5.3. Editing a sequence

5.3.1. Add elements
5.3.2. Delete
5.3.3. Ordering
5.3.4. Template filter
5.3.5. Link mode
5.3.6. Alarm mode
5.3.7. Visibility in the report
5.3.8. Properties
5.3.9. Preview
5.3.10. Generate live report

The tool bar of the Sequence Editor contains various editing functions:

Figure 5.2. Sequence Editor Tool Bar

Sequence Editor Tool Bar

5.3.1. Add elements

Add templates and sequences to the sequence in a selection dialog box. If a sequence is selected, not the sequence itself, but its templates, are added.

5.3.2. Delete

Remove the selected template elements in the template list from the sequence.

5.3.3. Ordering

Use the arrow buttons to change the order of the templates. Since the templates of a sequence are processed consecutively in the report generation, the order is important.

5.3.4. Template filter

Preset filters can be assigned to the templates. A filter is selected here replaces the corresponding template filter (see Filter Settings) in the ad hoc report generation.

Figure 5.3. Select template filter

Select template filter

The filters available for selection can be defined in Filter Management. The template filter contains the data type filter, route filter and machine train filter.

5.3.5. Link mode

Templates within a sequence can be linked together. Result data of an alarm template can then be used as a source for the subsequent templates that have set the corresponding link mode. Templates can then be defined as output templates or input templates. The result data within the sequence are valid until a new output template follows. An input template usually contains diagrams depicting the result data.

5.3.6. Alarm mode

If the template is defined as an output template in the link mode, the volume of result data can be defined here.

If the alarm mode is active, merely the measurement tasks are outputted that signal alarms. It often happens, however, that other measurement tasks are as necessary for the fault diagnosis as the alarm measurement tasks themselves. By deactivating the alarm mode you can display, besides the alarm measurement tasks, all other measurement tasks within a measurement point, a machine or a train. This is more exactly set using the display settings of the alarm list.

For example, you can set in the display settings of the alarm list that the measurement point and the machine are to be displayed for all alarm measurement tasks. When the alarm mode in a sequence is deactivated, all measurement tasks of a measurement point are always displayed, even if only one of these tasks supplies an alarm. This happens because the alarm mode always displays the smallest possible data range, in this case the data range of a measurement task. If only the machines were to be shown in the display settings, the report of the sequence would list all measurement tasks of a machine, even if only one of them is in an alarm state.

5.3.7. Visibility in the report

Templates of a sequence can be marked as invisible. Invisible templates do not appear in the report. Especially with output templates it may be desirable not to have them displayed in the report, but to use them only for the configuration.

5.3.8. Properties

The same settings can be entered here as in the Save Sequence dialog box. See Save Sequence.

5.3.9. Preview

Report preview of the sequence without "real" data.

5.3.10. Generate live report

A live report is generated from the current sequence.

Example 1:

Figure 5.4. Sequence Editor: example

Sequence Editor: example

The sequence contains 3 templates. Template 1 is used as an output template for the input template called "template 2". Only measurement tasks contained in the alarm are used as result data here. Unlike the other templates, template 1 is invisible in the report. Template 3 uses "Filter1" as a template filter, whereas the other templates use the default template filters.

Example 2:

A sequence is created that is to be used for an "ad hoc report" through an entire plant. First, an alarm template is added to the sequence and set to "invisible". The alarm template is defined as an output template by activating the link mode. A new template is then created with a diagram, defined as an input template by means of the link mode. When the report is created, the alarm template delivers several alarms for the measurement tasks contained in the alarm. The second template receives these measurement tasks from the alarm report and itself outputs the measurement values.