TestStand™ is a solution by National Instruments for Report Generation in Test Stand applications. While it will certainly get the job done, it is a great example of what we see across industry, solutions developed to solve individual problems, that are just good enough to get the job done. But [...]
Dream Report supports a variety of output styles. You can generate reports in HTML5 for use in the Dream Report Web Portal. You can generate output in an Excel file format. You can generate output in a CSV file format. You can generate output in a PDF (Portable Document Format) [...]
Getting data to the right people at the right time is the ultimate goal of Dream Report. It is smart enough to recognize an event, collect the right data, analyze it - format it and then deliver it. Dream Report supports over 60 drivers to a wide range of both [...]
Food Production Monitoring is so easy to do in Dream Report. A few thermocouples connected to an I/O module and Dream Report will handle the communications, log the data to a Relational Database, Generate the compliance report at the end of every batch and save it to your server and [...]
The reports aren't that complicated, and you can do them manually or in a tool like Excel. But then you are open to human error or worse. You should have a solution that will keep your data secure and perform the calculations and formatting you need - automatically, and distribute [...]
Every major project should start with the same effort, an activity to quantify the current state, so that you have the measurements needed to compare against the future state. In many projects, the item that creates your baseline is actually the item you are replacing or improving. It can be [...]
Layering Value Is the Best Way to Enhance an Existing Automation System Lets face it, your automation platforms are expensive and you don't have the opportunity to have a "Do Over". That means you need to focus on layered technology to enhance the value of an existing system, be it a Distributed [...]
Making Reports Actionable, Reducing Errors and Improving Ease of Use That's what QR Codes and Bar Codes are all about. QR Codes (Quick Response Codes) are finding their way into all manner of applications and can transfer a great deal of information. They are often used to convey links for [...]
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 [...]
The Problem - Information Delivery Why is information delivery so important? Compliance with regulations... Continuous improvement... Accountability... There are many reasons. And as with all things in automation, it needs to be easy, needs to be cost effective and needs to be pervasive to have the greatest impact. Delivering information [...]
