SAVING REPORTING TIME WITH TEMPLATES
One of the biggest delays in creating detailed power quality reports is creating and customizing the charts. Typically every report is going to have the basic values of voltage, current, power and harmonics. Other values are added as desired or required to the report.
PQSCADA Sapphire has a way to enhance this process and make it proceed quicker. It is a template function, and it can make your reporting much smoother, if you take the time to setup your favorite templates to begin with.
To begin, I started my investigation with a basic trend chart, showing three phase voltage on one chart, and three phase current on the second chart.
The next values added are my three powers: Active, Reactive, and Apparent. They will default to separate charts, but you can combine them to the same if you so desire once they are graphed.
Finally we will add harmonics to our default template. Three phase voltage and three phase current amplitude. You can also choose to add % as it is your design.
Now you have a basic starting template. This is of course variable and depending on what you prefer. Maybe you want to add power factor and frequency. Or remove power. Feel free to, as you can have multiple templates to work with and make your job easier.
Now, as shown below, there is a page of charts that have been determined by you. By clicking on the “action” and selecting “Save as Template” you can now save this template to your hard drive, and can use it to start your investigations with one click as opposed to many.
After selecting “Save as Template” a pop up box appears, as shown below. In the first drop down box, select “investigation”. In the second field, browse to your preferred storage location, and enter your templates name. Finally in the “Topology” field, you can select your configuration (wye, delta, etc) or leave it as the default “Any”. Click “Save” at the bottom to save your template.
To use your template, create a new investigation, and select your component or file. Then select the option for “template”.
On the next page, select the template you want to use. As you can see, there can be multiple saved, so when saving them name them with a description that will allow you to remember what your configuration is. Select the name, and then click finish.
After clicking finish, your new investigation will be started per your design features.
Templates, once created, can save large amounts of time when utilized correctly. When doing investigations, having a standard starting point can be advantageous.