Reports and analysis

This page is for users who watch the site and prepare reports but neither control equipment nor change the configuration (rights “0 — Executive / viewer”, see Roles and permissions). Everything described here is available with those rights.

Reports are built from the Server’s archive: an object that has no value archive assigned has no data for past periods. Archiving is set up by the engineer — see Archiving.

Choosing a period

The windows that show data over time — Graph, Summary, Data and the Event journal — show the time range set by the Period commands on the command bar: 15 min, Hour, Day, Week, Month and Custom…. The last one opens a dialog for exact start and end times. Summary, Data and the Event journal keep the chosen period with the window.

A daily or monthly summary

The typical report is a table of several objects’ values aggregated by interval:

  1. Open the object panel (More -> Objects) and select the objects or a group.
  2. Choose Summary. A table opens with a column per object; objects are added and removed with the check boxes in the object panel.
  3. Set the period, for example Day or Month.
  4. Choose the aggregation interval (1 minute to 1 day) and the aggregation function (Count, Start, End, Minimum, Maximum, Sum, Average) — see Summary.
  5. Save or print the result: Export to Excel, CSV export (Export and import), or printing with a preview.

An empty cell means the archive holds no data for that interval.

Analysing a graph

  1. Double-click an object in the object panel to open its Graph.
  2. Set the period.
  3. Use cursors to read values at chosen moments, and limits to see excursions.
  4. For aggregated values, switch to the summary with the Summary command on the command bar or in the object’s context menu.

A standing set of objects

If a report is built from the same objects every time, collect them in a portfolio: a named list of objects from which the summary and graphs are easy to open.

Events over a period

In the Event journal, set the period to see past events. The event list can be exported to CSV and printed the same way as tables.