see pic below select the type of the report objects you will need for your report data display ream REDON Froject Wreatng YV izara Please select the report objects which you want to add to your report You can always add remove or modify any available reporting object afterwards using Designer Studio tools Add an Them Table a Table of Raw Values 7 Ad a Shae tical Takir Add a Step Table Add a Chart option enables to create a chart to display data value a counter of logged values or a counter of logged alarms Add an Item Table a Table of Raw Values option enables to create a table that will display an array of values from one or more data items within a spec
187. arately as ODBC historical values for historical data or and ODBC historical alarms for historical alarms Configuration Steps 1 Open DSN File combo box and select a DSN which is configured to your database If DSN requires login and password enter user name and password in appropriate edit boxes below DSN combo box Defined Drivers List Overt Logecal Name DreamRepoet 4 E reegy 4 Process Process al Procese Setpont gt SCADA A SCADA Delete Datsbease Dehrition DSN Fike 9 PAGE User Mame admiri toe Pissed Corrected to he dalahase tumceeshulhy Alarm History Data Tabe Mame Fo Alam Histor Batch_Osts Batch_ID Energy Quai Table Field For Alam ID Tabie Field For Alum Tei Table Field For Silai Piped Table Field For Sia Tine Table Field For Ack Time Table Field For End Time Done Canca gt Select dasha iya Colusnttem stuctus Conmmszt lhern Histone Dasha Tables Foi Hem Hieboy Balch _Doats Baich_ ID Energy Query Table Field For liem Hamet Table Field For liem Values Tabie Field For Dae Bach _ID Table Field For Time Tinetame properties Dale komat Date only Cl Catabase uses UTE time komat NOTE A l DSNs defined in the project are saved and can be managed form one place for details please see the DSN Manager section of this manual 281 Dream Report 282 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation 2 Click Connect button The drive
188. ard to remove reports from the generation queue If report is being generated it will not be available for removal 261 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Before removing reports from the screen a confirmation message box will be displayed Do you want to remove selected reports from the generation queue Yes No and if you click OK the selected reports will be removed from the generation queue If you want to close the Reports Queue section click on the Reports Queue button in the top left corner of the RMC configuration window as shown on the picture below Runtime Management Console Available Reports Batch reports 3 0 Energy Report examples if Energy Efficiency Report Local 7 Connect i ie Report Energy j Reports Queue DJ GEE Performance and Maintenance E Producton and Manufacturing 9 Reporting Objects Examples EJ Setpoint Analysis gj Water amp Waste Water EJ Web Reports C ODS Dream Report Project Demo Demo Start Reload State Project is Running h Current User Operating Mode ACTIVE Generate Reports Generate Open Dynamic Generation Report Info Current Status Waiting Project Access 3 Last Generated g 5 2012 11 20 58 pen Hee Next Generation 10 1 2012 00 00 00 Queued k z E Correspondingly if you need to open Reports Queue click on the Reports Qu
189. are at the start or end of the text or both Example ToNumber 123 or ToNumber 123 as well as ToNumber 123 or ToNumber 123 or ToNumber 123 and ToNumber 123 will give a result of 123 and 123 All non numerical characters inside the string result in a N A Example ToNumber 12 3 will give N A ToNumber 12A5 will give N A The decimal sign must be to be converted N A otherwise Example ToNumber 12 5 will give 12 5 or 12 5 depending on Report Localization Settings ToNumber 12 5 will give N A even if user s PC regional settings are set to use the as the decimal separator Conditional calculations Expression object also allows doing conditional calculation i e set a condition and if condition is true use one calculation expression If condition is false use another calculation expression The format for such an expression is the following function if lt condition gt then return lt calculation expression 1 gt else return lt calculation expression 2 gt end end Example 1 function if f _sdo1 lt f _sdo2 then return abc else return xyz end end Example 2 function if f _sdo1 f _sdo2 then return abc else return xyz end end NOTE For complete list of the conditional calculations and functions available in Expression Data Object please see the reference manual at http www l ua org manual 5 2 Please find be
190. as well In the Properties section specify font and background settings for different display parts of that widget objects exactly the same way as it works in other objects In the Color Grades section if a user wishes to color some value segments on a scale he can specify some value ranges and set color for those value ranges If this is done then this color will be used as a scale background for this value range on top of the main scale background If option Smooth color transition is checked then on the border between different colored segments there will be no sharp borders but color will smoothly transit from one color to another Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Alarm Filter Manager Alarm Filter Manager is used to limit the alarms included in calculations for a specific object within the user defined properties A Dream Report project has one global per project list of alarm filters which is accessible from any object within any report in the project The purpose of this window is to define alarm filters and to select existing filters for specific objects as needed Alam Filter Manager X List of defined alarm Filters Alarm Fiber List Hame All WW Alarms Description Add Fiker Modi Delete SIUTA Priority From T TOU OK Cancel The left part of the window List of defined alarm filters is used to define a new alarm filter or edit the properties of an existing
191. asccnsnseidnanceistrarveddisoeiainiaiaesdinaeintretsetdinune 124 Logged VANES serons ir e a A ae ERE 160 LOGOT oar R E E E E 97 Logger Studio OVEIVICW cccccccccccsccncsssensessssseececesssssnsaaaaaaesssensnseeess 95 L gging Schedule ssassn E S RE 101 108 Log ut ON user INACHVINV sssri ar E E SEEE 53 Logout on user inactivity aft f 0annn00annnonannnonannnenennrennnnrenennrenrnnnee 53 M KACON E aa EAE T E 92 EPG 0 AAE ENOTE O I E AAAA E O I AE AAE A A O eee 92 Mal Mana Ol een nee eee R EE EE R eer re et 86 Mail server login information cccccseeeeeceneeeeeeeneeeeeeeaaenesseaaeneesenaanes 86 Manual Configuration of the 1S ccccsssssssssseeeeeeeseeesessaaanssssseenseeess 341 Mangal Data E MUY soei eieae E T Mecueaevenee 188 KNU E or A E E 188 Manual Valus Editor sosoca ties ee 248 M E E E E A E A 124 MOAT r E E E EEE or UNE eres 9 MES license OPTION ccccsceecccssneseecssueseeesaueeessaacseeesaaeaeesssaasessanaanes 16 EE EOE AEE ONE E A A PE O E E ne mae 124 MOI SPACING spressi eir E 112 MI a a E E E E E E E N E E EE 296 Modbus Profiles aos sece se deceased oc ees AEE RA 296 OTM ees etre ace cer ds R E 77 Moving PAV CN AGC ss e ER eketa inne tientnnedciealteendartaieiateaa 160 Multiple Fie cccccccccsceccnsseccnscesensneensuuecscneenseneensasensaeensnasensases 137 MVE eee ne ene E A meer cette ene ee E SNC P EET E eee ets 248 N INOW OS oes tae conte tsic snag apes sete E EN 110 SETA g 2
192. ased On defines the kind of data that erari paset 2r z will be displayed in the chart You can select ae Dream Report Mstory Pi External History Server Value to display a raw data item or a statistical value for a defined Select Data item period y fsa Counter of Recorded Values to display the number of times the on ea wae as ee Cea selected data item was logged into the database and its value matched use e g 1000 a specified value range a se Process Value Alarm Count to display the number of alarms during a specified tele period of time which matched the selected alarm filters a Start of report period End of report penod The Get Data From radio buttons specify the kind of data source for a eS the chart Dream Report History or External History Server ak cal mk To create a new chart select a list of data items and a bar color for the i a data item in the chart enter a label for the legend if needed and click 7 the Add button Legend Colour Ml gt add The data source and data item can be selected from the relevant TEE aes a combo boxes in the Select Data Item group Energy Energy Ext_Temp 2006 Colour Enemy EnormEt_Teme 2007 Cour Apply correction factor for all item values enables adding simple expression to a bar graph If a user needs to display bar graph on Appearance item s with the correction factor then first all values of the selected anban item s will be re calculated applying
193. at data item for that object first of all each retrieved value from a database will be re calculated applying the correction factor Then the statistical functions will be performed on re calculated values For more details please refer to the Correction factor section ADF to be used enables to select an aggregated data filter ADF to be used combo box will contain all ADF definitions configured in the project The default string will be Not Used i e no filter ADF is applied Dream Report 125 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation For details on ADF definition configuration please go to the Aggregated Data Filter section of this manual The Select Statistical Function combo box contains a list of statistical functions available for calculations In the Select Statistical Function dialog box all the statistical functions will be grouped according to their common performance characteristics and will be displayed as a tree please see the pic below Single Data Object Definition W Since ata hiert efirin Selec Satistica Function i General Functions First Value Timestamp of First Value Timestamp of Last Value Current Value Maximum Timestamp of Maximum Value Minimum Timestamp of Minimum Value Integral Average Weighted Average Sur Standard Deviation Standard Deviation Sampe Based Advanced Functions Perfomance Analysis Functions i Energy Management Functions Batch Functions H Setpoi
194. at setpoint If the Fastest entry item option will be selected then the function will calculate the item tag which has first reached the stability period the one which has the earliest timestamp of the first value within the stability period Then the function will do its main calculation only for that item and not for all items from that setpoint If the Slowest entry item option will be selected then the function will calculate the item tag which has last reached the stability period the one which has the latest timestamp of the first value within the stability period Then the function will do its main calculation only for that item and not for all items from that setpoint Dream Report 132 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation lf the Fastest exit item option will be selected then the function will calculate the item tag which has first left the stability period the one which has the earliest timestamp of the first value out of the stability range after Stability period end time Then the function will do its main calculation only for that item and not for all items from that setpoint If the Slowest exit item option will be selected then the function will calculate the item tag which has last left the stability period the one which has the latest timestamp of the first value out of the stability range after stability period end time Then the function will do its main calculation only fo
195. ata Motor2 Batch Data Motor3 12 39 23 PM HMM S55 Absolute or relative period definition End of period C Absokte Date Time Date 8 2 2012 v 12 39 23 PM H MM SS When the report will be generated the Runtime Manager will fill the list of tags into the report generation command and the report will be generated for the selected tags If the tag list is empty the report will be generated as it Is If you click on ES button Clear list the list of selected tags will be cleared Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Communication Drivers List of Communication Drivers Dream Report enables you to connect to the various heterogeneous data sources and acquire real time data real time alarms and also access external proprietary history servers in order to avoid duplication of the historical data Therefore Dream Report has three types of drivers Real Time Data Access Drivers Real Time Alarm Access Drivers External History Access Drivers Open communication protocols OPC Data Access DA driver Supports standard OPC DA 1 0 and 2 0 Detailed description can be found in the section OPC Drivers OPC Alarm amp Event AE driver Supports standard OPC AE Detailed description can be found in the section OPC Drivers OPC History Data Access HDA driver Supports standard OPC HDA 1 2 Detailed description can be found in the section OPC Drivers BACnet Building Automat
196. ata Systems Help Documentation For more details please refer to the Correction Factor section ADF to be used enables to select an aggregated data filter ADF to be used combo box will contain all ADF definitions configured in the project The default string will be Not Used i e no filter ADF is applied For details on ADF definition configuration please go to the Aggregated Data Filter section of this manual In the Value Range filter section specify the range of values you wish to include in your table For example you can create a table only for a critical value range and see only those values The value filter accepts negative and floating point values but it only supports numeric values and not strings If you use an Item Table to display string item values the value filter will be ignored The Item table is able to display 2 kinds of data Logged Value raw data or Moving Average If Logged Value will be selected data will be extracted from history and displayed exactly as it is according to the definition If Moving Average will be selected then each raw data array will be automatically recalculated into a moving average array when each array element is an average of all previous array members including itself In case of Moving Average the value filter will be ignored Time Definition which defines the period for Statistical calculations for this object is described in the Time Definition sectio
197. ata archiving will be started NOTE n order to launch data archiving immediately the archive import definition must be first saved by clicking OK button Only then user can open Custom Archive Import Too Configuration dialog window again and start data item import directly in the DR Studio Functionality When starting the runtime manager it will detect that there are Archive Import definitions available and it will launch the Archive Import Engine AIE The AIE will launch a timer and each time as soon as the period defined in an archive import definition has passed the following operations will be performed AIE will check in the Dream Report database the last value and timestamp available with the data imported from that Archive import definition If no data is available AIE will know that it s the first import and all data available at external server will be imported into the Dream Report database If AIE detects that some data Is available then it will import all data available in the external server starting from the timestamp of the last value available in the Dream Report database and until the current import time So this way if during any importing session the connection to the external server was not available the data will not be lost They will be automatically imported during the next session Using Archive Imported data in reports When user has added one or several archive import definitions then when select
198. ate and time Its format is dd mm yy hh mm ss or dd mm yy hh mm ss r is relative date and time mode lt start of period gt defines the start date and time Its format is dd hh mm ss Where dd hh mm ss is a number of days hours minutes seconds back from the current time lt end of period gt defines the end date and time Its format is dd hh mm ss Where dd hh mm ss is a number of days hours minutes seconds back from the current time Batch based command line parameters generate exe lt report name gt br lt Batch Name gt lt mode gt lt count gt batch based report generation lt Batch Name gt specifies name of batch definition which will be used to get batch IDs for report generation lt mode gt specifies batch mode It can have 2 possible values Last or Current lt count gt specifies how many batch IDs to include into the range It may have only positive whole values e g 1 es ee Example generate exe Energy Report br Prod Batch Last 1 will generate report for 1 last batch using Prod_Batch batch definition generate exe lt report name gt ba lt Batch Name gt lt StartBatchID gt lt EndBatchlID gt absolute batch based report generation lt Batch Name gt specifies name of batch definition which will be used to get batch IDs for report generation lt StartBatchID gt specifies start batch ID lt EndBatchID gt specifies end batch ID Dream Report Ocean Data Sys
199. ate of change value Lower Tolerance Specific value Min rate of change can be set as a static number e g 10 or can be set as a real time tag value For this a user can double click on the needed edit box and the item browse window will be opened Select the required item and then in the runtime when the report is generated the setooint module will read the current real time value of the defined tag and use its value as a value for that parameter for this specific report generation NOTE f you need to enter manual data from the Manual Data Entry real time values driver you will have to do the following 1 Create Single Data Object in the report 2 In this Single Data Object select the manual data item from the Manual Data Entry real time values driver which you need for your setpoint module 3 Select the Last Value statistical function for this Single Data Object 4 When double clicking on the needed edit box in the setpoint module configuration select from Analytical driver this Single Data Object The setpoint module will then read the last value for the manual tag entered Process Success Criteria This section contains the set of options which will be used to define automatic process validation All values are within defined bandwidth during stability period option controls the situation when one or multiple values will fall out of stability bandwidth If this option is enabled the process result will be Fa
200. ation i e the driver could have maximum three options available for configuration Data Driver real time values Alarm Driver and History Driver Example The ODBC History Access driver had one instance both for historical data and historical alarms configuration The Eurotherm Review driver had one instance for both real time and historical data access configuration Now in this new version of Dream Report each driver has separate instances for each type of data to access real time alarms historical values which should be configured separately Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Please note that after doing an upgrade from 3 43 or earlier versions all subdivisions of driver instances will have up to 4 driver instances Items DA Alarms DA Items HDA Alarms HDA Example The ODBC driver has now two instances and should be configured separately as ODBC historical values for historical data or and ODBC historical alarms for historical alarms The Eurotherm Review driver has now three instances and should be configured separately as Historical values in Review or UHH database Historical alarms messages in Review or UHH database or Real time batch monitor Though various data servers support data or and alarms or all three types of data exchange services in Dream Report user defines DATA SOURCE which can be a set of drivers that enables to connect to a server and to get data Data s
201. atves Turbaaty Report Web Trend Widgets OK Care Report Name Alarm Tables Description of Report Report storage Copy report fies to folder User Authentication Logn Password eate yearly subfolders Lirit report fies storage J Limit number of stored fies 3 fles Store fles for penod of y days Repon Name Fomat Report Time Defiriton Generate Repor On Event Reapon File Forat Repor Preprocessor Macros User Authorization Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation The Copy report files to report folder option enables a user to copy generated files from this report to a special location The path can be absolute or relative to the report path defined in the Project Settings path definition This option is defined separately for each report NOTE f the web option is enabled then all PDF and Excel report files will be copied to an alternative directory defined in this section of the report settings PDF files will also be copied to the main report files folder defined in the Project Settings and will be used for the web portal FTP Upload for Generated Reports The Report storage section allows also to configure uploading generated reports in PDF Excel and CSV format to a pre defined FTP server Windows folder option will be always selected by default lf FTP Server option will be enabled Dream Report will upload all reports files generated by that report template to t
202. auadiues 50 Use multi S SSion log fil cccccccnsscssccecccnnsanssseecenssaessssesenssaannseees 57 Use original time PCNOG wiiisstiicvauniaaneanniarsvarsnaaitncniaaacienieentsunddmenendas 267 Use particular template Te cccccsccccccssseesecsaeseecseneeeeessaeeeessaesseees 83 Use query directly siwninusciasinesniunscnuiun diiaaatinsinasuinsnatunenimanetatmeniinenen us 176 User AUTOM ZAU OPN oaroscicasie tc Siesleliee sre aati eins e ecb edie ac eine eae 63 User Management asec scoossininezascrtnionndinnsiainsiuiccninsiudnssipinomasdamneductialnntiasnainiode stan 63 CTS OPT ANG REN E IE E EAA A PE T E T 86 CI SP TAG DENEA AA E E AEA E EA E E E mabieinuncs 9 V Value Ge 216 oec ee ee on eT TER 197 WT AS arse actrees neo EE 160 Version COTO a acitattrnintintatasennieaace poecditeuinioeredintcaiaunstidind EENET NESE 69 AES 6 2 Ree eee eC ee Er ee noe ee eRe ent CERNE eet eee eee ee eer 145 Visual C Runtime Redistributable c cccccccccccsseeseeeeeeeeaeeeeeeeesees 9 Visual Query Builder sisesapatc letra tueussesededaloacenanaseteedeiesdenenamssatenheanensy 176 W Web Configuration a esenncsseacesaeanesanaesenensassoeonaaaseacananannesacoseseeniadescaacaet 53 WeB FORNI eies E E E ee dae eee 330 VL E ih PA EN EE E EEEE E ase ee E E A 77 Weighted AV CLAS isteach ts ein en hc ca clas ka wae aon 124 when there is NO value ccccscecceeccsesecseeccanecseeesssessusessuesseessueessesenes 61 Wizcon communication CVIVEN cccc
203. ave the following configuration Select Action Execute SQL Query Action Parameters Edit SQL Query DSN Process SQL Query SELECT batchID Username Lot Phase ID FRO To edit SQL query user has to click on Edit SQL query button Then selected DSN and selected SQL query will be displayed in the window above just for information and for quick edit When user click on Edit SQL query he will receive a standard Edit SQL query dialog window which is described in details in its own section Edit SQL Query 361 Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Index 363 Dream Report yy Ocean Data Systems A Absolute batch ID u ccciccccccccceccnecseccnccseceeceeeeneeneesueseeenesaess 156 185 209 Absolute date Relative time cccccccccseccecceccsecseceeceneenessess 156 185 209 Absolute Cale Coicccscnectivraciceruscdunddinictsaxtieaunddvaneieseacined 156 185 209 Absolute Relative Period ccccccccccceccsecseceecenecneceeeeneenessess 156 185 209 Access to user CCPINITION 00 ccccccssseecccssneeeecsaueeecesaneesessaneesessaneenessanes 63 ACCOUNT Expires ON czcosaeaccnnnnrannsnsiaelssndediatecsiaimsatbanbendeniateamiediatecsnieseies 63 PCT UO ea ae a sees eee ee 16 PACT CP ecco sees desc ea ste ois Ges ome ne eee eeees seers 267 A atts tested eda Meant de aeleaateap asd aes asaieesteiated Pe saiese eden oases 77 POO DAC TINE raaa EE a 75 Add HOE een eane ane ee O ne E E A OEE EOE
204. bar toolbar on the picture above see the marked area Multi line Click the Multi line button on the toolbar click and release the left mouse button on the report page where the line should start Then move mouse to the point where the line segment should end click and release the mouse button Then move the mouse again another line will be drawn from the end point of the previous one To complete the multi line right click the mouse button To edit the line properties click on the line and select a property from the toolbar The following line properties can be edited color width style All these properties are accessible from the same toolbar toolbar on the picture above see the marked area Circle Click on the Circle button on the toolbar Then click the left mouse button on the report page where the center of the circle will be Move the mouse to expand the radius of the circle and release the mouse button when the circle is the correct size To edit its line properties click on the circle The following line properties can be edited color width border line style and background color All these properties are accessible from the same toolbar toolbar on the picture above see the marked area Ellipse Click on the Ellipse button on the toolbar Then click the left mouse button on the report page where one corner of the ellipse will be Move the mouse to expand the ellipse and release the mouse button when the ellipse is the correc
205. batch IDs Batch ID s in tine range SOSoluke or relative pernod dehnition 7 Start of report period End of report period Absolute Date Time nd Absolute Date Time hi 37187 2011 Days 5 19 2011 Days 03 5439 bhimmss back gpg5450 hhimm ss back As soon as the Golden Batch ID is selected this batch ID will be taken for calculations in any statistical object throughout the reporting project where time definition is configured for the Golden batch Dream Report 145 Result Representation The format of results decimal precision added unit etc of Statistical and analytical objects can be defined in the Result Representation dialog box The Visible check box defines whether the result of the entire object will be published in the report or will remain invisible in the output report This can be useful if object is created for internal calculations and is not intended directly for the report The Select unit to add to result combo box allows a user to select or enter a string which will be added to the end result in the output report The user can select or manually type any string This can be used to display engineering units for better report readability The Precision of result after decimal point combo box defines the number of digits to the right of the decimal point User can select a number between 0 6 from a combo box Other values can t be entered manually The Write Result Back to Data Item group box enables
206. batch information batch ID start time and end time In the Field with Batch ID combo box select a table column which contains batch IDs In the Field with Batch Start Time and Field with Batch End Time combo boxes select the table columns which contain the batch start time and end time 2 If the table where batch information is stored doesn t include Batch Start Time and Batch End Time columns select the Defined by data item option This option will require only Batch ID column where Batch ID will be recorded periodically In the Data Item for Batch ID section select data source and data item containing batch ID Then click OK and batch definition will be completed NOTE Batch process must be continuous and there will be no time interval between consequent batches Batch Start Time will correspond to the Timestamp of the first value of the defined batch as explained in the formula below Batch_Start_Time Batch_N Timestamp_ of_First_Value Batch_N where Batch_N is ID of the defined batch Batch End Time will correspond to the timestamp of the first value of the next batch with the difference of 1 second as explained in the formula below Batch_End_Time Batch_N Timestamp_of_First_Value Batch_N 1 1s where Batch_N is ID of the defined batch and Batch_N 1 is ID of the next batch Batch Start Time and Batch End Time will have time resolution of 1 second msec will be ignored Once batch definition is compl
207. bjects defined in that specific report If Timestamp Picker selected in the Date combo box has Date and Time format defined then the Time combo box can include the same selection as in the Date combo box or can have selection lt Not Used gt If user has selected lt Not Used gt in the Time combo box and the Timestamp Picker selected in the Date combo box has only Date format then the current time hh ss mm7 will be used as default time For details on how to configure Timestamp Picker objects please go to the Timestamp Picker section of this manual NOTE f objects with the Manual time input option will be used in static PDF Excel reports where manual input is not possible then the default values of the selected Timestamp Pickers will be taken for calculation Dream Report 188 Ocean Data Systems Charts and Graphs Pie Graph Help Documentation Pie Graph is an object that displays data in a pie chart The data can be either a data value a counter of logged values or a counter of logged alarms To add a pie chart to a report click the Pie Graph button on the Report Designer Studio Elements toolbar alli Draw a rectangle where you would like to place the chart in the report workspace and the Pie Graph Definition dialog window will be opened Pie Graph Definition The upper combo box Chart Based On defines the kind of data that will be displayed in the chart You ca
208. bles users to directly access Wonderware Historian and extract data using native tools specialties of WW Historian The driver doesn t require creating a DSN Select WW Historian driver from the list of Wonderware history access drivers in the Wonderware folder of the Select Data Source Type section please see the picture below K y j een LADNA see ee Conkgure Corre for Selected Scuce Defined Dieas List FHE eral Driver Logical Heme Wondama a B Apchcahon Seran local of emia Driver Logical Hame ETIS Yn Hetis i BB O08C_Alanne values UGH ike a Booec_das E Intouch local or remote node uang FS Dai A EET A SuiteLink Frioco ove TOPAF E O ERCA B amp B InTouch hetoncal aaas faa LHDR HE Wi8LM Achaea Alene Aspertech L pe carers a ary persed ceca Citesct Giang ELaolhere Lole bel gibestu AEREE h i VEDEC EE a 2 Dale Source Desciption WAA Historian LK Cane The Configure button will be enabled Click on it to setup the database connection If you click on Configure button the Wonderware Historian access configuration dialog window will be opened Wonderware Histonan access configuration Select locaton of SOL Server vath Wi Histonan database This computer localhost Remote computer Database name Runtime SOL Server authenticator User rame Pastword adrian TITT Data Rerneval Common Faametez Select Quality Rule Default J Data Aeineral Optio
209. brackets as shown in this example Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Report Settings Generation Time Definition The Report Time Definition dialog box allows a user to define an automatic report generation schedule The Report Instances combo box contains the list of all available virtual instances for this report It will enable a user to apply and save different generation schedules to different report instances You can only enable this box if report instances for this project have already been created Otherwise this box will be disabled For more details on how to create virtual report instances please see Virtual Report Instances section If a user selects the Report Instances option which is set as an original report template then the specified time schedule will be applied only to original report template and will not be applied to any of the report instances If a user selects any of the report instances created then Use Schedule and Apply to All boxes will appear If Apply to All option is selected then the specified schedule will be applied to all instances of this report in the project To configure the schedule enable the Use Schedule box i OK Report Settings Project Reports List Alarm Tables Austomatc Statistica Tat Bacteriolooical Report Se Graphs Batch info Report Batch Trend Charts Osta Tables Demo Batch Report Energy Effoency Repor Equioment avadabdity re Puonde
210. button Configure will become enabled Click on Configure button and the following driver configuration window will be opened In the Access to Wonderware LGH files dialog window the path where LGH files have to be taken from should be configured By default the LGH path will be empty If real time InTouch driver is enabled and configured in the project then the default path to LGH files will be taken as follows lt In Touch project path gt LGH If a user will click on the button in the Configure Access to LGH data files section then the standard Select folder dialog window will be opened it will be the same as the one which is opened when a user clicks on the button to browse for an InTouch project Tag Browser When opening the history tag browser for the first time the driver will get the list of all tags and save it in a static tag array Then when another call to get a browse of the list of tags will come the driver will return immediately the ready content of the tag array This array will be kept until the driver Shut function is called Data extraction When the request to get the list of values arrives from the History Manager the driver will open appropriate LGH files will extract all values of the specified tag for the specific period of time and will return it Dream Report 313 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Following the common design of all Dream Report data access dri
211. button to go back to the Web Portal Welcome Page Search Object by UUID If there is any problem with an object which is used in WEB reports in Dream Report Web portal then in order to find this object user should search for this object in the DR studio report by this object s UUID Universal Unique Identifier This UUID is located in the dmlc log log file which is stored in the folder with the unique name being generated by Dream Report at the moment of WEB Report generation To search an object in the report by its UUID first right click on the report page and select Search Object by UUID from the popup menu do Cut Copy Object Copy Object Properties Paste Object Paste Object Properties Search and Replace Search Object by UUID Tag Dictionary Virtual Report Instances El Insert New Page Background Set As Background Modify Disable Delete Delete Current Page Grid Settings Dream Report Menu Report Settings Then in the Search Object by UUID Dialog window see the picture below please enter the UUID Universal Unique Identifier of the object which you need to find Search Object by UUID Dialog x UUID Dream Report 337 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Web Manual Driver Dream Report includes Web Manual driver which enables connectivity to any external databases which support ODBC connectivity and have supported data structure To configure Web Manual driver first open the In
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213. ce per reporting project Then since a user has defined the Golden batch ID once in the batch definition window then it will be used for all the reporting objects throughout the entire project If a user changes it it will be automatically applied to all reporting objects as well The Absolute batch ID is applied to one specific reporting object and will not affect any other objects If a user wants to modify the Absolute batch ID he will have to go through every reporting object where the absolute batch ID is used and to change each of them Example Last 2 batches will mean 2 last batches which have been completed at the time of generation but not including the one which is in process now The current 2 batches will mean the last 2 batches including the one which is in process now Click Next to go to the next step of project creation Click Back to go one step back to re configure or check project configuration Click Close to exit Project Wizard without any operation performed Page layout design This step allows users to create a page template with a common visual layout for every report page A page template will save all static objects including images pictures backgrounds static drawings static text and some dynamic objects such as page number dynamic text and date time The Reports Page Design window has a number of options to create a page template for the report In this Section you can create a visual template for your
214. cean Data Systems Help Documentation DSN Manager DSN Manager enables users to manage configuration of all DSNs used in the project from one place DSN Manager includes a user interface DSN Manager window where user can configure DSNs and a combo box control which enables to select pre defined DSNs in SQL tables Combo Box objects SQL Query data display Single Data Objects SQL Query statistical function You can create DSN definition in the DSN Manager window To open it click on the command button DSN Manager on the Tools ribbon icon on the horizontal toolbar either in the Dream Report Logger Studio or Dream Report Designer Studio menu see pic below Home Connectivity Project Web Elements Bea Tag Setpoint analysis Custom Virtual Report Report Dictionary configuration Archive Import Instances filters When any of the configuration windows of either SQL table or SQL Query data display option in Combo box objects or SQL Query statistical function in Single Data objects is opened then the DSN selection combo box will be replaced by the following standard control Frocess_DSN By default this control will be empty Combo box will NOT have the list of ALL DSNs available in the system It will only display the list of project DSNs configured in the DSN Manager To open DSN Manager user will have to click on the browse button The DSN Manager dialog window will be opened please see the pic below
215. ced visualization NOTE f there is an overlap of values in the list of ranges e g ranges 0 10 and 8 15 then the first found suitable range will be considered Dream Report 142 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Designer Studio Batch Definition Batch Definition enables users to define a rule to dynamically calculate time periods for report generation If a report is for a batch process process loop where the exact time period and duration are not known in advance use the batch mechanism of Dream Report Click on the command button Batch definition either on the Connectivity P o ribbon icon on the horizontal toolbar or on the Batch Definition button also bA connectivity BEEN ocated on the left vertical toolbar either in the Dream Report Logger Studio or at yh x Edit project Name users ODS _Batch or Batch definition button in quick access bar The Batch Definition dialog window will be opened see pic on the right Aya To add a new batch definition click on the New button and a new External History Server kasa batch definition will be added to the list Bstch_Data Batch_I0 Defined in external database Select Data Locaton Configure Database Connection Select Table In the Name edit box you can edit the name of the batch field it will Select DSN update the name in the batch list automatically Field With Batch ID User name The Description edit box can contain a brief explanation of the batch
216. ceive real time values and write values back to a Modbus compliant device Modbus driver can be selected from the Open communication protocols folder in the Select Data Source Type section in the Communication Configuration Wizard dialog window Cm Conigpuaalion Wizard Select Cale Source Type 4 4 Intemal a Ej worden a speniach amp Open communication protoccds 2E BACnet CSW BE Erot Data mpo mahire ah E Flaira valer Fe g H odbus TCPAF A5232 ASCII HE Obac OLE DB i UFE SHMP asime values 44 Cien a Sj Senen 4 4 Eurotherm yy Loptec alaa bbs dete Driver Local Hame Configure Dres for Sebeched Source Daia Sarca Uaia Modbus T CPAP RSA SAMA Defined Drivers Li Driver Logica Hame E rahic E OTEC Aam BE OCC dais BB iin lam Sim Res If you select Modbus driver and click on Configure button the Modbus driver configuration window will be opened Modbus driver configuration Load predefined profile euiethenn 2208 V130 pkg Curent working profile Humber of tagg Protocol configuration Protocol type Comunicar type kodbus i Transport configuratii Address Port UntID ego Subscribe msec 1000 Cache mec 1000 Centon This window provides users with the possibility to configure communication parameters to a Modbus device and also data points in that device for communication 296 Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Modbus Profiles Ther
217. cells which will have the X Y Axis value parameters entered manually by the user M1 2011 4 21 2011 4 21 2011 4121 2011 422 201 1 4 22 2011 422 201 1 10 43 02 14 43 02 18 43 02 2245 024 04 45 04 06 43 03 10 43 02 Scale limit mode User can define any of 3 available scale limit modes Automatic f this mode will be selected the bar graph object will automatically detect minimum and maximum of all values which have to be displayed in the bar line and then set scale limits automatically according to that Automatic zero based f this mode will be selected the bar graph object will automatically detect maximum of all values which have to be displayed in the bar line and then set maximum scale limits automatically according to that Minimum scale limit will be always zero Manual or item based f this mode will be selected a user can manually enter a value for minimum and maximum limit for a scale If you wish to use real time tag values to set scale limits dynamically during report generation you can double click directly on a From or and To edit box and tag selection dialog window will be opened where you will be able to select any available real time data source and select any tag Then at the moment of report generation the bar graph object will read the actual real time value of that defined tag and use it to define limits of that scale The Display Style options define formatting for different bar properties Ti
218. cified data item only in one statistical object he will first have to select the specified data item Then by clicking Search button find the statistical object needed and do the replacements To replace time definition select Time definition option on the top of the dialog window Search and Replace x Search and Replace Then select which type of statistical reporting objects will __ Dele Sal be affected by that time replacements _f Search in all objects If option Search in all objects will be selected then the time period replacement will be done in all statistical objects of that report iam Tabie Search only in selected object type If option Search only in selected object type will be selected then the combo box with the list of all available object types will appear just below that radio button User can select the desired object type and then time period replacement will affect only the object type selected After that specify the time period to search for Search time period and the time period to replace by Replace by time period see pic below Search and Replace x Search and Replace Data source and item Time definition Search in all objects Search only in selected object type Single Data ki Seanch time period All time periods Specific time periods Define time period Absolute or relative period defmition ki Start of report period End of report pernod Absolute Date Time
219. cols 274 Proprietary and Custom communication drivers 275 List of other data systems which have connectivity to Dream Report 276 Data Source Definition 277 ODBC Driver 281 Excel Data Import Driver 286 OPC Drivers 293 Modbus Communication Driver 296 iv Dream Report Table Of Contents Analytical Driver 300 Web Manual Driver 301 InTouch Native Driver 303 Wonderware OPC Driver 306 Wonderware Historian driver 310 InTouch Historian Driver LGH files 312 OPC Offline Driver 314 Eurotherm Review Communication Driver 316 PcVue Communication Drivers 319 Wizcon communication driver 325 Kit of simulation drivers 326 Communication driver development toolkit 329 22 Dream Report Web Portal 330 General Overview 330 Manual Data Entry WEB Reports 330 Web Portal Activation 330 Web Portal in Dream Report Version Upgrade 331 Web Portal Report Generation 331 Web Portal toolbar 332 Web Portal Welcome Page 333 Web reports format 333 PDF Excel format 333 Welcome Page Layout 334 Report Instances 334 Web Portal Detail Page 335 Search Object by UUID 336 Web Manual Driver 337 Manual Data Entry 339 IIS Configuration on Windows Vista 341 Manual Configuration of the IIS 341 Dynamic Interactive Objects 345 Timestamp Picker 345 Hyperlink 347 List Box 350 Action Button 357 23 Index 363 v Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Help Documentation General Information Dream Report Enterprise Information Integration and Report
220. conditions defined in the data object such as the time period source item name etc dingi ata Chien latent x Sing Data Object Definition User can enter any valid SQL condition using any field or column from op the table which is included in the main definition of the data object Advanced SQL Condition NOTE SQC cannot contain conditions which are related to data Enter SOL bared condition Advanced SQL Condition SQL command WHERE tables other than the one associated with the data object ETA AETA Data item and item s from SQL condition should be located in the a sail a same table row i Sealed Data ller Daa Soue To simplify entering a condition pick the condition from the Select ODBC Batch Data Item group of controls Just select the data source item name Item Name Lal and click on the Add button The item name will be inserted in the cL format i lt ltem Name gt Afterwards it will automatically be Ad converted into a valid SQL expression For details please see List of Dynamic Tokens section You can set conditions which refer to the value of a statistical field rather than the constant value Select an existing data object in the same report from the combo box just below the SQL condition edit box and click on the Add button The selected field will be added to the SQL condition in the format of f lt Field Name gt o Caa If the SQC contains a field name then the object value w
221. configuration will be applied from report template to your report If this check box is enabled then Excel report configuration will be applied to your report and overwrite existing Excel configuration if it exists If this check box will be become unchecked then the Excel report configuration will not be applied to your report from the report template Tag configuration f the current loaded template has any entry ies in the tag dictionary then the Configure Tags List button will become enabled If the current template has no tag dictionary defined or it s originated from older versions then the Configure Tags List button will be disabled If you click on the Configure Tags List button the Project Tag Dictionary window will be opened please see Tag Dictionary section If this dialog is opened from the existing report template which has tag dictionary defined then it will be filled with tag descriptions from the template Source and Item name columns will contain a small button browse When user clicks on it the following Data Item Picker dialog window will appear Data Item Picker a Select Data ltem Dream Report History External History Server Data Source ODBC historical values ltem Hame Huert Temp Cancel If a user clicks OK in this item selection dialog window source name and item name will be set into the list control The source type Dream Report History or Externa
222. crebe cancel _ 615 items AccessLevel F You have to select all tags required in Dream Report project by selecting a tag in the list box You can also select several tags in one shot by selecting a first tag of required list and then pressing Shift button select the last tag of the list The browse list of tags can be also filtered by selecting appropriate filter from a Filter combo box in the top left part of the browser window When all required tags are selected click OK button and the list of selected tags will be saved in the project and the tag selection window will be closed When you have completed tag selection for Dream Report project click OK button and driver configuration window will be closed NOTES Only tags selected in the driver configuration window and listed in the right list box will be available inside Dream Report If InTouch is not installed on a same machine with Dream Report when clicking on Configure button no configuration window will be opened but an error message box will be displayed saying that no InTouch installation was found and driver cannot be configured and used in a project If you need to configure the same driver more than once then after having configured it the first time you ll just need to click in the Select Data Source Type field on any other driver and then go back to the driver that you need to configure Dream Report 306 Ocean Data Systems Help Docum
223. ct from report section in Expression Data Object Definition x Expression Data Object Definition Object Name TotalE xpression Object Description Add dynamic object from report Total_SingleData Add Data Source Item Name E Add eqrt Single Data 1 Single Data 1 100 sin T otal_ Single Data the format of footer lt Table Name gt lt Object name gt and they S SN Jl s J te JL ano on objects will be available for calculations in Expression Object Jj oj ww JLU JlL_ JLU CES SEE ES ae The footer will be added to the list of dynamic objects in the report only if Step Table has its name defined Result Representation For details on footer definition please go to the Step Table section OK Cancel of this manual NOTES If you add the Date and Time dynamic object it will be added in the format of dt lt object name gt If you add the Combo Box dynamic object it will be added in the format of cb lt object name gt If you add the Timestamp Picker dynamic object it will be added in the format of tp lt object name gt For details please see List of Dynamic Tokens section Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation The Select Data Item section allows user to select and add any data item from any available data source to the expression Click the Add button to add the selected item to the expression in the format i lt item name gt w
224. d as well When a file will be imported the message box will pop up asking Do you want to replace existing tags by the importing list The corresponding operation will be done according to a user s choice NOTE f you try to import tags appending the list to the existing one and the imported tag will have the same name as an already existing one a message box will pop up saying that the duplicated tag name has been found specifying the name of that tag and proposing a user to choose either to use an existing tag definition or delete an existing one and use an imported tag definition The corresponding action will be done according to the user s choice There is no limit in term of the number of tags defined in the Web manual driver configuration dialog window NOTE f you need to configure the same driver more than once then after having configured it the first time you ll just need to click in the Select Data Source Type field on any other driver and then go back to the driver that you need to configure Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Manual Data Entry Manual Data Entry Functions enable users to enter manual values in the standard Dream Report reporting template Those manual values are used to enter manual data into the Dream Report database and use them for calculations or filtering for regular reporting This functionality is enabled ONLY in Dream Report Web Portal for details about the Drea
225. d for a temporary license please contact your local Dream Report distributor or contact us directly at sales dreamreport net 3 Permanent license is available as a hardware USB Key protection and also as a software protection file license dat upon customer s choice In case of using a software license after purchasing a permanent Dream Report license product activation has to be done in the Dream Report studio according to the procedure described below Select menu Help gt Register in Dream Report studio Fill correct end user information in the opened dialog window It will create the activation file activation dat in Dream Report license folder e g C Program Files ODS Dream Report License Send activation file by email to activate dreamreport net You will receive a permanent Dream Report license shortly with an unlimited period of use 3 1 Redundant license is a special license which can be used only with Dream Report project which is defined as a backup redundant and works in redundant mode for the main project Such a license has a special discount Please ask Dream Report reseller for more details 4 License linked to the custom external license Dream Report license has an option to be linked to the custom external license Actual version of Dream Report license can be linked to a specific license of iFix license number or to Wizcon license number or to PcVue license In order to link a license linked to an
226. d in the Modbus folder in the System directory then it will become available in the profile selection list with its list of data points and their addresses If you are using an existing predefined Modbus profile and you have edited modified it and wish to save it under a new profile name you also need to enter a profile description click on a button Save as a new profile and then the new predefined Modbus profile will be created Configuring Modbus Protocol Configuration If you have selected a predefined Modbus profile or defined tags manually please configure the communication to your Modbus device Protocol type combo box contains available protocols Modbus and JBus Please select which communication protocol will be used Communication type combo box enables users to specify the way how to connect to a Modbus device There are two options available TCP IP and Serial Default selection is TCP IP If this option is selected enter your Modbus device IP address or host name into the Address edit box The TCP IP port number and the Modbus unit ID address which can be 1 to 255 have to be specified in the Port Unit ID edit box The Subscribe parameter determines how often the driver will sample Modbus device for new values If any data points are defined to be sampled in unsolicited mode which is not supported by Modbus protocol then this driver will periodically scan Modbus device with the period defined in the Sub
227. d option Absolute or relative period definition Selecting Relative or Absolute date time mode allows user to define all objects in the report based on relative or absolute tme start and end ime separately Start of report period End of report period Absolute Dusbe Tinne z Absoluke Date Time FiSf2011 se Da afiefzo11 Cay Hiogo hhimm s back iigggg hhemencss back Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation The Start and End of time of the period can be defined using four options Absolute date time Relative date time Absolute date Relative time Relative date Absolute time If the absolute option is selected then specify the calendar date and time If the relative option is selected then specify the time offset i e a number of days or hours minutes and seconds back from the time of the report definition If the time period is defined in the relative mode then the time will be defined as follows during report generation the current time will be captured as the end time and the time offset will be deducted from it as the start time E g If the time is defined in relative mode as 00 10 00 hh mm ss then it will mean 10 minutes before report generation The Start and End of period may have separate modes any of four possible If you select the Batch Based option then the following period definition control will appear Select time penod option Batch based w Selecting Batch based pernod allows user t
228. d period will be and it will modify appropriately the end time Example f today is April 29 and you specify the fixed period Last 2 months and Duration 1 month then Start period will be defined by Last 2 months i e Feb and March i e start of the period will be February 1 End of the period will be defined by Duration i e 1 month i e the end date will be February 1 1 month March 1 The section Start Date Time may define when the start and end date and time for the specified fixed period are For example the Last 1 day period means the period from midnight last day until midnight today Using start date you can count 1 day not from midnight to midnight but from and to the time specified in the Start Date Time field e g if the start time is 07 00 00 then Last 1 day period will be accounted not from midnight last day until midnight today but from 07 00 00 last day until 07 00 00 today If the user specifies last or current day week then only Start time is available If the user specifies period Last or Current month or quarter or year then both Start Date and Time will be available Dream Report 186 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation If you select Absolute or relative period definition in the Define time period combo box then you must specify the start and end time for the period Define time period Absolute or relative period definition sa Start of report period End of report period Absolute Date T
229. d refresh Details page Parameter value 1 will disable auto refresh of the Details page This value is set by default Minimum value is 1 second i e web portal will check for project updates every 1 second and update the Details page Display Options if user will click on the button Portal Display options the display options dialog window will be displayed Web Portal Display Options gt Display Options Select Path for Custom Logo Image Fj Skin _ W Search bar Select Path for Custom Skin Image s Set V Report history E Details page sans V New report Set Default Web Page As V New dynamic report Welcome Web Page Language selection Select specific report Fal Navigation pane Fal Show PDF Toolbar Cancel in this dialog window user can select which elements of web portal he would like to display or to hide Select path for custom logo image allows users to select an image which will be displayed in the top left corner of a web portal Select path for custom skin images set allows users to select images which will be used as a skin for web portal window These are project based settings which means that in different projects on the same PC user can set different images The section Set default web page as allows users to select which web page will be opened by default when web portal is opened as a default first page Usually by default web portal is always open
230. default This entry will be displayed by default when a user will add a new object to the report Format enables users to select specific format of date and time for each Timestamp Picker This combo box has 3 options available Date and time Date and Time Dream Report 213 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation The Visible in PDF option controls whether this Timestamp Picker object will be displayed in the generated PDF report or not If this object is defined as invisible then it will be initialized with its default value and then all data input objects that will be based on that object will get its default value 05 03 2011 T400 04 Example of the Timestamp Picker object in the runtime mode Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Hyperlink Hyperlink is a dynamic interactive object which enables users to add a text and turn it into a hyperlink and is available ONLY in WEB reports please also see Manual Data Entry section To add this object click on the command button Hyperlink on the Web Elements ribbon icon on the horizontal toolbar in the Dream Report Designer Studio menu see pic below rr Home Connectivity Project Web Elements faz Hyperlink Action Combo Timestamp Manual Button Box Picker Input a The following Hyperlink Configuration dialog box will be opened Hypedink Configuration ES Hyperlink Task options
231. defined then only those access right check boxes will be checked that are enabled in all selected users and or groups If some users groups have access rights which are not defined in other selected users groups then those User access rights check boxes will not be checked for this common users selection In the real time when a user makes login the Dream Report User Management will check if it s Windows user If yes then it will verify with Windows Active Directory which groups this user belongs to and then will apply the access right If a user belongs to different groups which are defined in the Dream Report User Management then user rights will be set using maximum Summary access mode Example f a user belongs to the Guest group with access to the Designer studio and also he belongs to the Engineers group which has an access to the Runtime manager then the user who belongs to those 2 groups will get access both to the Designer studio and the Runtime manager Default report in a web portal control provides users a possibility to assign a default report to be opened in a web portal when user logs in to a web portal If no default report is selected for the user then when that user will log in to the web portal a standard Welcome web page will be opened If the user has default report selected then when he will log in to the web portal selected default report page will be opened directly and Welcome web page will be skipped
