1. Dream Report: Advanced Manual Data Entry
Renee Sikes
Applications Engineer
Dream Report Brand Manager

2. Review of Automation Challenges Overview of Dream Report Architecture
Agenda
Review of Automation Challenges
Overview of Dream Report Architecture
Live Demo of Manual Data Entry
Setting up manual drivers
Configuring simple statistical objects for manual input
Adding and configuring web elements
Running the web portal and entering manual data
Q&A

3. Reporting for Automation
Common Problems
Accessing both real-time and historical data from numerous sources
Costly to implement
Requires IT, programming skills
Manual data entry
Distribution and automation of reports
Resource intensive
Costly to maintain
Mobile support
Quality support and training
Licensing
Dream Report is the solution!

4. Product Architecture   K A F Design Reports Configure Data
Automatically Publish and Distribute
Web Portal
File Server
Printers
Mobile
Provide Reports
Generate and execute
Automatically:
On Schedule
On Event
Manually:
Select Report
Change period or select batch
Generate new report
Generate
Reports
Provide Data
Design and configure
Design
Reports
Configure Data
Aggregation
Define and execute periodically any type of calculations:
Design reports in easy environment
Use Page Templates
Use Report Templates
Min, Max, Average, Current, Integral, Duration, Counter, SQL commands, free Mathematical Calculation…
Provide Data
Provide Data
Connect to Data Sources
Data Logger
Real-Time
Data and Alarms
Access existing
3-d party archives
Dream Report logger can archive real time data into any open database
SQL Server
MySQL
Oracle
Access …
REAL TIME data and alarms
- OPC DA-AE
- Native Drivers
HISTORIAN access
OPC HDA
ODBC & OLE
CSV files
Native drivers for proprietary archives
HMIs, PLCs, DCS, SCADA, …
  K A F

5. Reporting for Automation
Common Problems
Accessing both real-time and historical data from numerous sources
Costly to implement
Requires IT, programming skills
Manual data entry
Distribution and automation of reports
Resource intensive
Costly to maintain
Mobile support
Quality support and training
Licensing
Dream Report is the solution!

6. Solution: Manual Data Entry Options
Dream Report 4+ provides 2 Manual Input drivers
Provides a Manual Values Editor to enter values
Desktop and web portal interface
Writes values directly to database using Web Format report

7. How? Manual Values Editor
Use date/time picker to set timestamp of data
Manual driver tracks
Original Values
Each value correction operation
Separate timestamps of the operation and the value associated time
Extract manual values for reporting by:
All values
Only original values
Only validated values
Only non-validated values

8. How? Web Manual Data Entry
Turns simple dynamic objects into user entry objects
Single Data Items
Step Tables
Free Tables
Web Elements for interacting with page
Hyperlink
Action Button
Timestamp Picker
Combo Box

9. Live Demo Project Wizard
Manually Adding/Configuring Communication Drivers
Setting up Logging Groups
Configuring Dynamic Data Objects
Date/Time object
Single Data Object
Step Table
Chart
Scheduling Report Generation
Running Your Project

10. What Tools are Needed? www.softwaretoolbox.com/DreamReport
Licensing based on tag and web portal count
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11. Contact Information & Other Learning Opportunities
Questions later?
Renee Sikes
Software Toolbox Tech Support or
Product Website
Other learning opportunities
Recording of this webinar
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Tentative Schedule
June 29th: Info on the Go
July 20th: Fast, Friendly, & Flexible
August 24th: Secure and Reliable