Archive Data Reader Guide
Archive Data Reader Guide
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Table of Contents
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4 Glossary ............................................................................................................................................... 74
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Documentation Version
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The reproduction, transmission or use of this documentation is not permitted without express
written authority. Offenders will be liable for damages. All rights, including rights created by
patent grant, copyright or registration of a utility model or design, are reserved.
Windows 2000, Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2003 Server, Windows XP, Windows 7 and
Internet Explorer are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
The following products are used in the SPPA-T3000 system, and may be referred to in this
documentation:
Notice
The contents of this documentation has been checked for accuracy regarding the hardware
and software described herein. Since deviations cannot be precluded entirely, we cannot
fully guarantee accuracy. The data in this documentation is, however, regularly reviewed,
and any necessary corrections are included in subsequent editions. Suggestions for
improvement are welcomed.
This documentation has been compiled independently from any specific system delivery. The
documentation may describe features or functionality which do not necessarily correspond
to, or appear in a specific system delivery. Delivered systems may also contain features or
functionality which are not described in the documentation.
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2 Documentation Guide
The general structure and characteristics of Archive documentation are described in the
Documentation Guide.
General Items
The purpose of the User Guide is to describe each topic within Archive once and only once.
The use of text links enable subsequent references to the original topic.
To find information within the User Guide, the user is supported by a Table of Contents and
a Full Text Search. A Glossary is used to explain terminology and acronyms.
The on-screen version of Archive documentation has the HTML Help appearance, readable
with a standard Web Browser.
As all the descriptions are contained in the same documentation set, the user can easily
switch between the different sections.
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• Navigation Frame:
The Navigation Frame contains the Table of Contents displayed as a topic tree and
the Full Text Search.
• Content Frame:
The Content Frame displays the selected topic of the Archive User Guide. Scrolling
within the Content Frame is supported.
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The Navigation Frame offers the ability to find and select information within the Archive User
Guide. The Table of Contents can be expanded or collapsed to navigate through the
documentation.
Table of Contents
In the Table of Contents all topics of the documentation are listed. To view subtopics, click
the plus sign next to a topic. The topic will be expanded to show the subtopics it contains. To
view the contents, click on the topic. When navigating in the Content Frame via text links, the
associated position is highlighted in the Table of Contents.
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The Content Frame contains the topics of the Archive User Guide. The topic descriptions
combine text, tables, and pictures to provide the user information as to how to work with
Archive.
The Typography of the text gives additional hints to special meanings (Fonts and their
Meaning).
The information on Archive subjects is presented in specific topic description. Every topic
describes a single subject and each subject is described only once.
Some graphics such as screenshots may be quite large and may sometimes interfere with
the readability of the document. To avoid this, these graphics are provided as thumbnails
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The different fonts give additional information when reading the User Guide. Additional
attributes and meanings are given to the text using specific fonts. The following is a list of
fonts used within the User Guide and their meanings:
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Icons provide an eye-catcher to special information and warnings that the user should take
notice of.
Warning
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Thumbnail Clicking a thumbnail will return the picture to its original size.
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The HTML Help search is used to perform a full text search of the help topics. The full text of
the User Guide can be searched for specific words. After typing in the word, or group of
words, click on the search button. The topics which contain the search word will be listed. To
view the contents click on the topic.
One or more search terms can be combined using the and or or operator.
If searching for multiple words, the and operator can be selected for locating documents
containing all the search words. These terms do not need to be in the specific search order
to appear as a result:
If or operator is selected then all documents containing any of the search words will be
located. The or searches are sorted by search word:
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The order of the search results do not necessarily correspond to the order in which
the topics appear in the Table of Contents.
To determine the exact location of the search result, select it from the list (so that
the topic appears in the Content Frame) and then switch to the Table of Contents
in the Navigation Frame. The position of the topic is highlighted.
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The SPPA-T3000 archive provides mass storage and retrieval of process data. Archived
data is stored on the local hard disk of SPPA-T3000 Application Server in hourly and daily
files.
The fundamental unit of storage is called an event. Initially events are collected in hourly
files. At the end of the day, a daily file is created which contains all events of the day in a
compressed format. As the time progresses, the archived data accumulates on the hard disk
of SPPA-T3000 Application Server, and eventually has to be transferred, and stored for long-
term archiving on separate media such as DVDs or a NAS device.
The Archive Data Reader is a standalone program which is used to read the swapped out
SPPA-T3000 archive data (*.IDB files). Using this program, the complete archive data or only
the engineering logs can be viewed offine i.e. without being logged into SPPA-T3000 system.
The export can be made on any computer where Archive Data Reader program and the
swapped out archive data is available.