232. driver can extract and process numeric and string values Null values are always ignored Dream Report 285 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation NOTE f you need to configure the same driver more than once then after having configured it the first time you ll just need to click in the Select Data Source Type field on any other driver and then go back to the driver that you need to configure Dream Report 286 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Excel Data Import Driver Dream Report includes Excel Data Import EDI driver which enables to periodically access specific Excel file s or check for specific folder s optionally including subfolders and import all new data EDI driver will permanently run with Dream Report and look after specific Excel file or all files in a specific folder optionally including subfolders As soon as the file modify time has changed or new files have appeared in the folder EDI driver will access that file or the newly created files read data according to its configuration and log that data into the standard Dream Report database In order to import data from Excel you need to define logging group from EDI source with record rate On Update EDI Driver Compatibility EDI driver is compliant with the following MS Excel versions e MS Excel 2000 e MS Excel 2003 e MS Excel 2007 e MS Excel 2010 e MS Excel 2013 MS Excel is not required to be installed on the PC where EDI d
233. e DBatch real time electronic batch recording NOTE Permanent software license will be operational only for a PC where activation file was done Software license is linked to the specific PC hardware profile If Dream Report permanent license is provided as a hardware HASP USB dongle then it will not be linked to the specific computer but only to that specific USB hardlock key and will run on any computer where Dream Report USB license key is plugged in NOTE HASP protection if running on Windows Server OS types will work only under console terminal mode if set to run as an application Otherwise please set Runtime to run as a service For all commercial information regarding different license models license types prices and other commercial information please ask your distributor or contact us at sales dreamreport net for more information 6 Wonderware based License This license type is provided in accordance with the Wonderware company policy on issuing licenses There are 2 types of licenses production and consignment The production icense is non expiring The consignment icense is temporary and has an expiration date If a customer needs to upgrade either tags or web clients for the Wonderware based license the existing license file should be deleted and the new upgrade license file should be installed If Wonderware customer wants to use uses Dream Report license issued by ODS and needs to upgrade it the
234. e 40 min and if it will be unchecked the duration will be 1 hour Dream Report 243 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Ignore rate of change before stability gnore rate of change after stability options define if rate of change should be considered for the process validation Stability result function If any of those check boxes will be checked the rate of change will be ignored during calculation of the Stability result function Ignore out of the range item s option enables to discard from the setpoint calculation the items with the values which are either higher or lower than the ones defined in the setpoint When this option is selected a user will be able to set Low From and High To limits for the setpoint definition Any calculated statistical function or a chart where the setpoint with such definition is used will check if the entry value of every item defined in the setpoint for the specified selected time period is in the range If the item is out of the range it will be excluded from the calculation If the item which is used in the setpoint has no value available for the specified period it will also be considered as an item which is out of the range By default this option will be unchecked If this option is checked but no working range has been set a user will get the warning message asking to define the range Dream Report 244 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Custom Archi
235. e Home ribbon icon on the horizontal toolbar in the Report Designer Studio see pic below Pr Home G3 co Ebeda x JS Paste Object Connectivity Project Web amp rt Page Insert template gt New Page 44 Apply Report template The report template file will be created with a tdr extension NOTE Users can also save the current report as a template by clicking on the ODS button in the upper left part of the Dream Report Designer Studio By default report template files are saved in the Templates folder within the Dream Report installation directory Dream Report 232 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation When a user saves a report as report template the following Save Report Template window will be opened Save Report Template Set Path C Program Files005 Dream Repoti Templates Aep O bd In the Set Path edit box user will have to ee select the desired report template tdr Repot Sating F Tage Dictionary excel Export Settings files by browsing for such a template using i fi Tagi Dacha browse button on the right from the Give Description to Tags combo box Date S ounce lem PA sarees Descnphon ODBC histoncal wakes Query T empl H f ODBC historical wakis Queri Temp Include in Template section contains 3 SIGE mod ae T check boxes Report Settings Tags ODBC historical values Queryl Moleri P IDEC histoncal vahues Quen Motor Dictionary Excel Export Sett
236. e are pre configured profiles in the product installation supplied with the product When installing the product there is a folder Modbus in the System folder in the product installation e g C Program Files ODS Dream Report System Modbus All profile files are located there where the name of a profile file is the displayed name of a profile in the profile list Profile is a ready set of data points their name Modbus address data type etc Load existing profile The combo box Load predefined profile contains the full exhaustive list of all available predefined Modbus profiles If there is any profile which you want to load please select this profile in the combo box and then click on the Load button The driver configuration engine will load the selected profile and the section Current working profile will display the loaded Modbus profile data such as Profile description will be written in the edit box and the Number of tags string will display the number of tags defined in the selected profile Now all list of predefined tags will be loaded Create and save new profile If you are not using any predefined profile and you have already configured once your list of Modbus data points and you will use the same profile in the future you can type a description for the new profile click on the button Save as a new profile and then you can type the profile name in the Save file dialog window The profile file has to be save
237. e before entering stability zone Rate of change after exiting stability zone If any of these statistical functions is selected then the button Select setpoints will appear next to the statistical function combo box Select Statistical Function Duration of stable perad T Select setpoints If a user clicks on the button Select setpoints the dialog box with setpoint selection will be opened where a user will be able to select one or several setpoints Select setpoints xX Select setpoints Setpoint name mm O Oven 1 O Oven 2 Fastest entry item Sowest entry item Fastest exit item Slowest exit item User can select one or more setpoints Then the check box next to each setpoint will become checked If no setpoints have been selected user can click on browse button on the right Then the Setpoint Analysis Configuration dialog window will be opened For details on how to create setpoint definitions please go to the section Setpoint Stability Analysis Group box Consider items will have a combo box with 6 entries All items Fastest entry item Slowest entry item Fastest exit item Slowest exit item and Selected Tag The default selection is All items lf the All items option will be selected then the function will calculate all items tags which have entered and left the stability period Then the function will do its main calculation for all the items from th
238. e configured if user will ee ee l Ji BOF Excel click on Settings button next to Web check eb trand Runtime settings box Widgets Show report in the bst J Load report in runtime Report Preprocessor J Real time values update rate Macros 5 Seconds t 7 User Authosization On Cancel Appty Lok cance In this window user can enable or disable real time values update and set the value update rate By default values real time update is disabled and if user enables it then real time value update default rate is 1 second The minimum update rate is 1 second If the PDF Adobe Acrobat option is checked then the report will be generated in a file of PDF format which can be opened and viewed by Adobe Acrobat Reader We recommend using Adobe Acrobat Reader version 8 0 or higher for the best performance The report file name will be set based on the Report Name Format section If a user clicks on the Settings button just below the PDF check box the Advanced PDF Security settings dialog window will be opened Click Advanced PDF security to find more details about this functionality When the PDF option is checked the Email check box will be enabled and can be checked as well This option enables the user to send each generated report file PDF to a list of predefined users When the Email option is checked click on the Settings button to configure the list of email recipients Configuration of email manager is described in the Email Configura
239. e new standard representation way according to the latest energy reporting standards eg Energy Performance Charts EPCs An indicator object will calculate the value according to the defined function or calculation grade the result according to the preset grade of value ranges and display the result with the grade mark To add an indicator object to a report click on the Indicator button on the Report Designer studio Elements toolbar As soon as user Clicks on the button and marks the area on the report workspace the Indicator Object Definition dialog window will be opened The Indicator Object Definition dialog window consists of 2 parts Data Definition and Appearance Indicator Data Definition Indication ogee deliton Daia Dair The Data Definition dialog enables users to create one or Eb can Djeci name several indicator definitions and display results accordingly a Every indicator object can have but not necessary a name If a user wants he can type a name in the Object name edit box and this name can be then displayed on top of the object To the left of the Object name edit box there is a list with defined indicators AS soon as a user creates a new indicator definition he will click on Add button and the definition will be added Every indicator definition has a logical name and will be added to the list by its name a ad Any indicator definition can be deleted by clicking on Delete button
240. e option defines whether primary or secondary language will be used for tag description and other text data properties When all configuration is properly set a user can test connection with a server by clicking on Test Connection button in the bottom part of the driver configuration window Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation PcVue real time alarms using Web services driver configuration If PcVue real time alarms using Web services communication driver is selected then as soon as you click on Configure button the following PcVue driver configuration dialog window will be opened x Host address OO Proxy address fs Prom Port HTTPS Update Rate in seconds Use alternative language Use associated label all Use variable tithe In this window please specify Host address The IP address of PcVue server to which the driver will be connected Proxy address The address of a proxy server if exists Proxy port Proxy port HT TPS This option defines if HTTP or secure HTTP HT TPS will be used for data transfer Username Username for login to PcVue server Password Password for PcVue server connection Update Rate This option specifies time period for cyclical check of values and alarm updates Though PcVue web services driver doesn t support unsolicited mode of data acquisition all data updates are not received automatically but are checked periodically with rate defined in this option
241. e selected name can t be found or is not typed correctly then the error message box will pop up saying that an object with the selected name cannot be found Dream Report 66 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation In this case user can click on the Advanced button to start advanced Windows user group selection The following dialog box will be opened Select User or Group Select this object type User ci Group From thes locator TAHIA Common Queries Hame ADH n Fobie ee oo Adwirishatce TANIA amaze TANIA E ASPHET TANLA Eh Guest TANIA Eh Helpicsstart TANIA E IUSA_AMAZ TANIA E IUSA_OB1 TANIA If a user clicks on the Find Now button the drop down list will appear User will be able to select the relative distinguished name RDN to be added to the list of Users Groups and click on OK This name will immediately appear in the object name edit box of the Select User or Group dialog box Click on OK and the selected Windows user or group will be added to the corresponding list in the User Management Users and Groups dialog window All selected information will be saved in the Dream Report User Management database Dream Report 67 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation User Group Authorization This functionality enables to assign project report access rights to the user user groups selected If you click on the Authorization tab the Authorization dialog window section will be ope
242. e selection will be prompted This list will be compiled from a list of sources mentioned in the driver configuration file In the example mentioned above the list of sources will have two sources DataSource_A and DataSource_B Click on Add button and add this driver to your project Simulation Alarm Driver Configuration The configuration file of the Simulation Alarm Driver has the name dummyalarm cfg and it has the following format Alarms_A FireDetection_Adminsitration 10 11 FireDetection_Gymnasium 10 16 Intrusion_East_Gate 20 15 Pool_water_temp_22T 10 19 Outside_temp_17T 60 19 Alarms_B Pipeline1_Speed_Low 2 10 Valve1_Open 10 11 Valve2 Open 11 12 Valve2_ Closed 11 13 Valve3_Closed 12 13 Lack_of_pressure_Ollwell1 1 10 Lack_of_pressure_Oillwell3 1 12 SOURCE NAME is a definition of a virtual alarm server One configuration file can contain multiple source definitions They will be just listed one below the other like shown on example above List of alarm definitions is added one below another right below source name Each source can have a list of its own items Alarm definition is recorded in a format lt alarm text gt lt priority gt lt generating period in sec gt When clicking on Configure button the configuration dialog i e the dialog with virtual source selection will be prompted This list will be compiled from a list of sources mentioned
243. e the text it will have no influence on a hyperlink definition To edit hyperlink user will have to select that text object and click on the Hyperlink button or select Hyperlink from the right click context menu please see the pic below Dream Report 349 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Pe Ra a 5 SAREE Copy Object ps 7 Copy Object Properties Fo Paste Object Properties Delete Dream Report Menu To remove hyperlink from the text object select Delete from the right click Dream Report context menu Dream Report Context right click Menu for the text object has 6 entries Cut Copy Object Copy Object Properties Paste Object Properties Hyperlink and Delete Dream Report 350 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation List Box Combo Box is a dynamic interactive object which enables users to select values from a predefined list and is available ONLY in WEB reports please also see Manual Data Entry section The Combo box object will be visible only in web reports and will not be displayed in PDF Excel reports To add this object click on the command button Combo Box on the Web Elements ribbon icon on the horizontal toolbar in the Dream Report Designer Studio menu see pic below Web Elements Picker Input Draw a rectangle in the workspace where the output data will be displayed The following Combo Box Configuration dialog box w
244. e value filter is empty and doesn t contain any value range the full value range i e all values will be counted Dream Report 127 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Duration in the interval hours calculates the total time period when the values were within the specified value range and returns the result in the format HH MM SS When this statistical function is selected a user will have to enter a value filter for the range of values The values entered are inclusive i e will both be included in the calculation Negative and floating point values are accepted however only numeric values can be entered This filter doesn t work with text or symbolic values Example f we calculate the Duration in interval between 12 00 and 14 00 with a value range of 10 20 where between 12 00 and 13 00 the value was 12 and between 13 00 and 14 00 the value was 22 then the value was only within the specified value range 1 hour 12 00 13 00 and the result will be 01 00 00 e Counter a Statistical function which is mainly used to count consumption water electricity consumption etc This function displays the difference between the last and the first value of the selected item during the specified period of time Example f the counter function is applied to an item which had values 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 then this statistical function will return 60 which is 90 30 If the value counter has a maximum value after which the
245. e with a special backup license option A license with backup option allows users to use that license only on a backup node and such a license will have considerable discount from a regular such license price More details you can check with your Dream Report reseller Dream Report 61 Ocean Data Systems Project Settings Localization Help Documentation The Localization tab enables users to set the language of the interface i e all dialog boxes and menus configure date time week and display settings for the report objects To open Localization dialog window click on the command button Localization on the Project ribbon icon on the horizontal toolbar either in the Dream Report Logger Studio or Dream Report Designer Studio menu see pic below Home Connectivity Project RQA TE B General Database Web Set Log Hotbackup Definition configuration Paths File configuratio Runtime KAE Dictionary Web Elements Tools Language Selection Project Parameters Definition This dialog box enables a user to select the current language of the Dream Report studio interface dialog boxes menu and popup messages When a new language is selected and a user clicks on Apply or OK a new language will be applied immediately No project restart is needed All strings are loaded dynamically from the language database Lexicon mdb file which is located in the Database folder of Dream Report installation
246. eating a Footer and a Header When you save your page as a template it will be replicated for every new created page of that report When making reports with long tables which create and jump to the new pages user may need to keep some upper area of every page free of any objects Then when objects start to jump to a new page they will start it only from some area keeping the certain upper section free For this users have to define header Dream Report 230 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation To create a header you have to place all your header objects to their places drag down a small green triangle on a vertical ruler on the top left side of the workspace and place it below your header objects as displayed on the picture below 4 T 20 30 Then all the area above that triangle will be greyed and all objects located in that grey area will be kept clean from any overlaying tables or other objects Please note that when you drag down the green triangle it will create the header area not only on the page where you drag it but also on every page of that report including all new pages which will be dynamically created while generating that report Creating footer should be done using exactly the same procedure but just dragging up the green triangle on the left bottom part of the vertical ruler NOTE Report pages can be also saved as templates by clicking on the DR Main Button in the upper left part of
247. eb Portal Welcome Page will be opened If Reset web report data action is selected Dream Report will read all data entered manually in edit boxes combo boxes tables etc calculate all statistical objects located in the actual displayed report using that data and update change the data of all objects accordingly in the currently displayed web report If File Transfer action is selected user will have to select a folder where all client s selected files will be transferred to Select Action File Transfer Action Parameters Select Folder to Transfer C Data DEF When user will click on the browse button a standard Windows Browse for Folder window will be opened where user can select any Windows folder where files selected on a web client side will be transferred NOTE When user will click on the browse button on a web report the Select file window will be opened where user can Select any single file no filter by extension and as soon as the file has been selected it will be transferred to the server A window with a progress bar and the Cancel button will be displayed until the operation is completed The maximum size of an uploaded file is 51200kB e f SQL Query action is selected then user can set SQL query and execute that SQL query when that button is clicked in a web portal With that selected action button will have the following configuration Se
248. ect Data Source combo box select required History access data source which will point to the needed external archive 3 Select data items which values you need to import To do it click on Select Data Items button and the item selection window where you can select all needed items will be opened All the selected items will appear in the Selected List of Data item names If you want to import data from all data items available at the data source you don t need to open the item selection window Just check the check box Import all items and Archive Import will import all values from all found items 4 Set Data retrieval mode t has 2 options by schedule and on absolute time If by schedule radio button will be enabled then each defined period the archive import tool will connect to the external archive and import all new values see the pic above Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation fon absolute time option is enabled then the archive import tool will connect to the external archive and import all new item values at an exact time specified in the combo box see example below Data retrieval mode By schedule On absolute tine 14 00 00 14 00 00 5 Click on the button Ada Now the archive import definition is ready 6 f user needs to import item values as soon as the archive import definition has been created he can click Import Now directly in the Dream Report Studio and d
249. ection Report Preprocessor Report Settings Macros Report Settings User Authorization 11 12 16 20 20 23 24 26 30 33 47 47 50 53 56 57 59 61 63 63 67 69 71 71 75 77 79 81 83 86 88 89 92 93 Help Documentation Dream Report Table Of Contents Report Settings Advanced PDF Security 94 12 Logger Configuration Studio 95 Logger Studio Overview 95 Communication Driver Configuration 97 Item Group 99 Item Group Definition 99 Item Group Definition Logging Schedule 101 Item Group Definition Log on Event 104 13 Alarm Group eee 1006 Alarm Group Definition 106 Alarm Group Definition General 107 Alarm Group Definition Logging Schedule 108 Alarm Group Definition Log on Event 109 14 Designer Studio i Designer Studio Create new report 110 Rulers and Grid 112 Static Objects 113 Designer Studio Add Picture 114 Designer Studio Background 115 Designer Studio Text Object 116 Search and Replace 117 List of Dynamic Tokens 122 Designer Studio Simple Statistic Objects 124 Single Data Object 124 Designer Studio Compound Data Object 137 Designer Studio Expression Data Object 138 Advanced Visualization 141 Designer Studio Batch Definition 142 Result Representation 145 Alarm Filter Manager 150 Dynamic Text Object 151 Version ID 151 Page Number Object 152 Advanced SQL Condition 154 Date amp Time Object 155 Designer Studio Time Period Definition 156 Correction Factor 159
250. ed Eurotherm data access diver configuration vq Select database type Select database location Use Review database From default location Use Review database From custom location _ 4 2 In this window user can select the type of the archives which need to be accessed and the location of those archives User doesn t need to create and configure a DSN or do any configuration other than just pick up the archive selection NOTE f you need to configure the same driver more than once then after having configured it the first time you ll just need to click in the Select Data Source Type field on any other driver and then go back to the driver that you need to configure 318 Dream Report 319 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation PcVue Communication Drivers PcVue driver of Dream Report enables you to connect to PeVue SCADA using web services communication and get access to real time data real time alarms and historical data of PcVue running project To configure PcVue drivers first open the Communication Configuration Wizard dialog window In the Arc Informatique folder please select the PcVue driver you need from the Select data source type section and click on Configure button ion Coni igualan Wizard a i ae w Selec Data Source Type Configure Dirag lor Selasie Sorea Chedirvencl Ciriars LiH J Wordenann 7 i i Dimas Lagecal M ai 24 Aspertesh 4 43 Open communication protooods Driver Lo
251. ed If you click Create Project Wizard will close and the created project will be loaded into the Dream Report Studio This new project will be created in a specified folder with all project and report files according to the information already entered in the completed steps You can then continue this project development if needed in the Dream Report designer studio in a normal working mode If Project Wizard was launched when opening the Dream Report Designer Studio then when you click Create and Project Wizard closes Dream Report Designer Studio will start automatically with the project just created 46 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation If Project Wizard was launched either from the Windows start menu or by double clicking on the ProjectWizard exe file in the Dream Report project system folder then when you click Create nothing will happen The created project and all its configuration files will be saved in the Dream Report Project folder in a special folder that will have the name defined in the Project Name section of Project Wizard Then if you want to continue project development in the Dream Report Designer Studio in a normal working mode you will only have to double click on the lt project name gt drpj file to start the project NOTE f you click Create and the message box Project Name is Empty will pop up please go back to the Project Name section and define the name of the project Then you ll have to
252. ed 1000 Raw value Engineenng condition is true When the condition is false no data from any item within this group will be logged Value 1 Value 2 Log values in the range defines a value filter for data logging The check box Log out of range defines how values which Inhibit group logging are out of a defined range will be recorded ox _Cancel_ Ane If this check box will not be enabled then all values which are out of range will be ignored and not recorded into the database If this check box will be enabled then all values out of range will be rounded to the closest range limit and then written to the database e g if range is 10 to 30 a value of 35 will be recorded to the database as 30 and a value of 5 will be recorded to the database as 10 Engineering unit conversion has 2 options Simple conversion and Linear calculation Simple conversion option enables users to make simple mathematical operations with raw values and write the result into the database Allowed calculation operators are Example A simple conversion of 1000 will divide each received value by 1000 and log the result from the group If the received value is 65000 then the logged value will be 65 This will be applied to each value received for each tag defined in the group Selecting Linear calculation will allow users to perform linear calculation from the raw value The user enters upper and lower raw values 1 and 2 and
253. ed as templates by clicking on the DR Main Button in the upper left part of the Dream Report Designer Studio please see the picture below Ss 4 LS vill Sea 236 Dream Report 237 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Tools Tag Dictionary The Tag Dictionary module enables users to create tag dictionary for multiple reports With the right button of the mouse click on the report context menu The report list will have a new entry Tag dictionary You can also click on Configure Tags List button in the Appy report template dialog window see Report Templates section Or you can click on the command button Tag Dictionary on the Tools and Project ribbon icons on the horizontal toolbar in the Dream Report Designer studio menu see pic below Connectivity Project Web Elements Runtime b F m i l as si S t ar Ea gt Sa fk Setpoint analysis Custom Virtual Report Report UHH DSN Databas Dictionary configuration Archive Import Instances filters Import Tool Manager confi The following Project Tag Dictionary dialog window will be opened Project Tag Dictionary Select data source and item Search and Replace Description Data Source ltem Marne Counter ODBC historical values Quen Tempe ODBC historical values Quen Tanki 1 2 ODBC historical values Quer Mtord 4 ODBC historical values Query re 4 Data Item Picker Ed a Select Data ltem eas a ss ses St Dream Repor
254. ed at the Welcome page with the list of all reports in the project However user can select another page which can be any available report page Then every time when web portal is opened it will be opened at selected page Here we need to mention that there is also another possibility to set a default page for specific user in User management section it s possible to set the first page for specific users Dream Report 55 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation The different between the default page setting in this section and the first page per user is that in this Project setting section the default page is set globally per project independently of a user And the first page per user is set for specific user without any impact on a global project If the project has both options enabled if no user is logged then project default page will be loaded If a user logged in and he has another first page defined then user page will be loaded User defined page will have higher priority than a project global first page For example if the project setting has report A as a default and user Sam has defined default page report B So if user Jim will log in the report A will be loaded as the first page project default page If user Sam will log in then report B will be opened as the first page Dream Report 56 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Project Settings Folder Selection In the Project Paths dialog window
255. ed users in the User Authorization section described here If you add a new user to the global project List of Users and Groups it will be automatically added to the List of defined users in the User Authorization section described here and will be unselected All users are unselected unauthorized by default for all reports unless you select authorize them Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Report Settings Advanced PDF Security Users have a possibility to increase security of PDF reports created by Dream Report by activating and configuring Advanced PDF Security Click on the button Settings just below the PDF check box in Report Seitings gt Report File Format gt Report Target window The following dialog window will be opened M Activate POF Security Insert Password Insert Owner Passveond LE EEE EILIT Confiem Password Confirm Owner Password Cit Tt teed Encryption Level 40 Bit E recryption 126 Bit Encryption Permission L_ No Printing No Changing Document No Coping of Extachor V No Adding or Changing Fom Fields When a user checks the Activate PDF Security check box all dialog window controls will become enabled PDF security configuration dialog provides two passwords User Password to open read the PDF document and Owner Password This will allow users to change the preset permissions to allow printing editing and copying pdf document content Users must also s
256. ee a i a Pis Graphi aah IL ili LTM i a P i aizean ana i wa z B Chara a L af ha _ METIE d oe D Auboralic Shatistical Table a ee gd wl faeegy GMa yy Report el r AA s i oe Web Portal Welcome Page displays the following data Report name name of the report as defined in the Report Settings in the Designer Studio Report Formats report format types PDF Excel Web as defined in the Report Settings in the Designer Studio Description description of the report if it is defined in the Report Settings in the Designer Studio Generated on date and time of the last report generation New Report standard generation New Report and dynamic report generation New Dynamic Report buttons Report Instances If a report has virtual instances defined it will be displayed as a tree When a user expands this tree the list of instances of that report will be displayed with the information for each instance please see the pic below Current Lewel earch toe Espa Report Formats Description Generated on New Report dhd oy slain i mr aa ciel Mas wabe Repo Bot ot d i mata hip i Py Water Trasimar bre Mig Ble pord yet d PF Standard generation New Report and dynamic report generation New Dynamic Report buttons will be available for each report report instance By clicking on the button needed the corresponding report report instance will be generated If a user clicks
257. efinition Logging Schedule When the group definition dialog box is opened a user can click on the Record Rate floating splitter and the appropriate tab page will be opened Here a user will have to select logging mode and schedule for Add item group x the entire group General Record Rate Record Mode Upper section Record Mode defines how often values of all Record Mode Tolerance data items in the group will be logged in the database during the sie a logging period There are 5 options for the data logging mode On Change On Aacnai Paia Update Every On Item Value Change and On Absolute Fiom To Time mow ao F P Day Settings The On Change option will enable logging only on a value Men mito wed Mite ie msa FSu update if the value is different from the previous one please see the picture below ___ Add Medty Remove From To Beaded Mia E Record Mode Tolerance On Change 0 Tolerance on Abs Value Recon Conditions Tolerance on Percetnage 72 Lok J h cance Ann When this logging mode is switched on the user is able to define tolerance in the corresponding Tolerance edit box The value entered in this edit box will define how many units of value should be changed in order to log a new value to the database and which value change should be ignored It s possible to set tolerance in absolute units or in percentage by selecting the appropriate radio button inside the record mode section eith
258. egative pulse is counted only when this pulse is in the bottom part e g C D C1 and L M N Points A B and H are not counted as pulses as they haven t reached the Entry Value Peak Maximum Value calculates maximum value for positive pulses only If a user selects this statistical function for the report then he will have to define the value for the pulse wave from the Value edit box this edit box can accept double values whole and decimal and the pulse sequence during the process in the Pulse ID edit box please see the pic below Select Statistical Function Peak Maximum Val ka Value Pulse ID Example on the picture above E F G is the positive pulse 1 and J K is the positive pulse 2 If this parameter is empty the statistical function will calculate maximum for all pulses for the entire period i e just a simple maximum value over the object period NOTE Value and Pulse ID edit boxes must be able to accept dynamic parameters f Peak Minimum Value calculates minimum values for negative pulses only If a user selects this statistical function for the report then he will have to define the value for the pulse wave from the Value edit box this edit box can accept double values whole and decimal and the pulse sequence during the process in the Pulse ID edit box please see the pic below Select Statistical Function Peak Minimum Valu Value Pulse ID Dream Report 135 Ocean Data S
259. elect the encryption mode in the Encryption Level section There are 2 encryption modes available 40 bit and 128 bit When this mode option is selected all generated PDF reports will be generated using the selected encryption mode Permissions determine which kind of access the user will get while opening the PDF document There are 4 options available No Printing No Changing Document No Copying or Extraction and No Adding or Changing Form Fields Using these permissions you can prohibit users from printing and using cut and paste operations To disable encryption permission and password protection uncheck the Activate PDF Security check box Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Logger Configuration Studio 95 Logger Studio Overview Logger studio is a user interface to configure all data communication and logging Logger studio is split vertically into two parts the upper part is data communication and logging definition and the bottom part is alarm communication and logging definition To establish communication select the appropriate communication drivers Detailed explanation of data source definition is described in the Communication Driver Definition chapter The top left list box contains a list of all data items groups for data logging A detailed explanation of data item group definition is in the Item Group chapter The upper list control shows the items from your selected source or selected group
260. elete Ronzontaly Ler bo Regn Donot inert data bodka Tag name Waueni Type Daems Tee ins Exon layout configuration Opaeratar AZ Tat s nF Timestamp format in data block Tine Time format hha Date format aM ie Timeshares afer fren the cell 7 5 x Dabe ii Incated in the ced Ei 7 j Tag names start fom the zel g m Conc In the Read data from Excel file s from section please select a specific file with the extension xls or xlsx Then the EDI driver will periodically check the timestamp of the modification of that selected file with the period defined below As soon as the file modification timestamp has been changed the driver will read file data and all new values will be archived into the database If you have entered the folder name but not the file name the driver will periodically scan for the entire folder and keep the list of the last processed files and their modification timestamp As soon as a new file has been found or the modification timestamp of any existing file has been changed to a newer one the driver will process all these files and all new data will be archived into the standard Dream Report database Check box including subfolders will be enabled only if the edit box with the file folder name contains a folder name If you have entered only a file name this check box will be disabled If this check box is enabled then EDI driver will check not only all files i
261. ell Save Cancel If the Timestamp format in data block combo box has the Time value defined select a cell which contains the date that will be taken for every value and added to its time Row and Column of the cell will be selected from the combo boxes in the Date is located in the cell section AE Fie Edit View Insert Format Tools Data Window Help BETEETAN eee an Pee ive Timestamp Tank1 Tank2 Tanks 22 03 2013 a 12 00 00 1170 1350 1500 fees 13 00 00 1455 1425 1350 E 14 00 00 1320 1395 1125 A 15 00 00 1185 1470 750 10 16 00 00 1380 1500 375 AL 17 00 00 1425 1350 1200 wea 16 00 00 1485 1305 1500 13 289 Dream Report 290 Excel Data Import Configuration Read data From Excel Filefs From climes Including subfolders Use Default Spreadsheet Select Spreadsheet Check For new data every Values in excel File data blocks are recorded G Vertically t bop down 3 Horizontally Left to Right C Do not import data blocks Excel layout configuration Timestamp Format in data block Time Time format hh mm ss Date Format dd MM yeyy Timestamps start From the cell E Date is located in the cell Tag names start From the cell l Save Cancel If the Timestamp format in data block combo box has the Date value defined the midnight time will be added to each items date File Edit wiew Insert Format Tools Data Window MES ell cz Tanki 21032013 2A
262. em Item Name browse will display only the list of pre selected tags for the selected data source please see the pic below Dream Report 254 Select Data item Select Data Source Display tag browse list options i All items Item Filter Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation x Favourite item list Descnpbon Filter Path Item Name i Zl Batch ID Batch ID Batch_ID Ip Cancel _ Description to pre select favorite tags user will click on the button and the standard Dream Report multi tag selection Select Data Items window will be opened please see the pic below Seip Dale Bee Select Data Source ODEC data Laem Pitter Design Fiber Avila Data Ther Path Them Mame F hsh E F md fin F tt ok Cancel am Manual item Enip Add Marwai tem Addni Data Ibiri DAZ dats Besich _DAsirh_i opac data Batch IOD Ammos Remowe Al This window will automatically select the driver which has been selected in the Select Data Item tag selection window User will be able to select any other HDA driver defined in the project and pre define the list of favorite tags for all defined required data sources in the same window without closing and re opening it If the Select Data Item tag selection window has no driver selected yet then the Select Data Items multi tag selection window will have no
263. enabled And the user will have an access to editing project users in the Dream Report Studio Otherwise this command button will be always disabled NOTE Please always select at least one user that will have Full Administrator Rights f no user or group has been given the right to have access to the User Definition window in the project then on exiting the User Management section the following message box will appear No user with the right to administrate project was defined Please define at least one user with an access to User Definition window Then you will have to go back to the Authorization section and select at least one user who will have access to the User Definition window You can assign different user rights by selecting one or several users and or groups from the List of Users and Groups and by checking appropriate check boxes with the corresponding access rights Check boxes in the List of Users and Groups are not related to user rights but are related only to access to the reports If no report is selected in the Report name list of the Project Reports section on the right then all check boxes in the User access rights ist will be disabled If you select several users and or groups at the same time and check User access rights check boxes then those check boxes will be assigned to several users Also at the same time if you select one or several users and or groups and they already have access rights
264. end Result To specifies an action for any selected entry of this combo box This combo box will be filled with the list of other combo boxes defined in this report and user can select any of them As soon as any selection has been done in this combo box in real time the selected child combo box data will be refreshed In the Timestamp section user can define timestamp Date and Time for the defined entered values Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation If check box This combo box is obligatory is checked then selecting a value from this combo box is required for successful report validation If a user will not select any value he will not be able to complete the report If this check box is checked then a red mark will be displayed to the left from the combo box and as soon as a user selects any value from the combo box the will change its color to green If check box Add Default Value lt Not specified gt is checked then the combo box will be filled with all values according to its data configuration and one more entry lt Not specified gt will be entered in addition The Visible in PDF option controls whether this Combo Box object will be displayed in the generated PDF report or not If check box Autofilter is checked then values in the combo box will be filtered automatically Display mode User is able to display a list box on a web report either as a standard li
265. enerated Dream Report will check the number of existing report files If this limit will be exceeded the oldest files will be deleted Store files for period of defines for which period files of this report should be kept in the report files directory If this option will be enabled then each time a new report is generated Dream Report will check the creation date of existing report files and will delete each report created before the defined period Reports Tree Organization By default all reports will be created and displayed as a report tree If user will right click below the report list he will get a new entry in the context menu Add New Level please see the pic below Dream Report 73 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Report Designer Studio List of Reports _ Project Reports List Add New Lewel If a user will click on this entry the Report Level window will pop up Report Level x Level name Industrial Report Level location Monthly Production User will have to enter the report level name Level name location of this report level Level location and click OK The new report level will be added to the report tree please see the pic below Repot Designer Studio As soon as at least one report level has been defined a user will be able to rename and delete report levels according to the needs by just right clicking on the corresponding report level please see the pic below Repo
266. entation Wonderware OPC Driver Wonderware OPC driver of Dream Report has to be used to connect Dream Report to FS Gateway OPC Server which enables connectivity to the Application Server or other Wonderware product The Wonderware OPC driver is based on the OPC technology and is specially designed to work with FS Gateway OPC server with a limited number of concurrent OPC clients It s impossible to communicate with FS Gateway OPC server using regular OPC driver due to the following reason FS Gateway allows only 1 simultaneous OPC client connection and Dream Report can establish up to 3 client connections Designer studio 1 connection for tag browser and 1 connection for data access client Logger studio 1 connection for OPC Client to get value updates FS Gateway doesn t support simultaneous connection of 2 3 and more OPC Clients In order to adapt the OPC client of Dream Report to work normally with such OPC server this Wonderware OPC driver has been designed It s based on the regular OPC client with a modified mechanism of tag browsing and establishing connections to server As soon as you add the Wonderware OPC driver to your project the Studio will establish only 1 client connection for tag browsing only and the OPC client will not be loaded into the Studio During the first connection to FS Gateway tag browser will request and save the entire list of items from the OPC server into a text file in the System folder of the Dream Repor
267. ep period for each row of the table Example f you define a table from 12 00 until 15 00 with 1 hour for each step row then Step end time will display 13 00 14 00 15 00 for 3 rows of the output table Step data Select this menu to define the statistical calculation for the selected column When you select this menu the Data Definition dialog window will be opened It is totally identical to the Single Data Object Definition window and is described in details in the Single Data Object section The only difference between the Single Data Object Definition and the Step Table Data Definition window is that in the Step Table Data Definition there is no time period to be configured The selected statistical function will be calculated for the selected data item separately for each row of the table Example if you define a table from 12 00 until 15 00 with 1 hour for each step row then your defined statistical object will be calculated 3 times for time periods 12 00 13 00 13 00 14 00 14 00 15 00 for 3 rows of the output table Also in the Appearance section of the Step Table such options for the data definition as Wisible and Write back are not available because they cannot be applied to a step table NOTE When using the following Pulse Analysis statistical functions Peak Minimum Value or Peak Maximum Value it s important to note that column value e g column ID will be available as dynamic token parameter for the statistical f
268. eport 62 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation If that combo box doesn t contain the desired time format user can enter any desired date format inside that combo box using any free format and separators and applying the following conventions dd day of the month MM month number Mon abbreviated month name 3 letters yy short year in 2 digits yyyy full year in 4 digits Month full month name in the local language After the required date format is set an example will be displayed in the Result example edit box This edit box is not editable and its purpose is only to display the result date representation Time Format Users can also select which time format will be displayed in timestamps 24 hours time representation or 12 hours AM PM time representation The default value is taken from the operating system when a new project is opened Then a user can change this setting by selecting the desired option radio button NOTE Date and time format from this dialog window will be used to display timestamps in item and alarm tables display results of the following statistical functions in Single Data Objects Timestamp of Minimum Maximum First Last values display timestamps in charts and bar graphs The timestamp for the report name format is configured in Report Settings gt Report name format The timestamp for the step tables is configured in the Step table dialog window Week Settings Week Settings section
269. eport Ocean Data Systems ODBC Driver Help Documentation Dream Report includes ODBC driver which enables connectivity to any external databases which support ODBC connectivity and have supported data structure ODBC driver of Dream Report provides automatic tag browsing tag and alarm data extraction To configure ODBC driver first open the Communication Configuration Wizard dialog window Communication Configuration Wizard Select Data Source Type r Arteonal a EO Wonderware EJ Aspertech CJ Open cocnmurecahon peotocols Corfigure Dever tor Selected Source Driver Logical Name B Excel Data import atre valet B FO teatime values Driver user desorption Z ODBC Pettoncal values B ODBC Pestoncal asme Gj OLE 08 4g OFC B SNMP matme values HQ Cect E L amare Dats Source Detcrpie Anahtica reshma values A Shore thet Wieard on creating new proset Driver conmecton tang rudd Cancel Select either ODBC historical values driver or ODBC historical alarms driver from the ODBC subfolder of the Open communication protocols folder in the Select data source type section Click on Configure button and the following configuration window will be opened NOTE n Dream Report version 3 43 the ODBC History Access driver had one instance both for historical data and historical alarms configuration Now in this new version of Dream Report the ODBC driver has two instances and should be configured sep
270. er Each communication driver is configured via Communication Configuration Wizard dialog box which can be opened either from the Logger Studio or from the Report Designer Studio menu Click on the command button Driver Configuration either on the Connectivity ribbon icon or on the Driver Configuration button also located on the left vertical toolbar see picture below Driver Configurations Configuration Project Reports List The following driver configuration dialog box will be opened Communication Configuration Wizard x Select Data Source Type t Ta intemal J oxpcal N 1 LJ Wonderware ott Logical Name HEJ Aspertech Anac Configure Onves tor Selected Scarce Defined Devers List 6 SJ Are intoemnatque H Schneider HEJ Techno Trade H Weco Ri Intebubon DA Erheln Dats Source Descrpiorn Ji Show this Wizard on creating new progect Deve conmecton sining Cancel When the driver configuration window Is opened in the Driver Logical Name section the Dream Report analytical driver Analytics will be automatically configured and you will not need to do its configuration again This driver Analytical real time values is an internal module responsible for record of statistical data calculated by Dream Report to the database NOTE n Dream Report version 3 43 each driver when configured had only one driver instance with one two or three subdivisions according to the types of data to access for configur
271. er Tolerance on abs value or Tolerance on percentage see pic above The On Update option will enable logging when any value update is received from the data source whether or not the new value is different from the previous one please see the picture below Record Mode Record Mode On Update X Dream Report 102 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation The Every option will record the item value at the defined rate whether or not the value has changed The rate can be defined in hours minutes seconds please see the picture below Record Mode Record Mode Ever 07 10 14 Normalized Time Sampling The option Normalized time sampling allows logging values with normalized timestamps i e rounded to round absolute time For example if use will select Every 20 seconds then values will be logged every minute at 00 seconds 20 and 40 seconds of each minute If user will select logging rate Every 30 minutes then values will be logged every round hour 00 minutes and every 30 minutes of each hour This option works only if selected time is even to round hour If a round hour 3600 seconds can t be divided by selected record rate with no rest then this option Normalized time sampling will be ignored and logging will be done as usual as if this option is switched off just milliseconds will be rounded to a round second The On Item Value Change option will record item values each time the value of a co
272. er related language and expiration of the entire account Select language option enables you to assign specific language of the Dream Report studio interface studio menus strings in dialog windows etc to specific users It allows more convenient and use friendly project development in multi lingual teams which develop and maintain a project Check box Account expires on enables the option to limit the validity period of the entire account If this check box is unchecked the account has an unlimited term of validity If this check box is enabled then the period of the user account validity will be limited until the period defined in the calendar combo box below If the user authentication enabled project is launched either in the studio or in the runtime a login window will be prompted Login administrator Password eee OK Cancel The login window will also appear if a user clicks on the Login with different user command button in the User Management section of the Project ribbon icon on the horizontal toolbar either in the Dream Report Designer Studio or Logger Studio menu see pic below Home Connectivity Project Web Elements Tools Runtime wtb ah7y ti Ore General Database Web Set Log Hotbackup Localization Tag Project Parameters Definition configuration Paths File configuration Dictionary Definition ij ar a FIA En NJ iwith fEdit project Version F users control rocin VU Ait
273. er to the Dream Report project in the Wonderware folder of the Select Data Source Type section of the Communication Configuration Wizard select Real time connection to InTouch local node please see the picture below Communicalien Caninia Wizard x asa eee Contgues Dag hor Selected Soutce Delir Cirwers List i ntema Ditea Logeal Harrek Wonderware A Applicaton Serve foca o mms Driver Logical Hama BB Anajtics B ww Histoman Add Manus fH Int quch hia values LOH bes j Hoc ac E Intouch cal of remote rode ary Fs A Sutelink Piotoco aver TOP VP ms B lnTowch hetoncal dams file He AALS Hages Alsie Aspentech EEI Open communication protocok Ceon ae Esta P 0 Chei i Sieme 8 iji E igina Lots T ia ds thee 4 if Dala Souice Derenplon Raline Sonne ba lel pich ead rae OF Cancel The Configure button will be enabled Click on it to configure the driver Driver configuration Data access and Alarm drivers have different configuration windows and must be configured separately so if both drivers have to be used they both have to be configured one after one Data Access driver can provide a list of tags available in a local InTouch project It enables Dream Report reading tag values from InTouch pooling mode writing values into InTouch tags and subscribing and receiving tag value change events from InTouch unsolicited mode 303 Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Configur
274. erating Repo Pie Graphs Report Energy Report Maintenance Report Production Report Settings x Project Reports List General Alarm Tables Automatic Statistical Tat Report Name Format Bacteriological Report Report Time Definition Bar Graphs Generate Report On Event Batch Info Report Batch Trend J Enable Generation on Event Charts Data Tables J Enable Instance Generation Report Instances Original Report v Apply to Al Select Event Type Besed On Condition On Item Value Change Data Source SCADA c hem Name y Ana_10 Generating report with delay after event Report Refinery Report Water Generate report after event with delay of Setpoint Analysis Single objects SQL Tables Step Tables Turbidity Report Web Trend Widgets Report Fle Format Macros t p User Authorization OK Cancel Apply If this option is selected then every time when selected data item will change its value report will be generated String type data items are supported by that option as well User has also a possibility to set a delay to generate report after event has occurred If a user checks the Generate report with delay after event check box then he must set a valid number from 0 to 86400 of seconds which runtime will sleep after report generation event has taken place After the specified period of seconds the report will be generated 80 Dream Report 81 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Report Settings Report
