Reports
The Movicon Reports can be created by using
the Movicon native tools (Embedded Reports and Textual Reports) or by
using the Report Designer and Crystal Report™ tools.
The Reports can be created to display and print process data recorded
on file according to a specific period. Movicon offers a userfriendly
Report management that is very open and adaptable to printing Reports
according to the specific needs of the end user. In addition
to accessing historical data recorded by the Data Loggers, the Reports
guarantee visualization of calculated amounts, totals, averages, and variances
according to the selected criteria that include time ranges, product batches,
operators, shift and other.
Movicon offers a "Report" resource
called the "Embedded Report" to help you create your reports.
This resourse allows you to create reports autonomously to display
data recorded on database by the Historical Log and Dataloggers, or to
display simple variables from your project. If you wish to create
reports without graphics, you can use the Textual Reports that are also
easier to use. Both the Movicon "Internal
Reports" and "
Textual Report" are compatible with the Windows CE environment.
In additon to the native reports, Movicon also offers a "Report Designer"
free of charge, which you can use to create complex reports by using a
".NET" tool that has been specifically designed for this purpose.
Movicon continues to be compatible with the "Crystal
Report™" report engine which is not integrated but needs to be purchased
separately if you wish to use it as an alternative.
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When
you create reports in your projects, you will need to assess which
report tool is the most appropriate to use from those offered:
the Movicon Embedded Reports, the "Report Designer"
or the "Crystal Report" external libraries. The
choice will depend on the type of report you wish to create according
to the pros and cons of the solutions offered. For further information
on these the pros and cons, please refer to the section on: "Advantages and Disadvantages
of using the Movicon Embedded Reports ". |
The native Movicon report files have the ".movrep" extension
and are saved in the project's resource folder. The report files created
with the "Report Designer" have the ".repx" extension,
while those created with "Crystal Report™" have the "rpt"
extension.
Report files created with the Report Designer Crystal Report can be
associated to the "DataLogger/Recipe" resources as well as the
"Historical Log Window" and "TraceDB Window" objects.
When a report file is inserted in the "Report File" property
of one of these objects, the "Print" command, which is available
in the "DataLogger/Recipe window", "Historical Log Window"
and "TraceDB, can be used to print it.
If this report file has a ".repx" extension, Movicon will
execute this operation using the "Report Designer" libraries.
If the file has a ".rpt" extension, Movicon will use the "Crystal
Report™" libraries instead.
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It is not
possible to associate the "Embedded Reports" and "Textual
Reports" to the "Report File" property of a "DataLogger/Recipe"
resource and the "Historical Log Window" and "TraceDB
Window" objects. The "Embedded Reports"
or "Textual Reports" can only be executed through the
"Command List
- Report-Recipe" or the "ExecuteCommand()"
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You can perform various operations
in the reports to display, print or sace data on file by using the "Commands
List - Report/Recipe" and "Commands
List - Alarm" commands.
Reports from
Web Client
This Report generation commands,
which can be invoked from the Web Client, are always executed on the Server.
For this reason, in order to prevent windows that display Reports
from opening on the Server side, you will need to enable the "View
Report" command from the Web Client, regardless of the Report
type which may be an Embedded Report, a Textual Report or a Report created
with "Crystal Report" or the "Report Designer". However,
the 'Save Report", "Print Report", and "Send Report"
commands are available and can be enabled from the Web Client side on
the understanding that they will be executed on the Server side.
