Proficy Real-Time Information Portal Product Overview.

Proficy Real-Time Information PortalProduct Overview

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Overview

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The Proficy Intelligent Production SolutionThe Proficy intelligent production solution integrates a full range of easy to-use applications and services to continuously improve your level of productivity. It has been developed to build intelligence into your processes – gathering, analyzing, and transforming data into information and enabling you to act in real-time to optimize results.. • Plant Intelligence – Making business sense

out of plant data in real time• Asset Management – Optimizing profitability

by managing equipment and other plant assets

• HMI/SCADA – Improving production performance with plant floor visualization and control

• Programming and Control – Allowing you to visualize critical process parameters a single integrated web environment

• Software Services – Maximizing your software investment through GE support, training, and professional services

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Real-Time Information Portal

Proficy Portal is the common web client for GE Intelligent Platforms’ Proficy Intelligent Production Solution• Connect to all the real-time,

historical, and relational data within the plant

• Apply a powerful set of visualization and analysis tools to the data and integrate it with other Proficy content

• Real time production data where you need it using a web browser– Better business decisions– Continuous improvement

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Historical Data

Real-Time Data

KPI Data

Quality Data

Contextual Data

Real time data where you need it!

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Proficy Real-Time Information Portal – Key

Features

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Key Features

Manufacturing Intelligence FrameworkWeb based configurationScript and HTML freeRole-based navigation and securityEasily convert interactive displays into reports

Time-based Data AnalysisConnect and interact with plant-wide, real-time and historical dataVisualize, annotate and analyze process dataAnalyze your process by eventDrill into detail data

Common Web ClientCombine the client functionsProficy HMI/SCADA – iFIX displaysGraphically create a library of parameterized SQL statementsSophisticated, web based, portal and cockpit

Graphical PresentationComplete graphics libraryCommon graphical toolsAnimations

Enterprise-wide QualityVariable SPC chartsControl chart alertsQuick Reports for drill down

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Manufacturing Intelligence Framework

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Time-based Data Analysis

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Common Web Client

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Graphical Presentation

Complete graphics library

Common graphical tools

Animations

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Enterprise-wide Quality

Variable SPC chartsControl chart alertsQuick Reports for drill downExport to Excel and Minitab for further analysis

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Technical

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Proficy Portal Architecture

Proficy Portal

What’s New v3.5

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Configuration Tools

Display Variables

- Portal displays expose variables as input and output parameters such that variables can be initialized before loading a display through hyperlinks or symbols.

Parameterized Data Sources

- Users can parameterize their data sources to easily create screens once and roll them out to multiple sites.

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Display EnhancementsConfigurable Pen Names

- allows users to give custom names to pens in a chart making it easier to track the pens in the legend.

Expression Pen Names

- Allows users to modify pen names used in expressions to be more meaningful

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Performance Enhancements

On Demand Data Source Loading

-Ability to connect to data sources on an as needed basis rather than on startup improving the startup time of Proficy Portal.

Time Chart Slider

-Number of data samples and duration can be specified on data request to Historian servers. This allows for optimum retrieval of data over a long period of time resulting in improved performance while analyzing historical trends.

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Usability EnhancementsData Source Editing Enhancement

- Users can now edit the data source configuration directly thus allowing tweaks to be easily made.

Statement Builder Enhancement

-Improved error handling when dealing with user created stored procedures.

64 Bit OS Support

- Proficy Portal works in WOW mode on 64 bit OS

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Summary

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Summary

Proficy Real-Time Portal is GE Intelligent Platforms’ web-based application that provides advanced analysis, reporting and visualization capabilities. As the web client for the entire GE Intelligent Platforms product family as well as other third party plant systems, Proficy Portal brings together all of your process and on-line data where and when you need it.Key benefits include:

Configurable connectivityIntegrated and re-used content from other Proficy

applicationsPersonalized and secure access to dataReduced skill level required for implementationNear-zero maintenance of the systemUser “self-service” for custom or ad-hoc reporting

MRP/ERPAnd many others

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Recent Release Content

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Proficy Portal v3.0 – FeaturesVirtualization Support

Many companies are reducing their costs and increasing their IT operation efficiencies by leveraging the benefits of server virtualization. GE Intelligent Platforms is taking the right steps to support these initiatives. Proficy Real-Time Information Portal will be supported on VMware ESX Server with Service Pack 1. You now have an offering that supports a virtualization strategy for IT systems.

To learn more about VMWARE’s ESX Platform go to: http://www.vmware.com/products/vi/esx/

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Proficy Portal v3.0 – FeaturesPerformance Enhancements

Performance has been improved in several ways which will greatly improve the customers’ experience. These improvements address the method of data transfer, the number of data sources, and large data sets. Testing was done over a range of concurrent users, number of data sources, and varying network speeds. The following chart shows performance increases of up to 76%.

% Increase

Initial Java load 65%Portal Class Upload & First

Screen Load76%

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Proficy Portal v3.0 – Features• Better integration with Proficy

– Platform Connector – Updated support for the Plant Apps

Connector– Time control to support passing date/time in

clear text • Improved display tools

– Business Intelligence (dials, gauges, etc) symbol library with parameters for values

– New Chart type – Heat Map– Support setting null thresholds– Support unique thresholds per cell– Dynamically set the chart name and x and y

axis– Improved Grid formatting– List Editor to select objects not currently on

the screen• Improved automation

– Statement Builder Improvements– Synchronize Role at Login

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Proficy Portal v3.0 – Features

• Enhanced Forms Capability– Open Event that allows a data

source to run– Radio & Check Box support– Refresh displays and display

components on an event– Combo & List Boxes can specify

a default value– Multiple select List Box– Error message to user when

server connection lost• Additional key

enhancements – Logout of Portal when IE

Window is closed– Improved Session management

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Proficy Portal v3.0 SP1 – FeaturesInfrastructure upgradesProficy Real-Time Information Portal will be upgraded to work the latest versions if

Internet Explorer and Proficy Plant Applications. Internet Explorer 7 along with Plant Applications 4.4.1 will be tested and qualified for use with making portal more usable than ever.

Java Engine UpgradeThe Java engine has been upgraded to fix a memory leak bug that would cause

performance issues over time.

Support Cases resolvedGE Intelligent Platforms is dedicated to providing quality software and solutions.

Service Pack 1 will demonstrate the by fixing 68+ technical support cases. Be sure to read the Important Product Information (IPI) file in the help after installing SP1 for details.

SIM rollupFinally, Proficy Real-Time Information Portal Service Pack 1 will also roll up all prior

“software improvement modules” or SIMs into this release. No longer will you have to search, download, and install each individual fix to your installation of Portal.