275. ere means which report or instance format will be opened In the Project Access combo box a user can select one of the options from the drop down menu to have access to while the project is running Open project folder Open reports folder Open log file folder Open web folder Open database folder options allow a user to have access to one of the selected project folders Open log file option enables to open directly the log file which has traces about errors and information of the running project Edit project option opens Dream Report Designer studio Open web portal option enables a user to have direct access to the Dream Report web portal Manual Value Editor option allows direct access to the Manual Values Editor window if during running a project user must enter new updated manual values The Manual values editor window will be opened For details please see Manual Values Editor section Configure IIS option enables a user to configure IIS directly from the RMC NOTE 1 To have access to a project in the Dream Report Web Portal each time a new project is started user will have to configure IIS Internet Information Services for that project manually by clicking on the Configure IIS button If the IIS configuration process has succeeded user will get the message IIS configuration has been successfully completed Otherwise he will have to check the reason for the IIS configuration failure Dream Report 2
276. eriod Standard deviation calculates the standard deviation of all values of this data item during the specified time period Weighted average the weighted average value for this data item calculated for the specified time period Duration in the interval hours calculates the duration in hh mm ss when values of this data item were in the specified value range during the specified time period Counter calculates the counter value from values of this data item during the specified time period ON Counter calculates the ON Counter from all values of this data item during the specified time period OFF Counter calculates the OFF Counter from all values of this data item during the specified time period ON OFF Counter calculates the ON OFF Counter from all values of this data item during the specified time period System availability calculates the system availability in using all values of this data item during the specified time period SQL Query performs a predefined SQL query in the selected database NOTE For more details on each of the statistical functions listed above please go to the Single Data Object section The Define time period section defines the time period for statistical calculations for this object and is described in detail in the Time Definition section of this manual The period can be time based or Batch based This is described in detail in the Batch Definition
277. erver Salect Data Source hem Fiter Preece x 7 Available Data hems Path hem Hame Added Data hams B Ack_Time a Batch _Data Motor1 E Aarm bed Add gt gt atch_Lista Motors I Baich ID Batch _Data Moter3 jE Counter End_Time J Remove Remove All Select data source type Get Data From and then the combo box with data sources will be filled with the list of available drivers of that tyoe Select Data Source As soon as the driver has been selected the left list control item Name will be filled with the complete list of tags from the selected driver The list can display a folder branch or a tag leaf Path edit box displays the current path from the browse root Item Filter can filter an item list using all available wild characters Dream Report NY 273 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation After selecting tags click OK and they will be filled in the Dynamic Tags List part of the Dynamic Report Generator window please see the pic below Avatable Reports Dynamic Generation Report Targets H E Batch reports Use onginal time period C Energy Repot examples Define time period Generate Emai OEE Performance and Maitei 5 0 Production and Manufacturing 5 Reporting Objects Examples Be eee ik ai ened ducal Y Select List of Tags for Replacement Dynamic Tags List Current Status Absolute Date Time Batch_Data Motor1 Date 7 27 2012 Batch_D
278. erver and create a new browse text file All the communication with data server is done using regular standard OPC communication protocol OPC DA driver supports OPC 1 0 and OPC 2 0 standards OPC driver can be configured to any local or remote OPC server having flat or hierarchical architecture To configure OPC Offline driver first open the Communication Configuration Wizard dialog window Communication Configuration Wizard Seci Dala Souta Tye Br Irisa Wondere i Ei Aspanteck Driver Logical Name BB Arabic Open communication protocols OPC _Offline Adel BE Mariel E csv Bopac E Ertel ists mpal eame yeh wee PFC restine vake B Meus CPAP RS ASL DCAC i GLE DE T T Configure Ditea for Sebeched Source Dietined Cnevers List rnvar Logical Hama J Dj Seren 39 Eurotherm i Loter adai Mis kleh Daa Srca Uepi UPL Ofte taal bire ales Dream Report 315 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Select OPC Offline driver from the Open communication protocols folder in the Select Data Source Type section Click on Configure button and the OPC driver configuration dialog box will be opened Select OPC Server Computer Name Browse Network Select Server v Test Connection Refresh Server List Cancel In this dialog window select an OPC server to which you would like to connect In the Computer Name field specify the name of the PC where OPC server is running By default
279. es an action for any selected entry of this combo box This combo box will be filled with the list of other combo boxes defined in this report and user can select any of them As soon as any selection has been done in this combo box in real time the selected child combo box data will be refreshed In the Timestamp section user can define timestamp Date and Time for the defined entered values Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation If check box This combo box is obligatory is checked then selecting a value from this combo box is required for successful report validation If a user will not select any value he will not be able to complete the report If this check box is checked then a red mark will be displayed to the left from the combo box and as soon as a user selects any value from the combo box the will change its colour to green If check box Add Default Value lt Not specified gt is checked then the combo box will be filled with all values according to its data configuration and one more entry lt Not specified gt will be entered in addition The Visible in PDF option controls whether this Combo Box object will be displayed in the generated PDF report or not If check box Autofilter is checked then values in the combo box will be filtered automatically Display mode User is able to display a list box on a web report either as a standard list box or as a selection
280. eted click OK and continue designing your project During report generation Dream Report will automatically go to the database analyze the values of a tag defined for the batch recognize the start and end times of the batch and will then apply those times to the object Timestamp in external database is in UTC format If batch information is retrieved from external database and batch timestamps are stored in UTC time formal and have to be automatically converted to a local time user has to check the check box Timestamp is in UTC format Then Dream Report will know that all requests to the batch database have to be converted from local time to UTC and all timestamp data read from that database has be converted back from UTC to local for presentation in reports and Dream Report user interface Dream Report 144 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Golden batch In the Select Golden Batch ID combo box in the bottom part of the Batch Definition dialog window please enter the ID of the golden batch for the data comparison To browse for a specific batch ID from the database click on the browse button select the time period to search all available batch IDs from Batch IDs in time range or select All batch IDs Then the combo box Select Golden Batch ID will be automatically populated with all available batch IDs during the specified period Select any of them to be the Golden Batch ID Batch IDs in time range 7 All
281. eter will be filled with the list of all available defined internal project parameters IPPs Combo box Select Parameter Data Source will be filled with the list of all relevant objects defined in that report i e with the following object types Single Data Objects Compound Data Objects Expression Data Objects Combo boxes Date Time pickers When user will click on Ada button the selected parameter with the selected corresponding object will be added to the list Dream Report 146 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation NOTES The list of parameters can t have the same parameter defined twice However it may have the same report object defined several times for multiple parameters Report parameters using hyperlinks will work only for web report formats in Dream Report Web Portal Only WEB report formats Report Output File will be generated using hyperlinks PDF and Excel report formats will not be generated using hyperlinks For details on internal project parameters IPP configuration please refer to the Project Parameters section of this manual The Show Result As section controls the display format for the value In the left combo box select a type of result output By default the selection is Default Calculation If this output type is selected the result of statistical calculation will be displayed in its native format If Show result as Barcode option is selected select a barcode type i
282. eue button in the top left corner of the RMC and the RMC configuration window will be expanded By default RMC will be opened with the Reports Queue section expanded User Management If a project which RMC is trying to connect to either on a local or remote PC has User Management enabled then user will be prompted to enter a username and password If login failed the connection will be denied If a user tries to launch a new project and user login failed then the project will be started anyway in the runtime control service but the RMC will not be connected to it NOTE f User Management is activated and the RMC is minimized then if a user wants to maximize it he will have to enter the login and password again Switching between projects If a project is running and a user needs to stop it and switch to another project he will have to stop the currently running project browse for another project and click on Start Command Lines in Runtime Manager Dream Report Runtime Manager can execute a number of command lines The Command line has the following available formats for generation requests Dream Report 262 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation generate This argument will say that generation request will be performed The following parameters are possible name Report name instance Report instance name fixPeriod This argument will indicate that the fixed time period is used absPeriod This argument will
283. f a user runs generation command with additional command line parameters DRG will not open any user interface and will execute the command in a silent mode i e pass command to the runtime manager to generate the selected report for the specified period Dream Report 268 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation The Command line has the following available formats for generation requests generate This argument will say that generation request will be performed The following parameters are possible hame Report name instance Report instance name fixPeriod This argument will indicate that the fixed time period is used absPeriod This argument will indicate that the absolute time period is used relPeriod This argument will indicate that the relative time period is used batchRe Period This argument will indicate that the batch based relative time period is used batchAbsPeriod This argument will indicate that the batch based absolute time period is used timeStart Time that defines start of period timeEnd Time that defines end of period batchDef Name of the batch definition to be uses batchRel Mode for the relative batch ID it can be last or current batchCount Number of batches to count batchlidStart D of the batch for the report start batchldEnd D of the batch for the report end currentTime This argument will set the current time for the report Target for the report can be pdf email printer
284. f the current template has no tag dictionary defined or it s originated from older versions then the Configure Tags List button will be disabled When user clicks on the Configure Tags List button the Project Tag Dictionary window will be opened please see Tag Dictionary section If this dialog is opened from the existing report template which has tag dictionary defined then it will be filled with tag descriptions from the template Source and Item name columns will contain a small button browse When user clicks on it the following Data Item Picker dialog window will appear Data Item Picker a Select Data Item Dream Report History G External History Server Data Source ODBC historical values ltem Hame Huert Temp Cancel If a user will click OK in this item selection dialog window source name and item name will be set into the list control The source type Dream Report History or External History Server will be saved for each entry separately as well 234 Dream Report 235 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation If source name or and item name is defined in the list control and user calls the item selection dialog window then Select Data ltem window will be opened with existing selection filled in If a user will double click either into the Source name column or into the Item name column the cell will be opened for manual text editing In the top righ
285. from another Combo box option is selected then the combo box below that radio button will be filled with the list of all web combo box objects defined in this report User will be able to select a web combo box object which will have the Batch Definition function described above in the Show Batch Definitions section and then the batch ID list for that given web combo box will be filled with batch IDs taken from the batch definition which has been selected in a corresponding Show Batch Definitions web combo box The Show Batch IDs List combo box in the web report will have no default selection If report is generated from Web and report has the Show Batch IDs List combo box then if it has no selection the report will be generated using the default time period defined in its objects If the Show Batch IDs List combo box has any selection the report will be generated for the selected batch ID Check box Wulti selection will define if the combo box will be opened in a multi selection mode drop down list with check boxes If this option will be disabled then the combo box will be opened as a regular single selection drop down list combo box By default this check box is unchecked In the Assign Selection to Tag section user has to select either a real time Real time Item or history data HDA Item value parameter which will get the selected value of the combo box when the report is completed Combo box S
286. g combo box NOTE Property is a list of all columns from the Alarm log table without the timestamp Alarm log is a table where the list of its columns includes the column Log List The name of the table is the name of the alarm log If user clicks Refresh button the Alarm log combo box will be filled with the updated list of the tables If any alarm log has been selected in this combo box then the Property combo box will be filled with the list of alarm properties of the selected alarm log If before clicking the Refresh button any alarm property has been selected this selection will remain unchanged The Type combo box will include 3 options Numeric Text and Boolean If the Numeric type is selected the Condition combo box will have the following options gt gt lt lt BETWEEN Dream Report 322 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation If the Text type is selected the Condition combo box will include the following options IS IS NOT LIKE If the Boolean type is selected the Condition combo box will include only one option After having defined the Condition user will select AND or OR and click on Add condition button When all conditions have been added user will click Add filter button and the defined filter will be added to the list of filters in the Filter Name table NOTE f user selects filter from the list the Conditions list will be filled with the filter settings If use
287. g a regular PDF or Excel report those objects will be invisible If Manual Input function is used in a Step table then all input values will use a date for each value which will correspond to the row where that value was entered into Dream Report 136 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation After selecting the statistical function and data select the time period NOTE For Single Data Objects the Manual Input time definition option is available The time period for a statistical calculation is described in details in the Time Definition section of this manual The period defined for the object can also be Batch based This is also described in details in the sections Batch Definition and Time Definition The Result Representation section describes how to format the results decimal precision added unit etc The Advanced SQL Condition section describes how to configure advanced filters for the processed values Examples of the Single Data objects m a Gatch D First Vale L 0S 2007 0 00 13 First Value Last Value 7S ma 1350 j 1485 rm Cee 007 15 13 00 Last Value Maximum Value 146 mi Oo eo l 1 00 Masini Yalue Minimurn valije L50 m 150 ms 150 m3 OF 06 2007 11 00 00 Minimum Valine Average Valine 1139 81 m TET TITE Weighted Average 1133 46 m Integral Value Sum Valus GOAS ma 02 12 47 Run Time Standard Deviation ES NOTE This example of the single data objects in the generated report demonstrates different single data objects
288. g to the ProjectCfg mdb file of the project 2 Select ODBC historical values driver in Dream Report and choose VC_VersionsHistory table 3 Create an item table with version numbers and comments VERSION CONTROL TIP While doing modifications to the project if those modifications for some reason haven t passed validation by end user the SI can leave the running project as it has been validated by end user rolling it back to the validated project version and then roll forward to the latest version of the project in order to make changes asked by end user Version Control Elements The following operations report layout changes will be considered as a change Change of the object configuration tags time appearance etc Deleting an object Adding a new object Moving object location Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Report Settings 71 Report Settings General Help Documentation Report Settings is a dialog box where output properties of a report are configured To configure report settings right click on the report tree in the Report Designer Studio and select Report Settings from the context menu La u Report Designer Studio List of Reports 3 Project Reports List Virtual Report Instances Apply Page Template Dynamic Objects Apply Report Template Save As Page Template Save As Report Template Copy Report To Folder Delete Report The Report Settings dialog
289. generated To the right of date selection specify the time at which the report will be generated Select Day Select Time 1 1 a Dream Report 35 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation lf Yearly option is selected then the Select Day combo box will display a calendar to select a day of the year for the given report to be generated Though the calendar will contain the current year report generation will not be limited to the selected year Every year the report will be generated at your selected date To the right of date selection specify a time at which the report will be generated Select Day Select Time 6 21 2011 ka 10 00 00 2 If you don t want to generate the report automatically by schedule select Never option Click Next to go to the next step of project creation Click Back to go one step back to re configure or check project configuration Click Close to exit Project Wizard without any operation performed Event The next step of project creation enables or disables event based report generation First the Reports Event window will be opened iS Dream Report Project Creat ng Wizard TX SS Project Name Dream Report can generate this report on event M if a real time tag value changes and its value fits into the pre Connectivity a defined condition the report will be automatically generated Data Archrang Batch Definition Batch Denton Do you want this report to be automat
290. generating the report the table will be created according to the number of the retrieved columns Statement AS is not supported by the query parser so SQL queries such as SELECT abs AS Param1 Shouldn t be used The Display Columns ist defines which columns will be displayed as well as their order width and caption The left row of check boxes enables and disables the appropriate column display in the table The Caption column defines the caption of each column of the table If you wish to change the caption of any column double click on the appropriate caption inside the column and it will be available for editing The right set of check boxes Sort By will define by which column the data will be sorted Only one column can be selected Radio buttons below Sort In will define the sort direction ascending or descending The Font Properties controls enable you to set different font properties for the table title table header and the displayed data in columns The Max Number of Rows edit box allows you to specify the maximum number of rows to display in the table This enables a user to protect the report from an overflow When defining the maximum number of rows you can set which cut of all data set you would like to display the first or the last block of data This can be defined by selecting an appropriate radio button List rows from Start or List rows from End Dream Report 181 Ocean Data Systems Help D
291. generation the selected combo box has the value s selected the report will be generated in a hardcopy PDF Excel format with original tags replaced by the web combo box selection either by other tags tag set selected in a web combo box object or by virtual report instance s The report will be generated in PDF Excel format for the selected batch definition Dynamic parameters button has the same functionality and enables the same operations as described above in Refresh button function If Generate PDF action is selected then when user will select this option current report view will be saved as PDF in a PDF file in the reports folder Report file name and location will be taken from the corresponding report settings NOTE f you have Microsoft XP operating system installed on your PC then in order to define correct path to the place where generated PDF files will be stored please go to the Web Configuration section of Project Settings and click OK Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation If Login with different user action is selected there will be no special action parameters to configure The current user will be logged out The general Login page Web Portal Welcome page will be opened where user will have to enter login credentials lf Logout action is selected there will be no special action parameters to configure The current user will be logged out and the W
292. gged text What is the supported data logging performance Actual Dream Report version supports data logging frequency up to 1000 records per second if data provider is capable to provide data at such a high rate Dream Report 53 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Project Settings Web Configuration This dialog box allows a user to define the remote station list for the web portal Dream Report web portal provides users with a list of predefined remote Dream Report stations and can re direct a user to any listed remote station To open Web Configuration dialog window click on the command button Web configuration on the Project ribbon icon on the horizontal toolbar either in the Dream Report Logger Studio or Dream Report Designer Studio Project Web Elements Tools te ih Sgil Log Hotbackup Localization Definition konfiguration Paths File configuration The predefined remote station list is created in this dialog box User has to specify a list of each logical station name and it s URL Station localhost with URL localhost drweb is always added Project Settings x automatically for a local Dream Report project Alias name for local web server is a name which Dream Report Database Definition will use for a new virtual folder It will be automatically created on b configurati every project start Alias name for local web To have access to a project in the Dream Report Web Portal each sis
293. gical Mame H Arabic a Ej Cees Revue HOS Add E ODEC_Alawns bia me M OEC data 3 J Eunothearn Condigure I B Ein Alam 42 Loptec EF o Mibsubish z G E migi ee NAA A les fo Peus HOS Aptis E Freue reshime vsus lusng Web Ser B Peus mahime dars using web Ser Peeve h mta values uerg eb Say k PeVue reahime walues fusing OFC Dss Source Demnig Povu HOS kams Ok Cancel NOTE n Dream Report version 3 43 the PcVue Web Services driver had one driver instance for real time data historical data and alarms configuration Now in this new version of Dream Report the PcVue Web Services driver has three driver instances and should be configured separately as PcVue real time values using Web Services PcVue real time alarms using Web Services and PcVue historical values using Web Services PcVue HDS Items driver configuration If PcVue HDS Items communication driver is selected then as soon as you Click on Configure button the following PcVue HDS Historian access configuration dialog window will be opened PcVue HDS Historian access configuration ye Select location of SQL Server with Pewue HDS database This computer localhost O Remote computer Database name SOL Server authentication User name Password admin TIIT Test Connection Dream Report 320 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Select Location of SQL with PcVue HDS Database Select the radio button option This compute
294. go again through all the steps of project creation in the Project Wizard the only section which will remain configured will be Connectivity and the new project will now be saved in a specified folder with all project and report files according to the information already entered in the completed steps For details please see Project Name section Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Project Settings Project Settings General Project Settings IS a dialog box which defines global settings of the opened project All entered data will be applied to the overall project To open Project Settings click on the command button General on the Project ribbon icon on the horizontal toolbar either in the Dream Report Logger Studio or Dream Report Designer Studio menu see pic below Project GS 7 th General Database Web Set Log Hotbackup Definition configuration Paths File configuration a A user can define Project Settings Project related general information name author description e Database connection settings General e Log file definition Project Name Web portal configuration settings Demo e Project paths to different folders for file management of different Rt ier modules Oc an Data Systems e Connection of two Dream Report stations as a hot backup couple to work accordingly Project Description Interface language settings all dialog boxes and menus In the GENERAL tab a use
295. guration compatibility F 05 Management Console lb 05 Management Scripts and Tools OL OS Management Service m Ml World Wide Web Services Wj Microsoft NET Framework 3 0 EJ Microsoft Message Queue MSM Server Wi Print Services Remote Differential Compression MI Removable Storage Management Mb RIP Listener Mj Simple TCPIP services Le echo daytime etc Ey SNMP feature F Tablet PC Optional Components EUD Telnet Client M Telnet Server Mp TFTP Client fe Windows Features Turn Windows features on or off To tum a feature on select its check box To tum a feature off clear its check box 4 filled boo means that onby part of the feature is turned on oS Gare rik ndeang T j agement Tools a P jb 056 Management Compgtibi EJ 08 Management Consy rs TS Management Segest onl Kiso Lk pe Server Side Includes E im Common HTTP Festus aE Heath and Diagnostics Ml Peformance Features a Mj Security EL Internet Information Services Hostable Web Core fe Wi Media Features EE Microsoft MET Framework 3 51 aO Microsoft Message Queue MSMQ Server DEJ Prt and Document Senices F Remote Differential Compression aA Services for NFS 4 Complete installation of the IIS and restart computer 5 Continue installation of Dream Report Help Documentation Dream Report 343 Ocean Data Systems IIS Configuration in 64 Bit Operating System Help Documentation When using Dream Report with web portal
296. h 64 655 J 1 et G65 24122007 7 0000 Batch 8 E 0 0 0 2 2412200780000 Batch 84 B57 i 1 3 BT 2412200790000 Batch B4 658 0 0 0 40 REAR 7419 Ww NMAN ate h Rea FEG 4 1 a v Record 14 f 7 gt bi jhe of arco gt Any database enables connectivity to the database tables with the structure where data is recorded in 3 or 4 columns Tag name Tag value Timestamp optional 2 columns for timestamp time and milliseconds Below you can see an example of a data table with the Any database architecture dbo BwAnaloglable Table WxCarriBhillRwsChirdl 070908 12 52 00 0 38375 WxCamiBhillRwsResley 070908 12 52 00 3 1125 WxCamCamWipCramm 070908 12 52 00 0 4125 WxCamCamWipCrd 0709 08 12 52 00 0 000625 WxCariCamiWipCrph 0709 08 12 52 00 6 864375 WxCariCamvvipCrtur 07 09 08 12 52 00 1 25 GM CaniCanVAnlinamm MAANAM NARRA M ee 7 P PIP of 6490 aia INSQL option enables automatic connection to INSQL database This option provides automatic tag browse and data extraction from InSQL database PcVue HDS database enables connectivity to the PcVue historical database server Aspen InfoPlus 21 enables connectivity to the Aspen P21 historical database server 4 Data mapping for tag values From the right table list Atem History Data select a table which contains your tags values As soon as you have selected a table combo boxes below this list will be automatically filled with names of all the col
297. h N 3 El 4 Timestamp Tmestame 43 g A Tank3 Tark3 25 g User User 25 g vpj Lome m m m D Sort in Ascending order D Descending order Font Properties Anal 8 Tite Table Name Align Style reas 5 m 5 Columns B y Text Line Color Back Color C Header WE O 1a List Rows from Start Fit text to row width List Rows from End 29 Max Number of Sows Ca However SQL Query table parser has the limitation of SQL functions which it is able to recognize Please find below the list of supported and unsupported functions Supported and Unsupported Functions The following SQL statements actions and manipulations are not supported by SQL table UPDATE DELETE INSERT INTO CREATE DATABASE ALTER DATABASE CREATE TABLE ALTER TABLE DROP TABLE CREATE INDEX DROP INDEX OPENQUERY from InSQL syntax SQL Table also do not support JOIN or UNION however you can create a table like SELECT From Tbl1 Where lt condition gt SELECT DISTINCT column_name s From Tbl1 Where lt condition gt Operators Allowed in the WHERE section lt gt gt lt gt lt BETWEEN LIKE IN AND OR NOT IS Condition can also include select clause for example this query will also work well SELECT Timestamp User Temp1 FROM Batch_Data WHERE Temp1 gt SELECT AVG Temp1 FROM Batch_Data Supported functions SQL avg SQL Group By SQL count SQL Convert SQL first SQL format SQL last SQL now SQ
298. has two combo boxes First day of week and First week of year In the First day of week combo box select the day of the week which will be considered as a week start day for weekly reports By default selection is Monday The First week of the year combo box defines the mechanism of how weeks enumeration will work Select one of the three options Starts on 1 Jan First 4 day week and First full week This setting will define the algorithm how to define a week number for display in the report and filenames Click on Apply or OK The new week settings will be applied automatically Common Visualization Settings This group box allows users to do advanced formatting of displayed results in all report objects Display N A when there is no value This parameter defines what will be displayed in the report when there is no value to be displayed in this report By default it is N A i e Not Available User can put there any string including blank space which will be displayed in the report when there s no result available Use decimal separator like this This parameter defines which symbol will be used as a decimal separator that separates the whole part of a number from its decimal part There are two choices available a dot and a comma Display big numbers like this This parameter defines whether the result will be formatted with separated groups of digits for better readability w
299. he Column Type settings to define the statistical data for each column If you will click in the list in that column you will see a small a button Click on that button and you will see a popup menu Step Table Daia Definition Appaarance Table Mame Energy s Dilay Table Name Display Columns Caption Width Sortby Column Type Pa F Column 58 Show Row hda iy E Column2 59 go Step data _ E Column 58 O Step start time a Feber Sort in Ascending order Descending order 8 Vertical orientation Herizental orientation Font Properties Arial European 8 z Tite Table Name Columns aign Style rate E F Text Line Cater Back Color Footer Im m Os O List Rewe from Start step No Value settings List Rows from End Show NJA 10 Max Number of Prowse Show Prev Value Show Next Value UR Cancel Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Edit Show Row Index Step start time Step end time Step data Compound Data i Expression Data Clear Show Row Index Select this menu to display a row incrementing number from 1 2 in the column Step start time Select this menu to insert the start time of each step period for each row of the table Example if you define a table from 12 00 until 15 00 with 1 hour for each step row then Step start time will display 12 00 13 00 14 00 for 3 rows of the output table Step end time Select this menu insert the start time of each st
300. he list will open a dialog box where that contact information can be edited The contact list can be imported from an ASCII file to simplify configuring distribution lists To do that manually create an ASCII file with the list of contacts containing the contact alias and email address and click the Import button After that user can browse for an ASCII file select it and the email recipient list will be imported Dream Report 87 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation To add an email contact manually click on the Add button and the Add Email Contact dialog box will be opened Alias Production Manager Email Address pmanager company con OK Cancel In the Alias field fill in the recipient alias name or title In the Email Address field enter the recipient email address NOTE Emails will be generated and delivered only during automatic report generation according to the generation schedule on time or on event as defined in the Report Time Definition Generate report on event sections of the Report Settings If you need to send deliver emails with generated reports where the data has been entered manually on demand please enable the Email check box in the User Reports Targets section of the Dynamic Report Generator in runtime Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Report Settings Printer Selection Each separate report can be printed on a separate list of printers
301. he operation you want 23 Dream Report 24 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Project Wizard Connectivity This step of project creation enables users to connect to any data source and acquire live data alarms or access its history To configure an appropriate communication driver click on the Source type of the Project Wizard menu The Source type selection window will be opened ream Report Project Creating Wizard ar Project Name Data Archiving Balch Definaton irce type Please select the type of data source you wish to connect to At this step a user will have to select and configure an appropriate communication driver to connect to and to get data for the project report Click the Configure Driver s button and the Communication Configuration Wizard dialog box will be opened For details on how to configure different types of drivers for the project please see related parts of the Communication Driver Definition section of this manual Click Next to go to the next step of project creation Click Back to go one step back to re configure or check project configuration Click Close to exit Project Wizard without any operation performed The next step will enable users to select whether to log real time item tag values into the Dream Report History or not please see pic below Dream Report 25 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation rag i p a Lat Faro Dream Report is able to
302. he specified FTP server By clicking the Test button user will be able to test connection to the selected Windows folder or FTP server Limit report files storage section described below will perform its function of limiting archived report files by period or by files number both for the Windows folder and for FTP server The option Create yearly subfolders will automatically create a subfolder for the current calendar year in the format YYYY e g 2006 The folder will be created in the report directory This option is defined separately for each report The option Create monthly subfolders will automatically create a subfolder for the current calendar month e g October The folder will be created in the report directory This option is defined separately for each report NOTE Monthly early subfolders will be created in the report directory only as soon as the first report will be generated and stored in the Reports folder It means that if you have enabled any of these two options but have not generated any report so far there will be no subfolder created in the report directory The Limit report files storage section allows you to control the number of report files saved by Dream Report This option will be applied to both PDF and Excel report files Limit number of stored files defines how many files of this report should be stored in the report files directory If this option will be enabled then each time a new report is g
303. here i means item name When calculating the result for the expression Dream Report will get the current value of the data item and replace i lt item name gt with the current value For details please see List of Dynamic Tokens section To add mathematical or logical operators click on the appropriate button and it will be added to your calculation expression The calculation expression can be edited manually as well directly in the expression edit box The functions Sin Cos Tg SQRT Ln Log and Abs must be in the format Fn x Where Fn is one of those functions and x is a function argument which can be either a constant or a data item value or a Statistic object The Log function calculates a base 10 logarithm and Ln calculates a natural logarithm with base e Calculations with times and time value types An expression object supports calculations using Single Data Objects created with a statistical function Timestamp of first value Timestamp of last value Timestamp of minimum value Timestamp of maximum value or Duration in the interval In these cases a user can make mathematical calculations with those objects and constants During calculation any such value of a date time type will be converted into a long integer type representing the number of seconds since 1 January 1970 expressed in UTC and then the calculations will be performed and the result converted back to a time format again in UTC Example
304. here a digit grouping symbol will be placed between each of digits either 2 or 3 digits Example f result number is 31415926535 and digit grouping symbol is lt space gt then the displayed number will be 37 415 926 535 Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation User Management 63 Project Settings User Management This functionality allows users to define user user group authorization and authentication for access to different project modules The User Management dialog box provides an interface to define users and their access rights The number of users is unlimited If you want to enable other users to have access to the Dream Report project first check the Enable User Authorization check box in the General section of the Project Settings dialog box and click on Define Users button The following dialog box will be opened Usm Management x Upas and Groupes U pea irigat List of Upes List of groups Loge Defined Users lechtuppce bechricisn Str Miar iri r Parad Ilica a techricisi LE E L Conhm Faseveod ee _ Account is disabled Lire pelated comen User Authorization Select Lengua for fat user E rakhi we El Account expres on tereket that stag Geoup Mane B21 2011 Use Windows Authenhestion maintenance Com tom C ete Authorzation oe Conc Arey This dialog box will be also opened if a user clicks on the Edit project users command button in the User
305. i Sylo make it visible or invisible e Arial European 8 E Display Legend displays a chart legend It can Sean be displayed on the right side or on the bottom of the chart I U e Display Values on Y Axis displays values Font Color Back Colo labels on the Y axis Axis lines and values will have the m C4 same color as the bar color Display Timestamp on X axis displays the timestamp on the X axis of the chart The timestamp may have a different format defined in the Timestamp Format ee combo box below the check boxes ee OK Cancel Display Value displays numeric value for each bar The value is placed inside each bar Single column option will change visual representation of data When this option will be selected all defined bars which have to be displayed next to each other will be displayed in one bar column one above another so that each bar group will be represented by one single column bar for each bar as displayed on a picture below Dream Report 194 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Pareto graph option enables bar graph to display all bar graphs in one group sorted by its value as described on a picture below DOS bobo bobo E E Lala Ga Gr u Dhnin Dianin em m m m m m m m m m S6666660000o In the Timestamp Format combo box a user can configure the timestamp format to be displayed on the bar graph The Bar type combo box enables to select one of
306. ical object Dream Report 158 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Golden batch will use start and end time of the golden batch ID defined in the selected batch definition in the batch configuration dialog window The Absolute batch ID and the Golden batch options are similar The difference between them is that the Golden batch is defined once per reporting project Then since the user has defined the Golden batch ID once in the batch definition window then it will be used for all the reporting objects throughout the entire project If the user changes it it will be automatically applied to all reporting objects as well The Absolute batch ID is applied to one specific reporting object and will not affect any other objects If the user wants to modify the absolute batch ID it will have to go through every reporting objects where the absolute batch ID is used and to change each of them Example Last 2 batches will mean 2 last batches which have been completed at the time of generation but not including the one which is in process now The current 2 batches will mean the last 2 batches including the one which is in process now If you select Calculated time period option the following period definition control will appear Time Definition Calculated time period r Start of report period End of report period Select calculated report object Select calculated report object Tank 1 Tank 2 i This option allows you to se
307. ically generated on a tag Reports a Yeo ha Hame Schedule Please select a tag and specify condition for report generation Event ERE Cate Source Time Period aam G Page Design If No radio button is enabled click Next and you will go directly to the next step of report configuration Reports Distribution please see the description in the Distribution section below If Yes radio button is enabled please select data source data item event condition and enter a condition value in the combo box that will appear The browse button will open the Select Data Item combo box It will be filled with a list of all available sources After selecting a data source the combo box Select Data Item will be filled with a list of all available items from the selected data source Items Filter enables users to easily find an item in a list As soon as a prefix is entered the list will be automatically filtered by the prefix Dream Report 36 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Use an asterisk as a wildcard character The Condition value can be any number in the range from 65535 00 to 65535 00 The symbol must be used as the decimal separator Click Next to go to the next step of project creation Click Back to go one step back to re configure or check project configuration Click Close to exit Project Wizard without any operation performed Distribution The Reports Distribution section defi
308. ick on Add item group in the left top part of the Logger Studio If any item group has already been created and you want to create a new item group you can open the Dream Report Logger Studio right click in the left top part of it 4dd item group Add item group x Duplicate Group General Modify Group Group Name Delete Group Temperature 1 4dd Items To Group i Group Desenptior The Duplicate Group option will clone the selected item group with all settings driver and list of items taken from the original group If a user wants to edit the definition of an existing group select Group Source the Modify Group menu option bea The Delete Group menu option will delete the definition of the selected group The Add Items to Group menu option will open the Select Data Items Add Items dialog box which is described below It will edit the data item list of the entire group Record Rate Select Add item group from the context menu and the Item Record Conditions Group Definition dialog box will be opened see pic below s Add Item Group dialog box has 3 tab pages Dream Report 100 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation General Record Rate Logging Schedule Record Conditions Log on Condition General This page defines the following general properties of a group Logical name Short description if needed Selection of data source from which a user will inc
309. idation criteria input is available only for the Analog type tags If other type is selected validation criteria input controls will be hidden Values for both Min and Max for the validation criteria are expected as integer or float numbers They will be saved and displayed as a double format number If Min or Max value edit boxes remain empty the corresponding Min or Max double value will be considered The amount of manual tags defined in the Manual Entry Parameters configuration window will be displayed in the Parameters section below the manual tags list If you click Export button the standard Windows Save As window will be opened where you can select location and name for the list export file A list export file format is csv with semi column used as a separator A list export file will have a header as the first row and data starting from the second row It will have 5 columns Name Type Min Max Description Name and Type fields are obligatory and others are optional If you click import button the standard Windows Open file window will be opened where you can select location and name for the list import file Open file will be filtered by csv extension The format of the import file list will be exactly the same as described in the Export section Only 2 columns Name and Type are obligatory If a list file with only these 2 columns has been created such an import file should be importe
310. ietary and Custom communication drivers e DeltaV Emerson Process Management Full Set Based on OPC with customized connection mechanism DeltaV driver includes real time data real time alarm and native history access Wonderware OPC driver Data Access DA This driver allows connecting to the Wonderware data servers e g Application Server InTouch etc via FS Gateway OPC server and exchange data with it read values receive value updates write values back to it Wonderware OPC driver has special functionality to connect to FS Gateway server only once from both the Runtime manager and the Designer studio using only one client connection complying with FS Gateway single client limitation Detailed description can be found in the section Wonderware OPC Driver Eurotherm Review Eurotherm History Access HDA Proprietary history access driver for Review product line of Eurotherm This driver enables history data extraction history messages extraction and has also support for native batch of Review NOTE This driver is protected by special license option and is not available for open use To obtain license option for Eurotherm Review please contact Eurotherm HQ Worthing UK or your Dream Report distributor Detailed description can be found in the section Eurotherm Review UHH Driver iFix GE Fanuc Intellution Full Integration iFix driver provides complete integration of Dream Report and iFix SCADA system This d
311. ifferent color and font From To Display text 0 000000 10 000000 Good im bag I Add 30 000000 O 000000 Good If no text is specified for a value range then the original f 30 000000 100 000000 High variation result will be specified in the report but the result 400 000000 30 000000 High variation representation will use font and text background properties 500 000000 100 000000 Abnormal varia defined for that value range 100 000000 500 000000 Abnormal varia Example f you specify to display text STOP with the value range From 0 to 0 and RUN with the value range 1 1 then if during report generation the result is 1 then instead of value 1 the PDF report will contain RUN Example2 f you specify no text and red bold font for value range 0 10 and no text and green font for value range 11 20 then if the result value is 9 you will see 9 in your report PDF file Using tags to define limit range for Advanced Visualization Values for advanced visualization can be taken dynamically from real time tag values For this you have to enter tag names instead of values into the From or and To edit boxes If you double click on From or To edit box the Select Data Item dialog box will be open enabling selection of a tag from any real time data source When generating report this reporting object will read the real time value of the selected tag and then will use this value to define the limit range for advan
312. ified range condition Every such a time period found will be used as a step Example Let s suppose that the tag Batch_Data Motor 1 has the following values in the duration of 1 hour Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Timestamp 11 00 If Half empty value range option is defined with the range of From To 20 then the step table will have 2 steps for that period 11 00 11 20 and 11 40 11 59 If Half empty value range option is defined with the range of From To 40 then the step table will have 1 step for the entire period of 11 00 11 59 The whole table period will be one step only If Half empty value range option is defined with the range of From 20 To then the step table will have 2 steps for that period 11 20 11 40 and 11 59 lt end of the period gt If Step number is value based option is selected then the Select the object for step number value combo box will be filled with the list of reporting simple objects Single Data objects Compound objects Expression objects etc Step Period Select the object for Step number value step number is value Pulse Number r After an object has been selected later when report is generated the object calculation result will be taken as a number of steps Example f the object Pulse_Number has a value 4 then the Step table will have 4 rows Each row will have the same time period
313. ified value range which were logged during the specified time period Add a Siatistical Table option enables to create a table that will display the performance of some statistical functions for the selected tags during the defined time period Dream Report 45 Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Add a Step Table option enables to create a table automatically with a predefined time for each row in the table NOTE The type of the selected dynamic object can be removed added modified in the Dream Report Designer studio after Project Wizard project creation is completed Click Next to go to the final step of project creation Click Back to go one step back to re configure or check project configuration Click Close to exit Project Wizard without any operation performed At the final step of the Wizard project creation the button Create will complete Project Wizard create the entire project according to its definition and open the Dream Report Designer studio with that project Dream Report Project Creating Wizard SR Project Name Your initial report design is complete _ _ _ _ _ SS______ oer T7 Connectnaty F Data Archnaing Batch Definition What do you want to do next Reports If you click Back you will go one step back to re configure or check project configuration If you click Close you will exit Project Wizard without any operation perform
314. ile it s created in the System directory and then during next database connection the driver will establish database connection create a new tag browse file and save list of tags in it again 7 Data mapping for alarms Dream Report 284 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation If you connect ODBC driver to an alarm database please select a table with alarm archive from the left table list Alarm History Data Then select appropriate column names from the combo boxes below as follows Table Field for Alarm ID column which contains alarm IDs optional has to be numeric Table Field for Alarm Text column which contains alarm text Table Field for Alarm Priority column which contains alarm priority has to be numeric Table Field for Start Time column which contains alarm start time Table Field for Ack Time column which contains alarm acknowledge time optional Table Field for End Time column which contains alarm end time optional NOTE timestamp format for alarm timestamps star ack end time will be used in the same way as configured in the Date timestamp format configuration section please refer to the Timestamp management paragraph paragraph 5 above NOTE Data mapping for InTouch Alarms database To pick up alarms from the InTouch alarm SQL Server database please 1 Select DSN for InTouch alarm SQL Server database 2 Click Connect button 3 Select AlarmEventHistory as alarm tab
315. iled If this option is disabled then the process result will be Succeea Rate of change is not less than expected Rate of change is not more than expected option controls how rate of change influences the result If rate of change is less than expected and the option Rate of change is not less than expected is enabled the process will fail and if this option is unchecked the process will succeed If rate of change is more faster than expected and the option Rate of change is not more than expected is enabled the process will fail and if this option is unchecked the process will succeed Exclude failure from calculated stability period option influences only calculation of duration of stability period and no other influence This option controls the situation when during the stability period one or multiple points will exit from the stability bandwidth and then return back into the stability corridor If this option is enabled then the time period when one or multiple values will be out of range will be excluded from the calculated duration of stability If this option is not checked the full stability period will be taken for duration calculation Example The stability period started at 10 00 and finished at 11 00 During this period one data item exited from the stability bandwidth at 10 10 and then returned back into the stability corridor at 10 30 If this option is enabled the duration will b
316. ill be calculated as follows first Dream Report will calculate the values of all objects included in the SQC string then it will compile the SQC string using the actual object values Finally it will calculate value of the entire object For details please see List of Dynamic Tokens section NOTE Using the name of the entire object in its own SQC may cause deadlock and therefore is not supported Creating two objects where each of them contains an SQC with the name of the other may also cause deadlock and therefore is not supported Dream Report 155 Ocean Data Systems Date amp Time Object Date and Time object displays dynamic date and or time in the desired format To add this object click on the Date Time button on the Report Designer Studio Elements toolbar Draw a rectangle in the workspace where the data will be displayed Then the following dialog box will be displayed Date Time Definition In the Object Name section a user will define the name for the selected object The Option for Dynamic Generation section defines the behavior of date time if a report is generated by the Dynamic Report Generator with dynamic period replacement When the period is replaced dynamically the Date Time object can display either start or end time of the report period or timestamp Object Name Temperature O Custom Time Format of report generation according to the selected radio button Date Time Appearance Then
317. ill be opened Object mame Default Value Asagi Sekcion to Tag Production 1 lipp ipp End Time x Real Time Mher HDA Mem Data Source Display Data fom Energy a Mut seection kem Name Energy _Cons SOL Query Tag Values Send Result To List of Users Show Data Source List Show Tag List Show Resort Instances List Show Baton Definitions Show Batch IDs List ns Timestamp Date Time Current Time gt Yi lt Cunrent Time F W This Combo Box is Obligatory T Visible in PDF W Add Def Value lt Not specified gt M Autofiter Cancel Object Name must be a unique logical name which will be used in further work with that object within the project Default Value enables to set value which will be displayed as default in the Combo Box object in WEB reports in Dream Report Web Portal Data Display Configuration The Display Data from combo box has 9 source types of data to display Manual values SQL query Tag values List of users Show Data Source List Show Tag List Show Report Instances List Show Batch Definitions and Show Batch IDs List Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Manual values data display In the Data Configuration section user has to specify manually a set of values text or numeric separated by comma or or semi column 5 please see the pic below Combo Boo Conhiqguration 4 Object name Defau
318. ill display the appropriate message box according to the result either Test connection succeeded or Test connection failed If the Serial communication type is selected then the Test Connect button will check connection to the COM port Dream Report 299 Configure data points To configure Modbus data points click on Configure button and the Modbus Profile Configuration window will be opened Modbus Prodile Configuration Che cornig Add Dewe Enumero Lint of defined begs Hamme fier by ete Acoess_ Edi_Mode AL 1 ALAl Access Edi_Mode ALIALA Access _Edi_bMode ALALA Access Edi_ModeAl MALA2 Access _Edi_ModeAL FALAI AcoEss_ EFdnt_ModeAl TALA Acces _ Edi Moda AL PALAI Access Edi Moda ALl TALAZ Access Edi_Mode ALAL Amn Eda binda Al aA Mimie of ceird chat ok _ Crea Type Bii feld 16 bi Bitfeld 16 ba Bit field 16 ba Bit field 16 bi Bit field 16 ba Bri held T ii Bri held Vs Bet Birt held 16 Eat Bitfeld 16 ba Ba fald IE kha Ocean Data Systems Upepo Hore Tdata Table Iripui registers 1 input registers 2 input registers 2 Input registers 3 input registers k Input negistiers A Irpui registers A Ifripwui registers 0 Input registers E inmi onnininrs Address Limit Jte 63846 Jane 63846 jait biadh bane 6384 Jte Cir Help Documentation In this window a user has to define his data points one by one specifying a data point logical name in the
319. ilter 218 Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation By default the Select DSN combo box will be empty If any DSNs have already been configured in the Project DSN Manager then user will be able to select one of the DSNs from that list If no DSNs have been configured yet or if user needs to configure a specific DSN he will have to click on the browse button in the Select DSN combo box and the Project DSNs Configuration dialog window will be opened For details on how to configure DSN please go to the DSN Manager section of this manual Tag values display In the Data Configuration section user has to select the tag and then when initializing the report Dream Report will read all available values of a selected tag for the defined time period from the database and display those values in the combo box Combo Box Configuration Object name Default Value Agen Selection to Tag Production_1 foo ipo_End_Time Real Time Item w HOA Item Data Source Tag vales Mutiseecton hem Hame Energy Cane Data Configuration Send Result Ta Cream Report Hetory External Hetery Server Data Source Process tem Name Batch Data Tank1 Defne time paiod Absolute or relative period de fMmibon z Start of report period End of report period Absolute Date Time T Absolute Date Time 10 1 2012 Devs 10 16 2012 Days ee hhmmasback ys 9 hho back izo 30m Tenesta z A Date Tire All Values Advanced SI
