1. Proficy Real-Time Information Portal
Product Overview

2. Proficy Real-Time Information Portal - Overview

3. The Proficy Intelligent Production Solution
The Proficy intelligent production solution integrates a full range of easy to-use applications and services to continuously improve your level of productivity. It has been developed to build intelligence into your processes – gathering, analyzing, and transforming data into information and enabling you to act in real-time to optimize results..
Plant Intelligence – Making business sense out of plant data in real time
Asset Management – Optimizing profitability by managing equipment and other plant assets
HMI/SCADA – Improving production performance with plant floor visualization and control
Programming and Control – Allowing you to visualize critical process parameters a single integrated web environment
Software Services – Maximizing your software investment through GE support, training, and professional services

4. Real-Time Information Portal
Proficy Portal is the common web client for GE Intelligent Platforms’ Proficy Intelligent Production Solution
Connect to all the real-time, historical, and relational data within the plant
Apply a powerful set of visualization and analysis tools to the data and integrate it with other Proficy content
Real time production data where you need it using a web browser
Better business decisions
Continuous improvement

5. Real time data where you need it!
Historical Data
Real-Time Data
KPI Data
Quality Data
Contextual Data

6. Proficy Real-Time Information Portal – Key Features

7. Key Features Manufacturing Intelligence Framework
Web based configuration
Script and HTML free
Role-based navigation and security
Easily convert interactive displays into reports
Graphical Presentation
Complete graphics library
Common graphical tools
Animations
Time-based Data Analysis
Connect and interact with plant-wide, real-time and historical data
Visualize, annotate and analyze process data
Analyze your process by event
Drill into detail data
Enterprise-wide Quality
Variable SPC charts
Control chart alerts
Quick Reports for drill down
Common Web Client
Combine the client functions
Proficy HMI/SCADA – iFIX displays
Graphically create a library of parameterized SQL statements
Sophisticated, web based, portal and cockpit
Manufacturing Intelligence Framework
Web based configuration
Script and HTML free
Time-based Data Analysis
Connect and interact with plant-wide, real-time and historical data
Visualize, annotate and analyze process data
Analyze your process by event
Drill into detail data
Common Web Client
Combine the client functions
Proficy HMI/SCADA – iFIX displays
Graphically create a library of parameterized SQL statements
Sophisticated, web based, portal and cockpit
Graphical Presentation
Complete graphics library
Common graphical tools
Animations
Enterprise-wide Quality
Variable SPC charts
Control chart alerts
Quick Reports for drill down

8. Manufacturing Intelligence Framework
Web based configuration
Administration
Statement Generator
Screen Development
Script and HTML free
No coding experience needed
Point click drag drop
Self service
Role-based navigation and security
Login with windows Sign On
Synchronize with Windows domain groups
Easily convert interactive displays into reports
Use Standard reports
Individually customize
Share with others
Manufacturing Intelligence Framework
Web based configuration
Script and HTML free
Role-based navigation and security
Easily convert interactive displays into reports

9. Time-based Data Analysis
Connect and interact with plant-wide, real-time and historical data
OPC Servers, HMI/SCADA, and Historians can serve up data for analysis
Visualize, annotate and analyze process data
Trend Charts, Dials, Gauges, and data links visualize data in context
Analyze your process by event
Analyze process data in the context of production events.
Drill into detail data
Zoom and drill into data for root/cause analysis and annotate reasons.
Time-based Data Analysis
Connect and interact with plant-wide, real-time and historical data
Visualize, annotate and analyze process data
Analyze your process by event
Drill into detail data

10. Common Web Client Common Web Client Combine the client functions
Proficy HMI/SCADA – iFIX displays
Graphically create a library of parameterized SQL statements
Sophisticated, web based, portal and cockpit

11. Graphical Presentation
Complete graphics library
Common graphical tools
Animations
Graphical Presentation
Complete graphics library
Common graphical tools
Animations

12. Enterprise-wide Quality
Variable SPC charts
Control chart alerts
Quick Reports for drill down
Allows data to be easily integrated into other solutions
Three ways to export data:
Save to a comma-separated variable (CSV) file on local user’s PC
For import into Excel, quality, or other applications
Save to a CSV file on the web server
For many users to access and import into their applications
Copy and paste into another application, such as Excel, for additional analysis
Provides data in Excel friendly format
Variable SPC charts
Control chart alerts
Quick Reports for drill down
Export to Excel and Minitab for further analysis

13. Proficy Real-Time Information Portal - Technical

14. Proficy Portal Architecture
Proficy Portal is a web-based java application that runs under the Microsoft IIS webserver.
Proficy Portal includes three client applets: the Client, which supports both runtime and configuration mode; the Administrator and the Statement Builder. Applets are downloaded and run inside the java runtime engine running within a web browser.
The server runs the Proficy Portal Servlet, which provides file and user management and the connector infrastructure. SQL based connectors use jdbc drivers installed on the server to connect to relational data sources, while real-time and historical connectors use local or remote api interfaces.

