BAS & Facility Management

This Blog contains all things relevant to Dream Report in the Building Automation and Energy Management marketplace.

5 of Top 10 Automation Companies and Ocean Data Systems

Control Magazine and ARC Advisory Group developed a list of the Automation Industry's Top Dogs, the top 50 companies in the world, based on their automation based revenues. Link to Top Automation Companies What's nice to see is that 5 of the top 10 companies have a relationship with Ocean [...]

5 of Top 10 Automation Companies and Ocean Data Systems2018-02-10T13:11:45+00:00

Automatic CSV File Import and CSV File Export

Automatic CSV Data Processing for Industrial Reports and Dashboards In the world of industrial automation, CSV (Comma Separated Variables) file formats are very common and an excellent way to transfer data between systems for report generation and performance dashboards.  The process required for automated CSV File importing are: Automated CSV [...]

Automatic CSV File Import and CSV File Export2019-01-28T19:35:00+00:00

Energy Performance of Buildings Directive ( EPBD )

Tools for report generation in industrial applications have been few and far between. Those that exist typically focus on functionality to deliver “Compliance” level reports, those reports that are absolutely necessary and core to the business at hand, and are typically vendor specific offerings. As such, functionality has trumped ease [...]

Energy Performance of Buildings Directive ( EPBD )2018-02-10T15:33:52+00:00

Dream Report and Historian Aggregates

Picture this, you are generating a monthly report and need daily summaries, but your history data has 10 second resolution.  That means for the report, you’ll need to process a total of roughly 250,000 data samples per calculated variable.  Suppose you could ask your data source to pre-calculate the data [...]

Dream Report and Historian Aggregates2018-02-10T15:35:29+00:00

Cyber Security – Reports and Dashboards for Automation – Best Practices

It used to be that security through obscurity was enough to protect automation systems from cyber-attacks.  Who would really care about those industrial protocols anyway?  We know from the famed Stuxnet and its derivatives that automation systems are now a prime target.  There have been numerous documented intrusions to automation [...]

Cyber Security – Reports and Dashboards for Automation – Best Practices2017-11-25T11:36:13+00:00

Dream Report is a Global Solution – Available in 14 Languages

Dream Report is an automated reporting and dashboard product, available in 14 Languages.  Dream Report can switch languages on the fly, based on user login information. Where are the people that care about Dream Report?  Well, it appears that they are in just about every country around the globe.  This [...]

Dream Report is a Global Solution – Available in 14 Languages2018-02-10T15:37:55+00:00

Industrial Sales – Value Proposition 101. Start with the PAIN.

It just happened again.  I was on a call with a young sales type, and was getting the pitch.  It started out as, “let me tell you about my product and what its features can do for you”… If you’re a seasoned sales professional, then you’ve already recognized the problem.  [...]

Industrial Sales – Value Proposition 101. Start with the PAIN.2018-02-10T15:54:05+00:00

Trying to Improve Performance? Management by Exception is the Key

Management by Exception (MBE) is a style of business management that focuses on identifying and handling cases that deviate from the norm. The main advantage of management by exception is that issues are identified rapidly and managers are able to use their time and energy more efficiently on matters that [...]

Trying to Improve Performance? Management by Exception is the Key2017-11-25T11:25:07+00:00

Dream Report Advertisement – Highlighting Interactive Reports

In the 21st century, there’s no room for programming or extensive system integration.  Dream Report delivers the best reports and dashboards for compliance and performance monitoring, with unparalleled ease of use and flexibility. We’re taming your Ocean of Data. That is the fundamental value proposition.  Dream Report is the easiest solution [...]

Dream Report Advertisement – Highlighting Interactive Reports2018-02-10T15:55:49+00:00

Dream Report Wins a Control Engineering “Engineers’ Choice” Award

February 17, 2015 LYON, France – Ocean Data Systems (ODS), the technology leader in automated reporting and corporate dashboards for industry, announced that Dream Report has won a Control Engineering, Engineers’ Choice Award. Control Engineering, part of CFE Media, awarded products in 26 categories of control, instrumentation, and automation products [...]

Dream Report Wins a Control Engineering “Engineers’ Choice” Award2018-02-10T15:58:28+00:00