320. ime hi Relative Date Time hi 4 14 2011 v Days Days 17 00 00 hh mm ss back 14410000 hh mm ss back The Start and End of time of the period can be defined using 4 options Absolute date time Relative date time Absolute date Relative time Relative date Absolute time If the absolute option is selected then specify the calendar date and time If the relative option is selected then specify the time offset i e a number of days or hours minutes and seconds back from the time of the report definition If the time period is defined in the relative mode then the time will be defined as follows during report generation the current time will be captured as the end time and the time offset will be deducted from it as the start time E g If the time is defined in relative mode as 00 10 00 hh mm ss then it will mean 10 minutes before report generation The Start and End of period may have separate modes any of four possible If you select the Batch based option then the following period definition control will appear Time Definition Batch based r Batch Tank 1 r Duration Mode court batches Last E 2 Here you can select a batch definition which will be used to calculate the period for your object The Batch combo box will contain a list of previously defined batch definitions If you need to edit that list click on the browse button and the Batch definition window will be opened where you can edit the exis
321. imestamp and a good quality Running Time calculates the time period when the value was recorded into the database as 1 non zero Example if the motor was turned on during the period between 12 00 and 14 00 then the item value of the motor performance was recorded as 1 non zero during this time period So the period of 2 hours will be considered as the running time up time of the motor performance Dream Report 130 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Down Time calculates the time period when the value was recorded into the database as 0 Example if the motor was turned off during the period between 14 00 and 17 00 then the item value of the motor performance was recorded as zero during this time period So the period of 3 hours will be considered as the down time of the motor performance System availability calculates and displays which part of the total defined period the system was available The calculation is done as follows first calculate the duration when the selected item had a non zero value Afterwards this time period is divided by overall time period associated with that of the object and is multiplied by 100 The result is the percentage of the overall period the item had a non zero value Example f we calculate the system availability between 12 00 and 14 00 where between 12 00 and 13 00 the item value was 1 and between 13 00 and 14 00 item value was zero then the time peri
322. in that source If report validation has passed the data will be recorded into the database please see the pic below Select Action Submit Correction Action Parameters Submit Source If Submit action is selected there will be no special action parameters to configure Report fields will be checked for correct data and if report validation has passed the data will be recorded into the database If Refresh report action is selected Dream Report will read all data entered manually in edit boxes combo boxes tables etc calculate all statistical objects located in the actual displayed report using that data and refresh the data of all objects in the currently displayed web report Dialog has 2 additional options for refreshing a report Make Dynamic Tag Replacement and or Configure dynamic parameters please see the pic below Action Button Configuration x Button Caption Generate Select Action Refresh Report E Action Parameters Make Dynamic Tag Replacement Get Tag List From TP_TagSelector X Gee By default both check boxes will be disabled If Make Dynamic Tag Replacement option is enabled then the Get Tag List From combo box below will be filled with the list of all web combo box objects which have the Tags List and Report Instances functions If in real time in a web report the selected web combo box object has no selected value the report will be generated without any
323. inal period definition but using an earlier generation time generate the report as if it was another date or another time please enable the option Use original time period and enable the option Change report generation time Then set the date and time for which you would like to generate reports Example f you have a weekly report and you are generating the report on 27 January and originally your report would display data from 20 27 of January then if you set Change report generation option to 17 January it will display data from 10 17 of January The Current Status section will display the status of the report defined for generation Report Status and the status of the defined report in the queue of reports that are being generated Queue Status In the Report Targets section you can select the format for the report generation PDF XLS Excel PDF and XLS Printer Email please see pictures below Report Targets Generate Email Open Email E PDF and ALS After having selected the report the desired time option time period and format for report generation click the Generate button and the report will be generated forcing all objects from the specified report to use time period defined here by the user NOTES You can select one of these options PDF XLS PDF and XLS by clicking on the option that you need on Generate button and the report will be generated in the format you have chosen
324. indicate that the absolute time period is used relPeriod This argument will indicate that the relative time period is used batchRe Period This argument will indicate that the batch based relative time period is used batchAbsPeriod This argument will indicate that the batch based absolute time period is used timeStart Time that defines start of period timeEnd Time that defines end of period batchDef Name of the batch definition to be uses batchRel Mode for the relative batch ID it can be last or current batchCount Number of batches to count batchlidStart D of the batch for the report start batchldEnd D of the batch for the report end currentTime This argument will set the current time for the report Target for the report can be pdf email printer excel see examples below fileParam File to be used as a file with the parameters for preprocessor NOTE f fixPeriod is used then timeStart has to provide one of the following arguments last day last n days last hour last n hours last week last n weeks last month and last n months Current day Current hour Current week Current month Current quarter where n is a number from 1 to 500 Examples e rtm exe generate name Report_1 instance Instance_1 fixPeriod last 10 hours rtm exe generate name Report_1 instance Instance_1 absPeriod timeStart 31 12
325. ing if not defined in a query font background color etc SQL Table Data Definition The SQL Query Table must configure the SQL table settings as follows Select the DSN for details please see the DSN Manager section of this manual Define the Query Pree SQL Query table x Data Definition Object Desorption ODSC Database Source Process hd ase SQL Query SELECT Batch ID Timestamp Tanks User Family Priority Alarm_text FROM Batch _Data WHERE Batch_ID feLastBatch Use query Grectly Visual Query Guilder Select Dast SOL Query query sBatchinfo v loess Add Dynamic Token ox canes SQL Query table can automatically recognize the list of SQL columns which will be retrieved from the database and the internal SQL query parser has certain limitations described below If you mark the check box Use query directly below the SQL query edit box then the SQL query will be executed exactly as it is without trying to parse it Case Example You need to extract from the Batch Database Tank Level values for the batch number 4 under condition when Motor 1 is On 1 You must define the DSN for the database and select it in the ODBC Database Source combo box see DSN Manager Dream Report 178 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation ex Temp TankLevell TankLevel2 TankLevel3 lt 01 01 2005 03 50 16 01 01 2005 09 45 02 01 01 2005 15 56 10 01 01 2005 19 25 04 02 01 2005 07 50
326. ing will happen This project and all its configuration files will be saved in the Dream Report Project folder in a special folder that will have the name defined in the Project Name section of Project Wizard Then if you want to continue project development in the Dream Report Designer Studio in a normal working mode you will only have to double click on the lt project name gt drpj file to start the project Dream Report 21 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation When Project Wizard is started the first welcome window will be opened This Wizard will help you create a turnkey simple projact which you can edit and continue developing in Dream Report studio Connactmity You can stop and axit this wizard at any step without executing by clicking Close button The Next button will bring you to the next step and the Back button will bring you back one step to re configure or chack configuration settings Reports Good luck In this section you will find basic instructions on how to use Project Wizard You can either choose to start creating a new project or exit Click Start and go to the Project Name section Click Close to exit Project Wizard without any operations performed Project Wizard Navigation As you go through different steps of project creation each time one of the steps is finished the corresponding button in the left hand part of the Project Wizard window will get a gree
327. ing Software Dream Report is out of the box Reporting software for the Automation Market which Directly collects Alarms and Raw Data from multiple heterogeneous Data Sources such as I O PLC RTU SCADA DCS MES etc Leverages all archives from other solutions and applications such as SCADA Historians Aggregates and logs to any standard Database all alarms and Data collected facilitating Information Integration within Manufacturing and Enterprise applications Integrates in one user friendly environment all tools to easily create and generate automated Reports Enables Print Archive Email and Reports Publishing over the Web automatically Is intuitive requiring only one day training and assimilation Compatible with any application in all Vertical Markets Runs in a fully secured multilingual environment Provides an extra tool Dream Report Project Creating Wizard that helps to create a turnkey simple project which can be later edited and developed in the Dream Report Studio To learn how to configure data logging please refer to the Logger studio section To learn more about database configuration and maintenance please refer to the Database Configuration section To learn more about report graphical design please refer to the Designer Studio section To learn more about report configuration and or report automatic generation and distribution please refer to Report Settings section Dream Report Ocean Data Sys
328. ing a list or real time data source in every Statistical objects the list of available data sources will contain both the real time data source and the list of archive import names When a user selects an Archive Import definition as a data source then browse of data items will display the list of all data items selected for that archive import Or if Archive Import definition has Import all items enabled then the list of all items available at the external data source will be displayed in the item browse window NOTE Runtime configuration control options Run as service or Run as application can influence the performance of Custom Archive Import Tool CAIT If CAIT is launched via Runtime Manager and import is performed to from SQL Server please make sure that Runtime Manager is running under user who has an authorized access to SQL Server 245 Dream Report 246 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Virtual Report Instances Virtual Report Instances is a module which enables to create multiple pre defined instances of the same report template where each instance will use the same template with different pre defined tags This will allow users to reduce the design time for cases where the same template should be used with different tags Virtual Report Instance Configuration User can create a Virtual Instance It is one or multiple instance definitions which includes the list of tags that will be used for that report in
329. ing batch and assign a corresponding pre defined value to the logical data point according to the event type e g value 0 if a new batch is started and value 1 if the actual batch is ended If a user has selected the Real time batch monitor driver from the Eurotherm folder in the Select Data Source Type section of the Communication Configuration Wizard and clicks on the button Configure then the Eurotherm data access driver configuration window will be opened Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Eurotherm data access driver configuration gt Select database type Select database location Use Review database From default location Use Review database From custom location T Data access parameters Value For batch stark event Value For batch end event 1 Checkup Frequency period z seconds ii In the Select database location section user will have to select whether the default Review database e g C Program files Eurotherm Review Review erv or any other Review custom database will be used for connection If a user selects option Use Review database from custom location then the browse button will become enabled and a user can browse and select the required Review database file with erv extension Data access parameters section defines which value will be assigned to a selected data point when a new batch will be started and which value will be assigned to that data point
330. ing data access driver browser 1 When clicking on Configure button for the Data Access driver the following configuration window will be opened Select Application Path CAlnTouch4op for HMI Reports Minute ltem Filter Added Data Items D ateString D ateT ime Remove Remove All Batch umber BatchString Cosinus _000 Cosinus _00 Cosinus_O02 Cosinus_O03 Cosinus _004 Cosinus _005 Cosinus 006 Cosinus 007 Cosinus _008 Cosinus _009 Cosinus _010 Cosinus _01 Cosinus 012 2 In edit box Select Application Path in a top left corner you have to enter a path to InTouch project If you wish to browse for that folder click on button and folder browse dialog window will be opened 304 Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation 3 As soon as the project folder has been entered you have to click the button browse to the right of the list box and the window filled with a list of tags available in selected InTouch project will be opened MS Tagbrowser x Filter lt none gt a Tag Names a TEETE a Real EA 4pplicationversion System Real ChangePassword System Discrete W ConfigureUsers System Discrete fe Date System Integer a 0atestring System Message EA Date Time System Real fe tbar System Integer H False System Discrete W Historicallogging System Discrete E Hour System Integer W Inactivity Timeout System Discrete tTnarkiwikh i arnina Seber Mic
331. ing one a message box will pop up saying that the duplicated tag name has been found specifying the name of that tag and proposing a user to choose either to use an existing tag definition or delete an existing one and use an imported tag definition The corresponding action will be done according to the user s choice There is no limit in term of the number of tags defined in the Web manual driver configuration dialog window NOTE f you need to configure the same driver more than once then after having configured it the first time you ll just need to click in the Select Data Source Type field on any other driver and then go back to the driver that you need to configure Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation InTouch Native Driver Dream Report includes native InTouch drivers for data and alarms Those drivers allow connecting Dream Report to InTouch receiving list of tags from the local InTouch HMI project receiving tag values from InTouch writing values back to InTouch and also receiving real time alarms from InTouch NOTE The InTouch Native Driver configuration described in this section is valid for earlier Dream Report versions In the new version 4 5 of Dream Report it has been replaced by SuiteLink driver For details on SuiteLink driver configuration please go to the SuiteLink Driver section of this manual Adding InTouch driver to a project and driver configuration In order to add InTouch driv
332. ings which Spec aa aa will define which report information will be ODBC historical values Query Matedt saved with the template If any of those aa ee check boxes are unchecked then this part of the report information will not be saved Tag dictionary _ Protected Template Ce Com The control list Tags dictionary will be filled with all tags which are used in this report in various objects Columns Data Source and Item Name will be filled with relevant tag information The column Description will be empty User can click or double click into the Description column and the field will be opened for inserting or editing a text with the logical description of this tag All the list of source tag names and their descriptions will be saved inside the report template file When saving the report template the tag dictionary will save ONLY tag descriptions and their reference associations with statistical objects in the template Data sources and tag names will not be saved in the template Dream Report Help Documentation Ocean Data Systems To apply report template to an existing report right click on the report in the report list and select menu Apply Report template Logger Studio List of Reports H E Energy Report examples OEE Performance and Main _ 9 Production and Manufactur New pot Report Settings Tag Dictionary Virtual Report Instances Apply Page Temp
333. ion Control Networks BACnet driver provides complete integration of Dream Report and BACnet data systems It provides access to real time data of all standard data objects It also provides access to BACnet alarms and BACnet native history trend objects and generating reports directly from it ODBC driver Provides automated access to any automation open database which supports ODBC interface e g SQL Server Oracle MySQL MS Access etc Easy configuration interface is provided Detailed description can be found in the section ODBC Driver OLE DB driver Provides automated access to any automation open database which supports OLE DB interface e g SQL Server Oracle MySQL MS Access as well as PI iHistorian etc Easy configuration interface is provided CSV Text Data and Alarm Collector The driver provides automated browse of data items and automated periodical data extraction from any types of text files The driver periodically checks for data updates in specified data file s and converts this data into the Dream Report database Then it s available for fast and efficient report generation as well as can be accessed in an open standard database for any third party application e Excel Data Import EDI driver Provides periodical access to specific Excel file s or checks for specific folder s optionally including subfolders and imports all new data Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Propr
334. ion Inia Select report Created by user T i t ye Bhaal akiaiaada am Created orc 11 May 2011 13 57 29 Current version Version comment amp Rall back Delete maximum temperature value Canoe The edit box Enable version control will enable or disable the Version Control VC functionality NOTE f the Enable version control option is enabled then any time each version of every report is saved all the history of all the versions of every report will be automatically logged into the project database When the entire project is saved each report will be saved only if there have been any changes in this report The Version control group box contains controls for configuration of the version control management The Select report combo box will display the name of the report that a user needs to log comments to The Current version combo box will show the ID of the current report version and will contain the list of all available versions If a user needs to roll back to the specific version ID he can select the version that he needs Then Dream Report will automatically read the comment for this version if it exists and put it into the Version comment edit box Then a user needs to click on the button Roll back and the message box Roll back operation was completed successfully will pop up If there have been any changes in the report then first the message box Do you want to save the
335. it contains localhost which means a local PC If another PC in a network has to be specified click on Browse Network button and then select the needed computer name from a network You can refresh server list from the specified PC by clicking on the button Refresh Server List It will get a list of OPC servers installed on the specified PC and update the list of servers in the combo box When the OPC server is selected click the button Test Connection to test communication between Dream Report OPC client and your OPC server NOTES During installation of Dream Report additional OPC component will be installed OPC Core Component Redistributable 2 20 from OPC Foundation It s supposed to repair or possible problems in OPC servers registrations and repair windows OPC component installation If Runtime Manager runs as service then the OPC connection will work over DCOM and the OPC Server may not be fast enough to supply to the OPC client Dream Report the requested amount of data If such weak OPC driver performance may occur in order to improve it a user will have to set Runtime Manager as an application for details on Runtime mode settings please see Runtime Configuration section of this manual If you need to configure the same driver more than once then after having configured it the first time you ll just need to click in the Select Data Source Type field on any other driver and then go back to the driver that y
336. item in a list AS soon as a prefix is entered the list will be automatically filtered by the prefix Use an asterisk as a wildcard character NOTE You can t proceed to the next step Logging mode until you haven t selected any tags to be logged Click Next to go to the next step of project creation Click Back to go one step back to re configure or check project configuration Click Close to exit Project Wizard without any operation performed Logging Mode The Logging mode step of project creation enables users to define how often values of all the selected data items tags will be logged in the database during the active logging period please see pic below ps Jream Repon Froject Creating Wizard 8 CR Project Name In this section you must select how your tag values will be archived r in a Dream Report historian database Connectuty TA Data Archiving Please select how you want to archive values of your selected tags Select tage Toker ance Balch Definibon in libem taue Change On Absolute time i IF EET ai The logging mode combo box will have the following options On Change On Update Every On Item Value Change and On Absolute time The On Change option will enable logging only on a value update if the value is different from the previous one When this logging mode is switched on a user can define tolerance in the corresponding Tolerance edit box The value entered in this edit
337. ject when runtime is started then specify this also in the Startup options section of the Runtime Settings configuration window see the picture above For details on how to configure the runtime engine please see Runtime Configuration section of this manual Dream Report ry Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Licensing and Software Protection Dream Report has software and or hardware license protection 1 Demo license When Dream Report is installed without any license it will automatically work in demo mode Dream Report demo mode sets a limit of 25 tags and enables web portal with 1 web client Designer Studio will run unlimited period of time and Runtime manager will work up to 30 minutes The purpose of the Demo mode is to provide user with a possibility to evaluate and try using the product Using Dream Report in Demo mode on real projects is not allowed 2 Temporary license Temporary license is a full functional license with a limited period of service available for periods of 15 90 days This license is available as a software license only file license dat Runtime will work continuously non stop with that type of license until the license period is expired Ocean Data Systems can issue temporary license for specific cases on per case base Number of items web options is specified there according to the customer demand Temporary license can be issued on any period up to 90 days If you have a nee
338. just need to click in the Select Data Source Type field on any other driver and then go back to the driver that you need to configure Project may contain as many item logging groups with the analytical driver as it may be needed NOTES We don t recommend changing the report name after analytical groups are created as Analytical driver uses report name and item name in its items names When using Analytical driver analytical items and analytical data can be used in any item related Dream Report object i e Single Data Item Table Pie Graph Bar Graph Line Chart We recommend to define analytical groups and objects with analytical data only after regular objects are completely defined This part has to be the last stage of project development Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Web Manual Driver Help Documentation Dream Report includes Web Manual driver which enables connectivity to any external databases which support ODBC connectivity and have supported data structure To configure Web Manual driver first open the Internal folder of the Communication Configuration Wizard dialog window Communication Configuration Wizard Select Dats Source Type ZJ Internal Analiza reaime valies ba 2 OBatch historical values a Wondera H Aspertech A Open commuricaion protocols A Citect A Siemers 4 Eurotherm H Lovee 4 Mitsubishi Emeto a Ate Informatique H Techno Trade oad fires
339. k on the RMC icon in the system tray or right click it in the system tray then the Open RMC context menu will be Started Report Energy m fa OFF Derfarmanre an A RhAsintenance If the currently running project was modified press the Reload Project button to reload the project and start using the updated project Reloading a project has the same effect as restarting the runtime manager the previous project will be completely closed and opened again NOTE f when the runtime is loaded the following message box will pop up please see the pic below user will need to install NET Framework 3 5 SP1 Fatal Error x Can not load language Could not load file or assembly System EnterpnseServices Version 2 0 0 0 Culture neutral PubbcKeyToken b03 51711 1d50a3a or one of its dependencies The system cannot find the file specified When the Runtime Management Console RMC is launched the following dialog window will be opened Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Batch Info Report 11 21 41 Report Energy In Pregr ee Demo Batch Report a i Energy Depart examples 11 21 43 Batch Info Report Waiting Energy Efficiency Report Y Report Energy m GEE Performance and Maemtenance q 4 Bquipreent availability report Report Maintenance HEJ Production and Manufacturing i Sj Reporting Objects Examples Currant User HHE Setpoint Analyse Operating Mode ACT
340. l History Server will be saved for each entry separately as well If source name or and item name is defined in the list control and a user calls the item selection dialog window then Select Data Item window will be opened with existing selection filled in If a user double clicks either into the Source name column or into the ltem name column the cell will be opened for manual text editing For details on how to configure tag dictionary please go to the Tag Dictionary section Dream Report 43 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation NOTES Once the selected template is added to the report each template element will be available for editing as an independent object Further report modifications will not affect its report template design and also further template modifications will not affect design of that report Page template files are created with ptdr extension By default page template files are saved in the Templates folder within the Dream Report installation directory Click Next to go to the Final step of project creation Click Back to go one step back to re configure or check project configuration Click Close to exit Project Wizard without any operation performed Tag Selection This step of the project creation enables a user to select tags that will be applied to all reporting objects defined in the next section Object Selection of the Project Wizard In the Reports Tag Selection window
341. l Name BB GreamReport amp eb marna diie Add BB Energy B MVE teaHine values H oe a Simulation Driver r W Foces 44 Wonderware BB Process_Setpairt H Aspertech WM scena H Open communication protocols Wi scana F E Cites H Siemens H Eurothesm H Lonez H J Mitsubishi H Emeron 4 Are Informatique 449 Techno Trade Tf al iar i Data Souce Desaplion Analptical realtime values a tan When the driver configuration window is opened in the Driver Logical Name section the Dream Report analytical driver Analytics will be automatically configured and you will not need to do its configuration again 2 Create new data logging group When you want to add items to your group you will see that the list of available items is the actual list of data objects defined in your project You can select list of any items and add to that new analytical group If group record mode is On Update or On Change Dream Report will calculate values of the statistical objects and record them into the database during each report generation If group record mode is Every then Dream Report will re calculate values of the statistical objects each defined period and record those values into the database independently of report generation At this stage your analytical module is already defined and is ready to use NOTE f you need to configure the same driver more than once then after having configured it the first time you ll
342. l automatically generate batch definitions for every instrument group found in selected Review UHH database When the type of driver is selected from the Data source tree it will automatically appear in the Driver Logical name box for configuration To configure driver communication parameters button Configure will open driver configuration dialog box If driver doesn t have any configuration interface that button will be disabled Data access alarm and history access drivers have to be configured separately and independently OPC DA driver can be configured differently from the OPC AE driver History access enables using proprietary history of external data server for report generation When source is configured it can be added to a general list of data sources defined in a project by clicking on Add button The source configured will appear in the Defined drivers list Button Delete will delete selected source from the list NOTE f you need to configure the same driver more than once then after having configured it the first time you ll just need to click in the Select Data Source Type field on any other driver and then go back to the driver that you need to configure When all the communication settings for the project are done click Ok and the driver configuration will be finished For detailed information on how to configure different types of drivers please see related parts of the Communication Drivers section Dream R
343. l be automatically created Dream Report 239 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Search and Replace Users can change tag items in the tag dictionary clicking Search and Replace button in the top right hand part of the Tag dictionary window The following Search and Replace Search and Replace x box will pop up Select Data Item to be searched Dream Report History Mabching Source Type External History Server Data Source Complete Match x To search for the specific tag item a user will have to type Simulation 1 that tag name in the Item Name box of the Select Data Item owt poe Complete Match FF L to be searched section If the project tag dictionary contains Tak a large number of tag items and a user defines only part of the whole name then when he clicks on the Search Next Select Data Item to be replaced by button the search and replace mechanism will find all tag Dream Report History Matching Source Type items that have this part of the item name in their names O External History Server PPRT Data Source Complete Match Simulation 1 Example f you want to search for tag items with the name Tank Tank 1 Tank 2 Tank 3 etc type in the Item Name box the word Item Name Complete Match x L J Tank click Search Next and all tag items that have the word Tank in Ana their names will be shown peel If you need to find the specific tag with the complete name please check the corresponding Complete Match
344. l be sorted Only one column can be EPO eo _ selected Radio buttons below Sort In will define the sorting AR aie e Advanced options Y direction ascending or descending gt me aa The Font Properties controls enable you to set different font ime Se properties for the table title table header and the displayed data in the columns OK Cancel When you define a table you never know how many rows will actually be displayed It may be few but may also result in dozens of pages in a report Therefore the Max Number of Rows edit box allows you to specify the maximum number of rows to display in the table This enables a user to protect the report from an overflow When defining the maximum number of rows you can set which cut of all data set you would like to display the first or last block of data This can be defined by selecting the appropriate radio button List Rows from Start or List Rows from End Note Please always keep in mind that an Alarm table will display a number of alarms not more than the defined as maximum therefore make sure to define the Max Number of Rows as high as needed Dream Report 183 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation At the same time if your report contains alarm tables with several dozens thousands of lines which will result in several hundreds pages report generation of such report may take very long generation time or fail User will be able to select the way the
345. late Save As Page Template E sino Save As Report Template Copy Report To Folder i ak Delete Report D Date and Time You can also click on the command button Report Template on the Home ribbon icon on the horizontal toolbar in the Report Designer Studio see pic below PP Home Connectivity Project Web aa EE ae aN J Paste Object Cut 233 Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Then Apply report template dialog window will be opened Apply report template x Select report tempate Apply report benplabe using rules Apply report settings Configure Tags List F Apply export to Excel settings Add templates bo existing report objects Time replacement H Set this time period For all objects Define time period Absolute or relative period definition Start of report period End of report period Absolute Cate Tine Absolute DateTime x gf uzon Dave of ajzo Cars 12 00 00 amp bhimmcss back 1200200 a hrm back ok Cancel User can choose the desired report template and also configure applying settings as follows In Select report template edit box the report template has to be selected tdr files One can browse for such a template using browse button on the right from the combo box If the current loaded template has any entry ies in the tag dictionary then the Configure Tags List button will become enabled I
346. lbar in the Report Designer Studio see pic below azar ny Connectivity Project Web Elements Copy Qp ject 1 p ab Arial Eu L Paste Object 3 Report Page Insert B F amp Cut template template New Page on Save As Page Template Quick Lau Q bo gt g p a i i Apply Page Template Driver List of Reports Select Save as Page Template option Page template file will be created with ptdr extension NOTE Users can also save the current report page as a template by clicking on the ODS button in the upper left part of the Dream Report Designer Studio By default page template files are saved in the Templates folder within the Dream Report installation directory To apply a page template to a report click the right mouse button on the context menu on a report in the report list You can also click on the command button Page Template on the Home ribbon icon on the horizontal toolbar Select Apply Page Template option The standard Windows File Open dialog box will be opened and a user can select any page template to apply to the current page Once the template is added to a report each template element pictures background graphic objects etc will be available for editing as independent objects If a user applies a page template to an existing report it will add all template elements to the report page and will not damage the existing report content Cr
347. lder List when expanded o OPC DA real time values o OPC AE real time alarms o OPC HDA history data access e SNMP real time values e BACnet driver displayed as a folder List when expanded o BACnet real time values o BACnet real time alarms and events o BACnet historical values from trend objects e Wonderware folder will display 278 Dream Report 279 Ocean Data Systems Application Server local or remote WW Historian InTouch historical values LGH files InTouch Native SuiteLink Protocol over TCP IP real time values WWALM Historical Alarms O O O O e AspenTech folder will display only one entry o Aspen IP 21 database access e Citect folder will display Citect real time values Citect real time alarms Citect historical values Citect historical alarms O 0O 0O e Siemens folder will display o Desigo historical values o WinCC e WinCC real time values e WinCC real time alarms e WinCC historical values e WinCC historical alarms e Emerson folder will display OPC DeltaV real time values OPC DeltaV real time alarms OPC DeltaV historical values OPC DeltaV historical alarms O O O e Wizcon folder will display Wizcon Native real time values Wizcon Native real time alarms Wizcon Native historical values Wizcon Native historical alarms O O O e Echelon folder will display iLon SmartServer real time values iLon SmartServer real time alarms iLon SmartSe
348. le in the left list of the tables map fields to retrieve alarm data as follows e As InTouch alarms don t have ID select Priority field for alarm ID e For alarm text select Description field e For alarm priority select Priority field e For alarm start ack and end time select EventStamp field 4 In your alarm table in Dream Report please uncheck disable Ack time End time Duration and Response time columns for proper display DSN ODBC when using 64bit OS If Dream Report is installed on 64 bits Operating System i e Windows 7 or Windows 2008 Server DSN ODBC may not work with 64bit ODBC In this case please use ODBCad32 which is located in C Windows SysWOW64 directory to create a 32bit DSN to work with Dream Report For details please see Using Dream Report in 64 Bit OS section DSN settings SQL Server connection in Version 4 If before upgrading to version 4 2 the Dream Report project DSN was defined in order to connect to SQL databases SQL Server 2008 SQL Server 2005 SQL Server 2000 7 0 then in version 4 the driver in the DSN definition should be changed for the SQL Native Client 10 0 driver For details please see the Project Upgrade Procedure section of this manual Application tips ODBC driver has been qualified and used with MS SQL Server MySQL MS Access Oracle INSQL In order to retrieve data from Oracle database the following timestamp format has to be configured YYYY MM DD HH MM SS ODBC
349. lect Action Execute SOL Query Action Parameters Edit SQL Query DSN Process SOL Query SELECT batchID Username Lot Phase ID FRO To edit SQL query user has to click on Edit SQL query button Then selected DSN and selected SQL query will be displayed in the window above just for information and for quick edit When user click on Edit SQL query he will receive a standard Edit SQL query dialog window which is described in details in its own section Edit SQL Query 228 Dream Report 229 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Report and Page Templates Page Templates Page template allows users to create page templates that can be easily reused within reports A page template is similar to the headers and footers of a page in other software It allows a user to create a template with a common visual layout for every report page A page template will save all static objects including images pictures backgrounds static drawings static text and some dynamic objects such as page number dynamic text and date time If a user will save any existing report page as a template all static objects will be saved and all dynamic statistic and analytic objects will be ignored In order to save the current page as a template click the right mouse button on the context menu on report in the report list You can also click on the command button Page Template on the Home ribbon icon on the horizontal too
350. led The Runtime settings section contains 2 options for use and display of that given report in a runtime The option Show report in the list will define if that given report will be listed in the list of reports in a runtime management console RMC and in a web portal If this option is enabled the report will be loaded in the runtime engine and will be displayed in the report list together with all other reports If this option is unchecked that the report will be loaded in the runtime engine but will be not displayed in the list of reports neither in runtime console RMC nor in dynamic report generator DRG nor in a web portal However that report will be running in the project and will perform what is has to do it will be just hidden and excluded from runtime reports display list This option can be useful for so called fake reports where report is done for some internal calculations but is not intended to be generated as the final result report and therefore end users don t have to see it in the list By default the option Show report in the list is enabled for all new reports The option Load report in runtime will define if that given report will be loaded in the runtime engine and will be running in the project in the runtime with all the other reports If this option is enabled the report will be loaded in the runtime engine It will be running with all the other reports and will execute all what has to be execu
351. les Sq Demo Batch Repor j Energy Efficiency F j Equipment avaiabi 4j Fluoride Monthly R GW Monthly Opere lt j Indicators Monthly Operating T S E Aam Tables on Alarm Table AE Alarms High Alarms Export table titles Export to static Excel file 7 Export table headers e Report format V Excel FICSV CSV delimiter X OK Cancel All static text background color imported bitmap images graphic images cannot be exported to the Excel file Dream Report enables export of only non graphic data objects Single data objects Compound objects Expression objects Item tables Alarm tables Step tables and SQL tables To add an object to an Excel spreadsheet first select the desired report from the report list on the top left part of the wizard Then select the desired object from the left bottom part with a mouse left click and place the selected object in the desired cell in the Excel Wizard with a mouse right click Dream Report 84 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation To delete an object from an Excel wizard cell select an object in the wizard cell and press the Delete button To move an object within the Excel Wizard to another cell select an object in a cell with a mouse left click and then right click on a new place where the selected object is to be placed The object will be automatically placed there The Export Table Titles and Export Table Headers optio
352. les event based report generation If a user enables Instance Generation check box he can configure report generation and define different generation rules on event for different report instances This box can be enabled only if report instances for this project have already been created Otherwise this box will be disabled For more details on how to create virtual report instances please see Virtual Report Instances section When the Instance Generation check box is enabled select data source data item event condition and enter a condition value The Select data source combo box will be filled with a list of all available sources After selecting a data source the combo box Select Data Item will be filled with a list of all available items from the selected data source The Condition value can be any float number in the range from 65535 00 to 65535 00 The symbol must be used as the decimal separator If the Enable Generation on Event option is checked and no condition value is specified or the data source or data item is not specified the user will get an error message and the report definition will not be complete Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation lf On Item Value Change option was selected then the window will change configuration controls as follows Demo Batch Report Energy Effidency Repor Equipment avalabdity re Fluoride Monthly Report GW Monthly Operating F Indicators Monthly Op
353. lities Dream Report installation doesn t install but provides you with installation files for some free third party software tools which you may need while using Dream Report Adobe Acrobat Reader is needed to open and view files in PDF format If Adobe Reader is still not installed on your computer and you will generate report files in PDF format please find the installation of English version of Adobe Acrobat Reader 9 0 AdbeRdr80_en_US exe in the Utilities folder in Dream Report installation and install it Adobe flash player is needed for better view of Dream Report online help as well as it may be used to visualize some web sites which also use Flash technology MDAC Microsoft Data Access Component this is a component redistributed by Microsoft which is required for proper database management if you use the default database option in Dream Report then Dream Report can create an MS Access database MDB file and interact with it without MS Access installed using this free database engine MDAC Usually MDAC is installed automatically with the operating system but if for some reason your MDAC installation is corrupted or invalid you can install it yourself from the Utilities folder Additional tools SQL Native client 11 is required to connect to SQL Server databases Hasp Driver installed during the process of Dream Report installation can be re installed upon user needs User rights Dream Report installation require
354. ll be opened Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation If Reset web report data action is selected Dream Report will read all data entered manually in edit boxes combo boxes tables etc calculate all statistical objects located in the actual displayed report using that data and update change the data of all objects accordingly in the currently displayed web report e If File Transfer action is selected user will have to select a folder where all client s selected files will be transferred to Select Action File Transfer Action Parameters Select Folder to Transfer C Data DEF al When user will click on the browse button a standard Windows Browse for Folder window will be opened where user can select any Windows folder where files selected on a web client side will be transferred NOTE When user will click on the browse button on a web report the Select file window will be opened where user can select any single file no filter by extension and as soon as the file has been selected it will be transferred to the server A window with a progress bar and the Cancel button will be displayed until the operation is completed The maximum size of an uploaded file is 51200kB If SQL Query action is selected then user can set SQL query and execute that SQL query when that button is clicked in a web portal With that selected action button will h
355. ll be selected the Select Data Source combo box will contain a list of history access drivers defined in the project In Select Data Source and Available Data Items select the source and item from which Dream Report will calculate values and add them to the list Data source name and data item name of the selected tags will appear in the Selected List table If a user will enable Column item orientation check box then the table columns will display item values from the selected list Apply correction factor for all item values enables adding simple expression to an item table If a user needs to display item table on item s with the correction factor then first all values of the selected item s will be re calculated applying correction factor and then the item table will display re calculated data tem Table Get Data From Dream Report History Data Defintion External History Server Selected List Source Date tem Name Correctio Process Batch_Dets Tank Process Batch_Deta Tank2 Process Batch Data Tank3 Edt Ust Column Item orientation Apply correction factor for all item values ADF to be used Filter_1 Value Range 9 Logged Values Minimum Value Define time period Fixed Period Last Tii i day s Start Date and Time Duration Day Time i l 00 00 00 Appearance Advanced SOL Condtion OK Cancel use e g 1000 Mowng Average Maximum Vale 161 Ocean D
356. llets Use the indent outdent buttons to change the level of indentation for each paragraph within the text box Dream Report also supports changing the direction of the text The default direction of the text is left to right However you can make it right to left by selecting the text box and using the text direction toolbar buttons selected button on the picture above Dream Report 117 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Search and Replace Designer studio contains the Search and Replace section which helps report designer to easily find the statistical objects needed and to open their configuration dialog window as well as automatically replace data items and time period definitions throughout the currently opened report To open the Search and Replace dialog window user has to right click on any place of the object location area bottom left part of the Designer studio as displayed on the picture below Dynamic Objects Report Batch Item Fields SOL Tables t Charts The Search and Replace dialog window will be opened Search and Replace Pd Search 4nd Replace Data source and tem Time definition Search in all objects Search only in selected object type Select Data ltem to be searched Dream Report History Extemal History Server Dats Source ODBC ltem Mane Batch _DataMotorl Select Data ltem to be replaced by Dream Report History Extemal History Server Dats S
357. llowing settings Report Settings Export Excel Settings or Tag Dictionary then the corresponding options in the Reports Page Design window will become enabled Dream Report 42 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Example if you select report energy 4 template see pic above and this existing report template has all the settings mentioned above Report Settings Export to Excel Settings and Tag Dictionary then Apply report settings and Apply export to Excel settings check boxes will become checked and the Configure Tags List button will become enabled But if you select an existing report template that has only the Report Settings option set then only the Apply report settings check box will become checked The Apply export to Excel settings check box will remain unchecked and the Configure Tags List button will remain disabled In this window you can configure the applying settings of the selected report template if needed to be applied for your report page template created in the Project Wizard Apply report settings check box defines report settings such as report naming rule generation schedule report target configuration etc If this check box is checked then the report settings from the report template will overwrite actual reports settings If this check box will be oecome unchecked then the report will remain with the original report settings Apply export to Excel settings check box defines if Excel report
358. lost 1 Configure Wonderware OPC driver in the Wonderware folder in Dream Report driver configuration section Application Server local or remote or InTouch local or remote using FS Gateway 2 Close Dream Report studio 3 In the Project folder open ProjectCfg mdb file and select the table Data Sources where all data about the drivers which have been configured in the project are stored 4 Inthe Data Sources table select this newly configured Wonderware OPC driver and copy data from all sections except for the Driver Definition section it must remain unchanged into the corresponding sections of the configured OPC driver which you want need to keep for your project 5 Delete the configured Wonderware OPC driver from the Data Sources table 6 Now the OPC driver which has been defined in the project with the Wonderware Quick Reports license will have the configuration of a Wonderware OPC driver allowed by Wonderware in the Wonderware Dream Report license and all the existing data log groups won t be lost Example if you have OPC DA real time values driver with the name OPC_DA configured in the project in Wonderware Quick Reports and you upgrade your license to Wonderware Dream Report and you don t want to lose your data log groups from the driver OPC_DA please do the following 1 Configure anew Wonderware OPC driver for example with the name WW_OPC in the Wonderware folder in Dream Report driver co
359. low an example of how LUA script can be used in Dream Report Expression Object Son Expression Text Result exp_S string string exp2 function local s e string find f expS t return s end 2 00 exp2_1 function local s e string find f expS a return s end N A exp2 2 function local s e string find f expS tri return s end 2 00 exp2 3 function local s e string find fRexpS tri return e end 4 00 exp3 eile pu P ae month 8 day 30 hour 1 346 301 121 00 exp4 function return os date Y m d H M S f exp3 end 2012 08 30 06 32 01 Dream Report 141 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Advanced Visualization Advanced Visualization option allows you to enhance _ Advanced visualization settings x visualization of the results of the statistical calculations in ee Enable advanced visualization your report From To Display text You can specify a list of value ranges of data item specified 100 000000 500 000000 Abnormal variation in that object and the text which will be displayed in the report instead of the result value Display style Anal European gt g a Together with the displayed text you can specify visual text LLL lt lt _ lt ij Font Color Back Color properties font size style color and background color The same text can be used for multiple value ranges e g if you want to display the same text with a d
360. lt Value Assign Selection to Tag Production_1 pp pp_End_Tine gt Real Time tem HDA tem Data Source Display Data from Energy Manual values T Multi sedection iam Hame Energy_Cons Bata Configuration Send Result To Tank2 Tanks Tank4 Timestamp Date Time lt Current Time gt lt Curnent Time gt 7 This Combo Box is Obligatory af visible in PDF 7 Add Def Value lt Not specfied gt T Autofilber ox cancel Combo Box Object will display entered values in the same order as they have been entered in the Combo Box Configuration dialog box without doing any sorting SQL Query data display In the Data Configuration section user has to select the DSN see explanations below and specify the SQL Query which will be launched at the report start and the query result will be displayed in the combo box please see the pic below Object name Default value Assign Selection to Tag Production_1 lop po_End_ Time r Real Time Them w HDA Chem Data Source Display Data from Energy SQL Query T Mutti selection bem Hame i i Energy Care Data Configuration Send Result Ta Select DSN ooo Process 7 a SOL Query SELECT Tanki Tank Tank 3 FROM Table 1 Timestamp Daie Time lt Current Time Current Time gt F This Combe Box is Obligatory a Visible in POF y Add Def Value lt Not specified gt Autofilter 3
361. lt of that query in a chart To define the SQL query user will have to click on the browse button next to the SQL Query option please see the picture below Process Value SQL Query The standard SQL Query Definition window will be opened Its configuration will be the same as the standard SQL Query definition in Single Data Objects for details please refer to the Direct SQL Query section of the Single Data Object Definition configuration window NOTE SQL query in charts can return one of 2 types of data sets 1 Timestamp and Values one or multiple columns 2 Values only one or multiple columns The Manual Data Entry section supports entering a static numeric value that will be constant during report generation This allows users to create a chart combining statistical data and static reference data In order to add manual data click on Add button enter the value timestamp data for the selected item in the Manual Data Entry browse window that will be opened If a user wants to change the data that have been entered manually he will only have to click on Edit button and make any changes in the data item selected Then select the desired color for the corresponding line enter a label for the legend if needed and click the Add button Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation A line may have 3 possible styles which can be selected from the combo box Line with mark default Line Marks onl
362. lude items into a group Data items list Group Name is a unique logical name which will distinguish the entire group from others and give a tip to a user about the data content Each group name must be unique Group Description allows the report developer to put comments about the purpose of a group or other useful information The Group Source combo box is filled with a list of the drivers already defined in the project The developer has to select a driver from which data points will be included into a group The Add Data Source button will add a new driver to the project When the user clicks this button a standard driver configuration dialog box Communication Configuration Wizard will be opened When the user clicks OK and closes that dialog the driver list in the Group Source combo box will be renewed The Add Items button will open a new dialog box Select Data Items containing the complete list of all data items from the selected drivers User will be able to add or remove items from the entire group The left list box of that window will contain a complete list of available items and the right list box will contain a list of items selected for the entire group Items Filter enables users to easily find an item in a list AS soon as a prefix is entered the list will be automatically filtered by the prefix Use an asterisk as a wildcard character Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Item Group D
363. m Report Logger Studio or Dream Report Designer Studio menu see pic below General Database Web Set Log Definition configuration Paths File Din The Hotbackup Configuration window will be Project Settings x opened General In order to define the local node as a backup for the main Disis Gases Cantaunebon node check the check box This node is working in a ab saia hotbackup node Pied aks Then specify the IP address or PC name without just a Log Fie network PC name of the PC which is running as the main Hotbackup Configuration station Set the IP address or name of the PC where the main node is running This field must contain a valid information aikaa aii ondi and it can t be empty v This node is working in a hotbackup mode If you wish to test the actual connectivity to the main station you can press on the button Test Connection and the Set the IP address PC name where the main node is running Designer Studio will try to connect to the main node If test ETY connection succeeds the message box Test connection succeeded will pop up If test connection to the main station Test connection fails the message box Test connection failed will pop up Test connection is done not as a regular ping check on the Checkup rate TCP IP level To have test connection succeeded the backup 10 Seconds station will send a TCP IP request to the main station The main station must accept the request and se
