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XLReporter
Overview
Design
Report
Manage
Publish
Used
in all Industries
Special
Features
System
Requirements
Licensing
Policy
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Features
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The Complete Reporting Solution for generating Excel
reports.
XLReporter
builds reports in four easy
steps:
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Design.
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Design a
report template in the comfortable environment
of Excel. Connect to data sources using
intuitive point-and-click tools provided.
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Report.
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Generate
reports from your template on-demand or automatically
by the scheduler provided. All workbook and
worksheet naming is completely configurable.
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Manage.
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Automatically
manage raw report data into meaningful information
by applying powerful analysis routines.
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Publish.
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Publish
your complete report to any local/remote printer, email, web server or convert it to
encrypted PDF (no Adobe!) or HTML.
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Design
for
XLReporter’s Aggregate Database
Aggregate calculations produced from real-time data.
Calculations
scheduled to update periodically or on-demand
Variety of aggregate
calculations:
. Digital Profiler for monitoring ON/OFF counts and durations
. Difference for integrating
totalizers
. Statistics for calculating process parameters
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Step 2 - Report |
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Report in the Background - Automatically
Generate reports without Excel visible or active
Manage the entire reporting process by the scheduler
Periodically, e.g., daily, weekly, monthly
Based on alarms and events, e.g., a process condition or exception
Based on real-time Server values
Based on expressions or calculations
Full flexibility provided by reporting commands
Create workbook and worksheets from templates
Update report workbook and worksheets
Apply analysis to report workbooks and worksheets
Publish completed reports as web pages
Print complete reports to any networked printer
Convert reports to HTML or secure PDF files
Execute any external application
Easily integrate custom macros
Send a ‘report complete’ message to the data Server
Report from scripts/VBA and HMI Displays
Access all reporting commands from a programming interface
Report On-Demand
Change template parameters without editing the template directly
Initiate from HMI displays, command line or from within Excel
Select available report templates from lists
Display reports in an integrated view window
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Step 3 - Manage |
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Turn Raw Process Data into Valuable Information
Define
management routines in the Management configurator
Automatically execute from either the scheduler or on-demand
Automatically apply
to report data after “collecting” from the data source
Full support of
Management Operations:
 Data filtering, eliminates rows of data that do not meet a criteria
 Data sorting
 Formatting options, including font size, colors and borders
 Excel chart fitting to the exact amount of data in the report

much more
Full support of
Management Calculations:
 Covariance
 Correlation
 Frequency Distribution
 Moving Average
 Analysis of variance (Anova)
 Calculation of new values and cell formatting based on a lookup table
 Integration of custom function(s) for automated report execution
 Much more
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Charting and Excel’s Standard Calculations
Use all the standard features of Excel:
Charting functions for displaying data in graphical form
Over 200 functions to enhance a report
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Step 3 - Publish |
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Publish
Reports as Excel Workbooks
File storage to local/networked drives or file servers
Protect reports by using a Workbook pass code
View reports in Excel or Excel Viewer (freely available)
Publish
to Printers
Print reports to any local or remote (network) printer
Publish as Secure PDF Files
Adobe Acrobat not required for PDF generation
Create PDF files automatically or on-demand
Protect reports with selectable encryption levels
Publish
as Web Pages
Available as a standard feature
Save the entire workbook or a single worksheet to HTML
Append worksheets to an existing HTML file
Support for Java or VB scripting inside the report template
View reports with any standard web browser such as Internet Explorer
PDF Viewer – The Secure Viewer
View
published PDF reports in a secure viewer
Select reports from pre-configured lists, no need to browse the file system
Launch
from a HMI display by a pushbutton or
script
XLViewer – The Secure Viewer
Available in XLReporter Suite/ Professional or available as an option
View complete reports in a secure environment
Specify layout and file accessibility with a configurator
Select reports from pre-configured lists, no need to browse the file system
Protect reports from modification
Launch XLViewer from a HMI display by a pushbutton or
script
XWeb Director – Web Enable Reports
Available in XLReporter Suite/Professional or available as an option
Specify layout and file accessibility with a configurator
Automatically update report index pages
Navigate instantly to any web enabled report
view
a framed example
view a non-framed
example
XMailer – The Automated Postmaster
Available in XLReporter Professional, or available as an option
Specify recipients, messages and report file attachments in a configurator
Send the report automatically or on demand
XFiler – The Complete File Management System
Available in XLReporter Professional or available as an option
Full management of files and resources of a hard drive
Specify management rules in a configurator
Extensive list of commands such as ‘Move’ and ‘Copy'
Perform maintenance in the background, periodically or triggered on event.
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Special Features |
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Status Logs
Historically logging of every reporting transaction
Invaluable tool for tracking system failures
The Iterator
The results from one report are
used as input to another
Create drill down
and batch reports
Easily join information from disparate databases
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Used in all Industries |
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Water and Wastewater – EPA and Regulatory Agency reports
Automotive – Production counts, utilization, SPC and quality reports
Material Handling - Material flow rates, machine efficiency and usage reports
Building Controls and HVAC – Energy usage, efficiency and maintenance reports
Security – Personnel and time reports
Power - EPA and maintenance reports
Government – Government regulatory reports
Chemical/Oil/Gas – Production reports and custody transfers
OEMS & Machine Builders – Downtime, SPC and Six Sigma reports
Biotech, Food and Pharmaceuticals – FDA 21 CFR part 11 and EC 178 reports.
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System Requirements
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Microsoft
Excel 2000, 2003, 2007
and above
Microsoft Windows
NT, 2000, XP, Vista
and above
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Licensing
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Evaluation License
In evaluation mode, all the functionality provided with the full license of XLReporter is available. However, the software is only registered for a period of 120 minutes, with a limit of 15 tags. When the registration expires, the evaluation period may be restarted. Any development performed in evaluation mode can be used later with the full license.
Full License
A full license allows unlimited report generation from a licensed computer. Since the generated reports are in an industry standard format, they can be viewed from any networked PC without additional licenses. |
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