Introducing Dream Report

Win WorrallApplications and Development Engineer

Reporting for Automation

• Common Problems– Costly– Resource intensive– Requires IT,

programming skills• Challenges

– Accessing real-time plant floor information

– Accessing various archives

– Connecting to different data sources

Dream Report is the solution!

What is Dream Report?

• Simplest solution on the market• Automatically generates and distributes .pdf

and .xls reports• Designed for both Continuous and Batch

processes• Aggregates data from real time data sources

and existing historical sources• Complements existing SCADA and MES

applications

Product ArchitectureAutomatically Publish and Distribute

Generate and execute

Design and configure

Data Logger

Real-Time Data and Alarms

Access existing 3-d party archives

Design Reports

Configure Data Aggregation

Generate Reports

HMIs, PLCs, DCS, SCADA, …

Web Portal File Server eMail Printers Mobile

Connect to Data Sources

HISTORIAN access

• OPC HDA

• ODBC & OLE

• CSV files

• Native drivers for proprietary archives

REAL TIME data and alarms

- OPC DA-AE

- Native Drivers

Dream Report logger can archive real time data into any open database

• SQL Server

• MySQL

• Oracle

• Access

• …

Provide Data Provide Data

Provide Data

Provide Reports

• Design reports in easy environment

• Use Page Templates

• Use Report Templates

Define and execute periodically any type of calculations:

Min, Max, Average, Current, Integral, Duration, Counter, SQL commands, free Mathematical Calculation…

Automatically:

On Schedule

On Event

Manually:

Select Report

Change period or select batch

Generate new report

Works With?

• Supports direct connection to existing OPC data sources– OPC DA, OPC HDA, OPC A&E

• Can be connected to one or multiple ODBC databases– SQL Server, Oracle, MS Access, etc

• Built-in custom drivers for connecting to a variety of historians– Ex. iFix/Proficy, Emerson, Pi, etc.

International Integration Made Easy

• Web Portal– Ideal solution for distributing

and sharing reports over the Internet/intranet

– Password protected to display only authorized reports

– Easy access to any archived reports

– Generate reports on demand• Multi-language user

interface support– English, French, German,

Italian, Russian, Japanese and more

Dream Report for Small Projects

• Connect directly to PLCs to collect and archive data

• Retrieve values and alarms and display data in charts, tables, and other graphical representation

• Automatically retrieve batch information and generate batch reports

• Web-based archiving and reporting solution at a low cost

Operator

Operator

Supervisors

• Retrieve data from different vendors

• Retrieve data from plant database or other 3rd party historians

• Run complex consolidated reports

• Automatic publishing and distribution of reports inside organization (email, file servers, etc)

Dream Report for Complex Projects

Operator

Historian

ProductionDatabase

ProcessEngineering

QualityAssurance

HMI, SCADA Stations

Recorders

Controllers

Why Use Dream Report?

• Speed up report development time by 15-20 times

• Quickly and easily bring data into valuable, professional looking reports

• Requires no IT or programming skills

• Make reports easily and securely available to any authorized person through built-in Web Portal

• Use in virtually any industry• Already adopted by market

leaders

Live Demo

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

What Tools are Needed?

• For all usage scenarios– Tag license required– Web Portal licensing optional

• Support Contracts Available for 15 % of list price• Free Demo Available

– Limits to 25 tags– Development will run for unlimited time, Runtime for 30 minutes at a time

www.softwaretoolbox.com/DreamReport

Part Number License Count Price

41295101-50T 50 Tags US$1550

41295101-250T 250 Tags US$3300

41295301-2W 2 Web Clients US$1050

41295305-5W 5 Web Clients US$2300

Contact Information & Other Learning Opportunities

• Questions later?– Win Worrall

• wworrall@softwaretoolbox.com

– Software Toolbox Tech Support• support@softwaretoolbox.com• 888-665-3678 or +1 704-849-2773

• Product Website– http://www.softwaretoolbox.com/dreamreport

• Other learning opportunities– Recording of this webinar– Visit softwaretoolbox.webex.com