Features of the WinCC OA Excel Reports

Feature	Description
Query of the archive structure	The Excel report can now query the archive structure of the AC types "independent" directly. An export through the AC configuration panel is no longer necessary.
Alias and description are included in the templates	Alias and description of the single data points are queried when added into a template. The alias and description are included in the template. When the reports are created, this information will be updated automatically.
Unit and formats are included in the templates	In addition to the alias and description, also the format and unit of the single data points are added into the template and updated automatically. In the case of AC types, this information is read from the .value data point element. You can choose if the cells in a report should be formatted automatically based on this information.
Track changes	The changes of created reports can be archived and presented in an excel sheet. This can be set when configuring the template. The individual sheets cannot be protected against changes (this protection will only be activated when the changes should not be tracked).
Identifying the user who activated the generation of a report	Each report records how the report has been generated (scheduled, manually created or triggered by WinCC OA = automatic report generation) and who initiated its generation.
Access to distributed systems	Extensions in detail: - Automatic query of the archive structure - Configuration of the base data - Adding data points
Template for the Cost Center report	CstTemplate.xlt with three sheets for rare data, the cost center table and the cost center diagram.
Inserting of a data point for the Cost Center report	With special consideration of the existing data points in the template due to the unit ("Unit").
Input of management data for "Tariffsets"	For the definition up to 6 tariffs, which shall be valid for a specific day of the week at a specific time, Excel Report allows tariffsets to be configured.
Input of management data for "Cost Centers"	Based on the consumption data and a tariffset the creation of a new cost center is possible.
User permissions for Excel Report	This extension allows to grant or deny specific options depending on the user authentication.
Sheet Offset	It is possible to define an offset per sheet for all data points and dates, additionally to the offset per single value
Support for RDB Compression	It is possible to access compression attributes and compressions of a relational database.

Query of the archive structure

The Excel report can now query the archive structure of the AC types "independent" directly. An export through the AC configuration panel is no longer necessary.

Alias and description are included in the templates

Alias and description of the single data points are queried when added into a template. The alias and description are included in the template. When the reports are created, this information will be updated automatically.

Unit and formats are included in the templates

In addition to the alias and description, also the format and unit of the single data points are added into the template and updated automatically. In the case of AC types, this information is read from the .value data point element. You can choose if the cells in a report should be formatted automatically based on this information.

Track changes

The changes of created reports can be archived and presented in an excel sheet. This can be set when configuring the template. The individual sheets cannot be protected against changes (this protection will only be activated when the changes should not be tracked).

Identifying the user who activated the generation of a report

Each report records how the report has been generated (scheduled, manually created or triggered by WinCC OA = automatic report generation) and who initiated its generation.

Access to distributed systems

Extensions in detail:

- Automatic query of the archive structure

- Configuration of the base data

- Adding data points

Template for the Cost Center report

CstTemplate.xlt with three sheets for rare data, the cost center table and the cost center diagram.

Inserting of a data point for the Cost Center report

With special consideration of the existing data points in the template due to the unit ("Unit").

Input of management data for "Tariffsets"

For the definition up to 6 tariffs, which shall be valid for a specific day of the week at a specific time, Excel Report allows tariffsets to be configured.

Input of management data for "Cost Centers"

Based on the consumption data and a tariffset the creation of a new cost center is possible.

User permissions for Excel Report

This extension allows to grant or deny specific options depending on the user authentication.

Sheet Offset

It is possible to define an offset per sheet for all data points and dates, additionally to the offset per single value

Support for RDB Compression

It is possible to access compression attributes and compressions of a relational database.