On-Demand and Dashboard Reports

Empower users to get the most current information. Increase efficiency and reduce costs.

In a matter of minutes you will be generating reports from GE Digital Historian, AVEVA Historian, DeltaV Continuous and Batch historians, Rockwell Software FactoryTalk Historian, Kepware KEPServerEX Local Historian, Canary Labs Enterprise Historian, any OPC HDA server and more.

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Features

On-demand reports and dashboards provide users with the capability to drive reports to their workstation. Template parameters, such as start/end dates, tag names, batch ID, alarm thresholds and filters determine the content of the report.

  • Use from a standalone workstation, HMI/SCADA display and clients across the network.
  • Retrieve raw values, summary values and industry specific metrics without connecting directly to the data source.
  • Provide drill-down and searching features using custom report parameters.
  • User credentials ensure that each person only has access to their reports.
  • Add supplementary information such as comments and signatures.
XLReporter live dashboards provide upto date information

Live Dashboard

Live dashboards update automatically with a new report providing the user with up-to-date information on any data source supported by XLReporter. The rate of update is selectable.

Dashboards are ideal for projecting reports onto large monitors.

XLReporter alarm dashboard provide the alarm metrics to identify process problems

Alarm Dashboard

Understanding and rectifying alarms is essential to maintaining an efficient process.

In this solution, the most active alarms are displayed in a pareto chart clearly showing the problematic parts of the process. A second chart shows the same alarms in "swimming lanes" with the severity of the alarm state shown by the size of the bubble.

XLReporter combining alarm data with process data provides a broader understanding of process activity

Alarms with Process KPIs

The effect of alarms on product quality may not be critical as long as it can be validated that the process stayed in control during the period of the alarm.

In this solution, the minimum and maximum of key process indicators are calculated for each alarm that occurred over the report period. In other words, the minimum and maximum values are calculated for each alarm from the time it was set to time when it cleared.

XLReporter provides statistical process control (SPC) reports out of the box

Statistical Process Control (SPC)

The Statistical Process Control reports are included in all product editions at no additional cost. The following are included:

  • Histogram and Frequency Chart
  • X-Bar R Chart with Nelson Rules
  • X-Bar S Chart with Nelson Rules
  • Histogram and Frequency Chart
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Perform statistical analysis using a combination of Excel's standard features together with XLReporter's statistical functions

Statistical Analysis Report

Perform statistical analysis using a combination of Excel's standard features together with XLReporter's statistical functions include:

  • Correlation and Covariance
  • Descriptive Formulas and Statistics
  • Exponential Smoothing
  • Pareto and Frequency
  • Moving Average
XLReporter bookmarks maintain the start and end of a cycle, simplifying the batch reports

Batch Summary Report

Discrete reports e.g., machine cycle report or batch report, from a continuous historian are only possible if the start and end of the time period are retained so that they can be used for the data retrieval.

In this solution, batch reports are produced by "bookmarking" the start and end of a batch, together with other information such as the batch number or product code. In this way, reports are created by selecting the batch number instead of specifying a timeframe. Create a report for each batch for easy comparison and produce a summary over multiple batches.