UniversalPlantViewer includes a powerful, yet easy-to-use reporting
engine. Click on “Report” after clicking on the
“Add” icon in the “Files” tab to
create a report.
Report Definition Dialogue
The report definition selection shows a list of predefined reports.
These are defined in the Excel file
IntelliPidReportDefition.xlsx.
For more
details about the definition of predefined reports, see section
“Report definitions” in the chapter “Custom
settings” .
By selecting a report definition, the report result page opens, and
additional filters can be applied. Next to each report definition, two
buttons are available:
“Report Settings”
This opens the Report Editor and allows you to conduct changes to the
predefined report definition. For more details, see section
Report editor below.
“Save Report”
This directly opens the file save dialogue. You can choose to save the
report result directly to an .xlsx or
.csv file for further usage outside UPV.
If none of
the existing report definitions are applicable, clicking on
“New” opens the Report Editor.
Report Editor
The report editor helps you generate reports easily:
Select if you want to include sketch data and attributes assigned
to > sketch items (blue)
Choose the scope you want to report on. ‘All elements’ includes
all > elements existing in the model.
Select the attributes you wish to report on by drag & drop to
the > right.
The Reset button clears the Selected attributes table. All other
settings remain untouched.
With the OK button the report is generated and the Report Results
view is displayed.
Report Results
The Report Results are displayed in the Report Results screen. The
screen is divided into the Report Menu at the left border of the screen
and the Results by attributes. Multiple results can be selected by
holding down the CTRL-key while clicking on the lines:
Report Menu
The report menu contains a series of functions that support you with
narrowing down the results, locating the items on the P&ID or
exporting the results:
Reload Report – Updates/refreshes the report if
e.g. custom attributes have been changed.
Fit in model – Highlights the selected items in the
according P&IDs or 3D tabs. If the P&IDs are not open yet, they
will be automatically opened and shown in the tab bar.
Select underlying objects – This function currently
delivers the same results as View in model.
Copy current report definition – This function copies
the current report definition to the clipboard to be saved into the
Report Definition file. For more details, see section Report Definitions
in the chapter Custom Settings Files.
Customize Report Settings – This opens the Report
Editor and allows you to conduct changes to the current report
definition. For more details, see section Report
editor above.
Toogle quick filter – Toggles the quick filter
functionality to narrow down report results. When activated, another
line is shown underneath the attribute names (Wildcards applicable):
The line consists of a filter string field and two additional buttons:
Hide/show exclusive clauses – Enables to set additional
filters for exclusively showing or hiding exactly defines values and
shows the current number of values set.
Clear filter – clears and resets all filters
Filter combine mode – If several filters are set, by
default, the filters are combined with an OR operator, requiring only
one of the filter settings to be true. By switching to the AND operator,
all filter conditions must be fulfilled for the item to be listed.
Right-Click Filter
To further refine results, you can also right-click (or long-tap) an
attribute value in the result list. A pop-up will appear, allowing you
to exclusively show or hide the selected values.
All lines with according values will either be shown or hidden in the
results list.
Custom Attribute Editing
If multiple lines are selected and a custom attribute with a codelist
is included in the report, changes can be applied in bulk to all
selected items:
For even
more detailed reporting and advanced reporting features, please use the
CAXperts UniversalReporter.
Filter and Sorting
You can sort alphabetically by clicking on the
attribute. Combine multiple search strings with a
space and exclude search strings by
using “!”.