Reporting
Welcome to Ignition Reporting!
Ignition Reporting is a module for creating dynamic reports! These reports may be generated from existing Adobe Acrobat (pdf) files or created totally from scratch. Data is introduced through Ignition, providing access to any SQL database!
Ignition Reporting makes creating professional reports easy with a rich library including: images, graphs, tables, and a variety of basic shape tools. The new Report Scheduler allows automatic report generation at any time you'd like, and automated distribution means it gets where you need it without lifting a finger. Access to live reports available through the web based Ignition runtime, a Java application, providing authenticated users access from anywhere, all based on networking standards that your IT department can support. Reports are printer friendly and can easily be exported to a variety of formats including pdf! Here are some common uses of dynamic reports:
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Production Management
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Efficiency Monitoring
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Downtime Tracking
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Statistical Process Control
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Quality Assurance
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Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) Management
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Historical Data Analysis
Benefits
Ignition Reporting enables managers to increase productivity, decrease waste, reduce costs, and increase quality with existing resources by providing a view of their manufacturing process. Managers often save time by automating reporting processes that were once done by hand. Often valuable man-hours that went into creating spreadsheets or reports can be recovered! These reports are trivial to manage since they are generated on the fly from existing SQL database data.
Features
The most noteworthy feature of the Reporting Module is the fact that is integrated into the Ignition system. This provides access to Ignition data including any SQL database, allows as many concurrent clients as the hardware can handle, and shares authentication with your existing Ignition project all through simple but secure web-based access.
Other features:
Scheduled Report Execution
The Schedule Engine allows you to schedule when reports run, and what to do with the report when it's complete. Email, Print, or Save as a File!
Intuitive Report Designer
The Report Designer makes report generation feel just like designing a Vision window, and includes an intuitive layout and drawing tools. Tricks and learned-behaviors from Vision windows are easily transferable to reports.
Powerful Components
A host of report-specific components unleash a wealth of possibilities. Tables can dynamically add pages to account for varying amounts of data, or change appearance based on certain values. Beautiful charts can visualize data. There are even Label and Barcode components, so you can create shipping and product labels.
Supports Multiple File Formats
Reports can be generated in the following formats:
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CSV
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HTML
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JPEG
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PDF
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PNG
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RTF
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XML
More Vision Components
The Reporting module provides several components that can be used with the Vision module. The Row Selector and Column Selector components aid with dataset manipulation, while the File Explorer and PDF File Viewer components allow clients to access files outside of Ignition. There is even a Report Viewer component, so reports can be viewed directly from the client.
Using the Report Module
On the Vision Module
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A report that you create with the Reporting Module can be displayed using the Vision component either in the Designer or the Client.
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You can print and save a report through scripting. You can also right click on the component to print or save which is very useful in the Client. To learn more, refer to the Report Viewer.
On the Trial Version
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All Report functionality is available.
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There is no limit on the number of reports or how you can view or distribute them.
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The only limitation is the watermark on each page.
Legacy Reports
Sometimes you will see reports from an older version in your project. You can double-click on them to open up their editor, see the legacy documentation for the 7.7 version of the Reporting module.
We recommend that you convert them to the new version to take advantage of the many new features.
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