SpecialK87
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I need to provide reporting software as part of a project. It needs to be able to auto generate daily, weekly, monthly reports etc. in Excel and .pdf formats. I've used Dream Reports and XLReporter previously but I am trying to determine if Rockwell has a product for this. Its not clear to me what they offer.
After a web search I've come across FactoryTalk Report Expert and it seems to be able to do what I need, but in the descriptions it mentions using FactoryTalk Metrics and FactoryTalk Vantage Point. I don't have experience with either of those. Do I need to purchase one or both of those to be able to create and generate reports? Or can I just use use Report Expert and connect to my FT Historian. Also, RE configuration seemed labor intensive and not very user friendly. Is it worth it or should I just use Dream Reports and get the additional License to connect to the Historian?
Thanks
After a web search I've come across FactoryTalk Report Expert and it seems to be able to do what I need, but in the descriptions it mentions using FactoryTalk Metrics and FactoryTalk Vantage Point. I don't have experience with either of those. Do I need to purchase one or both of those to be able to create and generate reports? Or can I just use use Report Expert and connect to my FT Historian. Also, RE configuration seemed labor intensive and not very user friendly. Is it worth it or should I just use Dream Reports and get the additional License to connect to the Historian?
Thanks