lims application engineer’s lims reports course knowledge

26 March 2003LIMS Application Engineer’s Course

Section: LIMS Reports

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LIMS Reports

an ABB Industrial IT TM solution for Production Plant Management

LIMS Application Engineer’s Course

Knowledge Manager v4.1



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Contents List

n Report Configurator - Key Facts

n Report Configurator - Functionality

n Report Configurator - GUI

n Report Property Sheet

n Before Query - Formula Edit Dialog)

n Report Properties

n Pre-configured & User configurable Types

n Sample List - an example

n Work List - an example

n Charts - an example

n Spreadsheet - an example

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Report Configurator - Key Facts

n Standard reports for common tasks

n User reports based on user templates

n Drag&Drop configuration

n Special configuration through property sheet editing

n Report definitions are stored on the server

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Report Configurator - Functionality

n Report Configurator contains a Web Browser

n Reports are active server pages (Templates, DHTML documents) expanded with report specific configuration data

n Editing functionality includes e.g.n Drag&Drop of Signals, Logs etc. for element body configuration

n Special property editing through property sheet dialog

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Report Configurator - GUI

Report with Sample Report Header / Chart body element and Popup menu

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Report Property Sheet

n Attributes can be:

n Editable

n Drag&Drop target

n Next level property sheet

n Selection through mouse point and click

n Sub-Dialogs will be shown as necessary

n Before Query

n The reset button clears all settings for the selected property

n The refresh button returns the property to its setting when the last Apply was made

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Element Properties - Formula Edit Dialog

n Input value (x) can be modified through a valid VisualBasicexpression and the resulting value will be used for further computation

n Formulas can be used in manual entry elements

n The Before Query field in many report body element properties also calls the formula edit dialog

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Report Properties

n General and Details tabs are for information only

n Security settings are used to restrict access to predefined MTS Roles (mapped to NT users group)

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Pre-configured & User configurable Types

n Pre-configured reportsn Sample Detail

n Sample Limits

n Sample List

n Work List

n User configurable reportsn Charts

n Conformity

n Deviation

n Basic = Bar, Stacked bar, Line or Pie

n Sample Report

n Spreadsheet

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Sample Detail - an example

n Gives detail on selected samples

n No element configuration required

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Charts - an example

n Graphical representation of sample data

n Element property configuration includes selection of chart type

Notes:Charts will only display data from Logs that are configured on log class L.Logs are associated with the chart by selecting Line 1 from the Property sheet and then dragging and dropping the log into the Log field.Changes to the line settings are saved in the background here. The changes will not be seen until the chart is displayed in Personal Assistant.



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Spreadsheet - an example

n Evaluation of sample data

n Spreadsheet must be configured to look at Logs of class L

Notes:Use the Sample Report header in the toolbox as the header for the spreadsheet body.

The spreadsheet report accepts the following log types:Average (GetAvg)Minimum (GetMin)Maximum (GetMax)Counter (GetCnt)Standard Deviation (GetStd)

Logs are called, in formulas, by the cell reference and the log name.The formula you enter via the Formula Edit dialog box will be shown in the spreadsheet. All other configuration changes will only be seen when you run the report in Personal Assistant.

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