There are lots more reasons – these are just a few.
1) Reports so easy, you can have ALL the reports you want, not just the reports you absolutely need.
The world has been conditioned to believe that report generation is hard to do. Past tools have been the reason. Reports used to be expensive – Dream Report is changing the paradigm and now report generation couldn’t be easier. Now, you can Dream about a report and have it moments later…
2) Information delivered to anyone, anywhere and anytime.
Dream Report offers a variety of delivery mechanisms. Reports can be emailed, output to PDF, printer, Excel or CSV, and posted to an interactive web portal. That makes decisions happen faster – reducing scrap, lowering costs, gaining efficiency, improving quality, etc.
3) Specialized statistics to turn your data into information.
Dream Report offers a wide range of industry relevant statistics. Let Dream Report perform calculations that will turn your raw data into useful and actionable information.
4) Easy to use and easy to learn, just like your other automation products.
Dream Report is designed for process engineers by process engineers. Starting out with years of HMI/SCADA knowledge, the ODS team designed Dream Report following a configuration paradigm. No programming. No scripting. Just simple drag and drop, point and click configuration. Dream Report is the perfect addition to every automation system.
5) Gain insight by integrating data from all your data sources.
Dream Report integrates directly with all of your data sources. From real-time sources and Manual Data to HMI/SCADA, Historians, Enterprise Software and Relational Databases. Even data from CSV and Excel files. Dream Report delivers over 60 data interfaces and offers the power to calculate statistics that combine all of that data into new and actionable information.
6) Access your results from anywhere.
Dream Report can automatically post your results to a web portal. Configuration is automatic. Press one button and Dream Report configures IIS, builds your web portal and automatically manages the posting of new data. The Dream Report web portal is also mobile-aware and supports IOS, Android and Windows smartphones as well as a full range of browsers – Chrome, Safari, Firefox and Internet Explorer with all the security you’d expect for your important information.
7) Rely on Dream Report’s 24x7x365 operation.
Dream Report is industrial strength software. Designed for automation, Dream Report understands the need for primary and secondary printers, and understands that some reporting environments are so critical that you may want full server redundancy with failover. Dream Report is the solution you can rely on.
8) Dream Report isn’t just a Report Generator. It’s THE Report Generator for industry.
Dream Report is being adopted by automation vendors as the “Industry Standard”. As either an OEM solution or a “Proven Partner” solution, leading automation vendors are specifying Dream Report as their premium solution for Report Generation. You can be sure Dream Report is the right solution and it’s likely that your automation software vendor will say so too.
9) OATK (One Ass to Kick) and OTTC (One Throat to Choke) – Pick your own colloquialism.
While that sounds crass, the truth is that Dream Report is an OEM solution, tailored to work with specific automation vendor products, and then sold and supported through those vendors as a product of their own. You can deal with a single source and get the world’s leading report generation technology. Ocean Data Systems is the company dedicated to developing exemplary reporting and data analysis software, and we are the backup team for our OEMs. That’s the best for you, their customer. If your vendor isn’t already in a relationship with us, no worries – we’ll work with you too.
10) Dream Report is good for your career.
Dream Report is such an important benefit to any automation solution that you’ll wonder how you ever lived without it. With its accountability and analysis of your process, Dream Report provides users an easier and faster route to solving problems and clearing bottlenecks, which has resulted in greater positive visibility within the organization for those who have put Dream Report to work for them. And once your management sees the opportunities for greater accountability and continuous improvement, simply put, you’ll be getting a raise.