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Archive Data Reader program is located at the following location on the Application Server:
\SPPA-T3000\Orion\software\util\ArchiveTools\ArchiveDataReader
On DVD
The program is copied onto the DVD during the swapping out of archive data from SPPA-
T3000 Application Server. It is available in the ArchiveDataReader folder of DVD.
On NAS
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Archive Data Reader program can be started using a *.bat file available in the
ArchiveDataReader folder.
Pre-conditions
In GUI Mode
Archive Data Reader program starts in GUI mode with opened Input tab.
A log file is automatically created when the program is started in GUI mode.
In Batch Mode
Archive Data Reader program starts in batch mode. It uses the settings as defined in export
setting file.
A log file is automatically created when the program is started in batch mode.
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To exit the Archive Data Reader program in GUI mode, proceed as follows:
1. Select the File menu, then Exit from the drop down menu.
Alternatively the Archive Data Reader program can be closed by the standard
window close button.
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The export of archive data and engineering log data in the GUI mode of Archive Data Reader
program is described in this section.
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A Work Area below the menu bar covers the entire window of the program. The settings for
export functions i.e. Archive Data and Engineering Logs are set in the tabs available in this
area.
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It is possible to save the export settings that have been entered by the user. The saved
settings can be loaded again instead of entering the export settings manually in the program.
The settings are saved in the form of an *.XML file called export setting file.
The Archive Data Reader window is open. The export settings have been already entered
by the user.
1. Select the File menu, then Save Export Setting from the drop down menu.
2. The Save dialog box appears.
3. Select a location and enter a File name.
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To load a saved export setting file for use in export settings, proceed as follows:
1. Select the File menu, then Load Export Setting from the drop down menu.
2. The Open dialog box appears.
3. Browse to the saved export setting file.
The export settings from the chosen export setting file are loaded into the program.
• All the already specified settings in the program are replaced by the
settings in the export setting file.
• Depending on the Export Type parameter in the export setting file, the
view in the program switches either to the Input Tab or to the Eng Log Tab
each time the export setting file is loaded.
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The settings in the Archive Data Reader window can be reset to their original state as
during the start of the tool.
To reset the export settings in Archive Data Reader tool proceed as follows:
The Archive Data Reader window is open. The export settings have been already entered
or loaded by the user.
• Select the File menu, then Reset Export Setting from the drop down menu.
All the displayed settings in Archive Data Reader window are deleted.
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It is possible to edit the XML files used by Archive Data Reader program.
1. Select the File menu, then Edit Xml File from the drop down menu.
2. The Open dialog box appears.
3. Select the XML file to be edited and click on Open to open and edit the file,
otherwise click on Cancel.
The file is opened with the XML editor as specified in the configuration file. The file can now
be edited as required.
If no XML editor is specified in the configuration file, then the menu item Edit Xml
File is grayed out.
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1. Select the Data menu, then Archive Data from the drop down menu.
The work area view switches for Archive Data export.
2. Specify the tags whose archived data should be exported in the Input tab.
3. Click on the Next button at the bottom. The Output tab appears.
4. Specify the output file and its contents in the Output tab.
5. Click on Export to export the archive data, otherwise click on Cancel.
The export progress in percentage is indicated by a progress bar at the bottom of
the window.
The archive data in the selected *.IDB file is exported. The exported file has the
format (either *.CSV or *.HDF5) as specified in Output tab. The structure of
output file is different for both the formats.
The Export button is enabled only when the following mandatory entries
are available:
It is not possible to change the view to a different tab when the export
procedure is running.
6. After the export, the Archive Data Reader window remains open (and ready for
further export). Click on exit to close the window.
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The Input tab in Archive Data view is used to specify the tags whose archived data should
be exported by the Archive Data Reader program.
1. Select the daily file (*.IDB) containing the archive data in Open Data File section.
2. If required, apply filters using the Filter Tags section. This reduces the amount of
available tags in the Select Tags section
3. Select the tags to be exported in Select Tags section.
Click on Next button at the bottom to specify the output file and its contents in Output tab.
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The daily file (*.IDB) containing the archive data can be selected in the Open Data File
section.
• Input Daily File: Select an IDB file or folder (with several IDB files).
Click on the browse button (on the right hand side of the field) to find the file or
folder using a browser. Only one file or a folder at a time can be selected using the
browser.
Once the IDB file is read, the tag list of the selected file is loaded and displayed in
the Select Tags Available table.
○ Text Field: The text field displays the path and name of selected IDB file. If a
folder is selected, the path of the folder is displayed. It is not possible to edit
the path of the IDB file or the folder directly in this text field.
○ Progress Bar: The progress of reading the IDB file is indicated by a progress
bar at the bottom of the window. The progress bar disappears when the IDB
file loading is complete.
• No. of selected IDB Files: The total number of found IDB files is displayed. If a
folder is selected, the number of the found IDB files in that folder is displayed. The
IDB files within the subfolders are also included into the displayed count.
