Manufacturing environments dictate a wide variety of reporting requirements.
Typical reporting requirements include:
Production status reports for managers
Compliance reports for regulatory agencies such as EPA
Detailed production for FDA validation
Status reports for operations
Ad hoc reports
Within System 800xA, real-time data, historical values, lab data, batch information and event information can be incorporated into reports created in Microsoft Excel, Crystal Reports or another report package that uses ODBC or OLE DB data access.
Operators can view reports from their Process Portal workplaces by simply browsing report archives via the Plant Explorer. Other personnel can create reports at their desktops with familiar applications to extract relevant information from the automation system, as they need it. Reports are also viewable via a web browser.
Report archive management is provided and it is possible to specify the maximum number of stored reports. In a regulated environment or when otherwise required, digital signatures and version control may be applied.
The following report templates are supplied with the system:
Trip (pre-trip and post-trip values)
Trend (hourly, shift, daily, monthly)
Event
Snapshot
Batch Report (Batch Audit events, Batch manager events, Batch Comment events, Batch Equipment, Batch events, Batch Procedures, Batch Process events, Batch System events, Batch Trend, Batch Variables, Batch Variables Matched pair)