15. Technical Overview Server Side Installation and Maintenance
Requires IIS or Apache web server
Maintained from Administrator applet, near-zero maintenance
Client Side
Requires JRE (automatically installed from server first time if needed)
No client side maintenance
Remote Connectors
Installed from Server website

16. Proficy Portal
What’s New v3.5

17. Configuration Tools Display Variables Parameterized Data Sources
- Portal displays expose variables as input and output parameters such that variables can be initialized before loading a display through hyperlinks or symbols.
Parameterized Data Sources
- Users can parameterize their data sources to easily create screens once and roll them out to multiple sites.
Gauge and Slider Objects
A gauge can be used to display the values of the data source it is linked to. For example, if the data source provides information about the temperature of a liquid stored in a tank, you can create a linear gauge that looks and acts like a thermometer, where the pointer or fill track moves as the temperature values change. Gauges can be used to display real time and historical data. The gauges available are dial, linear, and numeric. A slider control displays numeric values and can be linked to data source parameters and/or exposed properties of other objects in a display, such as gauges.
Axes Titles for XY, Time, Event, and Correlation Charts
Provides the ability to show the X and Y axes titles for all pens on XY, Time, Event, and Correlation charts. These properties are available on the Axes Titles tab on the configuration panels for these four charts. If you specify the X or Y axes titles on the chart's Axes Titles tab, they take precedence over the X or Y Axis title specified on the Y Axis tab of the chart's Data tab.
Open Event to Populate display with Data Source Values
When a button is linked to another object, such as a chart or grid, you can choose to require the object to be refreshed manually, or you can choose to enable the object's data source to automatically populate the object with default values when the display it is associated with first opens.

18. Display Enhancements Configurable Pen Names Expression Pen Names
- allows users to give custom names to pens in a chart making it easier to track the pens in the legend.
Expression Pen Names
- Allows users to modify pen names used in expressions to be more meaningful
Gauge and Slider Objects
A gauge can be used to display the values of the data source it is linked to. For example, if the data source provides information about the temperature of a liquid stored in a tank, you can create a linear gauge that looks and acts like a thermometer, where the pointer or fill track moves as the temperature values change. Gauges can be used to display real time and historical data. The gauges available are dial, linear, and numeric. A slider control displays numeric values and can be linked to data source parameters and/or exposed properties of other objects in a display, such as gauges.
Axes Titles for XY, Time, Event, and Correlation Charts
Provides the ability to show the X and Y axes titles for all pens on XY, Time, Event, and Correlation charts. These properties are available on the Axes Titles tab on the configuration panels for these four charts. If you specify the X or Y axes titles on the chart's Axes Titles tab, they take precedence over the X or Y Axis title specified on the Y Axis tab of the chart's Data tab.
Open Event to Populate display with Data Source Values
When a button is linked to another object, such as a chart or grid, you can choose to require the object to be refreshed manually, or you can choose to enable the object's data source to automatically populate the object with default values when the display it is associated with first opens.

19. Performance Enhancements
On Demand Data Source Loading
Ability to connect to data sources on an as needed basis rather than on startup improving the startup time of Proficy Portal.
Time Chart Slider
Number of data samples and duration can be specified on data request to Historian servers. This allows for optimum retrieval of data over a long period of time resulting in improved performance while analyzing historical trends.
Gauge and Slider Objects
A gauge can be used to display the values of the data source it is linked to. For example, if the data source provides information about the temperature of a liquid stored in a tank, you can create a linear gauge that looks and acts like a thermometer, where the pointer or fill track moves as the temperature values change. Gauges can be used to display real time and historical data. The gauges available are dial, linear, and numeric. A slider control displays numeric values and can be linked to data source parameters and/or exposed properties of other objects in a display, such as gauges.
Axes Titles for XY, Time, Event, and Correlation Charts
Provides the ability to show the X and Y axes titles for all pens on XY, Time, Event, and Correlation charts. These properties are available on the Axes Titles tab on the configuration panels for these four charts. If you specify the X or Y axes titles on the chart's Axes Titles tab, they take precedence over the X or Y Axis title specified on the Y Axis tab of the chart's Data tab.
Open Event to Populate display with Data Source Values
When a button is linked to another object, such as a chart or grid, you can choose to require the object to be refreshed manually, or you can choose to enable the object's data source to automatically populate the object with default values when the display it is associated with first opens.