If no IDB file or folder is selected, zero is displayed.
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When a folder is selected and within that folder, an IDB file is missing in
between the first and the last IDB file, a message about the missing file is
displayed. Additionally, the missing file is written into the log file.
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Filters may be applied to the tags in the selected Daily file using the Filter Tags section. This
reduces the tags being displayed in the Available table in Select Tags section.
• Tagname Filter: Enter a text pattern. All the tags that correspond to this pattern are
listed in the Available table in Select Tags section.
Further it is possible to search for the (*) and (?) character itself. In this
case, it is possible to quote these characters must be entered as (\*) and
(\?).
• Eng Unit Filter: Select the required engineering unit from the drop down list.
• Type Selection: Select the tag type using check boxes. By default the Analog
check box is checked. To display all available tags of the IDB file, it is necessary to
select all check boxes.
The table with the Available Tags is updated each time a new filter is chosen.
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• Available table displays all the available tags for the selected IDB file that match the
filter criteria. For each tag, the corresponding engineering unit, Tag type and
description are displayed.
• No. of available tags below the table displays the total no. of tags currently present
in Available table.
• Selected table displays all the tags selected by the user. The archive data of all the
selected tags will be exported for the selected time range.
• No. of selected tags below the table displays the total no. of tags currently present
in Selected table.
• Tags may be copied to the Selected table by selecting the tag from the Available
table and then clicking the button:
○ Add tag when a single tag is selected.
○ Add all tags when all tags from the available table should be copied to the
selected table.
• Tags may be removed from the Selected table by selecting the tag in the Selected
table and then clicking the button:
○ Remove tag when a single tag is selected.
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○ Remove all tags when all tags from the selected table should be removed.
Alternatively, remove tags via the context menu (right mouse click >
Delete) after selecting the tags in the Selected table.
Select a single item, then press the CTRL key to select more items.
Alternatively, select a single item, then press the SHIFT key to select
another item. Both the items and all the items in between them are
selected.
How the Selected Tags are Evaluated after New IDB File Import
The Selected table shows all selected tags which are evaluated by Archive Data Reader
program.
Each time a new IDB file is loaded, the selected tags are evaluated and the Selected table is
updated.
• When no tags are displayed in the Selected table, the table remains empty.
• When tags are displayed in the Selected table and a new IDB file (or folder with IDB
files) is loaded, it is checked if these displayed tags are available in that new loaded
IDB file.
○ The selected tags which are available in the new loaded IDB file remain in the
Selected table and the background color for the tag remains white.
○ The selected tags which are not found in the new loaded IDB file remain in the
Selected table and the background color is set to red.
During the export, for each exported red marked tag a logging is
written into the log file.
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It is possible to edit the tag names of tags displayed in the selected table.
Editing a Tagname
To edit the tag name of a tag in the selected table, proceed as follows:
The Input tab in Archive Data Reader window is open with tags displayed in the selected
table.
Alternatively, select all red tags via the context menu (right mouse click
> Select all red) if all the red colored tags are required to be edited
simultaneoulsy.
Select a single item, then press the CTRL key to select more items.
Alternatively, select a single item, then press the SHIFT key to select
another item. Both the items and all the items in between them are
selected.
2. Click the right mouse button, then select Edit from the context menu.
3. The Edit Tag Name dialog box opens.
4. The Origin Tagname displays the original tag name of the selected tag. For each
character of the original tag name an X is displayed.
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5. Enter the characters in Set characters. These characters replace the original
characters in the original tag name.
6. Define the starting position inside the tag name from which the characters should
be replaced using At position field.
The first character of the tag name is position number 1.
The position numbers in At position are limited from 1 to the number of
characters of the longest selected tag.
7. The Edited Tagname displays the edited tag name of the selected tag. The
changed characters are displayed at the specified position. The other characters
remain as X.
8. Click on Ok to edit the tag name, otherwise click on Cancel.
• The selected tag name is edited at the specified position by the specified characters.
• Further it is checked if the edited tag name is available in the currently loaded IDB
file.
○ If the edited tag name is available in the currently loaded IDB file, the
corresponding red marked row in selected table is replaced with the edited tag
and the background color is set to white.
○ If the edited tag name is not available in the currently loaded IDB file, the
original tag name stays in the selected table.
• If for multiple selected tags, after editing their tag names, same tag is available in
currently loaded IDB file, then nothing is changed in the selected table. The original
tag name stays in the selected table. This avoids multiple entries in the selected
table.
For example, the selected tags to be edited are 10MAB11CT021A§§XQ01 and
20MAB11CT021A§§XQ01. Following are the values that are entered in Edit Tag
Name dialog box:
Set characters: 50
At position: 1
The result of above edit will lead to the same new tag name i.e.
50MAB11CT021A§§XQ01.
