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This Blog contains all things relevant to Dream Report in the Pharmaceutical and Biotech marketplace.

Real-time Corporate KPI Dashboard with Dream Report, an Intel Compute Stick and a TV

The Dream Report name conjures up the idea of document generation.  While that’s an important capability, Dream Report delivers a powerful and interactive Web Portal.  This portal can be applied to many things, but with the right computing hardware, and a flat-screen TV, you have a wonderful KPI Dashboard. The [...]

Real-time Corporate KPI Dashboard with Dream Report, an Intel Compute Stick and a TV2018-02-09T16:17:50+00:00

Dream Report version 4.64 is available to OEMs and ODS Customers

It’s a technically classified as a service pack and available to all 4.6 customers, but it also includes a number of great new features.  You can download it from the Ocean Data Systems site or your Dream Report OEM.  Please check with them on branded version availability. See a PowerPoint [...]

Dream Report version 4.64 is available to OEMs and ODS Customers2018-02-09T16:06:29+00:00

The six major uses of a Historian. Number 2 may surprise you.

A leading Historian vendor sampled their customers with the question: “What are the most important uses of a Historian in your business?” The results are interesting, typical, and here is the Ocean Data Systems interpretation. #1 - Obviously, a Historian is a long term repository of data. It stands to [...]

The six major uses of a Historian. Number 2 may surprise you.2018-02-09T15:59:11+00:00

System Integrators – You could be in big trouble…

Your customers rely on you to make important decisions on their behalf.  They’re over worked and under staffed.  They hire a System Integrator to help them with projects and they expect you to steer them in the directions that benefit them the most. In the area of reports and dashboards, technology has [...]

System Integrators – You could be in big trouble…2017-11-25T13:10:20+00:00

Bear Republic Brewing – Turning Water into Beer

Micro brewers are faced with many challenges, but if you’re Bear Republic, there’s another to add to the list – the availability of a key ingredient – water. Bear Republic Brewing is located in Cloverdale, about an hour and a half north of San Francisco, and one of the hardest [...]

Bear Republic Brewing – Turning Water into Beer2018-03-04T10:46:18+00:00

A Process Engineer’s Day with Dream Report

You’re an employee for just about any company.  Right now, business is up and you’re working the first shift.  You’ve been enjoying your new capabilities since Dream Report was installed.  It’s making your life much easier by automating many mundane tasks, and you’re able to have greater visibility into your [...]

A Process Engineer’s Day with Dream Report2017-11-25T13:01:42+00:00

Localization – The Sign of a Serious Software Product

Have you ever noticed how many products are available just in one language?  It’s great if you only need one language and that’s the one they offer, but the languages that a product supports, and how it does it, tells you a lot about the company and the quality of their [...]

Localization – The Sign of a Serious Software Product2018-02-10T12:52:44+00:00

Toolkits are so 20th Century – Automated Report Generation

Give engineers a tool, they can solve one problem.  Give engineers a toolkit, and they can solve all problems. That philosophy drove the development of automation products for the past 30 years.  PLCs developed multiple languages so engineers could have the best tools for the application.  HMI/SCADA products developed scripting [...]

Toolkits are so 20th Century – Automated Report Generation2017-11-25T12:51:31+00:00

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