20. Usability Enhancements
Data Source Editing Enhancement
- Users can now edit the data source configuration directly thus allowing tweaks to be easily made.
Statement Builder Enhancement
Improved error handling when dealing with user created stored procedures.
64 Bit OS Support
- Proficy Portal works in WOW mode on 64 bit OS
Gauge and Slider Objects
A gauge can be used to display the values of the data source it is linked to. For example, if the data source provides information about the temperature of a liquid stored in a tank, you can create a linear gauge that looks and acts like a thermometer, where the pointer or fill track moves as the temperature values change. Gauges can be used to display real time and historical data. The gauges available are dial, linear, and numeric. A slider control displays numeric values and can be linked to data source parameters and/or exposed properties of other objects in a display, such as gauges.
Axes Titles for XY, Time, Event, and Correlation Charts
Provides the ability to show the X and Y axes titles for all pens on XY, Time, Event, and Correlation charts. These properties are available on the Axes Titles tab on the configuration panels for these four charts. If you specify the X or Y axes titles on the chart's Axes Titles tab, they take precedence over the X or Y Axis title specified on the Y Axis tab of the chart's Data tab.
Open Event to Populate display with Data Source Values
When a button is linked to another object, such as a chart or grid, you can choose to require the object to be refreshed manually, or you can choose to enable the object's data source to automatically populate the object with default values when the display it is associated with first opens.

21. Summary

22. Summary
Proficy Real-Time Portal is GE Intelligent Platforms’ web-based application that provides advanced analysis, reporting and visualization capabilities. As the web client for the entire GE Intelligent Platforms product family as well as other third party plant systems, Proficy Portal brings together all of your process and on-line data where and when you need it.
Key benefits include:
Configurable connectivity
Integrated and re-used content from other Proficy applications
Personalized and secure access to data
Reduced skill level required for implementation
Near-zero maintenance of the system
User “self-service” for custom or ad-hoc reporting
MRP/ERP
And many others

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24. Recent Release Content

25. Proficy Portal v3.0 – Features
Virtualization Support Many companies are reducing their costs and increasing their IT operation efficiencies by leveraging the benefits of server virtualization. GE Intelligent Platforms is taking the right steps to support these initiatives. Proficy Real-Time Information Portal will be supported on VMware ESX Server with Service Pack 1. You now have an offering that supports a virtualization strategy for IT systems. To learn more about VMWARE’s ESX Platform go to:

26. Proficy Portal v3.0 – Features
Performance Enhancements Performance has been improved in several ways which will greatly improve the customers’ experience. These improvements address the method of data transfer, the number of data sources, and large data sets. Testing was done over a range of concurrent users, number of data sources, and varying network speeds. The following chart shows performance increases of up to 76%.
% Increase
Initial Java load
65%
Portal Class Upload & First Screen Load
76%

27. Proficy Portal v3.0 – Features
Better integration with Proficy
Platform Connector
Updated support for the Plant Apps Connector
Time control to support passing date/time in clear text
Improved display tools
Business Intelligence (dials, gauges, etc) symbol library with parameters for values
New Chart type – Heat Map
Support setting null thresholds
Support unique thresholds per cell
Dynamically set the chart name and x and y axis
Improved Grid formatting
List Editor to select objects not currently on the screen
Improved automation
Statement Builder Improvements
Synchronize Role at Login

28. Proficy Portal v3.0 – Features
Enhanced Forms Capability
Open Event that allows a data source to run
Radio & Check Box support
Refresh displays and display components on an event
Combo & List Boxes can specify a default value
Multiple select List Box
Error message to user when server connection lost
Additional key enhancements
Logout of Portal when IE Window is closed
Improved Session management

29. Proficy Portal v3.0 SP1 – Features
Infrastructure upgrades Proficy Real-Time Information Portal will be upgraded to work the latest versions if Internet Explorer and Proficy Plant Applications. Internet Explorer 7 along with Plant Applications will be tested and qualified for use with making portal more usable than ever. Java Engine Upgrade The Java engine has been upgraded to fix a memory leak bug that would cause performance issues over time. Support Cases resolved GE Intelligent Platforms is dedicated to providing quality software and solutions. Service Pack 1 will demonstrate the by fixing 68+ technical support cases. Be sure to read the Important Product Information (IPI) file in the help after installing SP1 for details. SIM rollup Finally, Proficy Real-Time Information Portal Service Pack 1 will also roll up all prior “software improvement modules” or SIMs into this release. No longer will you have to search, download, and install each individual fix to your installation of Portal.