Collecting data in Manual
Logger is simple. We have already seen
several examples. Under the
New Tour Run, we can
start a new
data collection process. Before
we actually start collecting data or the
Tour Run, we can edit the
timestamp or the time under which the
data will be saved if that option was
selected when the tour was created.
There are
different ways in which we can navigate through
the tag in order to enter the data.
We can use the pane on the
left and click, or select the tag
and then enter the data under the
Tag Value, or we
can use the Navigation Toolbar at the bottom
of the Data Entry Form.
There is also
a different way to enter
data by using the Data Entry Sheet
which allows us to enter data for all
of the tags at once.
Once we finish the data collection,
we have several options: we can save the data
for later; we can submit it for approval
if that option was selected during the
tour creation; or
we can send it to the PI Server if, again,
that option was selected.
Let's see an example of this.
Under the Welc... Welcome Window,
we can go to Manage Tour Runs and enter
manual data. This will take us to the
window where we can start New Tour Runs.
We have a New Tour set up,
Hourly Tour #2, for which I will
like to begin a New Tour Run.
Because the option was selected
during the tour creation of
using the Current Timestamp, we can see
that the Default Time for the tour is the
Current Time in the computer.
However, the time can
be edited, and I will like to change this
time to a previous
tour of,
let's say, 9:00 A.M. I click
OK, and I can see now that
the tags will use that time
that I selected for the tour.
The 9:00 A.M. time that was selected
for the tour will be the same time
under which the data will be saved,
and that's because the option was selected
when the tour was created in that the
tags will be using the same time as
the tour. However, the time
can also be edited in here, and
let's say that I collected this tag at 9:10.
I can change that time, and when the data
is saved, it will be saved
und the, under the 9:10 A.M.
timestamp. I am going to collect my
data and I will, I will say that Float38's
Value is 20.
I go to the next tag
by clicking on it, and I say
that the Value here is
25.
And I can see that, because of the conditional
data entry requirement
in which I specified
that the Unit2 tags only had to be collected
when PIML-Float37
plus 38 was greater
than 50,
Manual Logger shows Unit2
as not being due for collection,
and all of the tags under Unit2
are shown as not being due for
collection with an X right next to it.
Now, let's
navigate into the next tag, and we can
see also in the Data Entry Form the X
showing that the tag is not due for
collection. This will not
stop me from entering data if I so
desire. Once I complete my tour
run, I can save the data
and exit.
Now let me show you another way of entering
data while performing a tour run. I am
going to select Hourly Tour #2. I can
see that the data was collected at 9:03
and then 10:16 for the last time,
I am going to perform a New Tour Run. I
can see the Current Time as 9:90 --
:19 -- I am sorry, 1:19 P.M.,
which I am going to change to 11:19,
and I am going
to say OK,
and instead of using the Data Entry Form, I am going
to use the Data Entry Sheet to collect information.
All I have to do in here is enter
my values under the Tag Value
Name -- 36. I click Enter.
56 -- I click
Enter. 89 --
click Enter. 69.
Because
the first two numbers were greater than 60,
I can see that Manual Logger allow me to enter
values for the next two tags. I
can save
the data and exit. In
the lower left corner of Manual Logger, I
can see that I am logged in as PIML
User, which is a member of the
ADMINS Group, and it's the full control
group for this Tour. But, if
you remember, Hourly Tour #2
was configured for data submission
and data approval. So, we can
see the status of all these tours here which
have been completed, but the data has not been
sent to the PI Server because the data
has not been reviewed or approved.
So what I am going to do is I am going to
switch users, and
I am going to change to a user who
is an Operator and is only
a Data Collector and not
a Data Administrator. Now,
under the User, Bob, who is an Operator,
a member of the Operators
Group, I am going to perform a New Tour,
which is going to be the 1221 Tour,
and I am going to enter data
using the Data Entry Sheet. I am going to enter
the number of 20, click Enter;
12, click Enter. And now, because
the first two values were not greater
than 50, I can see that
Manual Logger shows the tags under
Unit 2 as not being due for collection,
and the same is shown under the
Data Sheet -- or the Data Entry Sheet --
with green rows.
In addition, I can see that,
if I want to enter data, I will not
be prevented from doing that.
Now, I will like to save my data
and submit
the data for review.
So I click Submit and
Exit. I can see the status
of my Tour Run now
at 12:21, and the status is
submitted for somebody from the
PIMLADMINS
Group to review the data and send it to the
PI Server.
I
can open one of the existing
Runs and also
submit the data for approval.
But, as you can see, there is
no option for me to approve the data
because Bob is a, an
Operator and a member of the Data Collector
Group and not the Full
Access Group that can review and approve the data.
So, under Bob, I am going to submit
this data. I am going to open
the other two tours,
submit the data,
submit the data. And now,
somebody under the ADMINS
Group will have to review and
accept this data.
I can go ahead and switch users again,
and I am going to log in under PIML,
which is an Administrator under PIML
ADMIN, and now I will be able to
open these tours, and I will have the option
of approving the data. Once I
review each one of the numbers or the
values that were entered, I can go ahead
and approve the data, and I
can see that, as soon as the data is approved,
the data is immediately archived into
the PI Server. So now, everybody
who has access to the PI Server will be able to
view that data.