Therefore, in this case nothing is changed in the selected table. A message is
displayed to the user which says that the edit of those specific tags leads to doubled
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entries. The specific tags that could not be edited are also displayed in the message
box.
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The Output tab in Archive Data view is used to specify the output file and its contents. It
provides several options where the export parameters for output file can be configured.
1. Set the time period for which the archive data needs to exported in Set Time
section.
2. Specify the name and path of the output file in Select Output File section.
3. Define the format of the output file in Select Format section.
4. Select the columns that should be exported to the output file in Select Export
Columns section.
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The time period for which the archive data needs to be exported can be set in Set Time
section.
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The available time range and the selected time range are displayed in the
time format as specified in the configuration file.
Independent of the selected time range, the first entry inside the output file
is the initial event of the first IDB file.
• UTC Offset: Select the UTC Offset for the displayed Available Time, Selected
Time and the time in the output file.
To set the UTC Offset, proceed as follows:
1. Click on UTC Offset. The Select UTC offset dialog box appears.
Clicking on the info button opens a frame containing the world map
which displays an overview of the available timezones.
2. Set the exact hours and the minutes of UTC offset in Select UTC offset
dialog box.
The value for hour field is limited from -12 to +14. The value for
minute field is limited from 0 to 45.
When a user tries to enter a value outside the limits, the last valid
value is displayed.
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It is not possible to type the values directly into the UTC offset
fields.
When the UTC offset is set, the Available Time and the Selected
Time are updated accordingly.
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The name and the path of the output file containing the exported archive data is specified in
the Select Output File section.
• Specify the name and the path of the output file using the browse button on the right
hand side of Output File field.
The default path is the current working directory.
The date and time format are as specified in the configuration file where the separator
symbols i.e. colon (:), semicolon (;), period (.), comma (,), minus (-), underscore (_),
backward slash (\), forward slash (/) and blank space ( ) are automatically replaced by the
underscore symbol (_). For example:
<YYYYMMDD_HH_MM_SS_mmm>_<YYYYMMDD_HH_MM_SS_mmm>
Depending on the selected output format, the suffix, either .CSV or .HDF5 is set
automatically to the name of output file.
It is possible to change the file name and path in the file chooser.
If the output file already exists and the export button is pressed, then:
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The format of the output file containing the exported archive data is defined in Select Format
section.
If the specified exported data has more rows than the specified limit
of CSV file, then the exceeding rows are not exported. In this case a
warning is written into the last row of the output file. The warning
informs the user that the limit for maximum rows in CSV file is
reached and the data export is not complete.
The decimal point within the analog values is independent of the chosen output
format.
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The data columns that should be exported to the output file are selected in the Select Export
Columns section.
• Available Export Columns table displays all the available data columns that can be
exported to the output file.
A list of all the possible columns that can be available in this table is as follows:
○ Alarmtype
○ Auto-Suppressed
○ Description
○ Display-Suppressed
○ Engineering Unit
○ Gone Text
○ Priority
○ Project Status
○ Quality
○ Raised Text
○ Range High
○ Range Low
○ SOE
○ Suppressed
○ TagId
○ Tagname
○ Tagout
○ Timestamp
○ Value
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• No. of available columns below the table displays the total no. of columns currently
present in Available Export Columns table.
• Selected Export Columns table displays all the columns selected by the user. By
default the columns Quality, Tagname, Timestamp and Value are available in
the selected table.
• No. of selected columns below the table displays the total no. of columns currently
present in Selected Export Columns table.
• Columns may be copied to the Selected Export Columns table by selecting the
columns from the Available Export Columns table and then clicking the button:
○ Add columns when a single column is selected.
○ Add all columns when all columns from the available table should be copied
to the selected table.
when multiple columns are selected.
• Columns may be removed from the Selected Export Columns table by selecting
the columns in the Selected Export Columns table and then clicking the button:
○ Remove columns when a single column is selected.
○ Remove all columns when all columns from the selected table should be
removed.
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Select a single item, then press the CTRL key to select more items.
Alternatively, select a single item, then press the SHIFT key to select
another item. Both the items and all the items in between them are
selected.
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The columns - Alarmtype, Project Status and Quality export an integer value to the output
file. The integer value can be interpreted using the corresponding tables described below.
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Alarmtype
The default Alarm Types available in SPPA-T3000 are listed in the table below. Additionally,
the corresponding Alarm Type IDs (integer values) that are written into the output file for
Alarmtype column are listed.
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Project Status
The table below lists the Project Status and the corresponding Project Status IDs (integer
values) that are written into the output file for the column Project Status.
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Quality
The SPPA-T3000 quality codes are listed in the table below. Additionally, the corresponding
quality values (integer values) that are written into the output file for Quality column are
listed.
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LIMIT Bits and SYNC_EVENT are not quality codes. They are normally set together with
another quality code.
