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Information Server 3.0
The Wonderware Information Server offers a single web solution for aggregating and presenting plant production and performance data over the web or company intranet. This enables employees across the enterprise to make better informed decisions, based on accurate, real-time information. The full spectrum of Wonderware generated content, including process graphics, trends and reports, is made available on a single web site – simplifying setup, maintenance and making it easier for users to obtain the real-time and historical plant data they need to improve plant operations. The Wonderware Information Server also helps connect plant personnel with other non-Wonderware data sources so they can access the entire plant data record.
Leveraging Microsoft SharePoint and Web Part technology, the Wonderware Information Server is designed for non-programmers. Plant personnel with a minimum of training can install, configure and implement a highly effective plant information web site without the need for custom web programming.
Content from the Wonderware Information Server can be incorporated into other web portals via web parts, making your existing corporate portal more informative and valuable.
Integration of Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services and advanced new data retrieval modes from the Wonderware Historian make the Wonderware Information Server a particularly powerful production reporting tool. Now, large amounts of process data can be aggregated into highly informative production reports tailored to the information needs of plant personnel. The entire report creation process has been simplified and made less technical. This empowers plant workers to create their own ad hoc reports and also helps plant IT personnel tasked with building reports to be more efficient.
Wonderware Information Server software is a key component of Wonderware's modular, sustainable family of real-time production and performance management solutions.
Information Server 3.0 consists of:
Web Content Server
The Web Content Server provides the infrastructure for building a plant information web site customized to your company’s requirements.
Portal Infrastructure
The Web Content Server software is exceptionally easy to use and enables plant personnel to quickly build a plant intelligence web site by providing the entire web server framework, home page and configuration tools out of the box. From the web site home page, web site administrators can easily point and click to configure the web site and instantly obtain real-time and historical plant information. In fact, the Information Server Web Content Server was designed to be configured by users with no programming knowledge.
Intelligent Content Linking - View Production Information in the Proper Context
To achieve a comprehensive understanding of your production information, it is important to view data in the proper context. For instance, an industrial employee who is looking at a batch recipe may want to see how many units of an ingredient are left in the raw material inventory. Information Server’s Table Weaver functionality allows extensive linking of plant performance information allowing a plant worker to click on the specific ingredient in question and view inventory information instantly.
Dynamic Information Formatting - Display Information in a Variety of Formats, Simultaneously
Sometimes, new opportunities to improve plant performance can be discovered just by viewing the same information in a new way. For example, a plant employee might be analyzing a trend that represents the amount of goods produced that day, but might view more plant improvement opportunities by viewing that information in a bar chart that quickly shows them, by level, how much of each product they have in each warehouse. SmartSymbol technology from InTouch provides even greater visual richness to plant information further expanding the extensive data display capabilities of the Information Server.
Additional Capabilities
The Web Content Server software also offers the following advanced capabilities:
- Portal personalization
- Integrated security
- Integration with Microsoft SharePoint Services
- Integration with Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services
- Centralized software administration and management
- Multi-view windows
- Easy portal customization
- Extensive search
- Multilingual support
Web Clients
Personnel throughout the plant can access the broad range of plant information found in the Web Content Server via an Information Server web client. Users can be assigned specific views of the plant’s performance tailored to their particular work responsibilities. No more waiting for paper generated reports and analysis.
Plant engineers, operators and managers can have immediate access to process displays, trends, reports and more. Problems can be identified and fixed faster and process improvement opportunities can be identified and prioritized.
Also, web delivery allows plant workers to access critical plant information on any PC with web access. Now plants can leverage the knowledge and judgment of key plant personnel even when they are not in the plant.
Information Server puts the right information into the hands of the right people at the right time to improve plant performance.