Engineering Analysis - Custom Reports in Windmil

Custom Reports in WindMil
Brian Lassiter
Why custom reports?
Benefits
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Smaller data sets
Custom format
Specific data fields
Calculations on data
Required Setup
• Model Query
– Same as used in global editor
• Custom Report
– Defines layout and calculations of dataset
provided by the query
Model Queries
• Select Elements
• Select Data fields
• Order of fields determines the layout of
Selected Element Grid
Model Queries
Sorting
• Places records in order based on field selected
• Can sort by multiple fields
• Needed when “Grouping” on the report
Selected Element Window
• Exports to excel or text file
– .xls has a number of records limit
• Interacts with the model
Common Fields
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Upline Source
Upline Feeder
Impedance Length
Miles from Source
OH Conductor
Voltage
Thru Amps
Thru kW
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Thru Consumers
Capacity Percentage
Max Possible Fault
Accumulated Impedance
eLua Fields
• Ability to add new fields to the field list
– Perform calculations
– Search upline or downline
• Appear in list like any other field
• Stored in
C:\Milsoft\WindMil\Programs\Scripts\elua
Useful eLua Fields
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Downline Losses
Upline Devices
Total Billing kWh
Thru kW loss
Script Manager
Creation of Query
• Give each query a unique name
• Drag desired fields to right
• Add any rules to select certain elements
automatically
– No rules = all elements on report
• Drag any fields over for sorting
– Double click field to change sort order
Creation of Query
• Verify query in Selected Elements window
before creating report
– Data fields
– Sort order
– Elements selected
Custom Report
• Report creates a layout of the data provided
by the query
• Can perform calculations on data
• Only output is printed(.pdf or paper)
Creation of Report
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Give the report the same name as the query
Choose report style
Add data from the query to the report
Add bands
Setup fonts
New Report
New Report
Report Types
• List Style – matches format of most WindMil
default reports
– Each element is a row on report
• Form Style – each record is it’s own page
– Use for reports where a lot of data is needed for
each element
Report Type Selection
Field Selection
Report Bands
• Band – horizontal break on the report
• Bands are required and determine what data
shows up where on the report
Report Bands
Band Types
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Page Header – top of each page
Title – Top of first Page
Detail – Printed for each element
Group – Splits elements into groups based on
criteria
• Summary – Bottom of last page
• Page Footer – Bottom of each page
General Options
• Note Columns on each page is number of times to repeat all columns
• Use Landscape for more than 6 data fields
Cosmetics
Report Editor
Bands
Page Header
Title
Column Header
Detail
Adding Bands
• Click button and click on bottom area of
report to add a band
Generic Band
• Set band type after adding to report
Group Header Band
• Creates groups of records
• Band printed at beginning of group
• Useful for calculations based on common
attribute
Group Header Setup
• Group by Field or Expression
• Use “+” to group by multiple fields
Expressions
• Insert expression into band to sum, count,
average, etc
• Very similar to Excel
• Example - SUM(ModelQueryTable.Thru Kw)
• Can be copied and pasted, just change field
name (Thru Kw)
Tips and Tricks
• Show summary only data by shrinking detail
band
– Right Click band, choose options, set Height to 0
• Field Alignment
– Shift click multiple fields, use green buttons to
align fields
Resizing
• Use grab points to resize fields and bands
Print Preview
• Displays data from model on report
• Executes all expressions
• Allows report to be printed
– Can print to PDF with a PDF printer driver installed
• No text file output
Managing Queries and Reports
• Can be copied to other computers
– Query – C:\Milsoft\WindMil\Programs\Queries
– Report - C:\Milsoft\WindMil\Programs\Custom Reports
Questions\Comments
Thank You!
Brian Lassiter
Technical Sales Engineer