Depending on both the limit bits i.e. 00 or 01 or 10 or 11, the limit is either Ok, Low, High or
Constant respectively.
To get a quality code, limit bits can be ignored. Therefore, if one of the limit bits is set, it can
be set to zero.
The sync event signifies the timestamp. When the sync event is set, the value is written as it
was at a specific timestamp. It does not indicate if the value changed exactly at that
timestamp. When the sync event is not set, the value change happens exactly at that
timestamp.
To get a quality code when the sync event is set, it must be set to zero.
An example containing the limit bits and sync event is described below:
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The resulting Quality value 216 corresponds to the quality code GFO (GOOD but manually
FORCED/SIMULATED) in the above table.
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1. Select the Data menu, then Engineering Log from the drop down menu.
The work area view switches for Engineering Log export and Eng Log tab is
displayed.
The Export button is enabled only when the following mandatory entries
are available:
6. After the export, the Archive Data Reader window remains open (and ready for
further export). Click on exit to close the window.
• The exported file containing the engineering logs of the selected *.IDB file has a
*.csv format. The structure of output file is as per the csv output file structure.
By default the separator of csv file is (;). The value of separator can be edited in the
configuration file.
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By default the csv file is limited to 65535 rows. This value can be edited in the
configuration file.
If the specified exported data has more rows than the specified limit of csv
file, then the exceeding rows are not exported. In this case a warning is
written into the last row of the output file. The warning informs the user that
the limit for maximum rows in csv file is reached and the data export is not
complete.
• The data columns that are exported to the output file are Action, Object name,
Timestamp, Type, User and Value.
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The swapped out archive data can also be exported and read by running Archive Data
Reader program in batch mode. In this case, the program uses the export parameters and
their values as defined in the export setting file. The Archive Data Reader GUI window does
not open at all during the batch mode.
To export and read the archive data using batch method, proceed as follows:
To display all the available parameters and their short description in command
prompt, execute the following:
ArchiveDataReader.bat -?
Example
An example to run the Archive Data Reader program in batch mode using the export setting
file is as below:
ArchiveDataReader.bat -b=D:\ExportSettingFiles
\my_export_setting_file.xml
Archive Data Reader program starts in batch mode. It uses the settings as defined in export
setting file.
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It is possible to further specify the command line parameters. These parameters allow
completing the incomplete parameters in the export setting file. If a command line parameter
is specified and the parameter is also specified in the export setting file, then the command
line parameter overrides the parameter in the export setting file. This overriding happens
when the batch mode is started with the export setting file and additional command line
parameters.
• exportType
• idbFilePath
• tagList
• tag
• outputFilePath
• dateFrom
• timeFrom
• dateTo
• timeTo
• utcOffset
• outputFileFormat
• columnList
• columnName
An incomplete export setting file can be used for multiple export requests.
To export and read the archive data using batch method with parameter overriding, proceed
as follows:
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• If a parameter has more than one value, then each value should be
enclosed in double quotation marks (" ") and separated by a semicolon (;)
sign. There should not be any spaces between the two values of the
parameter.
3. As per step 2, an example syntax to change all available parameters is as
follows:
-<exportType>=<value> -<idbFilePath>=<value> -
<tagList>=<value> -<outputFilePath>=<value> -
<dateFrom>=<value> -<timeFrom>=<value> -<dateTo>=<value> -
<timeTo>=<value> -<utcOffset>=<value> -
<outputFileFormat>=<value> -<columnList>=<value>
Where the following values are valid as parameter values:
• -<exportType>=<value>
value = either tags or engLogs written as String
• -<idbFilePath>=<value>
value = absolute path of the input IDB file written as String
• -<tagList>=<value>
value = tag name written as String enclosed in double quotation marks ("
").
If more than one tags are available they are separated by a semicolon (;).
For example: -
tagList="00BDT01CE102§§YX01";"10MAB11CT021A§§XQ01"
When the double quotation mark (") itself is part of the tag name, it must be
written as (\").
When the semicolon (;) itself is part of the tag name, it must be written as
(\;).
When the backward slash (\) itself is part of the tag name, it must be written
as (\\).
When all tags of the IDB file are requested, then value = "all"
• -<outputFilePath>=<value>
value = absolute path of the output file written as String
• -<dateFrom>=<value>, -<timeFrom>=<value>, -<dateTo>=<value> and -
<timeTo>=<value>
value = exact time in the time format as specified in the configuration file
• -<utcOffset>=<value>
value = offset as UTC+00:00. The value for hour field is limited from -12 to
+14. The value for minute field is limited from 0 to 45 in 15 minutes step.
