PCS 7 Historian and Reporting

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Process Historian and Information Server

Position within SIMATIC PCS 7

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Process Historian
Archiving

Full integrated in PCS 7

Scalable and centralized storage of process data in real time
Support for Multiple PCS 7 projects including Batch Data

1 "A"
PCSProject
7 Project

OS Server
Tags, Alarme

PCS 7 Project "B"

Process Historian
OS Einzelstation
Tags, Alarme

Support for PCS 7 Single Stations

Open System: support for ODBC, OLE DB and ADO.NET
Support for 3rd party Reporting System (Microsoft Reporting Service)
Redundant PH Server

2 "C"
PCSProject
7 Project

BATCH Server
Batch Daten

Customer Benefit
No additional engineering for this standard product: out of the box
High performance: Faster call up of historical data
High data availability through redundant PH Server
Supports plant extension without interrupting the production process
Longer data storage on the server using the new compression algorithim on OS server side
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Process Historian
Tags, Alarms, Batches

Process Historian
Console Dashboard
Improved Visibility to the Setup,
Performance and Maintenance of
the Historian
I/O Systems
System Diagnosis with Event
Log
Back up and Restore
Compression
Licensing
Used and Available Tags
Stored Alarms
Free Space
Recovery
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Process Historian
Engineering

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SIMATIC Process Historian (PH) 2014

Database Recovery Management
Backup of the entire PH database in one file
Full restore of the database backup in a new PH database
Migration of CAS database (support for PCS 7 V7.0 and V7.1)
Automatic data compression in different steps
Time: minute, hour, day
Aggregation functions: number of values, SUM, MIN, MAX, integral value
Read Access to the PH-Archive via PH OPC UA Server
Store and Forward functionality
Buffering of all tag and alarm data in a database file on the OS system in
case of connection loss to PH
Data transmission from the Store and Forward buffer to PH after connection recovery
Added Value
Higher data availability through system related backup and full-restore functionality for the
entire database
Increased performance during read access to PH archive with automatic data compression
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Information Server
Reporting
New reporting system based on Microsoft Reporting Services

Reporting

Web Front-End-Report based on internet Information Service

Office PC

Information Server Client based on Internet Explorer

Web Browser

Microsoft Office
(Excel, Word)

Data access within Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel)

Data source for creation of reports
Process Historian Server
Operatior Station

Information Server
Basiert auf
Microsoft SQL Server
Reporting Services

Customer Benefit
Easy access to historical plant data anywhere
Induvidual creation of report and storage
Data security through user administration
Easy creation and administration of customer reports, automatic forward of reports via mail
Production optimization remotely and in real time
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SIMATIC Information Server

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Information Server
Report with Standard Templates (RDL)

Trends and
graphical
elements

Statistics of alarm
system

Tables for messages

and process values

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Information Server
Template creation with Report Editors => Report Builder

Shift / Daily / Monthly Production Report for

Production: actual vs. plan
Yield
Material consumption: actual vs. plan
Energy consumption: gas, steam, cooling liquid etc.

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Information Server
Integrated Reporting with MS Office
Office add-in for Excel and Word
MS Office 2003, 2007 and 2010 supported

Reading tags
Reading alarms
Using report templates

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Information Server
Creating a Report with Excel
1. Start Excel
2. Log on to server

3. Insert tags

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4. Configure tag

Information Server
Report with Excel Tag Configuration
5. Creating an Excel report

6. Result

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Information Server
Report using Report Templates in MS Excel
1. Create report

2. Select alarms
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3. Result

SIMATIC Information Server (IS) 2014

Completely redesigned layout and improved look-and-feel
Implementation of filter and lists to manage large numbers of
created reports
Extension of the IS performance spectrum through new export
formats XML and MS HTML
IS user authorization
Full database backup of the web frame
Added Value
Higher performance (improved speed) through using the
aggregation archives when creating reports over a longer
period
Higher level of security thanks to integrated, role based user
authorization
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Process Historian & Information Server

Licensing

OS archive licenses

PH archive licenses
IS licenses

New PCS 7 V8.0/V8.1 projects

Upgrade of PCS 7 projects to V8.0/V8.1

Get OS Archive license and PH Archive license on

the same USB license stick

Keep already purchased WinCC Archive licenses from previous

versions
Get equal amount of PH Archive licenses for no charge

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Process Historian
Hardware-Recommendation: IPC547E
maximum archiving load of 1000 samples per second
Processor