364. m Report Web Portal please see Web portal section Manual Data Entry Functions also enable to select and transfer a file CSV or Excel file from a web client PC to the location defined in the Dream Report project thus allowing to import data from Excel or CSV files data importer automatically picks up such a file reads values and their corresponding timestamps and logs them all into a database System Requirements Data Entry Functions are compliant with the following operating systems e Windows Vista SP1 and higher e Windows 7 32 bit and 64 bit e Windows Server 2008 32 bit and 64 bit and e Windows Server 2008 R2 Data Entry Functions are compliant with the following database types e SQL Server 2000 SQL Server 2005 e SQL Server 2005 Express e SQL Server 2008 e SQL Server 2008 Express e MS Access 2000 2003 2007 e MySQL 4 0 5 0 5 1 Oracle 9 1 10 0 The following Microsoft NET Framework versions are required to be installed on DR server and web client PCs e NET Framework 3 5 e NET Framework 4 0 Manual Data Entry Report Configuration To configure Manual Data Entry Reports operation user will have to 1 Create a Dream Report project where Manual Data Entry report s will be set please refer to the Project Settings section of this manual 2 Add and configure one or several instances of the Web Manual Driver and enter the list of manual parameters which will be available in reports please refer
365. mp of first value or Timestamp of last value or Timestamp of min value or Timestamp of max value or Batch Start time or Batch end time Also it can be an expression object which was doing operations with timestamp and which result is also a timestamp If you select Manual Input from the Define time period combo box you will be able to select a Timestamp Picker object for Date and for Time as seen below Define time period Manual Input 3 Date Time Timestamp1 Z Date and Time drop down boxes contain the list of manual Timestamp Picker objects defined in that specific report lt Not Used gt If Timestamp Picker selected in the Date combo box has Date and Time format defined then the Time combo box can include the same selection as in the Date combo box or can have selection lt Not Used gt If user has selected lt Not Used gt in the Time combo box and the Timestamp Picker selected in the Date combo box has only Date format then the current time hh ss mm7 will be used as default time For details on how to configure Timestamp Picker objects please go to the Timestamp Picker section of this manual NOTE f objects with the Manual time input option will be used in static PDF Excel reports where manual input is not possible then the default values of the selected Timestamp Pickers will be taken for calculation Dream Report 212 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentatio
366. mponents defined in a filename mask should be separated by The maximum number of characters for filename mask is 256 characters The available file name component types are Static text You can enter any text strings in any part of a mask Each string should be included in e g text my report name Report Settings Project Reports List Alarm Tables Automatic Statistica Tat Bacteriological Report Sa Graphs Batch info Report Batch Trend Charts Osta Tables Demo Batch Report Energy Effoency Repor Equionent avadabdity re Ruoride Monthly Report GW Monthly Operating F Inckcators Monthly Operabng Repo Pie Graphs Report Energy Report Maintenance Report Production Report Refinery Report Water Setpomt Anelyss Single objects SQL Tables Step Tabes Turbidity Report Web Trend Wikigets Report Name Format Index File Name Report filename mack Alarm _Tabdles_generated_ d FULL TIMESTAMP Report nstance name Report name gt Add Add Oate Tme Add Select Data Item Dats Source tem Name Repat Time Defirition Generate Repor On Event Rapon File Forsat Report Preprocessor Macros User Authorization Report Instance Name n this section a user has two options Report name and Instance name If the Report name menu is selected then the following string will be added to the filename mask s ReportName and during report generation it will be replaced by report
367. mpound and Expression objects already existing in that report As soon as any one of the existing objects has been selected the Time Period Definition combo box will appear showing the original time period settings of the data object selected This time definition will be taken for the indicator Then define the area which the selected object may enter during the defined time period click OK and the configuration of this type of indicator EcoMWater nergy will be finished Custom Indicator Configuration Custom Indicator This indicator will display how much energy was spent to heat cool 1 m2 for 1C degree Therefore to calculate this indice select a tag for energy consumption select a tag for a temperature that has a possibility to enter an area m2 As soon as a user selects this type the following dialog window will appear Definition Dialog si Data Object temp The combo box in this dialog box will contain the list of Single Data Objects Compound and Expression objects already existing in that report Select one of the existing objects and its result will be taken for the indicator Dream Report 206 207 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Indicator Appearance If a user will click on the Appearance float bar the following Appearance dialog window will be opened Oe Delrion si incoator PERRET gt tae ty zyje Coke Low ima Her wre Letter All Appearance configuration is saved separately pe
368. n Dynamic Interactive Objects Timestamp Picker Timestamp Picker is a dynamic interactive object which enables users to select timestamp for association with the entered values and is available ONLY in WEB reports please also see Manual Data Entry section To add this object click on the command button Timestamp Picker on the Web Elements ribbon icon on the horizontal toolbar in the Dream Report Designer Studio menu see pic below Connectivity Project Web Elements Draw a rectangle in the workspace where the output data will be displayed The following Timestamp Picker Configuration dialog box will be opened Timestamp Picker Configuration x Object name Flow_data_time_1 Default Value Format Date and Time Visible in PDF Cancel Object Name must be a unique logical name which will be used for each Timestamp Picker object in order to be able to reference any of those specific date time objects in the data entry objects Default Value allows users to configure which timestamp value this object will display as a default The Default Value combo box has the list of all Timestamp Picker objects and simple statistical objects Single Data Objects Compound and Expression Objects already defined in that report so that the user can select one object to control default values in others Also the Default value combo box has an entry Current time so every Timestamp Picker object will always display current time by
369. n Dynamic Generation button The following Dynamic Report Generator configuration window will be opened Dynamic Report Generato Avatable Reports Dynamic Generation Report Targets z Gy Batch reports Use orignal time period 3 Energy Repot examples Define time period Energy Gficiency Report Report Energy z pen Printer 3 OEE Peformance and Maite Absolute or relative period definition d ii f Sat of penod Select List of Tags for Replacement Curent Status Absolute Date Time Repot Status jenerate Emai Date 7 5 2012 Last Not G d ed ot Generate 1 40 46 PM HMM SS I Neat Generation Not Defined End of period r Absokte Date Tin Runtime Runtime is running ORRO UEO runa Status Date 8 8 2012 Queue status 1 40 46 PM H MM SS Queued Generating a Purpose of use The DRG can generate predefined reports for the currently running project changing report definition properties at runtime such as the time period and item All dynamic modifications of the report properties will be done only for that specific report execution and will not be saved in the report layout If you have a running project containing a daily report and you generate this report using DRG applying a new period of 1 hour it will generate an hourly report file from it The original report will continue to run and generate daily reports as before DRG has 2 working modes silent and with user interface Silent Mode I
370. n the existing file should be deleted and the new upgrade license file issued by ODS should be installed using License Upgrade Tool LUT of Dream Report NOTE f a customer upgrades Wonderware Quick Reports either production or consignment license to a Wonderware Dream Report license this upgraded Wonderware Dream Report license doesn t allow using OPC drivers from Open Communication Protocols any more Customer has limited access only to OPC drivers allowed by Wonderware and located in the Wonderware folder in Dream Report driver configuration section Application Server local or remote or InTouch local or remote using FS Gateway If a customer has an OPC driver configured in the Open Communication Protocols in the Wonderware Quick Reports license and he wants needs to use it in the upgraded Wonderware Dream Report license he can use one of the following options described below Dream Report 18 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation A Delete an OPC driver which has been configured in the Open Communication Protocols in Wonderware Quick Reports license and configure a new OPC driver in the Wonderware folder in Dream Report driver configuration section Application Server local or remote or InTouch local or remote using FS Gateway In this case all existing log groups data for this driver will be lost B Perform the following actions for changing driver configuration in this case all log groups data won t be
371. n Search button The first found object which has specified that data item defined will be selected in the Report Designer studio and the window focus will be put on that object If there are several objects which have that data item specified and a user needs all or some of them he will have only to click on Search button again and each time this button is clicked the window focus will be put on another statistical object which has the specified data item If a user needs to replace any specified data item in the statistical objects in that report he will have to select data item to replace with in the Select Data Item to be replaced by section below Then click on Replace All button and all the statistical objects which use the specified item searched will replace this specified searched item inside their definition by the item selected to be replaced by Then the box which will show the number of found statistical objects where this data item replacement has been done will pop up x Humber of found obpects k Z Oil production Select Object 3 9 Single Data Objects terg Ede Object Chote 118 Dream Report 119 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation If a user needs to do any changes in any of the objects from this list he will have to click on Edit Object and the window focus will be put on that object Otherwise click Close and exit without any changes If a user wants to replace any spe
372. n of this manual Item Table Appearance To adjust the formatting of the table click on the Appearance floating splitter and the Table Appearance dialog window will be opened see picture on the right The Table Name field will contain a name which will be displayed The Display Table Name check box will enable or disable table title display The Display Columns ist defines which columns will be displayed as well as their order size width and caption The left row of check boxes enables and disables the appropriate column display in the table The Caption column defines the caption of each column of the table If you wish to change the caption of any column double click on the appropriate caption inside the column and it will be available for editing ltem Table Data Definition Api arance Table Name Producton Data Table v Display Table Name Display Columns Field Caption sah by a P a name an name ae e lines Tinestanc C Source Source Sort irk Ascending onder Descending order Fort Properties Anal European 7 5 Tithe Table Name Align Style O Columns rou Text Lire Coly B cu Header List Riows hom Start List Rows from End 10 Max Humber of Rows Advanced SUL Condition OK Cancel 162 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Selecting any column and clicking Move Up or Move Down buttons will change the order of the selected column
373. n select Value to display a raw data item or a statistical value for a defined period Counter of Logged Values to display the number of times the selected data item was logged into the database and its value matched a specified value range Alarm Count per Period to display the number of alarms during a specified period of time which matched the selected alarm filters The Get Data From radio buttons specify the kind of data source for the chart Dream Report History or External History Server To create a new chart select a list of data items and a slice color for the data item in the chart enter a label for the legend if needed and click the Add button The data source and data item can be selected from the relevant combo boxes in the Select Data Item group Pie Graph Chart Based On Yake Get Data From Dream Report Hetory o External Hetory Server Select Data Item Data Source Manual Entry Process hem Name Batch_Data Tanki Fooly correction factor for all item values use e g 1000 ADF to be used Fiter zi len Process Value Average Define Sme period Batch based Batch O0S_Batch Duration Mode count batches Last 2 3 Legend Colour Min Sice 1 Sie Tanki B Madmum 12 Shces Add Remove iten Name Legend Cok OK 1 Cancel Apply correction factor for all item values enables adding simple expression to a pie graph If a user needs to display pie graph on item
374. n the report ltem Filter is used to limit the items tags for a specific object within the user defined properties If a user has many items tags stored and will need only some of them for this particular compound object display he will only have to define in the Item Filter edit box the name for the items tags he may need They will be filtered according to the ltem Filter name and will appear in the Available Data Items box User can select two or more objects in the Defined Object List using the CTRL button The object will perform the selected calculation between the selected objects Select Function contains a list of available statistical functions as follows Minimum calculates the minimum between the results of the selected data objects Maximum calculates the maximum between the results of the selected data objects Average calculates the average of values from the selected data objects Sum calculates the sum of all values from the selected data objects Standard Deviation calculates standard deviation from the result values of all selected data objects The format of the result decimal precision added unit etc is described in details in the Result Representation section Dream Report 138 Ocean Data Systems Designer Studio Expression Data Object Help Documentation Expression Data Object is an object which accepts a manually entered expression involving one or more Statistical objects mathematic
375. n the right combo box as displayed on a picture above Dream Report installs several types of barcodes so a user doesn t have to install anything in addition to the Dream Report Show result as Show result as Barcode 3of9 Barcode Advanced options If Calculated as Duration in option is selected the result of the calculation will be displayed as a time period in seconds User can select preferred output format as shown below The result can be re used in other numeric calculations Show result as Calculated as Duration in HH MM SS 7 HH MM SS MDD HH MM 55 Advanced options Davs Hours Minutes Seconds lf Timestamp option is selected then the result will be displayed as a timestamp of the report object event logged NOTE a timestamp is the time at which an event is recorded by a computer not the time of the event itself The difference may be inconsequential the time at which an event is recorded by a timestamp e g entered into a log file should be very very close to the time of the occurrence of the event recorded If Scientific notation option is selected then the result will be displayed as scientific format e g if the result is 290472 00 then displayed result in scientific notation will be 2 9e5 The number of digits after the decimal point will depend on the value defined in the Decimal precision combo box which is in the same window above If Engineering notation option is selected then the
376. n the selected folder but also in all subfolders located under that selected folder You can specify the spreadsheet from where all the data will be transferred into Dream Report There are 2 options available Use Default Spreadsheet and Select Spreadsheet e Use Default Spreadsheet radio button is enabled by default when the Excel Data Import Configuration dialog window will be opened the first time When the configuration of all the rest of the EDI driver s parameters continues it will always refer to this default Excel spreadsheet e If Select Spreadsheet radio button is enabled then you will be able to select a specific spreadsheet In the Check for new data every section specify the period for a new data check You can enter any integer number from 1 to 86400 and time second s min s hour s day s month s in the time unit combo box The timer will start when the project is started and then each defined number of time units EDI driver will check for the new data 287 Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation In the Values in Excel file data blocks are recorded section you can configure how to import data in blocks First select the type of data layout Vertically top down or Horizontally letf to right The data layout type defines the direction of values which are listed after their corresponding tag name cell In the horizontal orientation values are listed to the right from their tag name In vertic
377. n tick Project Name Dream Report 22 a Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation If you are in the process of performing the operation at some step of the project creation then the corresponding button in the left hand part of the Project Wizard window will be marked this way Connectivity So the buttons that correspond to each step of project creation and are located in the Project Wizard menu left hand part of the Project Wizard window will be either enabled in two ways shown above or disabled depending on whether the operation at the corresponding step has already been performed or not This way a user will always be able to check how the process of project creation in the Project Wizard is going on what has been done what is missing and what should be done please see an example on the picture below Dream Report Project Creating Wizar OK Dream Report can generate this report on event if a real time tag value changes and its value fits into the pre Connectwity defined condition the report will be automatically generated Project Name Data Archiving t Hatch Dehinition Do you want this report to be automatically generated on a tag m value change event Reports D es E ho Also if you will need to come back to re configure or check project configuration at any step of project creation you will be able to do it just by clicking on the corresponding button in the left hand
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379. nable disable object as internal hyperlink Combo box Select Report to generate will be filled with the list of all project reports including current report Combo box Set Parameter will be filled with the list of all available defined internal project parameters IPPs Combo box Select Parameter Data Source will be filled with the list of all relevant objects defined in that report i e with the following object types Single Data Objects Compound Data Objects Expression Data Objects Combo boxes Date Time pickers When user will click on Ada button the selected parameter with the selected corresponding object will be added to the list NOTES e The list of parameters can t have the same parameter defined twice However it may have the same report object defined several times for multiple parameters Report parameters using hyperlinks will work only for web report formats in Dream Report Web Portal Only WEB report formats Report Output File will be generated using hyperlinks PDF and Excel report formats will not be generated using hyperlinks For details on internal project parameters IPP configuration please refer to the Project Parameters section of this manual Dream Report 216 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Text Object Hyperlink Definition If a text object is defined as a hyperlink its caption is not linked to the object s hyperlink configuration So if a user will change the
380. name Default Value Assign Selection to Tag Production_1 pp pp_End_Tine gt Real Time tem HDA tem Data Source Display Data from Energy Manual values T Multi sedection iam Hame Energy_Cons Bata Configuration Send Result To Tank2 Tanks Tank4 Timestamp Date Time lt Current Time gt lt Curnent Time gt 7 This Combo Box is Obligatory af visible in PDF 7 Add Def Value lt Not specfied gt T Autofilber ox cancel Combo Box Object will display entered values in the same order as they have been entered in the Combo Box Configuration dialog box without doing any sorting SQL Query data display In the Data Configuration section user has to select the DSN see explanations below and specify the SQL Query which will be launched at the report start and the query result will be displayed in the combo box please see the pic below Object name Default value Assign Selection to Tag Production_1 lop po_End_ Time r Real Time Them w HDA Chem Data Source Display Data from Energy SQL Query T Mutti selection bem Hame i i Energy Care Data Configuration Send Result Ta Select DSN ooo Process 7 a SOL Query SELECT Tanki Tank Tank 3 FROM Table 1 Timestamp Daie Time lt Current Time Current Time gt F This Combe Box is Obligatory a Visible in POF y Add Def Value lt Not specified gt Autof
381. nced i Al fi F T Visualization dialog window will be opened oo ou o Number of alarm occumer 0 5 The check box Enable advanced visualization defines if the Display Style advanced visualization mode is enabled or disabled If you have Arial European aie 6 created all the logic of advanced visualization and then disabled Fort Cela Back Color that mode the entire definition won t be deleted It will be Boi U E automatically saved and will just not be used for reporting You can enable that definition again if you need without its re WI Change font type LY Change text color definition F Change font size M Change background colo Change font style The Alarm property combo box has the following options in its p z i aa list Priority Duration Number of alarm occurrences ee TT _ l Duration 0 10 Delete The Duration column will be available only in normal mode Humber of alam occur O J5 The Number of Occurrences column will be available only if Display single alarm mode will be selected The Property filter will define the property value range The font style will define the text and the background color and style for all alarms which will apply to that property range NOTE f the same alarm is applied to the multiple defined filters which exclude each other then the first one will be taken If the same alarm is applied to different filters which do not exclude each other
382. nched on the PC start or as an application launched on a user Windows login To control all operations related to the Runtime Manager runtime service and report generation the Runtime Management Console RMC is used Runtime Management Console enables managing the project in Runtime i e reloading the project reports shutting the project providing access to different project options project folders Web portal IIS configuration Dream Report license info helo documentation report generation on demand while the project is running Runtime Management Console RMC can be launched in 3 ways Double click on the Runtime Management Console icon on the desktop From the Runtime Management Console shortcut in the Startup menu Click on the Run Project command button either on the Runtime ribbon icon on the horizontal toolbar or on the vertical toolbar both in the Dream Report Logger Studio and Dream Report Designer Studios see pic below R Runtime Connectivity Project Web Elements Tools Runtime Logger Studio Report Designer Studio Driver List of Reports Confi ti sits Project Reports List 23 Batch reports ka io f Batch Info Report Virtual Report Demo Batch Report S E Energy Report examples im Energy Efficiency Report Instances Run Project NOTE f RMC is minimized then it will hide in the system tray If a user wants to maximize it he can double clic
383. nd the appropriate response which has to be received by the backup station Only then the backup station will acknowledge that the main station is up If it has failed please check if you can see the main node PC in your Windows network using Windows explorer and if needed check your firewall settings Localization Hotbackup connection check uses port 57034 on both the main and the backup stations sides This port should normally be allowed by Windows when a user unblocks runtime during its first launch But if connection test fails it makes sense to check Dream Report 60 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation As soon as you have defined this node as a backup you have also to specify the Checkup rate t must be a positive non zero number between 1 to 86400 which means each time interval in seconds when this local runtime manager will check the connection to the main station Functionality If the check box This node is working in a hotbackup mode is checked then when starting the runtime manager it will try to connect to the runtime manager on the PC which is specified as the main node If connection check has succeeded then the backup node will work in a standby mode It will not record data into a database and will not generate reports but will only periodically check connection with the main station every Checkup rate Licensing If user is using Dream Report in a backup mode then he use a licens
384. nded to a second using standard rounding rules This significantly saves the database space and keeps it more usable However if in any specific cases second resolution is not enough and milliseconds are required you can set your resolution in a Timestamp resolution edit box If msec resolution is set then all incoming milliseconds will be rounded using standard rounding rules according to the selected resolution Here are few examples Example 1 f resolution is set to 1000 msec and 2 values are coming value 5 ts 12 01 10 125 and value 6 ts 12 01 10 550 Result both values will be recorded with timestamps value 5 ts 12 01 10 and value 6 ts 12 01 11 Example 2 f resolution is set to 1000 msec and 2 values are coming value 5 ts 12 01 10 525 and value 6 ts 12 01 10 750 Result only last value will be recorded with the timestamp value 6 ts 12 01 11 because both values are rounded to the same second and always only the last one will be logged Example 3 f resolution is set to 200msec and the following value is coming value 5 ts 12 01 10 750 Result the value 5 will be recorded with the timestamp 12 01 10 800 Data Logging Time The timestamp of logged item values and or alarms will be logged using both the local time of the computer where Dream Report is running and the UTC GMT time format Data Logging and Database Organization In Dream Report 4 generation a completely redesigned database structure
385. ned User Management x Users And Groups Aathodzation List of Users And Groups User access nights Project Reports User Group Name Access to Designer Studio Report name user 1 Widgets Access to Data Configuration Web Trend Turbidty Rer port Access to Runtime Engine Step Tables SQL Tables Singje objects Setpoint Analysis Report Water Report Refinery Report Producton Access to Web Portal Report Maintenance Report Energy Pe Graphs Monthly Operating Report ndcators Ful Administrator Rights GW Monthly Operating Report Fluoride Monthly Report Default Report in Web Portal Equioment avalab ty report Energy Effidcency Report Demn Ratrh Rent tt The List of Users and Groups will be filled with all local users and groups defined in Dream Report as well as with all users and groups from the Windows active directory selection in the Users and Groups section You can select any user group and assign its access rights by checking the corresponding check boxes with allowed access rights in the User access rights section of this dialog window User Access Rights Access to designer studio defines if the user has a right to access and edit graphical representation of project reports If this option is switched off the Designer Studio floating splitter and the same menu option in View menu will be disabled Access to data configuration defines if the user has rights to access communication and data logging definition sections If this
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387. neration Report Targets ca Batch reports se ongns time penod 3 Energy Report examples Define time period Energy Efficiency Report Report Energy OEE Peformance and Marte Start of repot penod Select List of Tags for Replacement Curent Status Absolute Date Time Repot Status sener E Absolute or relative period definition Date 7 5 2012 v Last r ed Not Generated 1 40 46 PM HMMSS Neat Generation Rot Absokte Date Time Leray Runtime is running Status z Not Defined End of period Date 8 8 2012 Queue status 14046 PM gt HMM SS Queued Generating First from the Available reports list select the report you will need to generate If you wish to dynamically modify the time period for the report for the entire report generation specify a new report period in the Define time period section For complete description of the time period definition please go to the Time Period Definition section of this manual 270 Dream Report 271 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation If you wish to generate report with original settings as it is defined in the Designer Studio enable Use original time period check box please see pic below Dynamic Generation W Use original time period Define time period Change report generation time Generate report as for 1 30 37 PM 1 17 2012 oe If you wish to replay previous reports i e to generate a report with the orig
388. nes working with report files please see pic below F E arr z epar Wet d Wizara E Project Name ha Report Format By default reports will be generated in PDF format You can also configure output report files in MS Excel fonmat using Designer Studio tools after completing this wizard Connectnaly Data Archnang ra r Report file name Your report files will have the following filename rule Report name Generation time pdt Baltch Detinition Reports Report files will be copied into Report subfolder in your project folder You can modify that using Designer Studio tools Reports distribution You can automatically print the generated report or send it by email Please select and configure your report distribution I wert to print ary report In this window users will find information about the possible report formats the rules of how file names for an output file will be generated and define how to configure report output settings i e what format the report will be generated in If a user checks want to print my report check box the Configure button will become enabled Click on it and the Printer Configuration window will be opened Dream Report 37 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Select Prints Source CI Excel PDF Adobe Acaobat Primary pinte best Backup porter ist Adobe PDF Adobe PDF Suto Brother HL A020 ternes on Ode 005 Auto
389. nfiguration section Application Server local or remote or InTouch local or remote using FS Gateway 2 Close Dream Report studio 3 Inthe Project folder open ProjectCfg mdb file and select the table Data Sources 4 Inthe Data Sources table select WW_OPC driver and copy data from all sections except for the Driver Definition section into the corresponding sections of the OPC_DA driver 5 Delete the WW_OPC driver from the Data Sources table 6 Now the OPC_DA driver will have the configuration of the WW_OPC driver allowed by Wonderware but the existing log groups data from the OPC_DA driver won t be lost 7 Invalid License If during Dream Report installation the Invalid license message box appears please consider the following reasons for this 1 The software license file license dat has been installed on the wrong PC i e in case when the activation file activation dat was generated on one PC and the license file is being used for another PC 2 The software license file license dat or the hardware USB key protection license is used with the wrong old version 3 The USB plug license has an error in reading the USB plug then the driver has to be reinstalled and a user should contact the Dream Report technical support team support dreamreport net 6 1 USB License Upgrade Invalid License NOTE Please note that when the hardware USB key license is upgraded the problem with its upgr
390. ns Select Dala Rerieval Mode _ Cancel Dream Report 311 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation First select the location of your WW Historian which you want to connect to This can be either a local computer or a remote one If it s a local PC you just have to keep the option This computer selected If you need to connect to a remote WW Historian server you have to select the Remote computer option Then click on browse button and select a remote PC where your WW Historian server is running As soon as you have selected the location of your WW Historian server enter login and password to the SQL Server with WW Historian If your SQL Server has Windows Authentication mode then leave the User name and Password edit boxes empty If you wish to test connection to your selected WW Historian server click on Test Connection button and the message box with the appropriate result of test connection will be displayed In the Data Retrieval Common Parameters section define the rule for the quality of retrieving data from the WW Historian In the Data Retrieval Options section select the way the data should be retrieved by this driver from the WW Historian For more information about the data retrieval quality rules and the data retrieval modes please refer to WW Historian user manual NOTE f you need to configure the same driver more than once then after having configured it the first time
391. ns button the Advanced Visualization dialog box will be opened 4 Enable advanced visualization From To Color 100 200 Mody ox tance Here a user can enter one or several value ranges and corresponding colors Then when displaying a line in a chart if a line value will be in a range defined in the advanced visualization then the line will change a color to the one defined for that value range in the Advanced Visualization section As soon as the line value exits from that range it will change its color back to the original one User can define one or multiple value range definitions Using tags to define limit range for Advanced Visualization Values for advanced visualization can be taken dynamically from the real time tag values To do so select tag names instead of values for From or and To edit boxes If you double click on From or To edit box the tag selection dialog box will be opened enabling selection of a tag from any real time data source Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation When generating report the chart object will read the real time value of the selected tag and then use this value to define limit range for advanced visualization The Advanced SQL Condition section is described in details in the Advanced SQL Condition section 203 Dream Report 204 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Indicator Indicator object is an object that displays calculated data in th
392. ns define the export mode of the table objects CSV Report Format The Report Format section allows to export report data to xls or xlsx and or CSV format It has 2 check boxes Excel and CSV By default Excel check box is checked and CSV check box is unchecked If Excel option is checked then the report will be generated in Excel format lf CSV option is checked the report will be generated using the same name as in Excel format but will have csv extension Both report file formats Excel and CSV will be available for report generation All values will be recorded in a regular text file instead of Excel format with a separator taken from the operating system The default separator CSV delimiter will be Search a cell The number of cells displayed in the Excel Wizard dialog windows is limited to 100 000 cells in either direction To select any cell you may type the cell address e g A100 in the edit box in the top left part of the dialog window next to the report list and click on the button with the arrow gt Then the required cell will be selected The Export Table Titles option controls if the title of the exported table will be exported into Excel or not If this option will be enabled the title will be exported as a plain text the font size style title background color will not be exported The Export Table Headers option defines if a table header will be exported
393. nt 1 day not from midnight to midnight but from and to the time specified in the Start Date Time field e g if the start time is 07 00 00 then Last 1 day period will be accounted not from midnight last day until midnight today but from 07 00 00 last day until 07 00 00 today If the user specifies last or current day week then only Start time is available If the user specifies period Last or Current month or quarter or year then both Start Date and Time will be available Dream Report 157 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation If you select Absolute or relative period definition in the Define time period combo box then you must specify the start and end time for the period Define time period Absolute or relative period definition sa Start of report period End of report period Absolute Date Time hi Relative Date Time hi 4 14 2011 v Days Days 17 00 00 hh mm ss back 14410000 hh mm ss back The Start and End of time of the period can be defined using 4 options Absolute date time Relative date time Absolute date Relative time Relative date Absolute time If the Absolute option is selected then specify the calendar date and time If the Relative option is selected then specify the time offset i e a number of days or hours minutes and seconds back from the time of the report definition If the time period is defined in the relative mode then the time will be defined as follows during report generation the cu
394. nt Anavaig Punctons Alarm Analysis Functions H Direct SQL Query Pulse Analysis Functions Humber of Pulses Peak Maximum value Peak Minimum ale Manual Input Expand Al x cm ox Cna If a user needs to expand collapse one of the groups in the Statistical Functions tree he will only have to click on the corresponding group branch If a user needs to see the whole tree displayed or collapsed he will be able to do it by clicking the button in the bottom right corner of the Select Statistical Function dialog box If the dialog box is opened with the expanded tree of the groups of statistical functions then the button Collapse All will contract the tree If the dialog box is opened with the collapsed groups then the button Expand All will open the Statistical Functions tree By default when the Select Statistical Function dialog box is opened the tree will appear partially expanded only the group branch from which this statistical function has been selected will be expanded All other groups will be collapsed The Statistical Functions tree will have the following groups General Functions e First value selects the first found value for the selected item from a database within the specified time period Timestamp of first value displays the timestamp of the first value found during the specified time period The timestamp has a configurable format of three options Date time or Date only or Time only
395. ntrol item changes It works as follows 1 You can define an item from the same data source that this group will log data from as displayed on the picture below Record Mode Record Mode Data Source On ltem value Change MVE ltem Name a Tolerance 2 Every time this value changes Dream Report will log values of all data items defined in that group NOTE Please note that only items from real time data sources can be used If you select a data item from external history server this option won t work The On Absolute Time option will record item values at an exact time specified in the list see example below Record Mode Record Mode On Absolute time k You can add as many time definitions as you need and when the PC clock reaches the time in the list values for all of items in the group will be logged to the database Lower section Record Period defines a schedule for the logging period Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation To add active period specify time FROM absolute time format time TO absolute time format check which days of a week this period will be active and click Add button to add a record to a list Each record may have its own weekly schedule If you select any record in the list and click on Modify button then the selected record will get current values from the edit boxes and check boxes Remove button will remove selected record from the list Dream Repo
396. ny of those objects to the SQL query or stored procedure statement by clicking Add button then when launching before report generation it will replace those dynamic objects by the corresponding real value All values for Batch ID Report start time or Report end time will be accepted only via Dynamic Report Generator If a report is generated by schedule or event and not by DRG then those input parameters will be empty If you select the Input parameter from file option please see the corresponding section below NOTE The following dynamic tokens can be used in Report Preprocessor gen Batchld This dynamic token will be replaced by ID of the batch Batch ID for which the report is generated gen ReportStartTime This dynamic token will be replaced by Report Start Time as configured in the dynamic generation seitings gen ReportEndTime This dynamic token will be replaced by Report End Time as configured in the dynamic generation settings Dream Report 90 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation file lt file_ name gt lt param_names This dynamic token will be replaced by the parameter value that will be found in the specified lt file_name gt The file has to have a special format in order to be used in Report Preprocessor The special file format is lt ods_ rpp document ver 1 00 gt lt ods _ rpp_param_list gt lt ods_ rpp_param name param1 value value1 gt lt ods rpp
397. o define all objects in the report comesponding to batch based ime penod Babch Energy uration Mode coun batches A Last 2 E 2 F Here you can select a batch definition which will be used to calculate the period for your object The Batch combo box will contain a list of previously defined batch definitions If you need to edit that list click on the browse button and the Batch definition window will be opened where you can edit the existing batch definitions Batch definition is described in detail in the Batch Definition section Then after selecting a batch definition select the mode Last Current and the batch count Last batch means the most recently completed batch ID i e at the time of the report generation it has valid start time and end time Current batch means batch ID which is being processed at present i e at the time of the report generation it has a valid start time and no end time yet Absolute batch ID will enable user to enter any specific absolute batch ID and their start and end time will be considered as the time period for that statistical object Golden batch will use start and end time of the golden batch ID defined in the selected batch definition in the batch configuration dialog window Dream Report 40 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation The Absolute batch ID and the Golden batch options are similar The difference between them is that the Golden batch is defined on
398. o update webpage after every visit Every time visit the webpage in the Internet Options Settings please see the picture below Dream Report 332 Temporary Internet Files and History Settings Change how webpages are displayed in Web Portal toolbar There are some control buttons on the toolbar of the Welcome main page and the Detail page Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Temporary Internet Files Internet Explorer stores copies of webpages images and media for faster viewing later Check for newer versions of stored pages Every time I visit the webpage Every time I start Internet Explorer Automatically Never Disk space to use 8 1024MB 350 ES Recommended 50 250MB Current location C Users lyaT AppData Local Microsoft Windows Temporary Internet Files History Specify how many days Internet Explorer should save the list of websites you have visited Days to keep pages in history The Welcome page has the Refresh button to update the reports information eg the number of reports and the last generation time The Detail Page toolbar has the Refresh button to update the reports information and the Back button to bring user back to the main page NOTE When using the web portal on Windows Vista or Windows 2008 Server some minor manual configuration is required Please contact technical support for additional configuration instructions Dream Report
399. o use it in the upgraded Wonderware Dream Report license he can use one of the following options described below A Delete an OPC driver which has been configured in the Open Communication Protocols in Wonderware Quick Reports license and configure a new OPC driver in the Wonderware folder in Dream Report driver configuration section Application Server local or remote or InTouch local or remote using FS Gateway In this case all existing log groups data for this driver will be lost B Perform the following actions for changing driver configuration in this case all log groups data won t be lost 1 Configure Wonderware OPC driver in the Wonderware folder in Dream Report driver configuration section Application Server local or remote or InTouch local or remote using FS Gateway 2 Close Dream Report studio 3 In the Project folder open ProjectCfg mdb file and select the table Data Sources where all data about the drivers which have been configured in the project are stored 4 In the Data Sources table select this newly configured Wonderware OPC driver and copy data from all sections except for the Driver Definition section it must remain unchanged into the corresponding sections of the configured OPC driver which you want need to keep for your project 5 Delete the configured Wonderware OPC driver from the Data Sources table Dream Report 309 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation 6
400. object_name gt and can be used in 2 possible ways a For referencing Combo Box objects where lt object_name gt is a name of the Combo Box object b In Expression Objects f the value of the combo box has to be used in the project it is necessary to define an Expression object that will contain cb lt object_name gt format After that it will be possible to use this expression in other places where dynamic tokens can be used Example cb maintenance 1 tp This dynamic token has the following format tp lt object_name gt and can be used in 3 possible ways a For referencing timestamp Picker objects where lt object_name gt is a name of the Timestamp Picker object b For time definition in Calculated Time Period and Manual Input modes c In Expression Objects As soon as it s referenced in Expression objects it can be used in Advanced SQL Condition and other places where dynamic tokens are used Example to Energy_production Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation correction This dynamic token is used for a special item name that has to be set in the Manual Input Statistical function Single Data Objects if the Manual Input function will be used for correction operations Example correction ipp lt parameters This dynamic token is used for accessing Internal Project Parameters defined in the project Example ipp lt Cycle 3 gt List of Web Manual Entry Driver Dyn
401. ocumentation Alarm Table Alarm Table is a dynamic object which displays in a selected format a list of alarms according to the specified time period and the selected alarm filter Click on the Alarm Table button on the Report Designer Studio Elements toolbar Then draw a rectangle where you want to place the table in the report workspace The Alarm Table Data Definition dialog window will be opened Alarm Table x Data Defirition Get Data From Dream Report History Extemal History Server Selected List Edi List Define tine penod Absolute or relative penod definitorn sal Start of report period End of report penod Absolute Date Time T Absolute DateTime T 3418 2011 v Days 5 19 2011 Days 17 05 28 hhumm ss back 21 0541 hemmes back Appearance Advanced SOL Condition Alarm Table Data Definition In the Get Data From section you can select which history type you will use to extract alarms from Dream Report History or External History Server Dream Report 182 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation The alarm table will display a list of alarms which have occurred during the defined period after applying one or more selected alarm filters To define an alarm filter please click on the Edit List button The Alarm Filter Manager window will be opened For details on how to configure alarm filters please see the Alarm Filter Manager section When you select one or more alarm filters for the
402. od where this item was non zero is 1 hour 12 00 13 00 out of 2 hours in total 12 00 14 00 so 2 4 100 50 So the result of this example will be 50 NOTE When the System Availability statistical function is used is automatically added as a unit if no other unit is specified To remove as a unit please define a space as the unit Energy Management Functions Produced Energy calculates the amount of energy released during the period of some production process If a user will select this statistical function for the report then he will have to select from the corresponding drop down boxes the type of fuel gas coal mazout and the type of units MCal GCal Mj Gj which will measure the energy produced see pic below Select Statistical Function Produced Energy gt Fueltype Gas Units MCal Produced Emission calculates the amount of gases emitted during the period of some production process If a user will select this statistical function for the report then he will have to select from the corresponding drop down boxes the type of fuel gas coal mazout and the type of gases which will measure the emission produced This section will have the same boxes as the Produced Energy option Batch Functions Batch ID displays the ID of the batch used as the time period for the calculation If the range of batch IDs is used then the ID of the first batch from the range will be displayed And the
403. oject Parameters Dialog window will be opened where user will be able to configure passing parameters for report generation For details on internal project parameters configuration please refer to the Project Parameters section of this manual NOTE New project can be also started by clicking on the DR Main Button in the upper left part of the Dream Report Designer Studio please see the picture below dew Report Mu ah Vy Open Project New Project Save Project SI Save Project As F g ob Print ap ex PAF a mT a T r ee By clicking on the DR Main Button in the Dream Report Designer Studio users can also perform the following operations with projects such as create a new project open any existing project save the current project exit the Studio with the current project opened please see the picture below Projects Opened Recently f New Report de auy 1 Production drpj aa open Propet 2 C ODS energyienergy drpj Save Project 3 Production_Users drpj 4 OOD Demo Dema drpj Save Project As F By clicking on the DR Main Button in the Dream Report Logger Studio users can perform only some of the operations enabled in the DR Logger Studio with projects such as e open any existing project e save the current project Dream Report 49 e exit the Studio with the current project opened 7 Open Project
404. older Delete Report When the new report is created you can add objects and design your report template You can use an existing page template to design your static page layout header footer background etc You can use an existing report template to add statistical objects to your report To add insert a new page click on Insert new page icon on the toolbar in the Report Designer Studio see on a pic below rrr Home Connectivity Project Web Elemen Copy Obj y oe 1 Sy Paste Objett fo Cut template template 4 New Page 110 Dream Report 111 To delete a page from the report right click on that page and select Delete current page from the popup menu Cut Copy Object Copy Object Properties Paste Object P fe 2 oP se Paste Object Properties Search and Replace Search Object by UUID Tag Dictionary Virtual Report Instances Insert New Page Background Set As Background Modify Disable Delete Report Menu Grid Settings Report Settings Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation NOTE The first page of report cannot be deleted and therefore Delete Current Page will be disabled on the first page of report NOTE New report can be also configured by clicking on the DR Main Button in the upper left part of the Dream Report Designer Studio please see the picture below a New Report gt a Save Project A Save Project As F
405. om 07 00 00 last day until 07 00 00 today If the user specifies last or current day week then only Start time is available If the user specifies period Last or Current month or quarter or year then both Start Date and Time will be available Dream Report 210 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation If you select Absolute or relative period definition in the Define time period combo box then you must specify the start and end time for the period Define time period Absolute or relative period definition sa Start of report period End of report period Absolute Date Time hi Relative Date Time hi 4 14 2011 v Days Days 17 00 00 hh mm ss back 14410000 hh mm ss back The Start and End of time of the period can be defined using 4 options Absolute date time Relative date time Absolute date Relative time Relative date Absolute time If the Absolute option is selected then specify the calendar date and time If the Relative option is selected then specify the time offset i e a number of days or hours minutes and seconds back from the time of the report definition If the time period is defined in the relative mode then the time will be defined as follows during report generation the current time will be captured as the end time and the time offset will be deducted from it as the start time E g If the time is defined in relative mode as 00 10 00 hh mm ss then it will mean 10 minutes before report generation The
406. ommunication driver Wizcon drivers of Dream Report enable you to connect to Wizcon SCADA using native connection and get access to the real time data real time alarms and historical data and alarms of the Wizcon running project When you select any Wizcon driver form the Wizcon folder in the Select Data Source Type section of the Communication Configuration Wizard dialog window see the picture below there is no need to make any special configuration unless you want to configure collection of real time network alarms from Wizcon network Commumnicaion Danian jon Wiza pri Select Data Source Typi p r fe 1 aera HE Amertech BB Analytic 2 Open conmurecaton peotocok Add BB Manus HEI Citesct BB ooec HE Siemens i A B Sutelink dive t a CL hat wre Loyies H Halsubics J Enercon HOJ Arc Infometique HE Techno Traje m Walia ef Wico Native realtime value l E TAG Mairia reae ghairi 4 Conkguie Dave ioe Selected Spaca Dered Dies Lie Drea Logeal Niare A Wion Maive hsiucal vaker Dala Sauce Dessiplion In case you wish to do that click on Configure button and the dialog box with 2 vertical lists will be opened The left list will contain a list of available Wizcon network stations Select Wizcon stations from which you wish to collect real time alarms and click on Add button They will be added to the right list the list of Wizcon stations from which alarms will be collected When you have finished station selection
407. on New Dynamic Report button the following Dream Report Portal window will be opened Dream Report 335 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation ad Faery Predaction INSTANCE Energy Report Please select the type of generation Absolute Start of period End of period Date Cer Mort Veer Date Dan Morth eer 4 s Se ect pi 4 Se ect 210212012 149032012 utc iv Time ihh eras lime hho ae E 0 0 User will be able to define one of the 5 options for dynamic report generation Original time period Batch based Absolute Relative and Fixed For details on how to configure these options please see Dynamic Report Generator section Web Portal Detail Page Detail Page of the Dream Report web portal enables users to browse a list of the instances of the selected report from the currently running project to visualize in details any existing report its instances from the entire project and also to generate any report its instances on user demand in real time Detail Page contains all the information a user may need about all the reports generated It has the following layout Poser By DOS Ts hencebkayy Language Engish sport Report Production Fila Hane Report Production_ S_03_12 18_48_32 pd babe 3 23 2002 6 48 32 PH Reports List E B Batch reports List of Report files r 17 02 Report Prodection FI 00 13 a p 1a an 52 pelf al wm FS ME 17 eee g p Report Prodect i aa Azpa Copyright
408. on Windows Vista or on Windows 7 in 64 Bit Operating Systems certain manual configuration of the IIS Internet Information Services as described below has to be done The following configuration steps have to be done 1 Open lIS Internet Information Services Manager If you are using Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2 it can be opened using windows menu Start gt Administrative tools gt Internet Information Services IIS Manager J If you are using Windows Vista or Windows 7 it can be opened using windows menu Start gt Control Panel gt Administrative tools gt Internet Information Services IIS Manager 2 Select DefaultAppPool in the Application Pools of the Connections section please see the picture below A Compute Managemen Die Acton Mew tip ees DPE Pm Computer Mansgemert Roca rent T 143 gt COSCON Appacation Pooks E s Sytem Toots A B Tast Scheduler Lonne tions E rs sa Application Pools z Shared Fokiers megeen m Loca Users end Groups s SJ O0S 0001 fods 001 ityst Thet page lets you vipa end manage the int of application pogi on the server AY Pertormmance 2 Applcanon Pout Applcebon pools are essocistes ath vorter processer conten ome or more a Device Manage ee Me sepircetions end provide solebor among OMerent applic chon P i Storage 4 Oetewt Web Ste a ae uk Mansgemert T aspnet cient JOm O O OO NSOE T s y Sernces and Applestion gt Dawet Nome
409. on key values optimizing a chart line and avoiding numerous minor value changes Deviation in will analyze array of item values and each next value will be ignored if its difference is less from value of previous valid point than defined of deviation Grid settings User can define any of 4 available grid setting options for the chart object Fine f this option is selected the grid will subdivide the chart object into small cells via fine grid parameters Values offered by default have been preset in such manner that for most usual cases none of them needs to be adjusted e Normal f this option is selected the grid will subdivide the chart object into small cells via normal grid parameters Values offered by default have been preset in such manner that for most usual cases none of them needs to be adjusted Manual f this option is selected the grid will subdivide the chart object into mall cells which will have the X Y Axis value parameters entered manually by the user Aligned to value f this option is selected the grid will subdivide the chart object into small cells which will have the X Y Axis value parameters entered manually by the user and adjusted according to the values set Scale limit mode User can define any of 4 available scale limit modes Automatic f this mode is selected chart object will automatically detect minimum and maximum of all values which have to be displayed in the chart line