• -<outputFileFormat>=<value>
value = either csv or hdf5
• -<columnList>=<value>
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In batch mode, if the defined output file is already available, a suffix is added to the
output file name. The suffix counts up to 999. When an output file with the suffix
999 is already available, the batch mode exits. In this case, no further file is
created. An entry is written into the log file.
Examples
• Example 1: An example to run Archive Data Reader program in batch mode with all
the parameters specified in command line for overriding is as below:
ArchiveDataReader.bat -b=D:\ExportSettingFiles
\my_export_setting_file.xml -idbFilePath=C:\20100701.IDB -
tagList="00BDT01CE102§§YX01";"10MAB11CT021A§§XQ01" -
outputFilePath=C:\temp\test.csv -dateFrom=20100701 -
timeFrom=00:00:00.000 -dateTo=20100701 -timeTo=23:59:59.999 -
utcOffset=UTC+00:00 -outputFileFormat=csv
columnList="Tagname";"Value"
In this case, all the parameters from the export setting file are overridden by the
command line parameter values.
• Example 2: An example to run Archive Data Reader program in batch mode with
just two parameters specified in command line for overriding is as below:
ArchiveDataReader.bat -b=D:\ExportSettingFiles
\my_export_setting_file.xml -timeFrom=00:00:00.000 -
timeTo=23:59:59.999
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In this case, only two parameters from the export setting file are overridden by the
abovementioned command line parameter values. The rest of the parameters are
taken from the export setting file.
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Archive Data Reader program exports the events for the specified tag names and time range
from the IDB file. The exported events are written directly in the exported output file. The
output file has the format either *.CSV or *.HDF5 as specified in Output tab.
Depending on the chosen format, the output file has a different structure.
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• Columns:
○ The titles of the selected columns are written in the first line of output file.
○ When all the available columns are selected, the ordering of the columns in
output file is as follows:
Timestamp
Value
Quality
Alarmtype
Suppressed
Auto-Suppressed
Display-Suppressed
Tagname
TagId
Description
Engineering Unit
Project Status
Range Low
Range High
Gone Text
Raised Text
Priority
SOE
Tagout
○ When only a few columns are selected, the deselected columns do not appear
in the output file. For the rest of the columns the order remains as mentioned
above.
• Data Types: All data types are written as strings into the CSV file. Boolean values
are written as 0 or 1 into the file.
• Tags: The exported events for the selected tags are sorted in ascending order by
timestamp.
Each event is written into one line. Therefore, each line in the output file can belong
to a different tag.
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Attributes
Several attributes are used inside the HDF5 file. All used attributes are of type String.
Structure of the attributes is as below:
key = value
Root
The name of the root of the HDF5 file is same as the output file name.
The root has following two attributes:
• Version: It shows the version of Archive Data Reader program which has been
used to create the HDF5 file.
• Data column order: It shows the column order of each Data dataset which is
created inside the HDF5 file. If several columns are selected they are separated by
a semicolon.
For e.g., Data column order = Value if just one column is selected, and
Data column order = Value;Quality if more then one columns are selected.
Group
A Group element is created below the root for each exported tag. The Group element
contains all requested data of a specific tag.
• Group Name: The name of the Group is same as the Tagname. If the tag name
contains a slash (/), then the slash is replaced by percent (%) in the Group name.
• Dataset: Following two Dataset elements are created inside the Group element:
○ Timestamp: This dataset contains all timestamps of the requested data. Each
row contains the timestamp of one event. It contains data of type Long.
○ Data: This dataset contains the following columns if these columns are
selected:
Value, Quality, Alarmtype, Suppressed, Auto-Suppressed, Display-
Suppressed, Project Status, Range Low, Range High, Priority, SOE, and
Tagout
The deselected columns do not appear in the Data dataset.
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Each row in this dataset contains the data of one event. There are as many
rows available in the dataset as events are available.
The Data dataset contains data of type Float.
The index of the Timestamp dataset corresponds to the index of the Data
dataset.
• Time Independent Tag Information: Tag information which is not time dependent
is stored as a Group attribute. Following columns are time independent:
Tagname, TagId, Description, Engineering Unit, Gone Text, and Raised Text
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Independent of the selected time range, the first entry in an output file is the initial event of
the first IDB file. In addition, following special events are written into the output file.
A Bad Not Connected event is written into the output file if the IDB file is not available on
the selected path. For example, when a folder is selected and within that folder, an IDB file is
missing in between the first and the last IDB file, a Bad Not Connected event is created
and written into the output file.
If multiple IDB files are not available on the specified path, a Bad Not Connected event is
written for each missing IDB file.
When the next IDB file is available again, an initial event for the next available IDB file is
written into the output file.
The Bad Not Connected event has the value 0 for analog values and false for binary
values and the quality code BAD NOT CONNECTED (BNC).
A Bad Config Error event is written into the output file if a tag is not available in the
selected IDB file.