Intel Core i7-4770S 3,1 (3,9) GHz;

RAM

Up to 32 GB expandable, DDR3-1600
SDRAM

Drives

240 GB SSD

Operating system and Software

1 X 500 GB
1 X 1 TB
2 X 1 TB
RAID1: 2 X 1 TB in removable frames
RAID5: 3 X 1 TB in removable frames

PH Database and Transaction

log

RAID
Controller

SATA RAID Controller onboard

Recommendation: Use of a SSD Hard drive for the Operating

system
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Process Historian
Software-Requirements
Release of Process Historian exclusively for 64 Bit operating system
Windows Server 2008 R2 + SP1, Windows Server 2012 SP1 and Microsoft SQL-Server 2008 R2
Standard and Enterprise Editions are supported.
Pre-installation of MS Message Queuing
PH-Ready and PH-Witness can be installed on Windows Operating system that are supported by OS.

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Information Server
Software-Requirements

Suitable Microsoft operating systems and software components are shown in the following
table
Software

Logical Address space

Windows Server 2003 SP2

32-bit

Windows Server 2008 SP2

32-bit

Windows 7 SP1

32-bit and 64-bit

Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1

64-bit

The Information Server requires the Services of Internet Information Services (IIS). During
PH-Installation the DotNet Framework 4.5 is installed and DotNet Framework 3.5 must be
present before Installing the PH and the IS.
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Information Server Client

Software-Requirements
Support the same operating system as for the Information Server.
Information Server Office Add-in
Internet Explorer V11
IS Client Office AddIn
Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO Runtime)
Since PCS 7 V8.0 SP1 the component VSTO from PCS 7-setup is installed automatically.
Supported Office-Applications: Excel, Word and (Power Point)
Microsoft Office 2007 SP3 (32 Bit)
Microsoft Office 2010 SP1 (32 Bit)
Microsoft Office 2013 SP1 (32 Bit)

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Licenses
The PH and IS Upgrade License is included in the upgrade package of the OS server.
You can upgrade an IS and a PH, a PH/IS or an OS server with this license
Process Historian / Information Server Licenses PCS 7 V8.1, versioned
Product

Remark

Process Historian and Information Server - Basic

Package

Basic-Function-License for PH and IS, not separable

Process Historian - Basic Package

Basic-Function-License for PH

Process Historian - Server Redundancy

contains 2x Bundle license in the bundle: PH function

& Redundancy License

2x Server -> Server Redundancy - Process Historian

ConversionPack

Additive required for upgrade from PH to PH Single

Redundant, requires second PH Basic Package

Process Historian - Archive BATCH

Required on PH for archiving the BATCH Data

Process Historian - OPC UA Server

Function-license of OPC UA Servers

Information Server - Basic Package

1 x Function licenses for IS

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Status

new

Licenses
Information Server Licenses PCS 7 V8.1, unversioned
Product

Remark

Information Server (1 Client)

1 x Function license for IS client to access to the IS server

Information Server (3Client)

3 x Function license for IS client to access to the IS server

Information Server (5 Client)

5 x Function license for IS client to access to the IS server

Information Server (10 Client)

10 xFunction license for IS client to access to the IS server

Information Server Datasource Access - (1

Source)

1 x Function license for using an OS Archive with the IS

Information Server Datasource Access - (3

Sources)

3 x Function license for using OS Archives with the IS

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Status

Licenses

Upgrade Licenses PH / IS PCS 7 V8.0 to PCS 7 V8.1

Product

SIMATIC PCS 7 - Upgrade

Package OS Server - V8.0 ->
V8.1

Remark

Status

new

Process Historian Archive - BATCH V8.0 (SL) ->

Process Historian Archive - BATCH V8.1 (SL)
and

Information Server V8.0 (SL) -> SIMATIC

Information Server 2014 (SL)
or

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Process Historian Server V8.0 (SL) -> Process

Historian Server 2014 (SL)
or
Process Historian Server Redu. V8.0 (SL) ->
Process Historian Server Redundancy V8.1 (SL)
or
Process Historian and Inform. Serv. V8.0 (SL) ->
Process Historian and Information Server V8.1
(SL)

Thank you for your attention!

Svitlana Schmitt
Marketing Manager
PD PA S AE MP
Siemensallee 84
76187 Karlsruhe
Phone: 0721 595 4342
E-Mail: svitlana.schmitt@siemens.com

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