410. onfirmation edit boxes will be disabled If you click on Delete button all selected users will be deleted If you press on Delete button on the keyboard then one or several selected users in the list will be deleted as well List of Groups When you add a user group you just type a new group name in the edit box below the list control click on Add button and new user group will be added to the list When you select one or several users in the list you can drag and drop selected users to the required group When you select any group in the list it will immediately set selected all the users defined in that group in the users list You can click on any user entry to select unselect user for the selected group Windows Authentication This section allows to get users groups list s from Windows and to include those users and user groups into the Dream Report authentication configuration Below the users list there is a check box Use windows authentication If this check box is not checked then the button Configure will be disabled As soon as a user enables that check box the Configure button will become enabled and the standard Windows Select User or Group dialog box will be opened Select User or Group Pif Select this object type From this location Enter the object name to select examples TANIA HelpAssistant Check Names User will have to select Windows users groups their location and the name If th
411. onse time and it will display how many times the same alarm occurred during the alarm table period The criteria to compare alarms to identify the same ones will be by Alarm text and Priority If Priority is not available then the alarm text only will be used for analysis NOTE This column is available only in mode Display every alarm once Fit rows to text By default this display option will be enabled If it is enabled the height of the header cells will increase and the data cells part of the table will have less size to fit the text If this option is disabled the height of the data cells part of the table will increase thus giving more size to the text so that maximum fits Display as event list f this check box will be selected then the alarm table will automatically unselect display of the following table columns Ack time End time Duration Response time The message list table style will have only the following table columns available Start time Alarm text Priority This mode can be possibly selected in the combination with the Display every alarm once mode In this combination single line for alarm will be shown and the criteria to compare will be the same In this case the column Number of occurrences will also be available Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Advanced Visualization x yea Enable advanced visualization If a user will click the button Advanced Options the Adva
412. option is selected then the combo box below that radio button will be filled with the list of all web combo box objects defined in this report User will be able to select a web combo box object which will have the Batch Definition function described above in the Show Batch Definitions section and then the batch ID list for that given web combo box will be filled with batch IDs taken from the batch definition which has been selected in a corresponding Show Batch Definitions web combo box The Show Batch IDs List combo box in the web report will have no default selection If report is generated from Web and report has the Show Batch IDs List combo box then if it has no selection the report will be generated using the default time period defined in its objects If the Show Batch IDs List combo box has any selection the report will be generated for the selected batch ID Check box Wulti selection will define if the combo box will be opened in a multi selection mode drop down list with check boxes If this option will be disabled then the combo box will be opened as a regular single selection drop down list combo box By default this check box is unchecked In the Assign Selection to Tag section user has to select either a real time Real time Item or history data HDA Item value parameter which will get the selected value of the combo box when the report is completed Combo box Send Result To specifi
413. ord includes the time hh mm ss and the days of the week Each scheduler record may contain its own set of days of the week The report will be generated every day at each defined time which is enabled in the schedule To add a record enter the desired time in the Set Time edit box in the format hh mm ss select the desired days of the week and click the Add button The new scheduler record will be added to the scheduler list To delete a scheduler record select a record to be deleted and click the Remove button The selected record will be deleted To modify an existing scheduler record select the record to be modified the day of the week The Set Time edit box will display the current definition of that scheduler record Enter the new time in the Set Time edit box and selected desired days of the week in the Execute On group of days of the week check boxes After scheduler record settings editing is finished click the Modify button The selected record will be modified with the new settings The Monthly or Yearly report options enable users to define a specific time and day of the month or day of the year when the selected report will be automatically generated Please select which type of schedule you would like to use Monthly or Yearly If Monthly option is selected then the Select Day combo box will be filled with the possible days of the month 1 31 Select which date of every month the selected report will be automatically
414. ormat t pdf excel email report will be sent to the defined email with the report generated in PDF and Excel format Dream Report 263 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Starting the Project command line In order to be able to start project from the command line the following command has to be run lt path to RTM gt rtm exe control startproject full project path Example C ODS Dream Report System RTM exe control startoroject C ODS Dream Report Project Demo Demo drpj Backward Compatibility Command Formats For backward compatibility Runtime Manager also accepts old command formats generate exe lt report name gt f lt period gt generate exe lt report name gt a r lt start of period gt lt end of period gt List of accepted parameters lt report gt is the name of report to be generated f is a fixed period for report generation lt period gt is a period for report generation It can have the following values last day last n days last hour last n hours last week last n weeks last month and last n months Current day Current hour Current week Current month current quarter where n is a number from 1 to 500 a is absolute date and time mode lt Start of period gt defines the start date and time Its format is dd mm yy hh mm ss or dd mm yy hh mm ss lt end of period gt defines the end d
415. orresponding Min or Max double value will be considered The amount of manual tags defined in the Manual Entry Parameters configuration window will be displayed in the Parameters section below the manual tags list If you click Export button the standard Windows Save As window will be opened where you can select location and name for the list export file A list export file format is csv with semi column used as a separator A list export file will have a header as the first row and data starting from the second row It will have 5 columns Name Type Min Max Description Name and Type fields are obligatory and others are optional If you click import button the standard Windows Open file window will be opened where you can select location and name for the list import file Open file will be filtered by csv extension The format of the import file list will be exactly the same as described in the Export section Only 2 columns Name and Type are obligatory If a list file with only these 2 columns has been created such an import file should be imported as well When a file will be imported the message box will pop up asking Do you want to replace existing tags by the importing list The corresponding operation will be done according to a user s choice NOTE f you try to import tags appending the list to the existing one and the imported tag will have the same name as an already exist
416. ort has to be installed on a PC with a web server installed Then during installation the Dream Report installer will install all necessary files to use the web functionality Otherwise if the web server is installed later in order to be able to use the web functionality Dream Report has to be uninstalled and re installed again The ASP engine will be installed by Dream Report installer automatically as well NOTE To have access to a project in the Dream Report Web Portal each time a new project is started user will have to configure IIS _ Internet Information Services for that project manually by clicking on the Configure IIS button If the IIS configuration process has succeded user will get the message IIS configuration has been successfully completed Otherwise he will have to check the reason for the IIS configuration failure If Internet Information Services IIS is not installed in user s operating system he will get the message box Can t configure IIS Web portal is not enabled Then IIS will have to be installed and then configured for details please see Installation Tips IIS can be configured directly either in the Web Configuration dialog box of the Project Settings section or in the Runtime Management Console dialog window NOTE For IIS versions 7 7 5 and 8 if user clicks on Configure IIS button the Application Pool OdsDrAppPool will be automatically created Thus for 64 Bit OS this will allow automa
417. other external license please ask your Dream Report distributor for that option and provide the ID number of your SCADA license key to be linked to 5 Special licenses 5 1 System Integrator Pack This is a full functional license for Dream Report demonstration and development This license is intended for Dream Report distributors and systems integrators for internal use Standard system integrator pack includes 10 000 tags e 5 web clients Validity 1 year System integrator pack license can be supplied on a USB key or as a software license file 16 Dream Report 17 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Note System integrator pack license cannot be used on real projects but can be used only for project develooment and demonstration purposes 5 2 MES license option This special license option enables unlimited calls of SQL queries SQL stored procedures and other database requests as well as adds 5 web client to the license configuration This license is designed for use in MES reporting applications but can be convenient and cost effective option for other applications where intensive database interaction is required 5 3 Life Sciences license option This license option enables functionality which is required for reporting applications in life sciences industry This option enables such options like Setpoint analysis mechanism Pulse analysis FO calculation for sterilization validation Electronic signatur
418. ou need to configure Dream Report 316 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Eurotherm Review Communication Driver Eurotherm Review communication driver enables connecting to one or several Review databases This driver is available in the Eurotherm folder of the Select Data Source Type section of the Communication Configuration Wizard please see the picture below Communicabion Configuration Wizard x Select Data Soure Type H E Internal J Wonderware H E Aspertech Driver Logical Name l BB Anavtics H Open communication protomols Add H Citect H Siemens annan 5 Eurotherm Configure Dira for Selected Sounce Defined Orem List Driver Logical Mame Realtime batch morte ff UHH Direct histoncal values A UHH O8 bestoncal messages AZ UHH DE bestorcal vake Hf UHH DE batch morik 1 es Indu Sift muti mm b Date Source Diescnphon WAM Direct histoneal valez ok Cancer NOTE n Dream Report version 3 43 the Eurotherm Review driver had one driver instance for both real time and historical data access configuration Now in this new version of Dream Report the Eurotherm Review driver has three instances and should be configured separately as Historical values in Review database Historical alarms messages in Review database or Real time batch monitor Real time batch monitor driver This driver can periodically query Review database detect start of a new batch or end of currently runn
419. ource ODBC ltem Mane Batch DataM olor Using this function users can automatically either search or replace a specific data item by another data item or search replace one specific or all time definitions by a specified one throughout all the objects within that report Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation To search or replace a specific data item by another one select Data source and item option in the Search amp Replace group box on the top of the window Search and Replace A User can select which type of statistical reporting objects will be affected by that data item search replacements If option Search in all objects will be selected then the data item search replacement will be done in all statistical objects of that report If option Search only in selected object type will be selected then the combo box with the list of all available object types will appear just below that radio button User will be able to select the desired object type and then data item search replacement will affect only the object type selected Search and Replace si Search and Replace Data source and item Time definition O Search in all objects Search only in selected object type to Single Data hi Then in the section Select Data ltem to be searched select data item to be searched If a user needs to search for a statistical object which is defined on that data item he will have to click o
420. ource selection will be displayed as a tree The first browse level will be the list of the data source vendors All first level browse will be displayed as folders When the type of driver will be selected from the Daia source tree it will automatically appear in the Driver logical name box for configuration To configure communication settings button Configure will open the driver configuration dialog box Each driver has its own configuration user interface which depends on the specific protocol needs If driver doesn t have any configuration interface that button will be disabled When source is configured it can be added to the general list of data sources defined in the project by clicking on Add button The source configured will appear in the Defined drivers list Button Delete will delete the selected source from the list If the check box Show this wizard on creating new project is enabled then each time when user starts a new project this driver configuration window will be automatically opened with designer studio so that user will know that first thing to do is to define communication drivers If user will uncheck this check box then each time when new project is created users will not see this window opened anymore Driver connection string section will show internal communication string for already defined drivers Each time when user adds a new driver to a project all driver configuration is saved in the project as
421. ources and variables according to their needs The Simulation Driver set includes Simulation Data Driver Simulation Driver real time historical values and Simulation Alarm Driver Simulation Driver real time historical alarms To configure Simulation Driver first open the Communication Configuration Wizard dialog window Communication Conliqguralion Wizard W 5 Source Typ ee a i elect Data Source Type Configure Dives far Selected Source Cetined Onwere Ll 5 i 7 oh Diiva Logical Hama A AnaylicarsaHime values A OBsbch histoneal wales Griwer Logical Mame DreamAiepal E Web manual driver Add BB Erea F RE rasli aust Process pe 5 n Dier Simdan Dier kie Mi Process Simulation Dine tea lime values BB Procese_Sotpont Simulation Diiver real time alaire Wi scapa FE Simulation Dives higtewical values scans B Simulation Dive Helical alarms a Wore a3 Aspertech a Open communication protozoi 4 Citect a Siemers a Eurtheim A I Lytee o i bibs ihiehi Data Source Desciption tench Select Simulation Data Driver Simulation Driver real time historical values or Simulation Alarm Driver Simulation Driver real time historical alarms from the Simulation Driver subfolder of the Internal folder in the Select data source type section NOTE n Dream Report version 3 43 the Simulation driver had one driver instance for real time data historical data and alarms configuration Now in this new
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423. owse window will be opened where you can select a real time data source and data item Then during report generation the real time value of the selected item will be read and used as a value for the correction factor If the correction factor contains invalid syntax or invalid value or invalid operator it will be ignored and all values will be taken for consideration as they are Dream Report 160 Dream Report Designer Studio Tables Item Table Raw Values Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation item table is an object which displays an array of values from one or more data items within a specified value range which were logged during the specified time period To add this object please click on the Item Table button on the Report Designer Studio Elements toolbar Mark in the workspace the rectangle where desired data will be displayed The Item Table definition dialog window will be opened see pic on the right Item Table Data Definition In the Get Data From dialog box select which history type will be used to extract data from Dream Report History or External History Server To add data items to the Selected List table click on the Edit List button and the Select Data Items dialog window will be opened If Dream Report History radio button will be enabled then the combo box Select Data Source will contain a list of data access drivers defined in the project If External History Server wi
424. ox in the format hh mm ss select the desired days of the week and click the Add button The new scheduler record will be added to the scheduler list To delete a scheduler record select a record to be deleted and click the Remove button The selected record will be deleted To modify an existing scheduler record select the record to be modified the day of the week The Set Time edit box will display the current definition of that scheduler record Enter the new time in the Set Time edit box and selected desired days of the week in the Execute On group of days of the week check boxes After scheduler record settings editing is finished click the Modify button The selected record will be modified with the new settings TIP f user wants to disable report generation on schedule he can remove the DailyNWeekly settings by clicking on the Remove button please see the picture below Execute On Daily or Weekly Report Set Tine Mon 1200 00 Tue Set Time dd Wad Thu Modi Fr lsat e Sun Cyclic Report Generation If the Execute Report Each option will be selected then reports will be generated automatically in a periodical cycle using the period defined in the combo box The period is entered in the format hh mm ss When defining cyclic generation it s also influenced by the days of the week You can define on which days reports will be created You can enter any period from 00 00 01 up to 23 59
425. ox is optional and can include a short description for the report The description can be up to 256 characters Click Next to go to the next step of project creation Click Back to go one step back to re configure or check project configuration Click Close to exit Project Wizard without any operation performed Dream Report 34 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Schedule The Reports Schedule window allows users to define an automatic report generation schedule i ream Report Project Creating Wizard a Project Name Please select the schedule of when you want this report to be n automatically generated Connectnity oH Daly fepni val be generated one of more Gees every day Dala Archmng Monthly report el be generated once per month Baich Definition Feary report mil be generated once per year Repos Newer report wall nol be generated by achedule It val be generated on event of manually Reports Mame F Set Tene Schedule e000 AM Event set Time 00 00 AM Destribution Time Period Page Design Select tags Exmcute On J Mon Tue vowed W Thu F Fr Select Objacts The Daily Report option enables a user to define a very flexible schedule of report generation one or more times during one specific day or several days of the week please see the pic above For this create a list of schedule records defining when each report will be generated The schedule rec
426. parameter for report generation When custom input parameter is added to the SQL command edit box it will be added in the format file lt filename gt lt parameter name gt e g file C Batch Report_gen xm l Dataset name REPORT PREPROCESSOR APPLICATION ltems can be replaced in the following objects Charts Automatic Statistical Tables Item Tables Charts When replacing items each line will be added in the order of its retrieval from the database Data source will NOT be replaced New dynamic items will have the same data source as originally defined in a chart If a chart has several data sources for different lines then the first one defined for the first line will be considered as the correct data source When replacing the existing lines each new line will take the corresponding color of a replacing line E g If chart definition has three lines defined with item A red item B blue and item C green and if two lines come from a database by preprocessor then those two lines will take colors red and blue in the order of their retrieval from a database If new lines are more than ones in the existing chart definition then all lines exceeding the original number will take default colors Each such an item name will be automatically added to the legend so a user will automatically see which item corresponds to which color If original chart definition has separate line settings e g time scale settings
427. pe from a context menu see pic below which can be Static text Date Time Object Single Data Object Compound Data Object Expression Data Object To open text input for a cell double click the cell Right click on a cell to open the context menu as shown Use the Single Data or Compound Data or Expression Data menu item to open the corresponding dialog box to configure an object and attach it to the selected cell To delete a free table right click on any cell in the table and select Delete Table Or select a table clicking on the table border and press the Delete key Example of Free table c d E 2 d of m d p m Text Box Date and Time Single Data Compound Data Expression Data Copy Object Delete Table Properties Align Columns Align Rows Delete Table Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation First Value First m3 First_F ma First_B ma First_B_TS First Value Last Value Last m3 Last_F ma Last_B ms Last_B_TS Last Value Maximum Value Maxi m3 Maxi_F ma Maxi_B m Maxi_B TS Maximum Value Minimum Value Mini m Mini_F ma Mini_B ma Mini_B_TS Minimum Value Average Value OAverage m3 Average F ms 4Average Bms Weighted Average eu average m3 Woaverage Fm3 W_average_B m Integral Value Integral Integral_F Integral_B Sum Value 5um m3 5um_F m3 5um_B m R7_B Run Time Standard Deviation Deviation Deviation_F Deviation_B
428. pe matching For details please go to the Search and Replace parts of the Tag Dictionary Virtual Report Instances sections Search Object by UUID If there is any problem with an object which is used in WEB reports in Dream Report Web portal then in order to find this object user should search for this object in the DR studio report by this object s UUID Universal Unique Identifier This UUID is located in the dmlc log log file which is stored in the folder with the unique name being generated by Dream Report at the moment of WEB Report generation Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation To search an object in the report by its UUID right click on the report page and select Search Object by UUID from the popup menu at Cut Copy Object Copy Object Properties Paste Object Paste Object Properties Search and Replace Tag Dictionary Virtual Report Instances Insert New Page Background Set As Background Modify Disable Delete Delete Current Page Report Menu Grid Settings Report Settings For details on WEB reports please go to the Web Portal section of this manual 121 Dream Report 122 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation List of Dynamic Tokens Dream Report provides a list of dynamic tokens to display in a specific context Below you can find the list of dynamic token used in Dream Report with the definition of their functions List of Basic Dream Report Dynamic
429. pen the Logger studio and right click in the Alarms section left bottom part of the Logger studio Duplicate Group Modify Alarm Delete Group To edit an existing group select Modify Alarm To duplicate an existing group select Duplicate Group The Delete Group menu option will delete the selected group Select Add alarm group from the context menu and the Alarm Group Definition dialog box will be opened see pic below The Alarm Group Definition dialog box has 3 tabs General Group Definition Record Rate Logging Schedule Record Conditions Log on Condition Dream Report 107 Alarm Group Definition General This page defines general properties of a group as follows Unique logical name Short description if needed Selection of data source from which user will include alarms into a group Alarm priority range definition Group Name is a logical name which will distinguish the group from another group and give a tip to a user about its content Group Description allows the report developer to put comments about the purpose of a group and other related information Priority Filter specifies the priority range of alarms which will be included in the group definition Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Add alarm group oe General Group Name Alam 2 Group Description Prony Fite Alam 1 Defne lam Fike Record Rata Fecuwd ondtions ox cnca If
430. pened Object mame Default Value Asagi Selecion to Tag Production 1 lipp ipp End Time x Real Time Mher HOA em Data Source Display Data fom Energy danual values ElMut seection kem Name E Manual Values Energy Cons SQ Query i Tag Values Send Result To List of Users 3 Show Data Source List Show Tag List Show Resort Instances List Show Batch Definitions Show Batch IDs List Timestamp Date Time Current Tine gt kal Curent Time gt r W This Combo Box is Obligatory W visible in POF F Add Def Yalue lt Not specfied gt 7 Autofiter ca Object Name must be a unique logical name which will be used in further work with that object within the project Default Value enables to set value which will be displayed as default in the Combo Box object in WEB reports in Dream Report Web Portal Data Display Configuration The Display Data from combo box has 9 source types of data to display Manual values SQL query Tag values List of users Show Data Source List Show Tag List Show Report Instances List Show Batch Definitions and Show Batch IDs List 217 Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Manual values data display In the Data Configuration section user has to specify manually a set of values text or numeric separated by comma or or semi column 5 please see the pic below Combo Boo Conhiqguration 4 Object
431. play current time by default This entry will be displayed by default when a user will add a new object to the report Format enables users to select specific format of date and time for each Timestamp Picker This combo box has 3 options available Date and time Date and Time Dream Report 346 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation The Visible in PDF option controls whether this Timestamp Picker object will be displayed in the generated PDF report or not If this object is defined as invisible then it will be initialized with its default value and then all data input objects that will be based on that object will get its default value 05 03 2011 14 00 04 Example of the Timestamp Picker object in the runtime mode Dream Report 347 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Hyperlink Hyperlink is a dynamic interactive object which enables users to add a text and turn it into a hyperlink and is available ONLY in WEB reports please also see Manual Data Entry section To add this object click on the command button Hyperlink on the Web Elements ribbon icon on the horizontal toolbar in the Dream Report Designer Studio menu see pic below Ay Home Connectivity Project Web Elements are Hyperlink Action Combo Timestamp Manual Button Box Picker Input The following Hyperlink Configuration dialog box will be opened Hyperink Configuration at Hyperlink Task options
432. port Show Batch Definitions display If this option is selected the combo box in a web report will be filled with a list of batch definition names defined in the project Report may have multiple combo boxes with this function defined Dream Report 222 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Show Batch IDs List display If this option is selected its configuration will have the following design Combo Box Configuration x Object name Default value Assign Selection to Tag Production _1 ipo p _End_Time ha Real Time Item HOA Item Data Source Display Data from Energy Show Batch IDs List Mutti selection tem Name _ Brengy Oars Data Configuration Send Result Ta Select Batch Definition below Select Batch Definition from another Combo bow ODS _Batch Timestamgp Date Tre Current Time gt lt Current Time gt w This Combo Box is Obligatory Visible in POF J Add Def Value lt Not specified gt Autefilter oe The Data Configuration section will have 2 radio buttons Select Batch Definition below and Select Batch Definition from another Combo box Both options define the source for retrieving and building the Batch ID list If Select Batch Definition below option is selected then the combo box will be filled with the list of the actual existing batch definitions defined in the project If Select Batch Definition from another Combo box
433. port History and External History Server please see the pic below Combo Box Contiguration x Object name Default Value Assign Selection to Tag Producton_1 fipppp_End_Time 5 Real Time Item HDA Item Date Source Display Data from Energy Show Data Source List E muhi selecton tem Name L rnergy Cons Data Configuration Send Result To i Dream Repart History Timestamp Daie Time lt curentTme gt This Combo Box is Obligatory 3 visible in POF F Add Def Value lt Not spectied gt T Autofitter cancel In a web report the web combo box will be filled with a list of data sources of the corresponding type Show Tag List f this display option is selected its configuration will be the following Combe Box Coniguralion x Object name Default Value Assign Selection to Tag Production_1 foe zipe End Time Real Time Item HOA Item Display Data from Energy Show Tag List Multi selection hem Hama C l Enengy_Cons Data Configuration Send Result To Select Data Source below C Select Data Source from another Combo bow Display Date from Dream Report History External History Server Timestamp Date Time lt Cument Time lt Current Time gt F This Combo Box is Obligatory E Visible in POF F Add Def Value lt Not spedfed gt 7 Autofiter The Data Configuration section will have 2 radio buttons Select Data Source below and Select Da
434. ports OPC 1 20 standard OPC driver can be configured to any local or remote OPC server having flat or hierarchical architecture OPC Client Configuration To configure OPC driver first open the Communication Configuration Wizard dialog window Communication Confiquration Wicand X ee Aa oes Lae Tonija Daver fai Selected Tourn Defr d Drivers Lisi 2 Interval EHE Wondesame Driver Logecal Mame oy Aapertech Driver Logical Name Hinai H Open commurecston peotocols OPC Da Aji Eitic Alam J BCe Bitit dsa iy Coy J Conie pe E Ein aire F Excel Das Import sime values J Ee E FO realtime values A Modbus TCRARP AS27232 ASCII Gy opec 3 0 OLE DE H OPC DFAE pea ome alai DFC HDA fhisimp data socas E SNMP mahina vais H Cist i Gina is Data Source Desciphion OPC DA jealma values Conca Select one of 3 OPC drivers OPC DA real time values OPC AE real time alarms OPC HDA history data access from the OPC subfolder of the Open communication protocols folder in the Select data source type section Click on Configure button and the OPC driver configuration dialog box will be opened Dream Report 294 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation OPC DA real time values and OPC HDA history data access drivers will have the following configuration window Select OPC Server si OPC serer secured access Man OPC Sewer C Backup OPC Server l i Login admir T Server requires single client connection
435. process is completed 5 Restart the computer Here are some installation tips which we ask you to read before installing Selection of Communication Drivers When installing Dream Report it will automatically install only 4 basic drivers OPC ODBC Analytical and Simulation drivers If you need to use any other drivers in your project then during product installation when you come to the Select installed components window in the installation wizard you will see a tree of installed components and communication drivers There you have to expand a Communication Drivers branch of that tree and select check all drivers which you may need when using Dream Report Web portal During Dream Report installation the installation wizard will check if Internet Information Services IIS are installed in your operating system Together with IIS you have to ensure that all ASP NET related components are installed please refer to Web portal configuration guide If IIS is not installed on your system then the Web portal and all related components will not be installed In this case you will get a prompt message that IIS installation is not found and the Web portal will not be installed and if you wish to continue product installation If you do not intend to use Dream Report web portal please click Yes and the product installation will continue without installing Web portal If you do intend to use Dream Report web portal please click No exit
436. put files for printing according to the printer settings of the report file format of the Dream Report Studio It means that no matter which targets have been defined in the cmd command printer will receive only those files which have been defined in the Dream Report Studio Report Settings If the generated report needs to be delivered to the email user must always add the generated report output format PDF or and Excel to the t email command line Dream Report 269 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Example t pdf email report will be sent to the defined email with the report generated in PDF format t excel email report will be sent to the defined email with the report generated in Excel format t pdf excel email report will be sent to the defined email with the report generated in PDF and Excel format Starting the Project command line In order to be able to start project from the command line the following command has to be run lt path to RTM gt rtm exe control startproject full project path Example C ODS Dream Report System RTM exe control startproject C ODS Dream Report Project Demo Demo drpj Backward Compatibility Command Formats For backward compatibility DRG also accepts old command formats generate exe lt report name gt f lt period gt generate exe lt report name gt a r lt start of period gt lt end of period gt List of accepted parameters lt repo
437. r They also have two differences in their configuration First Gauge configuration has the Indicator Width box where a user can select one of the suggested options to show graphically the width of the gauge indicator Second the Linear Indicator configuration section has Smooth color transition option this option is described in details in the Properties section below Widget Configuration In the Scale settings section define the minimum and the maximum values for the limits of the displayed scale on a widget object This parameter may have any integer or float number No string values are accepted Edit boxes for Minimum and Maximum value may have either manual static entry or get values from a tag in a standard format i lt source gt lt tag gt In this case when generating report the object will read values of specified real time data source and use it for scale limits For example user can calculate min and max temperature and use it for scale limits by analytical driver By default minimum will be set to 0 and maximum to 100 The Main Division section defines the range between 2 neighbor valued ticks on a scale major ticks next to which scale numbers are drawn This parameter may contain only positive number integer or float By default it will be set to 10 e g scale will be display 0 10 20 100 scale ticks The Subdivisions section defines how many small horizontal lines scale divisions will be drawn between
438. r control and a user will have to enter the number of hours minutes seconds which will be considered as a time period unit Then the entire time period of the object will be divided into equal parts where the length of each will be equal to the entered one The defined period length has to be only non zero and positive Calculation The calculation will be done according the formula below A x eT aaa 2 e atu pe pipe te la 1 2H Where T the mean kinetic temperature in K AH the heat of activation 63 144kJ mole R the universal gas constant 8 3144x10 3kJ mole K Ti the high temperature in K in interval 1 Ty the low temperature in K in interval 1 Ta the high temperature in K in interval n Ta the low temperature in K in interval n n the total number of samples in the calculation NOTE 83 144 kJoules mol is an average value based upon many common organic reactions Dream Report 129 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Calculation methodology A If the option By number of samples has been selected Dream Report will assume that one period is taken into account Start of that period will correspond to the start time of that object definition Timestamp of the last considered value point will be taken as the end of the period The minimum the maximum values and all the Mean Kinetic Temperature calculation will be taken for that period described above regardless of the end of the pe
439. r localhost if your PeVue HDS database is located on the same computer with the Dream Report project Select the Remote computer option if your HDS database is located on a remote PC If this option is selected then in the edit box next to that option you have to type in the name or address of a remote PC where the HDS database is located In order to browse for a PC you can click on the browse button and then select your desired PC in a browse dialog box SQL Server Authentication If the SQL server which is running the PCVue HDS database is configured with user authentication then enter user name and password for the SQL Server into the corresponding edit boxes in the section SQL Server authentication If your SQL Server is configured with Windows Authentication mode leave the user name and password edit boxes empty The Test Connect button will try to establish communication to the selected PcVue HDS database based on SQL Server PcVue HDS Alarms driver configuration If PcVue HDS Alarms communication driver is selected then as soon as you click on Configure button the following PcVue HDS Alarms driver configuration dialog window will be opened Pan Direcion priii Aam aies Select loceton of SO Server with Piue datsbese T Looe database Semote datsbease Lagin Password ara ithe Database mame Connection Settings In this window user can define connection to the PcVue alarms database which need
440. r actual Dream Report project which was created and is running in an earlier version of Dream Report Backup has to be done for the complete project folder including all subfolders 2 Installation of Dream Report Version 4 2 Now you have to install Dream Report version 4 2 by launching the Dream Report setup executable Please note that there is no need to uninstall the previously installed Dream Report version If the previous version of Dream Report has been installed then by running the Dream Report version 4 2 setup the installer will automatically recognize that the older version is already installed and will propose an upgrade of the existing Dream Report installation by a new one After completion of the installation process it is strongly recommended to restart your PC 3 Loading the project Load the existing project with a newer product version 4 2 fom DREAM REPORT STUDIO You will get the warning message Are you sure you want to perform an upgrade of the project Click Yes NOTE Please note that since that moment you cannot downgrade the project to the previous Dream Report version Therefore ensure to back up your project just before performing the upgrade operation 4 Web Portal upgrade If you perform the upgrade of your project to Dream Report version 4 2 it is required to do a web portal manual update if it s used in the project To do the Dream Report web portal update take the following steps
441. r can be adjusted Display Value displays numeric value for each slice The value is placed inside each slice and the font properties decimal precision and measure units are adjustable Display Percentage displays percentage of each slice within 100 for all slices The percentage is displayed next to each slice Display Style defines text display options for different parts of the chart Title when this radio button is selected you can specify the font type and size for the chart title Also you can select text alignment font style font color and background color for the title text To use a transparent background color for the title open the background color palette and select No color This option is only applicable when Display Name check box is enabled e Legend when this radio button is selected you can specify the font type and size for the legend Also you can select the position of the legend either on the bottom or on the right side of the chart Also you can specify the font style font color and background color for the legend To use a transparent background for the legend open the background color palette and select No color This option only applies when the Display Legend check box is enabled Values when this radio button is selected you can specify the font type and size for slice values You can also select text alignment font style font color and background color for the value text
442. r defines general project related information like project name author and description User Authentcation Project configuration files will be saved in a folder which will have the project name you have entered Enable user authorization Define Users Check box Enable user authorization defines whether project access is going to be password protected If the user checks that VETE MoRst Parameters PP check box he has to define users e Clicking on Define Users button will open user definition dialog Data Base Definition box For more detailed information related to this dialog box Wed configuaton please refer to the User Management section Set Pathe Log Fie Hotbackup Configuration If user management is switched on in the entire project and the Localization currently logged on user has no access to user definition OK Cmca ie window then all controls in User Authentication group check box and a button will be disabled To enable it again please login with an appropriate user using studio menu User Management Log in with different user 47 Dream Report 48 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Internal Project Parameters IPP section enables to configure a set of pre defined internal variables for the project which can take data from report objects during report generation or from command lines When user will click on the button Configure Project Parameters the Internal Pr
443. r each N Cole Low ent Highim Lelies indicator definition Grade definition is done in the Grade definition section Sort Agcercirg O Seat Descending User will add limits High Low define grade color and add segment to the list By default all added grades will get oane eer alphabetic enumerated Grade letter A B C D ne If a user wishes to replace letter label by another one he ae can double click in the list control and edit the grade label o e g like it works in item or alarm table for table column caption OF Carwel If a user wants the name of the indicator to appear on the picture he will have to enable the Show object name box User can also define typeface for the defined objects in the Font settings part of the Grade definition dialog window NOTE Grade definition dialog window will appear if Indicator object on the defined indicators tree is selected The grades and the indicators defined will be displayed as on the picture below Grade PF areas Dream Report 208 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation If a user will select one of the indicators from the list then the following dialog window will be opened Indicatot obgoct detindsan Data Doiron Elinde sor Appearance Ai ater Eh ince Show Label Show Unts Show Value Cole Proceso Cole For Hrg E ans jE uoe 8 Label Vale Abon Shko 7 Fip aad Delete Fort Cokes Back Cole E
444. r selects condition from the list of conditions all dialog controls will be filled according to the defined condition If user has defined the alarm filter without clicking on Add filter button and clicks OK button the filter which has not been added before will be automatically added to the list of alarm filters PcVue real time values using web services driver configuration If PcVue real time values using web services communication driver is selected then as soon as you click on Configure button the following PcVue driver configuration dialog window will be opened X Host address Prony address Pray Post HTTPS Usemame Passwaord Update Aate 10 in seconds Use altemative language C 0K Test Connection Cancel In this window please specify Host address The IP address of PcVue server to which the driver will be connected Proxy address The address of a proxy server if exists Proxy port Proxy port HT TPS This option defines if HTTP or secure HTTP HT TPS will be used for data transfer Username Username for login to PcVue server Password Password for PcVue server connection Update Rate This option specifies time period for cyclical check of values and alarm updates Though PcVue web services driver doesn t support unsolicited mode of data acquisition all data updates are not received automatically but are checked periodically with rate defined in this option Use alternative languag
445. r selects the Version ID option but Version Control VC is disabled then the message box Version control is disabled in your project Do you want to enable version control and add this object type into report will pop up If a user will click on Yes the Version Control will be enabled and the dynamic text object with the Version ID type will be added to the report If a user will click on No the Version Control option will remain disabled and no dynamic object will be added to the report Dream Report 152 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Then if a user will enable the option Enable user comments in the Version Control dialog box each time the report is saved the following window will pop up User Comments h It will be empty and the Save button will be disabled A user will have to enter the version comment otherwise he will not be able to continue For details please go to the Version Control section Page Number Object Page Number object allows a user to display the number of the current page or the total number of pages in a report To add this object to a report click on the Page number button on the Report Designer Studio Elements toolbar Draw a rectangle in the workspace where the page number will be displayed Then the Page Number dialog window will be opened please see pic below Page Number si Select page number option to display Page number Total pages LJ Only For C
446. r that item and not for all items from that setpoint If the Selected Tag option will be selected the Setpoint Tags selection box will appear Select setpoints x Select setpoints S tpaint name Li Oven 2 O Oven 3 Consider items Selected Tag md SE tment Tags Production 1 kd cans The dropdown menu will include all the items tags for the setpoint selected When a user will select the item tag he may need for the calculations the function will calculate that item tag which has entered and left the stability period Then the function will do its main calculation only for this item from that setpoint If a user will select one of the functions from the Setpoint stability group please see the list above then it will perform one of the statistical functions described below Start time of stable period calculates the start time of stability period of the selected setpoint It takes the selected setpoint and gets values of all items tags defined for that setpoint for the calculation period defined in that object This function detects the time when values of all tags have entered the stability zone e g are within setpoint value tolerance If more than one setpoint is selected the function calculates start time for every defined setpoint and then displays the first one between all of them If during the object calculation period all tag values have never entered together into the stability zone the objec
447. r will connect to a database read a list of its tables and fill table lists for tag values data extraction and alarms data extraction NOTE When displaying a list of available tables in the selected database the ODBC driver will display all tables user and system tables and all views available in that database 3 Select database type The ODBC driver proposes the following types of database Internal database Column ltem structure Any database AnyDB structure InSQL database PcVue HDS database Aspen InfoPlus 21 Internal database enables connectivity to the internal Dream Report database created by Dream Report Column ltem database enables connectivity to the database tables with the structure where data is recorded in a table where there is a column for a timestamp optional 2 columns for timestamp and milliseconds and value for each tag is recorded in a separate column where the name of the column is considered as a tag name Below you can see an example of a data table with the Column item architecture Data Tabie els 0 Time Batch T Counter Motori Motor Motors Temp Temp A ge gp ce er 7 NNT SR eae _ BSS 73122007 12000 Batch 84 649 1 1 us 669 23122007 130000 Batch _ amp 4 650 0 0 0 2 2312207 140000 B tch S4 651 1 851 273122007 15 0000 Batch B4 652 0 0 0 g7 22 273 122007 160000 B ich 6s E53 t i 1 Es 8663 23122007 17 00 00 Bach FAs 0 0 7 Bet 73122007 190000 Batc
448. re below f ISco nfiqurator b X Do you want to backup the actual content of your project web files v Web Portal Report Generation Web portal enables you to browse the list of reports of the currently running project browse any generated report file for any report of the entire running project and to generate a new report In order to generate a new report your project folders must have full rights permission for Everyone Dream Report sets this property automatically for all newly created reports However this may need to be set manually in report projects which were copied from another computer from CD ROM etc You can create reports either with the original time definition or with dynamic generation These two ways to generate reports are available either from the main page for each report or from the detail page of each report 1 From the main report page you can either click on the standard generation New Report button or the dynamic report generation New Dynamic Report bution 2 From the detail page you can also click on the standard generation New Report button or the dynamic report generation New Dynamic Report button NOTE f report is generated in Web Portal and the name of the newly generated report for some reason has remained the same e g lt Report_name gt _ lt Day gt _ lt Month gt then if you want your report to be updated in Web browser you should select the option t
449. real time alarms historical values which should be configured separately Example The ODBC driver has now two instances and should be configured separately as ODBC historical values for historical data or and ODBC historical alarms for historical alarms Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation The Eurotherm Review driver has now three instances and should be configured separately as Historical values in Review or UHH database Historical alarms messages in Review or UHH database or Real time batch monitor When you open internal folder the following list when expanded will be displayed e Analytical real time values e Web manual driver e MVE real time values e Simulation Driver displayed as a folder Simulation Driver real time values Simulation Driver real time alarms Simulation Driver historical values Simulation Driver historical alarms O O O Open communication protocols folder will display the following list of open communication protocols e CSV displayed as a folder List when expanded o Tag values in CSV files o Alarms in CSV files e Excel Data Import real time values e FCI real time values e Modbus TCP IP RS232 ASCII displayed as a leaf node e ODBC folder will display two entries o ODBC historical values o ODBC historical alarms e OLE DB folder will display o OLE DB historical values o OLE DB historical alarms e OPC driver displayed as a fo
450. reboot the computer The list of reports will be displayed in the Available reports list as a tree If any report has virtual instances defined that report will be displayed in a list as an expandable nod When a user expands it the list of available instances for that report will be displayed If a user will select any report or its instance the section Report info will display its related information Reports Queue The Reports Queue section of RMC displays current status of report generation queue The extended list will contain the list of reports which are being generated now in runtime or are waiting in the queue for generation please see the picture below Runtime Management Console Available Reporte a Batch reports Local Connec mhla Ehh iTi 1 ii cii A P E WO0S bream BeportiProjectfemo bemo _ a Meantenence i H Equipment availability report Start Reload M Report Maintenance State Projet is Running HHE Production and Manufacturing j HD Reporting Objects Examples Currant Weer H Setpoint Analys HIJ Water amp Waste Water Operating Mode ACTIVE a Water a Web Repons Generate Reports Generis BI Open 7 Dynamic Generation Report inio Current Status Vii aikirag Project Access Last Generated BS 2002 11 20 58 Open Next Generation 16 1 2012 00 00 00 Quewed To delete one or more reports from the list click on the button Delete on the PC keybo
451. related files weeny re Log File defines the folder where project log files will be ee ee created and stored Default Database defines the folder where default database files if defined of the entire project will be witli stored Hotbackup Configuration Localization Report Destination Folder defines the folder where report files in PDF format will be stored _ Apply Web files defines the folder where all web portal related files will be copied To change the folder a user has to type a new path in the appropriate edit box or to click on the Browse button and select the needed folder Dream Report 57 Project Settings Log File Settings Dream Report has a built in service to log online errors and information which may be useful in debugging or auditing a project Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation The log file configuration is defined in the Log File tab of the Project Settings dialog box To open Log File dialog window click on the command button Log File on the Project ribbon icon on the horizontal toolbar either in the Dream Report Logger Studio or Dream Report Designer Studio menu see pic below P 5 L Home General Database Web Definition configuration Pat 7S File gconfiguration The following dialog window will be opened The log file is created and written in a csv format which can be opened by MS Excel as well as by the text editor Using MS Excel can
452. report before roll back will appear Then the Report Designer will load the report layout exactly as it was saved with the version selected The current version ID will change and the report will be logged into the database with the changed ID version Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Example f a user selects Temperature report in the Select report combo box and with the current version ID 6 in the Current version combo box he selects version 5 and clicks Roll back then if the roll back operation has been completed successfully the report layout will be reloaded exactly as in the version selected version 5 and the Current Version combo box will display number 5 If a user wants to add comments to his reports he will have to enter them manually in the Version comment box If a user enables the check box Enable user comments in the Version Control dialog box each time the report is saved the following window will pop up User Comments h It will be empty and the Save button will be disabled A user will have to enter the version comment otherwise he will not be able to continue The comments entered will be logged into the same audit trail database and will be attached to the new report version number If this check box is not checked no comments will be saved In order to see the list of all report versions with the corresponding comments you can do the following 1 Create DSN pointin
453. ress Convert button in order to begin the conversion process Please note that the time required to convert the complete database for the upgraded project depends on the amount of the data stored in the previous database DSN settings SQL Server connection If before upgrading to version 4 2 the Dream Report project DSN was defined in order to connect to SQL databases SQL Server 2008 SQL Server 2005 SQL Server 2000 7 0 then the driver in the DSN definition should be changed for the SQL Native Client 10 0 driver Runtime mode settings Please note that when you upgrade your project to Dream Report version 4 2 you can also configure the runtime engine to run as Windows service or as an application new option By default Dream Report runtime engine will Start as an application In order to set runtime engine to run as service user can go to Dream Report studio section Runtime and click on the Runtime Configuration button The runtime configuration window will be opened Dream Report 15 Ocean Data Systems Runtime Settings x tart mode O Run as service Run as application Startup options ViStart runtime automatically when starting PC Start this project when starting runtime C 00S Dream Report Project General_Testing Project a Setarrentprojectasstartup Level of log messages Default project settings Help Documentation If your project has to be launched on OS start and as default pro
454. result will be displayed in the engineering representation format The engineering representation format is very similar to the scientific format with the difference that the power value is always multiple of three e g if the result is 290472 00 then the displayed result in the engineering notation will be 290e3 and the same result in scientific reoresentation will be 2 9e5 The number of displayed values after the decimal point depends on the decimal precision defined in this object Dream Report 147 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation If Display as Widget option is selected to the right of this combo box a new button Configure will appear When a user clicks on this button the following configuration dialog box will be opened Whilgel conligurahon calog pe Anralahia Wiga Widg Configuration T maT Se ake Moa ad e a os Hinna Piai Pel ahon Uris i Tamga E x Wain Devision Show Tithe Linear Indicator 1 000000 ir Supply yiia Subia e sho Renk lg 1 z R Precision i Propertiss Eri Arial European 10 Gauge Wale Scale Aby Shae E a B F U Fort Coke Back Coles E Ci Badhyound color Iindicstor galor Iredkcstor Width 0O a oO r koa Color Grade From To Fram Ta 5 0 40 5 E Fal 40 Cs E Add __Delete In the Available Widgets eft hand section select a graphical display type Gauge or Linear Indicator Both types differ only in the way they are displayed either gauge or linear indicato
