Manual Logger does not use
the same user database as the PI Server.
What this means is that users
will have to be created in Manual
Logger even if they already exist in the
PI Server. Every user
must belong to a group. So let's see
how this is done. The first
time that we log in into
Manual Logger after it has already been configured,
we
can use the Default Username and Password
of PIML.
This username and password would allow
us to create Users and Groups.
When I open Manual Logger, the Welcome Window
comes up. In here I can manage
Users and User Groups.
In the lower pane I can see they already exist
in Username of PIML and the
Group of PIMLADMINS.
It is always a good idea to create at
least two new Groups, one for Data
Collection and one for Data Processing.
By clicking on the
New Group, I can enter the
Group of Operators
which, under Description,
I will say that they have Admin
rights.
And I will create a second Group
which I am going to call
Secondary Operators,
and the Description is going to be
Auxiliary Operators
for Data
Collection.
In the lower pane
I can now create Users that I will
have to make part of those
Groups. By clicking on New User
now in the lower pane, I can create
a New User.
I will escape the Description,
and let me go ahead and
create
two
New Users,
and I am going to
go ahead now
and configure these Users.
The first User that I created,
Bob, I can click on his Properties
and I can see his Group Membership.
Right now Bob does not belong to any Groups,
so I want to add a New Group.
I want Bob to be an Operator, and
to have admin rights. Click OK,
and I can see the New Group that Bob belongs to.
For Mike, I can do the same --
see his Properties and Group membership --
and I am going to add Mike
to the Secondary Operators Group where he's
going to be Data Collector. Click OK.
Okay. And Mary,
I check his Properties -- her Properties -- and I want
Mary to belong to
PIMLADMINS.
I want Mary to be an Administrator.
So now I have three Users
that belong to three different Groups.
This is going to be important when
I create Tools for which I
want to submit the data for review.
So, when I do that,
the Data Collectors, such as Mike,
will be able to collect data.
But once they come back and upload that
data into Manual Logger, the data will
have to be reviewed and accepted by
Operators like Bob
before that data is sent into
the PI Server.
Before we move to the next exercise,
I will like to make PIML
a member of the Operators and Secondary Operators
Group. By clicking on Properties,
I go to the Group Membership and I add
both of those Groups. By
clicking OK, I can now see that
PIML belongs to those Groups.
Once I have created
my Users and User Groups,
I can start creating Tools and
assigning Groups to -- with different levels
of access.
Under Tools, I can create a New Tool
using the Tool Creation Wizard.
I am going to call this Tour Lab
Data, and I am going to
assign
the Operators as a full-permission Group.
Which means that they will be able to modify, delete,
or add information to the Tour,
including the tags for which I am collecting
information. As a data
entry only Group, I will select the
Secondary Operators. Click Next,
and I am going to add as many
tags as I desire to my Tour.
In this case, I will only add one tag,
PIML-Float1.
Click Next and Finish, and now
I am taken to the window
where I can select the Properties of my
Tour and configure the tags for which
I am collecting information. Here,
on the left pane, I will have all
of the Tour information, including the Tour Name,
Lab Data, a Tour Description
if I want to add a description, and the two
different Groups: the Full Access Group
and the Data Entry Only Group.
So I am
going to add a Tour
Description. This is going to be Lab
158, and
I want to
check on my Tour Options.
In here,
I can select
several different options for
my Tour. I can choose
whether I want to
require
the manual data to be submitted
for approval. In this case,
I want to require the manual data to be submitted
from approval. So, I will
also have to uncheck
the box that allows my Data Collectors
to send data to the PI Server.
What that will do is ensure that Data
Collectors are not able to send data to the PI
Server until the data is submitted
and approved by the Full Access Group which,
in this case, is the Operators. I
also want to uncheck the feature
that auto-sends the data to the PI Server
to ensure that the data is properly reviewed
before being sent to the PI Server.
I can click
OK and save my settings.
So, let's now test this feature very
quickly. I am going to
exit Manual Logger so that I
can log in as a Data Collector only.
And I will use the
username of Mike because Mike
was a Secondary Operator that only had
access for Data Collection.
[typing]
In here I am
going to
go to Manage Tour
Runs. I can see the Lab
Data Tour that was created
and I want to create a new Tour Run.
That means that I am going to collect information
for this Tour.
And I am going to collect information, let's say,
for the
6:00 am tour at the
beginning of the shift. Click OK.
And now, I can go ahead and collect information.
There is only one tag
for which I need to collect information for,
and I am going to enter the value of 50.
Once I am done collecting information for my tag,
I can go ahead and
submit
my changes for my Tour Run.
I click Yes,
and I can see that the data
for the Tour Ru... the Tour Run was submitted.
Now, if I wanted to
review or open
that Tour Run again,
I can see that I do not have permission
to review or approve
this data.
So, I am going to exit Manual Logger
and log in again
as an Operator now.
And log in
under the name of Bob.
Bob was one of the Operators
and he had rights to
review
and approve the data.
Now I can go ahead and open
the Tour, and I can see that I
have a new option here which is the
Approve Option. Bob is going to review
the value that was entered, approve the data,
and now I,
I can see the status of the Tour Run. The
data has been approved by the Operators
and it has been immediately archived in the
PI Server.