Configuring SCADA Web

Reports

To configure the reports available on the Reports screen:

Standard reports are configured by Rubicon, but you can make a custom report available in the web interface by publishing it as follows:

  1. In SCADAConnect Forms , open the Report Editor module.
  2. Choose File > Open from the menu and open the report that you want to publish.
  3. Choose File > Publish from the menu to open the Publish Report screen.
  4. If the report has not yet been published in SCADAConnect Forms, you must choose a Category for the report, but this does not affect where it appears in the web application.
  5. In the Application Domain field, choose SC
  6. Add an access authority to the form as follows:
    • Click Add to open the Insert Authority screen.
    • Select the USER role.
    • Enter ALL PARTIES to make the report available to any party logging in with that role.
    • Click OK.
  7. Click OK to save your changes.
  8. Restart the application to make the report available.

Unpublishing a report

If you want to remove access to a report you can either:

  • Open the report in the Report Editor and choose File > Unpublish from the menu. This makes the report unavailable to everyone. You can still open the report in the Report Editor.
  • Select the report in the Objects module and modify the authorities on the Authority tab. This allows you to choose which users will retain access to the report.

Data Entry

To allow users to edit sites in the Data Entry screens

Users may edit the data for a site if they have the DATA ENTRY role for the site, or for a group that includes the site. Configure this authority for a site in SCADAConnect Forms as follows:

  1. In the Objects module, select the site object to which you want to apply the authority.
  2. On the Authority tab, click Insert to open the Inserting Authority screen.
  3. Enter the following details:
    PropertyDescription

    Role

    Choose DATA ENTRY from the drop-down list

    Party

    Select the party who will have this authority, or enter ALL PARTIES to grant the authority for all parties with this role.
  4. Click Save to save your changes.

System Site Selection

To configure the systems displayed on the Sites > Select by System screen:

Any group configured in your database can be displayed as a "System" and sites that belong to the group will be displayed when you select the system on this screen. You can configure a group to appear on the System screen in SCADAConnect Forms by configuring a GROUP COMPONENT relationship to the System object.

  1. In SCADAConnect Forms, click Groups to open the Groups module.
  2. Select the group that you want to display as a system in the web application.
  3. On the Relations tab, click Insert to insert a new relation.
  4. Enter the following details:

    FieldValue to enter

    Super/Sub Object

    Choose Sub Object

    Relation Type

    From the drop-down list, choose GROUP COMPONENT

    Super Object

    • Click Find to open the Object Chooser.
    • In the Type field, choose System, then click the Find button
    • Select the IPM Module object in the search results and click OK

  5. Check to ensure that your settings are still selected, then click Save to save your changes.