455. riod in object definition If the number of received values from the database for the Mean Kinetic Temperature calculation is less than the defined maximum of samples then all the entire object period will be considered for calculation and all received available values will be used for calculation B If the option By number of periods is selected then Dream Report will consider the entire time period defined in the object as the base period for the end calculation Then it will split that entire time period into the number defined in the Mean Kinetic Temperature configuration of equal parts calculate the minimum and the maximum values for each of those smaller parts periods and use that for the entire calculation C If the option By defined periods is selected then Dream Report will split the entire object time period into the number of equal parts where the length of each part will be equal to the one defined in the Mean Kinetic Temperature configuration similar to the bar graph period split Then the minimum and the maximum values will be calculated for every such a period part and they all will be considered for the entire result calculation NOTES When either option By number of periods or By defined periods will be selected Query with the previous point must be used i e start of each sub period should have the actual value for that point of time Min and Max values will be calculated for each sub period
456. river provides access to real time data real time alarms for logging into the Dream Report database as well as access to proprietary history of iFix HDA HDD iHistorian GE Fanuc Intellution History Access HDA The proprietary history access driver for iHistorian database of Intellution This driver provides automated item browse as well as enables history data extraction history alarm extraction from local or remote iHistorian server No configuration is needed except for IP address of remote history server if server is located on the remote machine PcVue Arc Informatique Full Integration PcVue driver provides complete integration of Dream Report and PcVue SCADA system The driver provides access to real time data real time alarms for logging into the Dream Report database as well as an access to the proprietary history of PcVue The driver is web enabled i e is using web services for communication and can provide data acquisition over the Internet TVIEW History Access Driver History Access The proprietary history access driver for TVIEW SCADA system of TechnoTrade e Wizcon Wizcon Systems Full Integration Wizcon driver provides complete integration of Dream Report and Wizcon SCADA system The driver provides access to real time data real time alarms for logging into the Dream Report database as well as access to the proprietary history of Wizcon SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol Real Time Data
457. river will work EDI driver includes a special integrated library to access MS Excel files without MS Excel software itself EDI Driver Configuration To configure EDI driver first open the Open communication protocols section of the Communication Configuration Wizard dialog window Commmuntcal bon Configuration Wizzard x Sele Source Ti aiioe a Configues Daye for Selected Source Defined Dires List te Diteer Logecal Harns i Mimidae a H E Aspenlach Driver Logical Name BB Ere Upan communicston protocols Excel Conver died DEEE ee EEr Asa S HI maHria vaia Hobs ICFAF AS232 450 py obec H OLE DA fa OPC S HHF ahr wahis Cihect Eutothem i Later D iT hih Jala Sppe Cercnpiki Teca Daia Imeni replies aht m a Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Click on Configure button and the following dialog window will be opened F aF Exel Data Inport Corhguration r Read data from Excel fiefs from Single tags definition iC Data DEF ads ii Tag name ig Resad from thec A l x F Incucksy sufokar Maral nar ee Detail Soreadsheet Tag vale reed from the cell A r Select Spreadsheet Tag vakar hype Tet Sige tag Timestamp definito Check fer new data avery 1 minia hi Dete es bocarted in the cl E x 5 Values in ercel fle data blocks are recorded Timestamp start from Ge cell i 7 F Yerticaly bop domn telly Left to Right Add D
458. rm filter and will display the result in the chart NOTES Pie configuration cannot include different pie functions one pie graph can only include slices with the same pie function Pie configuration doesn t include slices with different time periods one time period applies to the entire pie chart for all slices Pie Graph Appearance The Appearance section of the Pie Graph definition window contains formatting options for the chart Pir Graph Pe Giaph Hera Od Produccion by wells e Display Hame Display Opting Display Legend Display Border lipa Value Display Pencertage 2 Display S he te Title Legend aues Peerage Selagi uni be add lo cecil ma Precepen of result alter decimal piri ox Cancel Definaion Fup peer arc Anal European z g E v Fora Cak Back Caka C Advanced SOL Corian The optional Pie Graph Name edit box will contain the title which will be displayed above the chart Dream Report 190 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation The Display Name check box will enable or disable the title display make it visible or invisible The Display Options section defines which pie object properties will be displayed in a report Display Legend displays a legend box It can be displayed on the right side or on the bottom of the pie Display Border displays a line between pie slices and on its edges The line color for the borde
459. rray and if another column doesnt have a value at that time it will display N A according to No value definition exactly as it works in the item table If step table has for example 3 columns with Min Max and Avg of the tag Batch_Data Motor 1 then all 3 columns will just list all values of the same tag Step Table Appearance The Appearance section contains the definition of the table columns as well as the formatting options font properties colors background etc The Table Name field will contain a name which will be displayed The Display Table Name check box will enable or disable table title display The Display Columns ist defines which columns will be displayed as well as their order size width and caption The check box in the Field column enables and disables the appropriate column display in the table The Caption column defines the caption of each column of the table If you wish to change the caption of any column double click on the appropriate caption inside the column and it will be available for editing The set of check boxes Sort By will define by which column the data will be sorted Only one column can be selected Radio buttons below Sort In will define the sorting direction ascending or descending Radio buttons Vertical orientation and Horizontal orientation below the Sort In section will define the graphical layout of the table columns Column Type Settings Use t
460. rrent time will be captured as the end time and the time offset will be deducted from it as the start time E g If the time is defined in relative mode as 00 10 00 hh mm ss then it will mean 10 minutes before report generation The Start and End of period may have separate modes any of four possible If you select the Batch based option then the following period definition control will appear Time Definition Batch based r Batch Tank 1 r Duration Mode court batches Last E 2 Here you can select a batch definition which will be used to calculate the period for your object The Batch combo box will contain a list of previously defined batch definitions If you need to edit that list click on the browse button and the Batch definition window will be opened where you can edit the existing batch definitions Batch definition is described in detail in the Batch Definition section Then after selecting a batch definition select the mode Last Current and the batch count Last batch means the most recently completed batch ID i e at the time of the report generation it has valid start time and end time Current batch means batch ID which is being processed at present i e at the time of the report generation it has a valid start time and no end time yet Absolute batch ID will enable user to enter any specific absolute batch ID and their start and end time will be considered as the time period for that statist
461. rt 103 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Item Group Definition Log on Event The comprehensive logging mechanism of Dream Report allows data logging control based on a pre defined event ifthe Enable Record on Condition check box is checked then the values of items from the entire group will be logged only if a pre defined condition is true If group logging scheduler is defined that data will be logged only when the logging period is active and the event is TRUE If a group has no specific schedule period defined then data dd item group x will be logged when the condition is TRUE General When the check box Enable Record on Condition s enabled Record Rale users can define the record condition Record Conditions A data source can be selected from the source list in the upper Enable Record on Condition combo box The lower combo box will have a complete list of Dale Source data items from the selected source The user will have to Ana select a source and a data item for the condition expression ltem Mame L Energy report temp gt 10 After the item name is selected select a condition sign from the appropriate combo box and a condition value in the edit box Log values in the range 10 30 The value can be a floating point number using a as the Leg laos decimal separator Engineering unit conversion Simple conversion Linear calculation Data from that group will be logged only when the defin
462. rt Designer Studio List of Reports 2 pi Single objects 1 SQL Tables 2 z J Step Tables H O Widgets _ Setpoint Analyse Water amp Wartpees Web Reports m rT Rename Level O Dynamic Objects Delete Level NOTES Such report folders organization is just a logical visual representation which allows users to visually better organize their reports and be able to find access their reports faster and easier Dream Report 74 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation If no report has been defined under the report level then this report level won t be stored in a project Users can also move reports if needed within the report tree from one level to another by just dragging them with a mouse NOTE New report can be also configured by clicking on the DR Main Button in the upper left part of the Dream Report Designer Studio please see the picture below 7 F New Report ke E New Project y F a p H a Open Project Save Project SI Save Project As _ i o Dream Report 75 Ocean Data Systems Report Settings Report Name Format Help Documentation The Report Name Format dialog box defines how file names for an output file are generated The report file naming rule will be applied both to PDF and Excel report files The Report filename mask can be any combination of 4 types of components All co
463. rt gt is the name of report to be generated f is a fixed period for report generation lt period gt is a period for report generation It can have the following values last day last n days last hour last n hours last week last n weeks last month and last n months Current day Current hour Current week Current month current quarter where n is a number from 1 to 500 a is absolute date and time mode lt Start of period gt defines the start date and time Its format is dd mm yy hh mm ss or dd mm yy hh mm ss lt end of period gt defines the end date and time Its format is dd mm yy hh mm ss or dd mm yy hh mm ss r is relative date and time mode lt start of period gt defines the start date and time Its format is dd hh mm ss Where dd hh mm ss is a number of days hours minutes seconds back from the current time lt end of period gt defines the end date and time Its format is dd hh mm ss Where dd hh mm ss is a number of days hours minutes seconds back from the current time Batch based command line parameters generate exe lt report name gt br lt Batch Name gt lt mode gt lt count gt batch based report generation lt Batch Name gt specifies name of batch definition which will be used to get batch IDs for report generation lt mode gt specifies batch mode It can have 2 possible values Last or Current
464. rt validation has passed the data will be recorded into the database please see the pic below Dream Report 358 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Select Action Submit Correction Action Parameters Submit Source lf Submit action is selected there will be no special action parameters to configure Report fields will be checked for correct data and if report validation has passed the data will be recorded into the database If Refresh report action is selected Dream Report will read all data entered manually in edit boxes combo boxes tables etc calculate all statistical objects located in the actual displayed report using that data and refresh the data of all objects in the currently displayed web report Dialog has 2 additional options for refreshing a report Make Dynamic Tag Replacement and or Configure dynamic parameters please see the pic below Action Button Configuration x Button Caption Generate Select Action Refresh Report 7 Action Parameters V Make Dynamic Tag Replacement Get Tag List From TP_TagSelector hd L ox cance By default both check boxes will be disabled If Make Dynamic Tag Replacement option is enabled then the Get Tag List From combo box below will be filled with the list of all web combo box objects which have the Tags List and Report Instances functions If in real time in a web report the selected web combo box object has no selected val
465. rver radio button is enabled you can select the computer name and the OPC server If the Backup OPC Server radio button is enabled the Computer Name edit box and the Select Server combo box will be empty You will be able to make another selection for the backup OPC server If the OPC server has secured password protected connection it will be possible to specify in the OPC server secured access section login and password for the connection for the selected OPC server Login and password will be set and saved separately for the main and backup servers NOTE f OPC server definition contains login and password the OPC browser and client will use it every time when connecting to the OPC server Dream Report 308 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation If no login and password is defined then the OPC browser and the client will be connecting to the server as usual in anonymous mode In the Select Server combo box please select the required OPC server to which you would like to connect FS Gateway from the selected PC In the Computer Name field specify the name of the PC where OPC server is running By default it is localhost which means a local PC If another PC in a network has to be specified click on Browse Network button and then select the needed computer name from a network You can refresh server list from the specified PC by clicking on the button Refresh Server List It will get a list of OPC
466. rver historical values iLon SmartServer historical alarms O O O e Loytec folder will display o LWEB 801 database access e Mitsubishi folder will display o Mitsubishi real time values e Arc Informatique folder will display Help Documentation Dream Report 280 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation PcVue HDS Alarms PcVue HDS Items PcVue real time values using Web Services PcVue real time alarms using Web Services PcVue historical values using Web Services PcVue real time values using OPC O O OO O OO O e Techno Trade folder will display o TView historical values o T View historical alarms e Intellution folder will display iFix Native real time values iFix Native real time alarms Fix Native historical values iFix Native historical alarms Historian Connectivity historical values iHistorian Connectivity historical alarms O O O O 4 e Eurotherm folder will display Real time values in controllers using Modbus Historical values in Review or UHH database Historical alarms messages in Review or UHH database Real time batch monitor UHH DB historical messages UHH DB historical values UHH DB batch monitor O O O O Oo When configuring any historical driver values or alarms in Eurotherm Review UHH user will see a check box asking to create automatically batch definitions for every Instrument Group If checked then on adding a driver Dream Report wil
467. s Generate Repot On Evert Batch info Report Fis Eisen Report Preprocessor is a database command SQL merian O AANO query or stored procedure which will be performed Osta Tables DAAE before report generation The result of that command OREAREN Energy Effoency Repor access can be used for further report generation Equipment avadablity re Login EN Ruornide Monthly Report P r r GW Monthly Oper lt First in the ODBC Data Source section define the hais om EEE ter s Q re external server for getting data from please see the Monthly Operating Repo 7 a R Pe Graphs picture below asart donk Report Maintenance ODBC Database Source maT y wren Select Data Object 2 Wate d z Batch_Data_List Te ae a Single objects SQL Tables Maximum Command Timeout 120 Seconds f f step Tanes Query Rest NOTE All DSNs defined in the project are saved and Turbidity Report 7 Wi T ror ee Coumi can be managed from one place for details please teina A Lin of Tage gt z see the DSN Manager section of this manual A Unite 2 Miri Vakse 3 7 Then enter the SQL Query data for more details please see Single Data Object or SQL Table section PE User Authorization OK coce Avy In the Select Data Object combo box you can only select data objects from the preset list of the following 4 objects available Batch ID Report start time Report end time and Input parameter from file f a user adds a
468. s option will be disabled In the Enable Hyperlink check box user can enable disable object as internal hyperlink Combo box Select Report to generate will be filled with the list of all project reports including current report Combo box Set Parameter will be filled with the list of all available defined internal project parameters IPPs Combo box Select Parameter Data Source will be filled with the list of all relevant objects defined in that report i e with the following object types Single Data Objects Compound Data Objects Expression Data Objects Combo boxes Date Time pickers When user will click on Ada button the selected parameter with the selected corresponding object will be added to the list NOTES The list of parameters cant have the same parameter defined twice However it may have the same report object defined several times for multiple parameters Report parameters using hyperlinks will work only for web report formats in Dream Report Web Portal Only WEB report formats Report Output File will be generated using hyperlinks PDF and Excel report formats will not be generated using hyperlinks For details on internal project parameters IPP configuration please refer to the Project Parameters section of this manual Text Object Hyperlink Definition If a text object is defined as a hyperlink its caption is not linked to the object s hyperlink configuration So if a user will chang
469. s that current Windows user must have administrator rights on that local machine where the product is installed If the current user has only guest or other limited user rights the installation will not run properly Also to run and use the product using both designer studio and runtime manager a user needs to have local administrative rights Firewall Blocking f your PC has Firewall installed and turned on please allow unblocking the following components LoggerRT exe USC exe and Generator exe These are the components of Dream Report and won t do any harm to your computer Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Uninstall or Modify Installation 11 Remove Modify It is possible to modify or to remove Dream Report from your computer in two ways 1 Open Start menu Start Programs ODS Dream Report Uninstall 2 Use Add Remove Programs component in the Control Panel of your Windows Modifying existing installation In case you use the same installation to Remove Modity Dream Report installation when starting the installation you will see the dialog window which will offer you 2 available options either Modify or Remove existing product installation If you want to remove Dream Report from your computer choose the Remove option click Next and the uninstall process will start Be aware that not all folders will be removed during the uninstall process Directories that include all projects developed
470. s to be accessed The connection to the PcVue Alarm database based on SQL Server can be configured either by using the SQL Server database locally Local database or remotely Remote database If the SQL server which is running the PcVue Alarm database is configured with user authentication then enter login and password for the SQL Server into the corresponding edit boxes Dream Report 321 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation If your SQL Server is configured with Windows Authentication mode leave the user name and password edit boxes empty The Test Connect button will try to establish communication to the PcVue Alarm database based on SQL Server Alarm Filters In this window user can define alarm filters and alarm filtering conditions please see the picture below m Conn chon stings Alarm filters Alarm filter settings Fiter name Filter name Alarm log Refresh Candi ions Operaien Property Condition Condition settings AND oF Property Type Corl tron Can When the dialog window will be opened it will connect to the Database and get the list of alarm logs This list will be available in the Alarm log combo box for selection In the Filter Name section user will have to define the name of the alarm filter which should be unique Condition Settings The Property combo box will include the list of all properties which exist in the alarm log selected from the Alarm Lo
471. s you need and when the PC clock reaches the time in the list values for all of the selected tags will be logged to the database Click Next to go to the next step of project creation Click Back to go one step back to re configure or check project configuration Click Close to exit Project Wizard without any operation performed Dream Report 29 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Tag Group Name When the tag group configuration is finished a user will have to confirm the creation of a new tag logging group in the following window Proect Name Configuration of tag archiving definition group is completed Lonnie cinaty Dats 5 ch 7 i toh Data Archiving Please speciy a name for your new tag archrang definition group Process Data Entry ilmin Batch Definiton Reports Group name should be a unique logical name which will give a tip to a user about the data content Click Next to go to the next step of project creation Click Back to go one step back to re configure or check project configuration Click Close to exit Project Wizard without any operation performed Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Project Wizard Batch Definition Batch Definition enables users to define a rule to dynamically calculate time periods for report generation If a report is for a batch process process loop where the exact time period and duration is not known in advance use this batch
472. scribe edit box and in this way it will emulate unsolicited way of communication to a Modbus device please see the picture above Dream Report 298 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation If a user selects the Serial communication type then the driver configuration window will have the following display Modbus diver configuration si Load predefined profile eurotherm_0316_Y0 pkg ki Curent working profile eurotherm_0316 YO Number of defined data points Save as new profile Protocol configuration Protocol type Communication type Modbus Serial z Transport configuration Port 7 Unit ID 1 1 Mode Serial RTU Interval msec 100 Baud rate 9600 2 Timeout msec 000 Byte size o Subscribe msec 1000 Stop bits 1 z Cache msec 1000 Parity None In this case please enter parameters for serial communication Port value has the COM number e g 1 will mean COM1 Unit ID is the Modbus unit ID address which can be 1 255 NOTE Connection to devices on serial ports does not support multi drop multiple instruments on the same port Serial Modbus communication supports one device per serial port Subscribe parameter will have the same meaning and will work the same way as it was described in the TCP IP communication type section Testing Connection If the TCP IP communication type is selected then the Test Connect button will try to establish communication to the selected Modbus device and then w
473. section The Bar Period section will allow you to define the period of time per bar group The bar graph will draw a graph window for a time period defined in the Time Definition section This window will be split into sections with the length of each section based on the Bar Period definition All bar slices will be calculated and displayed separately for each period The Manual Entry check box supports entering a static numeric value that will be constant during report generation This allows users to create pie graph combining statistical data and static reference data In order to add manual data check the Manual Entry check box enter the constant in the edit box below select the desired color for the corresponding bar enter a label for the legend if needed and click the Add button Please note that when the Manual Entry check box is checked all data definition controls like data item selection time definition etc will be disabled To enable those controls again uncheck the check box Counter of Recorded Values Dream Report 193 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation If you select a chart type of Counter of Recorded Values then in the edit boxes enter the range of values which will be used for data filtering Dream Report will go to the history and count how many times the selected data item s values matched the value filter and display the result in the chart Alarm Count If you will select a chart type of Alarm Co
474. select Wonderware OPC driver InTouch local or remote node using FS Gateway OPC or Application Server local or remote from the Wonderware folder of the Data Source Selection tree please see the picture below Communication Conliguration Wizard Saag Das Sousce Type HE interned a E Wonderware Conigue Dire tor Selected Source Defined Orear List Drea Logecal Harms LP neal gi Dorie Logical Hae 2e BB EENS A aha Historian ww od vr BU ODS Alam magina a Hopec_dats E ik Configure alla Sm Aluma j Sim_Ass E Intouch hionta alae ASS DH A WWALH Hrboica Alen 0 E Asgertech H Open commurmgcaton protocols HHE Ciest 4 m Grik H Eurcihem HHE Loytec iy bel Haba a Berne 4 m b Data Source Description InTouch local of nemote rode using FS Gateway OPC Or Canca Click on Configure button The OPC driver configuration window will be opened Select OPC Server F OPC serer secured access Man OPC Server Backup OPC Server Login admir T Server requires single client connection Password srr Computer Mame Wocalhost Erowse Network Select Server Matrikor OPC Simulation 1 a Refresh Server List This dialog window has 2 options radio buttons Main OPC Server and Backup OPC Server that allow OPC driver to work in a hot backup mode and automatically switch from one OPC server to another in case of communication error being able to connect to the secured OPC servers If the Main OPC Se
475. server and also open the second connection to the backup server If connection to the backup server has succeeded it will use the backup server as the data server until communication with the main server in re connection thread As soon as re connection with the main server is established the connection to the backup server will be immediately closed and connection to the main server will be used for communication B If there s communication error with the main server and connection with the backup server cant be established then the driver will try to re establish connection with both servers As soon as any of the connections has succeeded it will be taken and used for communication In that case if connection to the main server succeeded first the driver will continue to work in a normal way If communication to the backup server succeeded first then it will be taken for communication and the parallel thread to re connect to the main server will be running in parallel NOTE During installation of Dream Report additional OPC component will be installed OPC Core Component Redistributable 2 20 from OPC Foundation It s supposed to repair or possible problems in OPC servers registrations and repair windows OPC component installation Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Modbus Communication Driver Help Documentation Modbus driver enables connecting to one or several devices which are able to communicate using Modbus protocol re
476. servers installed on the specified PC and update the list of servers in the combo box When the OPC server is selected click the button Test Connection to test communication between Dream Report OPC client and your OPC server NOTES During installation of Dream Report additional OPC component will be installed OPC Core Component Redistributable 2 20 from OPC Foundation It s supposed to repair all possible problems in the OPC servers registrations and repair the Windows OPC component installation If you need to configure the same driver more than once then after having configured it the first time you ll just need to click in the Select Data Source Type field on any other driver and then go back to the driver that you need to configure Wonderware OPC Driver Configuration in Wonderware License Migration If a customer upgrades Wonderware Quick Reports either production or consignment license to a Wonderware Dream Report license this upgraded Wonderware Dream Report license doesn t allow using OPC drivers from Open Communication Protocols any more Customer has limited access only to OPC drivers allowed by Wonderware and located in the Wonderware folder in Dream Report driver configuration section Application Server local or remote or InTouch local or remote using FS Gateway If a customer has an OPC driver configured in the Open Communication Protocols in the Wonderware Quick Reports license and he wants needs t
477. some data not in the entire report but in its part i e if only some piece of data needs to be modified then he should do the following 1 Select the group of objects where the data should be modified and press CTRL F hot key or select from the content menu the Search and Replace option When the mouse courser is located on top of the selected objects the standard Search and Replace dialog will be opened as in the pic above 2 If a group of objects includes some non dynamic objects then it will be discarded from the search 3 If the Free Draw Table is selected but none of the internal fields has been chosen then Search and Replace will be done for the entire free table If the Free Draw Table is selected but only some of its cells have been chosen then Search and Replace will be done only for the selected cells from that Free table 4 If together with the Free Draw Table some additional objects are selected then Search and Replace will be done on top of the selected objects also considering changes in the Free Draw Table as described in p 3 of this section 5 After Search and Replace operation is finished the selected object will remain selected as before the operation Tag Dictionary and Virtual Report Instances Two functionalities Tag Dictionary and Virtual Report Instances provide users with an advanced Search and Replace mechanism by using complete data source data item and complete source ty
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479. st box or as a selection list This can be configured by Display mode control Combo Box Configuration Object name Default Value sagn Selection to Tag TP_TagSelector Real Time item HDA Item Dats Source Display Data from Show Tag List ten Name Disptay Mode Send Result To Display as List Box Mit selecton TP_TagSeector Data Configuration G Select Dats Source below Select Data Source from another Combo box Display Data from Dream Report History External Mstory Server Process v Favourite tags ist Tenestamp Date Teme lt Current Time gt 7 lt Not Used gt hd This Combo Box is Obligatory Visible in POF Add Def Value lt Not specfied gt Autofiter x Gee If Display as List box option is selected then a standard list box will be displayed If Display as selection box is selected then each entry in a list box will be displayed as a selection bution radio button if Multi selection check box is unchecked or as a check boxes if Multi selection check box is checked 356 Dream Report 357 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Action Button Action Button is a dynamic interactive object which enables users to perform a pre defined action and is available ONLY in WEB reports please also see Manual Data Entry section To add this object click on the command button Action Button on the Web Elements ribbon icon on the horizontal toolbar in the Dream Report Designer Studio men
480. stance Yes No If user clicks on Yes the instance will be deleted To modify existing instance user has to 1 Select any defined instance in the list 2 Make required modification If you change selection to another instance or click OK changes will be automatically applied to the selected report The List of Reports combo box in the upper left corner of the window contains the list of all reports available in the current project The current selection will always show the report that this window has been opened for If a user changes selection to another report then the tag dictionary and instances configuration of another report will be opened here However all modifications done for the previous report will be not canceled They will be stored in the memory Only when the user clicks on Apply all current changes to all reports during this working session since this window was opened will be saved into the configuration file By clicking OK all changes will be saved and the window will be closed If a user clicks on Cancel then all changes will be ignored and the window will be closed All virtual instances configuration will be saved in the XML file rvi xml This file will be saved in the project folder and will contain all virtual instance definitions for all reports in the project Dynamic Token object The Dynamic token object will have a new entry in its combo box Instance name If it
481. stance and the logical name for that definition To create Virtual Instance click the right mouse button either on the context menu on report in the report list or on the context menu on the report page in the Report Designer studio You can also click on the command button Virtual Report Instances on the Tools ribbon icon of the horizontal toolbar or on the Virtual Report Instances command button on the vertical toolbar in the Dream Report Designer Studio menu see pic below Home Connectivity Project Web Elements Tools Runtime banane E za B he E Tag Setpoint analysis Custom report UHH DSN D Dictionary configuration Archive Import yr Driver List of Reports 9 Project Reports List 6 Batch reports A Batch Info Report 3 Demo Batch Report Energy Report examples ee Energy Efficiency Report i Report Energy Run Project 2 The Virtual report instances dialog window will be opened see pic below VYelual soporl mislancor Litt af Apaiz berber dairi Energy epost we Inelarce rame itane description Select data pouroa and tem Ena ener 3 Drean Fleport History C Eetermad Hiiop Serre etl ern trees Sek da ace ttn a Ropu Tennpilate i Tiencripticr Daa Some ben Hare Pati Ervsoge epai j Erag epi 2 4 ODBC Btatoh_ Cater Tanpi anec Batch Data Tome z EF Aim iet A Gach Ib H Counter B End Time Select Dats Source H Fony Z ip F Moai BE Motz H
482. start From the cell Save Cancel NOTE There are 2 possible configuration options available here Option 1 If the Excel file includes both Date and Time and it is split in two different cells then in order to get the Timestamp of the single data values you should specify 2 different locations for Date and Time Option 2 If in the Excel file only one cell represents both Date and Time then you will have to select only the Timestamp cell and keep the Date cell blank EDI Tags Browse If you want to use any of EDI tags in reports and try to select a tag from the report the EDI browser will access the selected Excel file or group of files in the selected folder read all tag names and display them in the list If during report design you will modify Excel file and add some tags EDI will have to close and open studio again and the tag browse will be renewed NOTE f you need to configure the same driver more than once then after having configured it the first time you ll just need to click in the Select Data Source Type field on any other driver and then go back to the driver that you need to configure Dream Report NY 293 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation OPC Drivers Dream Report has the OPC drivers set which includes OPC DA Data Access OPC AE Alarm and Event and OPC HDA History Data Access drivers OPC DA driver supports OPC 1 0 and OPC 2 0 standards OPC HDA driver sup
483. stical function SQL Query in a Single Data Object and recording its values using analytical driver the analytical item group in the data logger should be configured with a periodical record rate Each and not On Change or On Update this is a limitation within the logger When using an MS Access database and column names or table names starting with _ or other non alohanumeric character enclose the name with square brackets e g MyTable or MyColumn This is not required for SQL Server databases Pulse Analysis Functions Number of Pulses calculates and returns the counter of pulses during a specified period of time Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation If a user selects this statistical function for the report then he will have to select from the Pulse type combo box one of the options for the type of pulse wave to be considered positive i e the upper pulse wave or negative i e the lower pulse wave and the value for this pulse wave from the Value Entry Value edit box this edit box can accept double values whole and decimal Select Statistical Function Number of Pulses Value Pulse Type For pulse explanation and its detection display please see the picture below A pulse is counted only when the value crosses the Entry Value line A positive pulse is counted only when this pulse is in the top part e g E F G and l J K A n
484. story database If a user selects Yes want to archive real time tags into a Dream Report historian option in the dialog window below and clicks Next he will go directly to the Data archiving section where he can define conditions for data logging into the Dream Report history database L Proect Name Dream Report is able to archive real time tag values into its own historian database Connectivity Do you want to archive your tag s real time values Data Archin W J Yes 1 want to ardive real ine tags into a Dream Repot historian Batch Detinitcn No thank you I wil use external archives for reporting Reports Tag Selection First the Tag selection window will be opened Project Name In this section you must select tags which you want to archive in a Dream Report historian database Connectyity Please select tags which you want to archive in a Dream Report internal Data Archiving Batch Definition Dream Report 27 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation The Select tags button will open a new dialog box Select Data Items containing the complete list of all data items from the selected drivers User will be able to add or remove items from the entire item tag group The left list box of that window will contain a complete list of available items and the right list box will contain a list of items selected for the entire group Items Filter enables users to easily find an
485. suppartEcompra com need to specify your SMTP server login Produtor Heeget_ _phasagerSonspyscons information SMTP Server specify the address of your SMTP l __ server If you use Internet email service that Checkan Uncheck a add ___ Delete met information is usually specified at the email C o Ccm provider web site m n User name specify user name to your email account Password specify password to your email account SSL check box will enable disable sending emails using SSL Security Socket Layer protocol which is required by some Internet email services e g Gmail Also if you need to send emails from a specific TCP IP port you can specify your port as addition to the SMTP server address string after symbol e g smtp gmail com 5 will mean that emails will be sent over TCP IP port 5 Email sender Specify the name of your email account It should be specified exactly as defined in your account Some email servers may reject sending emails if this is specified differently In the Email subject specify which subject will be applied for every email This option is set for every report separately The list below contains a list of mail recipients who can be selected to send generated report files to The check box on the left from every contact indicates if that contact is selected to be recipient of this particular report or not Double clicking on any contact in t
486. t 345 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Dynamic Interactive Objects Timestamp Picker Timestamp Picker is a dynamic interactive object which enables users to select timestamp for association with the entered values and is available ONLY in WEB reports please also see Manual Data Entry section To add this object click on the command button Timestamp Picker on the Web Elements ribbon icon on the horizontal toolbar in the Dream Report Designer Studio menu see pic below Connectivity Project Draw a rectangle in the workspace where the output data will be displayed The following Timestamp Picker Configuration dialog box will be opened Timestamp Picker Configuration ra Object name Flow_data_time_1 Default Value Format Date and Time Visible in PDF Object Name must be a unique logical name which will be used for each Timestamp Picker object in order to be able to reference any of those specific date time objects in the data entry objects Default Value allows users to configure which timestamp value this object will display as a default The Default Value combo box has the list of all Timestamp Picker objects and simple statistical objects Single Data Objects Compound and Expression Objects already defined in that report so that the user can select one object to control default values in others Also the Default value combo box has an entry Current time so every Timestamp Picker object will always dis
487. t Then in the same window of the setpoint selection user has to select which data items should be displayed on a chart There are the following options available All items The chart will display all items defined for the selected setpoint Fastest entry item The chart will display only one item of those defined in the selected setpoint which was the first to enter the stability zone of the setpoint Slowest entry item The chart will display only one item of those defined in the selected setpoint which was the last to enter the stability zone of the setpoint Fastest exit item The chart will display only one item of those defined in the selected setpoint which was the first to exit from the stability zone of the setooint Slowest exit item The chart will display only one item of those defined in the selected setpoint which was the first to exit from the stability zone of the setpoint Selected Tag The chart will display the result of the calculations of the selected item tag which has entered and left the stability period When displaying the setpoint analysis the chart will display a dash line to display a setpoint value and two horizontal dash lines to display min and max of tolerance Stability zones will be marked with two small triangles and also put two vertical dash lines which will helo to detect start and stop of the stability zone SQL Query will enable users to execute SQL query or stored procedure and display the resu
488. t History External History Server Data Source ODBC historical values ltem Marne Quen Tanke Tag Dictionary will be filled with all tags which are used in this report in various objects Columns Data Source and Item Name will be filled with the relevant tag information The column Description will be empty User can click or double click into the Description column and the field will be opened for inserting or editing a text with the logical description of this tag All the list of source tag names and their descriptions will be saved inside the report template file together with the reference information on the objects and the names defined Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Tag Dictionary Configuration If this dialog is opened from the existing report template which has tag dictionary defined then it will be filled with tag descriptions from the template Data Source and item Name columns will contain a small button browse When a user clicks on it the following Data Item Picker dialog window will appear Data Item Picker s Select Data ltem Dream Report History External History Server Data Source ODBC historical values ltem Hame Huert Temp Cancel If a user will click OK in this item selection dialog window the source name and the item name will be set into the list control The source type Dream Report history or External History
489. t corner of the tag dictionary dialog window there is a button Print If a user will click on it it will open Windows print dialog box and user can select printer or the file and print the list of Source item names and their descriptions For details on how to configure tag dictionary please go to the Tag Dictionary section Apply report template rules Apply report settings check box defines report settings such as report naming rule generation schedule report target configuration etc If this check box is checked then report settings from the report template will overwrite actual reports settings If this check box will be unchecked then the report will remain with the original report settings Apply export to Excel settings check box defines if Excel report configuration will be applied from report template to your report If this check box is enabled then Excel report configuration will be applied to your report and overwrite existing Excel configuration if it exists If this check box is unchecked then Excel report configuration will not be applied to your report from the report template If the option Replace existing report objects will be selected then all the entire content of the applied report template will replace all existing objects in the report and will make that report the exact copy of the applied template If the option Add templates to existing report objects will be selected then the report objects will be
490. t crant co gt FCIS YP If a user has more than 3 unsuccessful attempts to login to the Dream Report studio it will be closed automatically NOTE Please remember that Login with different user option will become enabled only if the Enable User Authorization check box in the General Project section is checked If a user logs in to the Dream Report studio and has no right to access the designer studio and the logger studio he has no rights to edit a project and the studio will be closed automatically Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation If the runtime manager of such a project is launched then each time when its window is loaded from the system tray and opened the login dialog window will be shown If the user login fails the project will continue to run but the Runtime Management Console window will be immediately closed and placed in the system tray so that the current user will have no access to any control operation If a user hasn t entered the login information for the runtime during 1 minute the login window will be closed automatically and the runtime window will be minimized to the system tray As soon as user properties are done click on Add button and the new user will be added to the list of local users When you click on a user in the list and click on Delete button then the selected user will be deleted If you select several users in the list then user name password and password c
491. t functionality and is available in 3 different ways It can be loaded Pressing F1 in Dream Report studio From menu Help in Dream Report Designer Studio From start menu in Windows Start gt Programs gt ODS gt Documentation gt Dream Report Online Help Contact us to buy sales dreamreport net Contact our technical support support dreamreport net For any other information please visit our web site www dreamreport net Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Dream Report Installation Tips Installation of Dream Report e Prerequisites Before installation user has to ensure that the following list of components is installed on the target computer 1 Microsoft NET framework 3 5 or 3 5 SP1 2 If user plans to run the Dream Report embedded web portal then IIS Internet Information Services feature has to be installed on the computer 3 It is recommended to close all running programs due to the fact that at the end of installation user will be asked to restart the computer e Installation process In order to start Dream Report installation please use the CD supplied by Ocean Data Systems with the product installer or download the product from the Dream Report corporate web portal 1 Run Dream Report setup executable 2 Accept the license agreement 3 Select all required components from the Features Tree including required communication drivers 4 Wait while the product installation
492. t in data block combo box is Date and time then please ignore section Date is located in cell Eat File Edit View Insert Format Tools Data Window Help meee Peele ere a ee eee eee ae eee Bi ws Timestamp 3103 2013 12 00 00 1170 1350 1500 31 03 2013 13 00 00 1455 1425 1350 31 03 2013 14 00 00 1320 1395 1F25 31 03 2013 15 00 00 1185 1470 750 31 03 2013 16 00 00 1350 1500 375 31 03 2013 17 00 00 1425 1350 1200 31 03 2013 16 00 00 1455 1305 1500 0104 2013 07 00 00 1335 1335 1350 01 04 2013 08 00 00 1305 1350 1425 01042013 09 00 00 1425 1365 1170 288 Dream Report Excel Data Import Configuration Read data From Excel File s From CiDate Timel sds Including subfolders Use Default Spreadsheet Select Spreadsheet Check For new data every Values in excel File data blacks are recorded Ocean Data Systems Single tags definition Tag name Read Fram the cell O Manual name Tag value read From the cell Tag value type Single tag Timestamp definition Dake is located in the cell Timestamp is located in the cell Help Documentation G Vertically top down 4 Horizontally Left to Right C Do not import data blocks Tag name Value Type Date in Time in Excel layout configuration Timestamp Format in data block Time Fformat Date Format Timestamps start From the cell Date is located in the cell Tag names start From the c
493. t installation The name of that file will be lt address of your OPC server gt DATA Then each time when you open the Designer studio Dream Report will not establish a new connection to the OPC server but will provide a browse from an existing text file This will enable you to edit your project while Runtime Manager is running without damaging its client connection The order of using this driver is the following 1 Add Wonderware OPC driver to your project 2 Design your project 3 Save your project and close the Designer studio 4 Start runtime Now you can also open the Designer studio while runtime is running the client connection will not be damaged In order to refresh the list of browsed items from the OPC server you have to delete manually or rename the existing browse text file close Runtime Manager and then load the Designer studio again Then the Studio will get a new browse list of items form the OPC server and create a new browse text file All the communication with the data server is done using the regular standard OPC communication protocol Wonderware OPC driver supports OPC 1 0 and OPC 2 0 standards The driver can be configured to any local or remote OPC server having flat or hierarchical architecture Dream Report 307 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Driver Configuration 1 In order to configure the Wonderware OPC driver please open the Communication Configuration Wizard dialog window
494. t mode Computer Mame Slocalhost Browse Network Select Server Matrikon OPC Simulation 1 Test Connection Retresh Server List Cancel The OPC AE real time alarms driver is configured in the same way as OPC DA real time values and OPC HDA history data access drivers NOTE The Event mode option in the OPC AE real time alarms driver configuration window allows users to record incoming messages not as alarms but only as events NOTES If you need to configure the same driver more than once then after having configured it the first time you ll just need to click in the Select Data Source Type field on any other driver and then go back to the driver that you need to configure If Runtime Manager runs as service then the OPC connection will work over DCOM and the OPC Server may not be fast enough to supply to the OPC client Dream Report the requested amount of data If such weak OPC driver performance may occur in order to improve it a user will have to set Runtime Manager as an application for details on Runtime mode settings please see Runtime Configuration section of this manual Main Backup server management A When loading an OPC driver it will initiate connection to the main OPC server If suddenly communication with the main server has been broken and the driver detects communication error it will start a new thread which will cyclically try to re establish connection with the main OPC
495. t result will be N A End time of stable period calculates the end time of stability period of the selected setpoint End time of stability zone means the timestamp when last item tag value has left the stability zone If it calculates the result for multiple selected setpoints then it will calculate the result end time for each setpoint and then display the last one Duration of stable period calculates start and end time for one or several setpoints and then displays the period duration between start and end time Dream Report 133 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Setpoint stability result calculates the result which is true or false The function gets all values of each item tag of the setpoint for the interval between start and end time of every setpoint and checks if all values of all tags are within a setpoint value tolerance If multiple setpoints have been selected this analysis will be executed separately for every setpoint The result of this function will be TRUE if all values of all tags during a stable period of each zone are within the setpoint value tolerance and will be FALSE if any value is out of range during stability periods Counter of stable periods calculates and then displays the number of the stable periods for one or several setpoints selected Rate of change before entering stability zone calculates rate of change of item tag values of the setpoint before entering stability
496. t size To edit its line properties click on the ellipse The following line properties can be edited color width border line style and background color All these properties are accessible from the same toolbar toolbar on the picture above see the marked area Line width Select a shape click on the arrow next to the Line Style button on the toolbar and select the desired line style The selected style will be applied to the line Line style Select a shape click on the arrow next to the Line Width button on the toolbar and select the desired line width The selected width will be applied to the line Dream Report 114 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Designer Studio Add Picture To add a bitmap picture to a report click on the Add Image button on the Edit toolbar in the Report Designer Studio Then click on the workspace where the upper left corner of the bitmap picture should be placed After clicking on the workspace a standard Windows Open File dialog box will be opened and a user can select an image file User can select any of three major file formats jpg bmp or gif When an image is inserted into a report it can be handled as a native Dream Report object It will be saved in the report layout file and will not require the original image picture file After adding an image it will be available to most of the object operations copy paste re size move etc NOTE An image inserted into a D
497. t start and end of period using the result of calculation You can select any statistical object from the combo box to calculate start and end of the period where those objects must have statistical function returning a timestamp Timestamp of first value or Timestamp of last value or Timestamp of min value or Timestamp of max value or Batch Start time or Batch end time Also it can be an expression object which was doing operations with timestamp and which result is also a timestamp If you select Manual Input from the Define time period combo box you will be able to select a Timestamp Picker object for Date and for Time as seen below Define time period Manual Input Date Time Timestamp 1 lt Not Used gt Date and Time drop down boxes contain the list of manual Timestamp Picker objects defined in that specific report If Timestamp Picker selected in the Date combo box has Date and Time format defined then the Time combo box can include the same selection as in the Date combo box or can have selection lt Not Used gt If user has selected lt Not Used gt in the Time combo box and the Timestamp Picker selected in the Date combo box has only Date format then the current time hh ss mm7 will be used as default time For details on how to configure Timestamp Picker objects please go to the Timestamp Picker section of this manual NOTE f objects with the Manual time input op
498. t version 4 2 when you click Configure IIS button you will have to agree to save the backup of your Web Portal configuration in the IIS configurator window which will pop up user will have to click Yes please see the picture below Do you want to backup the actual content of your project web files o 5 Project Database Upgrade If you upgrade your project to the Dream Report version 4 2 you will also have to convert the database as Dream Report version 4 2 has the new internal database structure and the existing database from the previous versions is unavailable for reporting If your Dream Report project is configured so that the data is logged into the internal Dream Report database then in order to convert the existing database to a new database structure please go to Windows menu Start All Programs ODS Dream Report DB Converter Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Documentation d Dream Reno A Database Convertor m Dream Report Studio License Upgrade Tool A Manual Value Editor EE Project Wizard E Runtime Management Console E Uninstall Dream Report 4 Back Start Database Convertor and select the path where your Dream Report Project is located s Select your project which database has to be converted from of older version 3 x to a newer version 4 x C 005 Dream Report project Demo Demo drpj J Status Waiting for operation Then p
499. t will use it every time when connecting to the OPC server If no login and password is defined then the OPC browser and the client will be connecting to the server as usual in anonymous mode In the Select Server section select an OPC server to which you would like to connect In the Computer Name field specify the name of the PC where OPC server is running By default it is localhost which means a local PC If another PC in a network has to be specified click on Browse Network button and then select the needed computer name from a network You can refresh server list from the specified PC by clicking on the button Refresh Server List It will get a list of OPC servers installed on the specified PC and update the list of servers in the combo box When the OPC server is selected click the button Test Connection to test communication between Dream Report OPC client and your OPC server This procedure of the OPC driver configuration is the same for both OPC DA real time values and OPC HDA history data access drivers Dream Report 295 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation If you select OPC AE real time alarms driver and click on Configure button the following OPC driver configuration dialog box will be opened to configure OPC AE client Select OPC Server ye OPC server secured access Mam OPC Server Backup OPC Server Login admin Server requires single client connection Password rert F Even