For example, when the selected time range includes several days, then the program displays
the tag list of the newest IDB file. Therefore, a specific tag may not be available within an
older IDB file. In this case, a tag is available within the available tag list but is not available
within the loaded IDB file, and hence a Bad Config Error event is created and written
into the output file.
If multiple tags are not available, a Bad Config Error event is written for each missing
tag.
For the next available tag in the IDB file, an initial event is written into the output file.
The Bad Config Error event has the value 0 for analog values and false for binary
values and the quality code BAD CONFIG ERROR (BCE).
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To use Archive Data Reader program in a proper way, following files are required:
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The export setting file is an XML file containing a single request for export. All important
information for export such as time range, IDB file path, tag names etc. are stored in the
export setting file.
The export setting file can be generated using the Save Export Setting option in the
Archive Data Reader window. It is possible to change the generated export setting file
manually.
The generated export setting file can be used both in the GUI and batch modes.
The following export parameters in form of XML tags are available in the export setting file:
• exportType
• idbFilePath
• tagList
• tag
• outputFilePath
• dateFrom
• timeFrom
• dateTo
• timeTo
• utcOffset
• outputFileFormat
• columnList
• columnName
Following are some of the conventions when using the export setting file in GUI mode:
• It is not necessary that all the XML tags in export setting file have values when it is
used in GUI mode during saving or loading the settings.
• During loading the export settings, only the values available in the export setting file
are loaded into the GUI. The XML tags without value in the export setting file do not
have any influence on the GUI.
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• During saving the export settings, only the values as specified in the GUI are written
into the export setting file. If a value is not set in the GUI, a tag without a value is
saved into the export setting file.
The conventions for using the export setting file in batch mode are:
• It is not necessary that all the XML tags in export setting file have values when it is
used in batch mode.
• When the values are missing in export setting file, they must be specified as the
command line parameters otherwise the batch mode exits.
• When all the values are available in export setting file and no further command line
parameters are available, the values from export setting file are taken. When
command line parameters are available, then these parameters always override the
values from the export setting file.
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The configuration file is an XML file which stores the basic settings of Archive Data Reader
program. These settings are independent of the export request. The settings in the
configuration file may be edited, if required.
A default configuration file is provided with Archive Data Reader program. The name of the
configuration file is ArchiveDataReaderConfiguration.xml. It is located at:
ArchiveDataReader\config
• xmlEditor: It contains the absolute path of the program which is used to edit the
XML files used by Archive Data Reader program. By default no editor is specified.
If no XML editor is specified in the configuration file, then the menu item
Edit Xml File in the GUI is grayed out.
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○ semicolon (;)
○ minus (-)
○ underscore (_)
○ backward slash (\)
○ forward slash (/)
○ blank ( )
If the provided value does not correspond to the abovementioned
SimpleDateFormat, the value for the dateFormat is set to yyyy.MM.dd and the
timeFormat to HH:mm:ss.SSS by default.
• maxRows: It defines the maximum number of rows in the output file. If -1 is entered
for this parameter, the output file is unlimited. By default the value for maxRows is
set to 65535.
• csvSeparatorArchiveData: It defines the separator which separates the columns
when archive data is exported into a CSV file. By default the value for this parameter
is semicolon (;).
• csvSeparatorEngLog: It defines the separator which separates the columns when
engineering logs are exported into a CSV file. By default the value for this parameter
is semicolon (;).
• csvCharEncoding: It defines which char encoding is used to write the output CSV
file. By default the value for this parameter is set to ANSI.
The following values for char encoding can be set:
○ ANSI
○ UTF-8
If a value other than the above two values is specified, then the default value
i.e. ANSI is taken.
• syncEventBeginning: If it is set to true, a sync event is written at the beginning of
the time period in the output file. By default it is set to false.
Example: Tag A has a value change to 50 at time 09:00. The next change is to 60 at
time 10:30. The time range for export is selected from 10:00 to 11:00 for Tag A:
○ When syncEventBeginning is set to False: The output file contains the
following one entry:
The value change to 60 at time 10:30.
○ When syncEventBeginning is set to True: The output file contains the
following two entries:
The sync event at time 10:00 with the value 50, and
The value change to 60 at time 10:30.
• syncEventEnd: If it is set to true, a sync event is written at the end of the time
period in the output file. By default it is set to false.
Example: Tag A has a value change to 50 at time 09:00. The next change is to 60 at
time 10:30. The time range for export is selected from 10:00 to 11:00 for Tag A:
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○ When syncEventEnd is set to False: The output file contains the following
one entry:
The value change to 60 at time 10:30.
○ When syncEventEnd is set to True: The output file contains the following two
entries:
The value change to 60 at time 10:30, and
The sync event at time 11:00 with the value 60.
• syncEventBeforeBad: When it is set to an integer value other than 0, then a sync
event of that many milliseconds before a BAD quality code and BAD events (BNC and
BCE) is written in the output file. When it is set to 0, no sync event is written. By
default the value is set to 0.
Example: Tag A has a value change to 50 at time 09:00 of day 1. The next change
is to 60 at time 10:30 of day 2. The time range for export is selected from 08:00 day
1 to 11:00 day 2 for Tag A:
○ When syncEventBeforeBad is set to 0: The output file contains the following
two entries:
The value change to 50 at time 09:00 day 1.
The BAD event at 00:00 of day 2 with the value 0 because of the missing IDB
file.
○ When syncEventBeforeBad is set to 10: The output file contains the following
three entries:
The value change to 50 at time 09:00 day 1.
The sync event at 23:59:59.990 with the value 50.
The BAD event at 00:00 of day 2 with the value 0 because of the missing IDB
file.
In this case, writing the sync event before a real value change would be of
no use. Therefore in such cases no sync event is written into the output
file.
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The default values of the configuration parameters are used by Archive Data
Reader program if:
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The log file contains the export logs of Archive Data Reader program. The name of the log
file is ADRJobLog.log. It is located at: ArchiveDataReader\logging and can be opened with
a text editor.
When the maximum size of the log file is reached, the logs are written into a new log file.
When the maximum count of the log file is reached, the oldest log file is replaced by the new
log file. The maximum size and count of the log file can be adjusted using the log4j
configuration file.
If the log4j file is not available, no logs are written into the log file.
Error Logging
• The errors that occur during the process of Archive Data Reader program, whether
in GUI or batch mode, are written into the log file. Errors in GUI mode which are
displayed via message box, are not written into the log file.
• During IDB file selection in GUI, when a folder is selected and within that folder, an
IDB file is missing in between the first and the last IDB file, an entry is written into
the log file. An entry in log file is also made for such missing IDB files in batch mode.
For each missing IDB file one entry is made in the log file.
• In batch mode if the defined output file is already available, a suffix is added to the
output file name. The suffix counts up to 999. When an output file with the suffix 999
is already available, the batch mode exits. In this case, no further file is created. An
entry is written into the log file.
Event Logging
When the Archive Data Reader program is run, the following events are written into the log
file:
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The Log4j configuration file contains the logging configuration such as the parameter settings
for the log file. The name of the log4j file is ArchiveDataReaderLog4j. It is located at:
ArchiveDataReader\config and can be opened with a text editor. The settings for log file in
the log4j file may be edited, if required.
The following parameters for the ADRJobLog.log log file are available in the log4j config file:
• MaxFileSize: It defines the maximum size of the log file. By default it is set to 1MB.
When the maximum log file size is reached, logs are automatically written into a new
log file.
• MaxBackupIndex: It is the count of the log file. When the maximum count of the log
file is reached, the oldest log file is replaced by the new log file.
If the log4j file is not available, no logs are written into the log file.
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4 Glossary
Alarm
An Alarm is a message that informs the plant staff about abnormal events or conditions in the
plant (process alarms) or about malfunctions in the I&C system (system alarms).
Application Server
An Application Server is a server that manages the I&C data for a project, and provides all
the engineering and operation services.
Automation Server
BAD
The BAD quality code indicates that the value is bad with a no-specific reason.
BCE
The BCE quality code indicates a bad value due to a configuration error.
BNC
The BNC quality code indicates that the value is bad because it is not connected to a data
source.
Bytes
Bytes is a system specific data format consisting of a linear array of byte elements.
CLI
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DVD
float
A Floating Point Number (float) is a number expressed as a mantissa and exponent (e.g.
3.456 E2 which equals 345.6).
A Floating Point Number (float) is a number expressed as a mantissa and exponent (e.g.
3.456 E2 which equals 345.6).
GOD
A Graphical User Interface (GUI) is a graphics based user interface that incorporates icons,
pull-down menus and a mouse.
GUI
A Graphical User Interface (GUI) is a graphics based user interface that incorporates icons,
pull-down menus and a mouse.
HDF5
HDF5 is a data model, library and file format for storing and managing large amounts of
complex data. The file structure of HDF5 includes 2 major types of objects i.e. Datasets and
Groups.
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I&C
ID
int
Integer
NAS
scp
secure copy
SOE
Sequence of Events
ssh
secure shell
ssh/scp
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Swap Server
A Swap Server is a Thin Client equipped with a DVD drive which is used for transferring
archive data to or from DVDs.
ULV
The ULV quality code indicates that the value is uncertain and the last useable value is held.
UNC
The UNC quality code indicates an uncertain value since a substitute value is used.
URL
A Uniform Resource Locator (URL) is an address with a special format, which is used in the
address field of a Web Browser to access web pages.
Work Area
The Work Area is a Frame in a window or view that the user works in.
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