500. ta Source from another Combo box 353 Dream Report 354 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation If Select Data Source below option is selected then the Display Data from combo box will contain the list of data sources by the selected type Dream Report History or External History Server please see the pic above If Select Data Source from another Combo box option is selected then the Display data from combo box will contain the list of web combo box objects defined in that report please see the pic below Display Data from Show Tag List F Multi selection Data Configuration Select Date Source below D Select Data Source from another Comba bow Display Data from Production2 The Show Tag List combo box will be a drop down list where users will be able to select one or multiple tags in one selection The Show Tag List combo box in a web report will have no default selection If a report is generated from Web and this report has the Show Tag List combo box with no selection then all reports will be generated by default using tags originally defined in all report objects But if report is generated and the Show Tag List combo box has some tags selected then the report will be generated for the selected tags using the tag replacement mechanism used in Report Pre processor Show Report Instances List display If this option is selected then in real time it will be filled with the
501. table please define the time period as described Time Definition is described in details in the Time Definition section of this manual Alarm Table Appearance To adjust the format of the table click on the Appearance floating splitter and the Alarm Table Appearance dialog Alarm Table window will be opened see pic below a The Table Name field will contain a name which will be eee displayed if the Display Table Name check box is enabled Table Name Display Table Name Display Colsnn iow The Display Columns ist defines which columns will be Erm Time Es TAR sdi vale A displayed as well as their order size width and caption Ack Time Ack Time 7 o bd End Time End Time 7 Oo The left row of check boxes enables and disables the eset one mans H appropriate column display in the table Sokin Biviscinsiins eid EEE DE S The Caption column defines the caption of each column of the table If you wish to change the caption of any column double TZ Display every alam once F Fit rows to text click on the appropriate caption inside the column and it will be l Display as event kst available for editing Fort Properes EE Arial European SJL Selecting any column and clicking Move Up or Move Down Align Style buttons will change the order of the selected column Columns Bi ziu 4 r E D O O pe o G is an on baean The right set of check boxes Sort By will define by which Header E 0 iO column the data wil
502. tch field it will Defined by data tem j i Data Item For Batch ID update the name in the batch list automatically O Dream Report History ee 2 i External History Server Data Been The Description edit box can contain a brief explanation of the batch ype field Defined in external database select Ota Location Configure Database Connection Select Table Each batch process is marked by a unique ID and this ID will be used later to recognize and distinguish batches process loops So in order Ssea osn to track batches define the source for batch IDs Field With Batch ID User name Field With Batch Start Time Dream Report batch definitions allow tracking batch IDs by a tag from Password any real time data source by logging batch information into internal Field With Batch End Time Dream Report history or retrieving them from an external database in different formats Select Golden Batch ID Batch in Dream Report can be defined in 2 ways according to the way batch information is stored 0K i Cancel 1 If the table where batch information is stored includes columns corresponding to Batch ID Batch Start Time and Batch End Time then select the Defined in external database option Use Select DSN to select the database where batch information is stored If the DSN doesn t exist create it and then continue the batch definition If the DSN is protected with a login and password then enter the login and password
503. te time or Date only or Time only e Integral calculates the integral of all values during the specified time period Average calculates the average value of the selected item during the specified time period e Weighted average calculates a time weighted average of the value during the specified time period Weighted average uses a different calculation than average so do not use the two functions interchangeably The weighted average function considers the values as well as the duration of each value Sum calculates the sum of all values during the specified time period Standard deviation calculates the standard deviation of all values during the specified time period Standard deviation sample based calculates the standard deviation sigma not based on all values over the period but by specific number of samples e g on first 10 or 20 or 30 samples Advanced Functions Logged Value Counter calculates how many times a value in the specified range was logged in the database within the specified period of time If the Logged Value Counter function is selected enter a range of values filter for the calculation The values entered are inclusive i e will both be included in the calculation Negative and floating point values are accepted however only numeric values can be entered This filter doesn t work with the text or symbolic values Select Statistical Function Logged Value Counte Range 15 fol If th
504. ted If this option is unchecked that the report will be not loaded in the runtime engine It will be just skipped on loading the project So that in designer studio it will be always presented but in runtime it will be ignored This option can be useful for reports which are still in development or which are not required at the moment So a user doesn t need to delete them from the project that report can be still the part of the project but will be not loaded in runtime and users can switch it on back to the project when needed Dream Report 83 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Report Settings Excel Reports Dream Report allows users to generate report files in PDF and MS Excel formats If a user enables the Excel option then the Excel format for that report will be enabled The layout which will be exported to Excel has to be defined separately from the layout for PDF NOTE Dream Report Excel export module will also allow exporting report data to CSV format for details please see the CSV Report Format section below In order to define Excel format click on the Excel Settings button in the Report File Format section of Report Settings The Excel Wizard will be opened please see the picture below Report s list gt Use particular template fle Alarm Tables Sy Automatic Statstic j Bacteriological Reg Sj Se Graphs z lt j Batch Info Report Batch Trend lt q Charts lt q Data Tab
505. tems Help Documentation IIS Configuration on Windows Vista When using Dream Report on Windows Vista certain manual configuration of the IIS Internet Information Services as described below has to be done This configuration is required only once when your project is ready and web portal has to be used The following configuration steps have to be done 1 Open IIS Internet Information Services management window It can be opened using windows menu Start gt Control panel gt Administrative tools gt Internet Information Services 2 Open the folder with your web virtual directories folder Web Folder gt Default web site 3 Add a new virtual directory which is pointing to your Dream Report lt project folder gt Web directory You can use any logical name for that virtual directory 4 Add a sub folder named files to your new virtual directory This sub folder must point to your Dream Report lt project folder gt Reports directory Since the virtual directory and its sub folder are created it will be used by Dream Report web portal afterwords and there is no need to re do this configuration in the future for the same Dream Report project NOTE To create virtual folders your windows user has to be full administrator on that computer Manual Configuration of the IIS Manual configuration of the Internet Information Services IIS and the list of required components Introduction Before doing installation of
506. tems Help Documentation System Requirements Dream Report is professional software for industrial automation for real time data and alarm acquisition logging to the database as well as data analysis and advanced reporting based on Dream Report database or any other external history data server To learn how to configure data logging please refer to Logger studio section To learn more about database configuration and maintenance please refer to Database Configuration section To learn more about report graphical design please refer to Designer Studio section To learn more about report configuration and or report automatic generation and distribution please refer to Report Settings section Minimum System Requirements cpu Duo Core 1 6 GHz RAM 2Gb HDD 350Mb for installation minimum Video adapter minimum 128 Mb memory Network adapter No requirements Monitor Resolution minimum resolution 1280x720 Operating systems supported Windows 2003 Server incl R2 web portal requires Service Pack 2 Windows 2008 Server incl R2 any SP 32 bit and 64 bit editions Windows Vista web portal requires Service Pack 1 and higher Windows 7 32 bit and 64 bit including SP1 Windows 8 Professional and Enterprise 32 bit and 64 bit editions including SP1 and SP1 R2 Windows Server 2012 32 bit and 64 bit editions Databases supported MS Access 2000 2003 2007 2010 2013 MS SQL Server 2005 2008 incl R2 MS S
507. tems Help Documentation This option will generate report for the range of batches between lt StartBatchID gt and lt EndBatchID gt DRG will identify the start time of the lt StartBatchID gt and the end time of the lt EndBatchID gt and generate report for that time period User can also specify the same batch ID both for lt StartBatchID gt and lt EndBatchID gt then the report will be generated for that 1 specified batch ID Example generate exe Energy Report ba Prod_ Batch 10 9937 10 9937 will generate the report for batch ID 10 9937 using Prod_Batch batch definition 264 Dream Report 265 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Runtime Configuration Runtime Settings enable users to configure controls which will be applied to the runtime service and RMC Click on the Runtime Configuration command button on the Runtime ribbon icon on the horizontal toolbar both in the Dream Report Logger Studio and Dream Report Designer Studios see pic below Runtime w Connectivity Project Web Elements Tools The Runtime Configuration dialog window will be opened Runtime Settings x Start Mode Run as Service Run as Application Startup Options Start mode section contains configuration controls which E Start Project Automatically when Runtime Starts will be applied to the runtime service Runtime Manager ae T Start This Project with Runtime which it s currently connected to a
508. ternal folder of the Communication Configuration Wizard dialog window Communication Configuration Wizard x Select Data Source Type P Conhguaie Dives for Selected Source Delined Orres List z Internal A Anailica reaime vales Driver Logicei Hama 2 OB atch hishoical values Driver Logical Mame ee DreamA apat 7 z ia Add BB Energy Process Ti alaha Procete A Wonderware l BB Procese_Setpoint J E Aspertech scabs H Open communication protocols scabs Citect Siemens Eurotherm a Laylee H Mitsubishi H Emeron H Are Informatique H Techno Trade _ a Winer es Date Souce Dencipion ab mansal dine O C Click on Configure button and the following dialog window will be opened Configure manual entry parameters X Manual parameter definition Hame Type Flow meter 1 Analog Alow meter Ifor plant 1 P Mn Max 200 Hame Type Mim Max Flow meter 1 Analog D 700 Flow meter 2 Boolean 0 200 Flow meter 3 Text 0 200 Parameters 3 Import Export L o cancel Define tags for the selected data source Every manual tag must have its Name and Type Optional information can be also added in the Description box any free text or for the data validation criteria Min and Max values The defined manual tag can be one of three types available Analog default selection Boolean and Text Dream Report 338 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation NOTE The data val
509. text menu The Item Group Definition dialog box will be opened 2 In the Group Source combo box General dialog box select the Manual driver which has already been configured in the Communication Configuration Wizard from which manual data items will be included into the group 3 The Add Items button will open a new dialog box Select Data Items containing the complete list of all the manual data items which have been defined for the Manual driver They can be added or removed from the entire group Select manual items that should be logged For details on how to define an item group please go to the Item Group Definition section 4 Define record rate and record conditions in the corresponding dialog boxes for details please go to the Logging Schedule and Log on Condition sections 5 As soon as the manual item group has been added to the Logger studio the manual items will be logged into the Dream Report database on the conditions defined Runtime If during running a project user must enter manual values he will have to open Manual Value Editor It can be opened only when the runtime manager is running otherwise user will get an error message that runtime is not running There are two ways to do it A Using windows start menu Start gt All Programs gt ODS gt Dream Report gt Manual Data Editor B Open Runtime Management Console dialog window and select the menu Project Access gt Manual Values
510. th a server by clicking on Test Connection button in the bottom part of the driver configuration window PcVue real time values using OPC driver configuration If PcVue real time values using OPC driver is selected then as soon as you click on Configure button the OPC driver configuration dialog box will be opened for the OPC driver configuration For details please see the OPC Drivers section Handling of Communication errors and re connections PcVue driver has an embedded function to re establish connection in case of communication error While requesting data from the remote PcVue server when an error is received the driver will try first to re initiate the communication session again and if succeeded will request the needed data again Only after the failure again it will return the communication error Each next reading the driver will retry to initiate the connection again NOTES When selecting PcVue driver during Dream Report installation it s recommended to select also installation of Visual C 2005 redistributable component in the Components section of the same window of Dream Report installation If you need to configure the same driver more than once then after having configured it the first time you ll just need to click in the Select Data Source Type field on any other driver and then go back to the driver that you need to configure Dream Report 325 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Wizcon c
511. that object tree one must specify table names by definition even if the table name is hidden in an object itself Users that plan to work based on the Excel template which includes some logical operations or macros have to ensure that MS Excel is installed on the PC where the project is running Dream Report 86 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Report Settings Email Configuration The Email dialog box allows configuring all settings related to the email server and to setup a list of email recipients who will receive emails with generated report files The Email server login information and the mail recipient list will be saved globally for your project but the list of the selected mail recipients E will be saved for each report separately le mek sealer Exca e POF Adobe Acrobal Mad server login infomation Ermal sardar SMTP Server smip gmail om5 admanGhcompary com The Dream Report email engine can send emails User name admin via any SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol Password sasssa Auubomaled ipat d lrv iy server TEJI E miai bexi To send automatic emails you need to have only _ The generated reports we bared on the perfomance of Motor 1 in Batch 7 a network connection and properly set SMTP attributes No additional email software e g MS Outlook is needed me Eng aie Senior Project Engres seni company oom In the Mail server login information section you Technical Suppor Engineer
512. the Time Definition section of this dialogue will be Dako and Time ignored and only dynamic report generation settings will be considered If there is no dynamic time replacement this object will present ___ Time Definition Absolute or relative period definition Start of report period Absolute Date Time X time defined in the Time Definition section of this dialog window The Time Definition combo box has 4 options Absolute or 6 11j2011 v Das relative period definition Fixed period Batch based and Calculated time period 11 00 00 a hh mm ss back OK Cancel The time period configuration is described in details in the Time Period Definition section of this manual 11 00 00 Help Documentation Option for dynamic generation C Start of report period End of report period O Report Generation Time 05 Time Format Set Date Teme Format dd MMiyyyy X hhimen ss id 24 Hour O am PM End of report period Absolute Date Time X 8 12 2011 v Days a hkmmiss back v If a user enables OS Time Format then the computer operational system time settings will be automatically applied to the Date Time object settings Bai G x If a user selects Custom Time Format then Date Time Appearance and Set Date Time Format combo boxes will appear please see the pic above The Date Time Appearance section defines which data will be displayed Date displays only the specified date Time displays only
513. the Dream Report Designer Studio please see the picture below w New Report d re Save As Page Template ir LZ Phen Project Je Save As Report Template y Save Moject l N Save Project As F Print b a eat Dream Report 231 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Report Templates The Report Template mechanism allows users to create templates of entire reports to be used for creating other reports It can be reused to build similar reports A report template will save all static dynamic statistic and analytic objects within the report but also will include report settings and Excel report configuration If users will save an existing report as a template the overall report content will be saved as a template To save the current report as a template right click on the report in the report list and select menu Save as Report Template see pic below Logger Studio Report Designer Studia Energy Report examples OEE Performance and Main a New Report Report Settings Tag Dictionary Virtual Report Instances Dynamic Objects Apply Page Template Apply Report Template E Report Productio H Simple tables a BS Step tables Save As Report Template Eit Charts Copy Report To Folder he Bars H Date and Time Save As Page Template Delete Report You can also click on the command button Report Template on th
514. the Single Data Object section Apply correction factor for all item values enables adding simple expression to an automatic statistical table If a user needs to display automatic statistical table on item s with the correction factor then first all values of the selected item s will be re calculated applying correction factor and then the automatic statistical table will display re calculated data For more details please refer to the Correction Factor section ADF to be used enables to select an aggregated data filter ADF to be used combo box will contain all ADF definitions configured in the project The default string will be Not Used i e no filter ADF is applied For details on ADF definition configuration please go to the Aggregated Data Filter section of this manual For each selected function you can define the format by clicking on the selected statistical function and double clicking the button for the following advanced settings Column Caption Settings Units For details please see the Result Representation section Precision of result after decimal point For details please see the Result Representation section Show result as For details please see the Result Representation section Advanced options For details please see the Advanced Visualization Settings section Advanced SQL Conditions For details please see Advanced SQL Condition section The Automatic
515. the macro type is SQL macro enter the name of SQL stored procedure defined in a database associated with the Dream Report project The format for the SQL stored procedure is DSN DSN_Name Macro_Name If the DSN is password protected then the syntax of a macro will be DSN DSN_Name U D login PWD password Macro _Name Ocean Data Systems Report Settings Project Reports List Alarm Tables Austomabc Statistica Tat Bacteriological Report Sa Graphs Batch info Report Batch Trend Charts Osta Tables Demo Batch Report Energy Effioency Repor Equonent avalabty re Puorde Monthly Report GW Monthly Operating amp Inckators Monthly Operating Repo Pie Graphs Report Energy Report Maintenance Report Production Report Refinery Report Water Setpomt Analyas Single objects SQL Tables Step Tabes Tur badty Report Web Trend Widgets Help Documentation Macro name Enter macro to execute Ewecule Macro On Evert Before report generation After report generation Data Source gen tam Nane List of dened macros Macro nane Macro type Executon mode n sh eee 1 ee User Authorization _Poply If the macro type is Microsoft Access Macro please enable radio button SQL Macro enter the name and the format MACC D Folder_Path DB_Name mdb Macro_Name Example MACC C Program files ODS Dream Report Project Energy report Database Energy report mdb Restore As soon as you have specified a macro choose the
516. then select its type from the corresponding combo box Tag value type The Tag value tyoe combo box has 3 entries Number Boolean and Text As soon as a new single tag has been defined add it to the tags list by clicking the Add button You can always remove the single tags definition by clicking the Delete button Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation When single tags definitions will be added to the Database timestamps for the value s of those tags will be taken from the Single Tag Timestamp Definition section Excel Data Import Configuration Read data From Excel File s From Single tags definition C Date_Time xls e Tag name Read From the cell O Manual name Use Default Spreadsheet Tag value read From the cell Select Spreadsheet Tag value type Mumber vw Single tag Timestamp definition Check for new data every jio ko ka Date is located in the cell Values in excel file data blocks are recorded Timestamp is located in the cell Bb M s M C vertically top down Tag name Value Type Date imi Time in Batch_Data Tanki cg Number Bg Excel layout configuration i 3 Batch _Data Tankz Number Bg Timestamp Fformat in data block Date and Time ka Horizontally Left to Right Do not import data blocks Time format hh mm ss Date Format dd MM yyy Timestamps start From the cell Date is located in the cell Tag names
517. tic configuration of Dream Report Web portal To load the web portal on the local computer open Internet Explorer and type htto localhost drweb or hittp lt IP address gt drweb This will automatically open the welcome page of the Dream Report web portal DRWeb is the default alias name for the Dream Report web portal which is automatically created in web server If you want to change that alias you can setup a custom alias name in the Web Configuration dialog box in the Project Settings If the current running Dream Report project is password protected the user will be prompted to enter valid login information Only users authorized to access the web site under User Management in the Project Settings will be allowed to access the portal If User Management is not enabled in the Dream Report project the web portal will not ask for user authorization Only reports allowed for the current user will be displayed Dream Report 331 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation lf several Dream Report stations are used then on the welcome page the user will be able to choose which station he wants to access Web Portal in Dream Report Version Upgrade In order to successfully upgrade Web Portal to Dream Report version 4 2 when you click Configure IIS button you will have to agree to save the backup of your Web Portal configuration in the IIS configurator window which will pop up user will have to click Yes please see the pictu
518. ting batch definitions Batch definition is described in detail in the Batch Definition section Then after selecting a batch definition select the mode Last Current and the batch count Last batch means the most recently completed batch ID i e at the time of the report generation it has valid start time and end time Current batch means batch ID which is being processed at present i e at the time of the report generation it has a valid start time and no end time yet Absolute batch ID will enable user to enter any specific absolute batch ID and their start and end time will be considered as the time period for that statistical object Dream Report 187 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Golden batch will use start and end time of the golden batch ID defined in the selected batch definition in the batch configuration dialog window The Absolute batch ID and the Golden batch options are similar The difference between them is that the Golden batch is defined once per reporting project Then since the user has defined the Golden batch ID once in the batch definition window then it will be used for all the reporting objects throughout the entire project If the user changes it it will be automatically applied to all reporting objects as well The Absolute batch ID is applied to one specific reporting object and will not affect any other objects If the user wants to modify the absolute batch ID it will have to go thro
519. tion section Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation If a generated report is to be printed select the Printer option To select one or more printers click the Browse button Printer configuration is described in the Printer Selection section If you need to export data to Excel enable the Excel option and click on the Settings button It will open the MS_Excel report layout wizard In this wizard select the report layout i e what data will be exported to Excel Page Format will set up page size and orientation of the report The combo box Page Size contains most of the popular standards of page sizes e g A4 US Letter A5 B5 and others If the Portrait option will be selected the page will be positioned horizontally If the Landscape option will be selected the page will be positioned vertically The Open report file after generation option allows users to always open reports automatically after generation This means that each time a report is generated it will be opened on the local computer The options PDF and or Excel allow users to specify report formats that will be opened automatically If a report is generated via the web portal or using the Dynamic Report Generator it will not be opened automatically To open a report in Excel format MS Excel must be installed as Excel format reports are opened in MS Excel environment To open a report in PDF format Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader has to be instal
520. tion will be used in static PDF Excel reports where manual input is not possible then the default values of the selected Timestamp Pickers will be taken for calculation Dream Report 159 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Correction Factor Correction Factor is a simple expression which can be added to any statistical object with the selected data item If a statistical object contains several data items then the correction factor can be set for every data item separately If the correction factor is set for a data item in a statistical object then when retrieving value of that data item for that object first of all each retrieved value from a database will be re calculated applying the correction factor Then the statistical functions will be performed on re calculated values If a chart is displayed on item with the correction factor then first all values will be re calculated applying correction factor and then the chart will display re calculated data Correction factor must have a clear syntax lt operator gt lt value gt where operator can be or or or and value can be any numeric value For example 1000 or 10 see pic below Apply correction factor for all item values 10 use eg 1000 Value for the correction factor can be also dynamic i e taken from a real time item value or another statistical object If you double click on the edit box with the correction factor an item br
521. tive Day Settings Click the ADD button to add a record to the list Each record may have its own weekly schedule If a user will select any record in the list and will click the Modify button the selected record will get the current values from the edit boxes and check boxes The Remove button will remove the selected record from the list Add alarm group Record Period General Record Rate V Record Time Schedule Fig Moo To EEE Day Settings lhon Tue lwad Thu Fr wlsa Sun Cr Cron From To 00 00 00 23 59 59 Record Conditions Dream Report 109 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Alarm Group Definition Log on Event The comprehensive logging mechanism of Dream Report allows alarm logging being based on a pre defined event If the Enable Record on Condition check box will be checked then the alarms from the entire group will be logged only if a pre defined condition is true If the group logging schedule will be defined that data will be logged only when the logging period is active and the event is true If the group will have no schedule defined then data will always Add alarm group be logged when the condition is true When the check box Enable Record on Condition is enabled define the event By clicking the browse button in the Select Data Item dialog box that will appear user can select Data Source and ltem Name A data source can be selected in the upper combo
522. tive period definition Batch based Calculated time period and Manual Input If you select Fixed Period from the Define time period combo box you will have another combo box from which to select a fixed period as seen below Define time period Fired Period y Last g month s g Start Date and Time Duration Day Time week s 3 i4000 Last means previous complete i e if the current time is 14 32 then the Last hour will be 13 00 14 00 Current means the incomplete in progress period If the current time is 14 32 then the Current hour will be 14 00 14 32 Combining a mode Last Current time unit and number of units you can compile any time period i e Last 3 years Current 6 months etc If the check box Duration is checked then you must specify how long the duration of the fixed period will be and it will modify appropriately the end time Example f today is April 29 and you specify the fixed period Last 2 months and Duration 1 month then Start period will be defined by Last 2 months i e Feb and March i e start of the period will be February 1 End of the period will be defined by Duration i e 1 month i e the end date will be February 1 1 month March 1 The section Start Date Time may define when the start and end date and time for the specified fixed period are For example the Last 1 day period means the period from midnight last day until midnight today Using start date you can cou
523. tle when this radio button is selected you can specify the font type and size for the chart title Also you can select text alignment font style font color and background color for the title text To use a transparent background color for the title open the background color palette and select No color This option is only applicable when Display Name check box is enabled Dream Report 196 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Legend when this radio button is selected you can specify the font type and size for the legend Also you can select the position of the legend either on the bottom or on the right side of the chart Also you can specify the font style font color and background color for the legend To use a transparent background for the legend open the background color palette and select No color This option can only be applied when the Display Legend check box is enabled The Advanced SQL Condition section is described in details in the Advanced SQL Condition section Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Line Chart Line Chart is an object that displays data in a chart To add a chart to a report click the Chart button on the Report Designer Studio Elements toolbar Chart Delirtion Get Osta Prom Select Osta tem Dream Report History en ee External History Server ai Batch_Data Tak i Apply correction factor for af item values alim aona use 2 9 1000
524. to the Web Manual Driver section 3 Define Dream Report project users which will have access to that project please refer to the User Management section 4 Design reports with Manual Data Entry and configure them correspondingly to the manual data parameters defined please refer to the Report Settings and Designer Studio sections 5 Define user access to every report i e select which users will be able to access that report please refer to the User Authorization section As soon as this configuration has been done Dream Report web portal will automatically contain all designed reports When user logs into the web portal only the allowed list of reports will be displayed and user can open any of them Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Web Elements Manual Data Entry Functions enable users to add web elements i e dynamic interactive objects which will be available ONLY in web report formats and will enable users to interact with different report data enter values select values from combo boxes push a button with pre defined operation etc Web elements will be available only when Web option is enabled for the current report for details please see the Report Output Format section of this manual Configuration and functionality of web elements for WEB reports is described in details in the following sections Timestamp Picker Hyperlink Combo Box Action Button 340 Dream Report Ocean Data Sys
525. total period will be taken for report generation This function can be used only with batch based time period and is not relevant for time based periods Batch start time displays the start time of the batch used as the time period for the calculation If the range of batches is used then the start time of the first batch from the range will be displayed This function can be used only with batch based time period and is not relevant for time based periods Batch end time displays the end time of the batch used as the time period for the calculation If the range of batches is used then the end time of the last batch from the range will be displayed This function can be used only with batch based time period and is not relevant for time based periods Batch duration displays the duration of the batch used as the time period for the calculation If the range of batches is used then the duration between the start time of the first batch and the end time of the last batch from the range will be displayed This function can be used only with batch based time period and is not relevant for time based periods Setpoint Analysis Functions There is a group of statistical functions with a different configuration Start time of stable period End time of stable period Dream Report 131 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Duration of stable period Setpoint stability result Counter of stable periods Rate of chang
526. u see pic below Home Connectivity Project Web Elements Sa a7 fi Hypedink Action Kombo Timestamp Manual ge Butt ong Box Picker Input Add a button to the report and the following Action Button Configuration dialog box will be opened Action Button Configuration 3 Button Caption Validate Production Data Select Action Validate Data Action Parameters Validate Source Tanki_Avg In this dialog window user has to define the name for the caption Button Caption select an action to be done when this button will be pushed Select Action and also configure Action Parameters if needed Each defined action has its proper parameters for action There are 10 actions available Validate data Submit Correction Submit Refresh report Generate report Login with different user Logout File transfer Generate PDF and Reset web report data If Validate data action is selected there will be no special action parameters to configure Access to the data validation action will be managed on the level of configuration of a user access to that report only the supervisor login can access the validation of the report data If Submit Correction action is selected there will be no special action parameters to configure User will only have to select the source Submit Source and the report fields will be checked for correct data in that source If repo
527. u can compile any time period i e Last 3 years Current 6 months etc If the check box Duration is checked then specify how long the duration of the fixed period will be and it will modify appropriately the end time Example f today is April 29 and you specify the fixed period Last 2 months and Duration 1 month then Start period will be defined by Last 2 months i e Feb and March i e start of the period will be February 1 End of the period will be defined by Duration i e 1 month i e the end date will be February 1 1 month March 1 The section Start Date and Time may define when the start and end date and time for the specified fixed period are For example the Last 1 day period means the period from midnight last day until midnight today Using start date you can count 1 day not from midnight to midnight but from and to the time specified in the Start Date Time field E g if the start time is 07 00 00 then Last 1 day period will be accounted not from midnight last day until midnight today but from 07 00 00 last day until 07 00 00 today If a user specifies last or current day week then only Start time is available If a user specifies period Last or Current month or quarter or year then both Start Date and Time will be available If you select Absolute or relative period definition in the Select time period option combo box then you must specity the start and end time for the period Selecttime peno
528. ue the report will be generated without any dynamic replacement If during report generation the selected combo box has the value s selected the report will be generated with original tags replaced by the web combo box selection either by other tags tag set selected in a web combo box object or by virtual report instance s If user will click on Dynamic Parameters button then the following window will be opened Dream Report 359 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation intemal Hyperlink Parameters Configuration Dialog x Dynamic Generation Generate report using dynamic time period Batch Dbased period E Select object for Batch ID Select object for Batch Definition cb TP_TagSelector v Pass parameters information Set Parameter Select Parameter Data Source Add Delete Parameter Name Parameter Type ox cance This window allows user to set dynamic time period parameters either batch based or report start and time coming from dynamic calculation objects as well as pass values to Internal Project Parameters for report generation The upper list box Generate report using dynamic time period has three available values Dynamic period is not used this option disables dynamic parameters for report generation Batch based period This option enables users to specify object which value will hold a batch ID This list box will automatically contain the list of all Single Data Object Expression Object
529. ue that will be constant during report generation This allows users to create a pie graph combining statistical data and static reference data In order to add manual data check the Manual Data Entry check box enter the constant in the edit box below select the desired color for the corresponding slice enter a label for the legend if needed and click the Add button Please note that when the Manual Data Entry check box is checked all data definition controls like data item selection time definition etc will be disabled To enable those controls again uncheck the check box Counter of Recorded Values If you select a chart type of Counter of recorded values enter a range of values FROM and TO on which to filter the data in the edit boxes Dream Report will go to the history and count how many times the selected data item s values matched the value filter and display the result in the chart Alarm Count per Period If you will select a chart type of Alarm Count per Period the Define Alarm Filter button will appear Defne Alarm Filter Chart Based On Alarm Count Per Period k Click on the Define Alarm Filter button and the Alarm Filter Manager dialog window will be opened You can select one alarm filter pick a desired color enter the label for the legend if desired and press the Add button If this pie function is selected Dream Report will go to the alarm history and count how many alarms matched the selected ala
530. ugh every reporting objects where the absolute batch ID is used and to change each of them Example Last 2 batches will mean 2 last batches which have been completed at the time of generation but not including the one which is in process now The current 2 batches will mean the last 2 batches including the one which is in process now If you select Calculated time period option the following period definition control will appear Time Definition Calculated time period r Start of report period End of report period Select calculated report object Select calculated report object Tank 1 Tank 2 i This option allows you to set start and end of period using the result of calculation You can select any statistical object from the combo box to calculate start and end of the period where those objects must have statistical function returning a timestamp Timestamp of first value or Timestamp of last value or Timestamp of min value or Timestamp of max value or Batch Start time or Batch end time Also it can be an expression object which was doing operations with timestamp and which result is also a timestamp If you select Manual Input from the Define time period combo box you will be able to select a Timestamp Picker object for Date and for Time as seen below Define time period Manual Input b Date Time Timestamp 1 lt Not Used gt Date and Time drop down boxes contain the list of manual Timestamp Picker o
531. umber is value range based option is selected then user will be able to select a tag from a real time or historical data source and specify full or half empty value range Step Period Step number is value External History Server Data Source ODBC tem Name L Batch_Data Motor 1 From To 0 10000 5QC Full value range means that From and To value range parameters will have the entered values In this case Step table will read values of a ranged tag ODBC Batch_Data Motor 1 as in the picture above and find time periods when the value of this ranged tag complies with the specified range Every such a time period found Start and End time will be used as a step Example Let s suppose that the tag Batch_Data Motor 1 has the following values in the duration of 1 hour 11 00 11 10 If Full range option is defined with the range of From 9 To 19 then the step table will have 2 steps for that period 11 00 11 20 and 11 40 11 59 Half empty value range means that one of the value range parameters From or To is empty If From is empty and To has value this will mean the following condition ranged tag lt To If To is empty and From has a value this will mean the following condition raged tag gt From In this case Step table will read values of a ranged tag ODBC Batch_Data Motor 1 and find time periods when the value of this ranged tag complies with the spec
532. umns from the selected table Dream Report 283 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Select appropriate column names from the combo boxes with column names as follows If you have selected Internal database no column mapping is required Dream Report will know by itself how to get tag names and data If you have selected Column ltem structure type please select only a column with Timestamp from the combo box Table field for date If you have selected Any database please select column name containing tag names in the combo box Table field for item names column name containing tag values in the combo box Table field for item values column name containing timestamps in the combo box Table field for date If you have selected InSQL database no column mapping is required Dream Report will know by itself how to get tag names and data e If you have selected PcVue HDS database no column mapping is required Dream Report will know by itself how to get tag names and data If you have selected Aspen InfoPlus 21 no column mapping is required Dream Report will know by itself how to get tag names and data 5 Timestamp management In order to comply with different timestamp formats of different databases ODBC driver has a powerful mechanism to configure timestamp format which will be received from a database ODBC driver can process timestamps in SQL Date Time format or as a String If timestamp is
533. unction input parameter Pulse ID in the format c lt column name gt e Compound Data Select this menu to define the statistical calculation for the selected column When you select this menu the Data Definition dialog window will be opened It is totally identical to the Compound Data Object Definition window and is described in details in the Compound Data Object section In the Appearance section of the step table such options for the data definition as Visible and Write back are not available because they cannot be applied to a step table e Expression Data Select this menu to define calculations for the selected column When you select this menu the Data Definition dialog window will be opened It is totally identical to the Expression Data Object Definition window and is described in details in the Expression Data Object section In the Appearance section of the step table such options for the data definition as Wisible and 173 Dream Report 174 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Write back are not available because they cannot be applied to a step table Clear will erase data definition of the column Edit will edit the statistical data that have already been entered in that column type Step Table enables you to add a Footer This footer can have multiple lines which can include static text table start time table end time Expression or Compound data objects NOTE The data from the footer can
534. unt the Define Alarm Filter button will appear Define Alarm Filter Click on the Define Alarm Filter button and the Alarm Filter Manager dialog window will be opened You can select one alarm filter pick a desired color enter the label for the legend if desired and press the Add button If this bar function is selected Dream Report will go to the alarm history and count how many alarms matched the selected alarm filter and will display the result in the chart NOTES Chart Based On Alarm Count Bar Graph x i Definition Bar configuration cannot include different bar functions ae one bar graph can only include bars with the same function Bar Graph Name Bar configuration doesn t include bars with different time Consumption periods one time period applies to the entire chart for all bars Display Options Gnd Settings Bar Graph Appearance The Appearance section of the Bar Graph definition Display Hame L Display Legend v Display Values ony Avis e Display Timestamp on Axis Display Grid on r Ais Preset Fine x window contains formatting options for the bar graph 7 Display Value Y Axis mm object C Single cooumn EE The Bar Graph Name edit box can contain an object title Ti T ale Scale limit mode ubomatic x The Display Options define which bar graph object m properties will be displayed in the report Rectangle 30 Display Name displays a title for the chart Dieg
535. urent Page Select the desired option Page number or Total pages and click OK The Page number option will add the number of the current page The Total pages option will add the total number of pages in the report The Total pages object will be calculated dynamically during report generation based on the number of dynamically generated number of pages If the check box Only for current page will be checked then the page number will be displayed only on the page where the object definition is added If this check box will not be checked then the page number will be automatically added to every page of that report By default the Only for current page check box is not checked The text properties of the object can be changed using the studio font toolbar e g font size color style Dream Report 153 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation When copying pasting this object on another page it will automatically display the number of the new page When adding Page Number to a page template and then applying that page template to another multi page report the Page Number object will automatically update the page number in each place in the report Dream Report Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Advanced SQL Condition The Advanced SQL condition SQC enables you to apply additional filtering to the data Advanced SQL condition is configured as the WHERE clause of an SQL command and will be added to the main
536. vers when extracting all tag values from the LGH archive the driver will fill the values vector which is provided by the History Manager with the maximum of 100 values and will remove those provided from its internal record set Then when the History Manager will call the driver again to receive the next portion 100 values the driver will just fill the array with the next 100 values and also delete them from its internal record set This will be called in a loop until the History Manager stops receiving all available values by those 100 values portions If the amount of extracted values is too big the driver will extract the maximum of 200 000 values If this limit is reached all other remained values will be skipped NOTE Please note that LGH history does not include the string tags Dream Report 314 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation OPC Offline Driver OPC Offline driver of Dream Report is a modified OPC driver which is specially designed for OPC servers with a limited number of available OPC clients e g FS Gateway of Wonderware or DeltaV of Emerson This means that if the OPC server allows only 1 simultaneous OPC client connection for technical or marketing reasons then the Dream Report studio establishes 2 client connections 1 connection for OPC browser and 1 connection for OPC client to provide value updates in the Logger studio Also if runtime manager is running another OPC client connection is opened So
537. ves Import Tool This tool enables users to access any available external archive using any defined HDA driver and periodically import its data values into the Dream Report internal database which makes this data available for reporting from the standard Dream Report database To configure custom archive import click on the command button Custom Archive Import on the Tools ribbon icon on the horizontal toolbar either in the Dream Report Logger Studio or Dream Report Designer Studio menu see pic below Web Elements Connectivity Project breaase 7 j i ore ue o E Tag Setpoint analysi Custom irtual Report UHH DSN Dal Dictionary configuration Archive Import Instances filters Import Tool Manager i The Custom Archive Import Tool Configuration dialog window will be opened Custom Archive Import Tool Confiquiaton x Select Data errs Selected List Name Select Data Source Data ham Name Database 1 ODBC w Select Data lees Batch Cata Motor Batch Data Motor C impot al terns Batch_DataMotord asi Data retrieval mode lust of anche import ceteris C By schedule On absolute time Hame Date Source Temp obec Import data ewen 3 hours ra User can create one or multiple archive import definitions To create a definition user has to 1 Put a logical name of that import definition into the Name edit box Import definition name is unique and can t be the same for multiple import definitions 2 In the Sel
538. which enables the most efficient report distribution If a user clicks on the Browse button below the Printer check box in the Report File Format dialog box the Printer Configuration window will be opened Pointer Contequrateon Select Pinia Source _JExcel 7 PDF Adobe Aciobat Pran pirig kil Printer name Adobe FPDF Auto Brother HL 20S0 nes on Oe 005 Aubo Canon MPG 10 series Porter on HOME SER Auto Macro FS Document wile on ORS Fai Microso Dihce Document lire Wy rahe Hicrasalt Dihce Lre Meeting 2007 Documeri w icara APS Diocumerd Wibe POR SSS Sampung OL4 31 70 Seres Send To OneNote 2007 Snag 10 OOBOOOOOOO0O0 Print repo on default printe oo Fai T 3 E Backup porter best OOOOOOOOOBNOO Pinhal name Adee POF Auto Brother HL 2030 sees on Odis Aubo Canon MFTO senes Porter on HOME SER Auto Moot HPS Document Wie on WORS2 Fai Microsol Olea Cocuma Image a eter Microsoft Othee Live Meeting 2007 Document w Micasa APS Checiurrerd Wibe POR SSS Sampung OLS 3170 Senes Send To OneNote 2007 Snag 10 User can select one or several printers where each report will be printed each time it is generated The Paper size and orientation portrait or landscape will be taken from the Report File Format section of the Report Settings window The options Excel and PDF enable you to specify which formats of result report you wish to print the report in PDF format or and the report in Excel
539. y Styles are specified globally for all lines of a chart and cannot be assigned to individual lines Time Definition defines the time period for statistical calculations for this object and is described in detail in the Time Definition section of this manual Time period definition can be defined for each line separately i e each line may have its own time period which may be different from periods of other lines The period can be time based or Batch based This is described in detail in the Batch Definition section X Axis settings section allows you to configure settings for X scale Upper combo box in this section offers two modes for X scale display Date and Time and Data Item modes If Data Item mode is selected then this section will display data item selection control which enables you to select a data item which will be assigned to X scale In this case Dream Report will display X Y chart and display a line based on the correlated points between values of an item defined for X scale and values of an item defined for Y scale If Date and Time option is selected then X scale will display a timestamp User will be able to select a timestamp format from a combo box Check box Show absolute time on X axis enables displaying timestamp in absolute format e g April 29 2008 07 28 00 Check box Show relative time on Y axis enables displaying timestamp in relative format e g 00 00 00 10 00 20 etc it will display amount
540. ynamic replacement lf during report generation the selected combo box has the value s selected the report will be generated in a hardcopy PDF Excel format with original tags replaced by the web combo box selection either by other tags tag set selected in a web combo box object or by virtual report instance s The report will be generated in PDF Excel format for the selected batch definition Dynamic parameters button has the same functionality and enables the same operations as described above in Refresh button function If Generate PDF action is selected then when user will select this option current report view will be saved as PDF in a PDF file in the reports folder Report file name and location will be taken from the corresponding report settings NOTE f you have Microsoft XP operating system installed on your PC then in order to define correct path to the place where generated PDF files will be stored please go to the Web Configuration section of Project Settings and click OK If Login with different user action is selected there will be no special action parameters to configure The current user will be logged out The general Login page Web Portal Welcome page will be opened where user will have to enter login credentials If Logout action is selected there will be no special action parameters to configure The current user will be logged out and the Web Portal Welcome Page wi
541. you click on Define Alarm Filter button the Alarm Filter Manager dialog window will be opened Please select from the list of defined alarm filters the priority filter from which data points will be included into a group lts name will appear in the Priority Filter box of the General tab In this window you can also define a new alarm filter or edit the properties of an existing alarm filter For details please see Alarm Filter Manager section Dream Report 108 Ocean Data Systems Alarm Group Definition Logging Schedule Help Documentation When the Alarm Group Definition dialog box is opened a user can click on the Record Rate floating splitter and the Logging Schedule page will be opened Here a user can define schedule of alarm logging for the group Section Record Period defines a schedule for the active logging period If Record Time Schedule will be unchecked then the logging period will always be active i e Dream Report will always log alarms into a database lf Record Time Schedule check box will be checked then a user can define one or more periods where the logging period will be active and alarms will be logged Then all other periods of time except those defined in a schedule will be passive and the alarms will not be logged To add active period a user has to specify the time FROM absolute time format the time TO absolute time format and check the days of the week this time period will be ac
542. ystems Help Documentation Debug it is the level where all events will be logged and its debugging messages will be very important for diagnosing configuration problems Multi session log file mode The Dream Report log file can manage info logging in 2 different ways Each time a project is started a new log file will be created single session mode and log from old session will be removed Or each time a project is started Dream Report will continue info logging in the same existing log file just putting a note that a new session was started multi session mode This is managed by the Use multi session log file check box If this check box is enabled the multi session mode will be maintained If this check box is disabled then the single session mode will be maintained Dream Report 59 Ocean Data Systems Help Documentation Hotbackup Redundancy Configuration It s possible to run a local reporting runtime node as a redundant station coupled with the main station There is no special configuration required for the main station it should run as it is For the backup redundant node first of all it should run the exact copy of the project which is running on the main station Then to couple a backup node to the main node a user will have to open Hotbackup Configuration dialog window by clicking on the command button Hotbackup Configuration on the Project ribbon icon on the horizontal toolbar either in the Drea
543. ystems Help Documentation Example on the picture above C D C1 is the negative pulse 1 and L M N is the negative pulse 2 If this parameter is empty the statistical function will calculate minimum for all pulses for the entire period i e just a simple minimum value over the object period NOTE Value and Pulse ID edit boxes must be able to accept dynamic parameters f Manual Input If Manual Input is selected then the Default Value parameter combo box will be displayed next to the Select Statistical Function combo box Select Statistical Function Manual Input Default Value _ Tank2_Max It will be filled with the list of all simple statistic objects Single Data objects Compound objects Expression objects defined in that report If a user will want to set a static value as default for Manual Input then he can create an expression object assign it a static value and then select it as default for manual input When user will select a data item Select Data Item this data item will be used as a target to write input value into Also the data validation will be done if user will try to input a value and its target tag will be a manual parameter the data validation parameters will be applied If inout value will be incorrect the value will be displayed in the edit box as red and if user will click on the push button with Refresh report function an error message will be displayed and operation won t be undert

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