System Configuration

Updating Limits? Right click on the tag and select “New Limit Version” instead of typing over the current limits. This creates a new row with an updated limit start date. Keeping a record of past limits and ensuring they appear as they were du...

This information is specific to the latest release of PARCview: 7.2.x Tag limits are used throughout PARCview to track when tag values violate defined thresholds or limit rules. There are three default limit types: Control, Spec, and Ope...

This information is specific to the latest release of PARCview: 7.2.x A Grade based process is an operational state you will return to repeatedly, such as making different types of products with the same equipment. A grade difference can...

This information is specific to the latest release of PARCview: 7.2.x All data that can be visualized in PARCview is Tag Data. A Tag definition must include a Source, Data Type and a unique Tag Name. A Tag is an array of serialized data ...

This information is specific to the latest release of PARCview: 7.2.x System Configuration contains site-wide settings for PARCview. These settings are stored in the dataPARC SQL configuration database. PARCSecurity Permissio...

This information is specific to the latest release of PARCview: 7.2.x Use the Process tab to configure the process tree and process area settings. The process tree contains the site’s process areas. Expand and collapse the tree by cli...

This information is specific to the latest release of PARCview: 7.2.x Tags can be assigned to a process unit. Some functions in PARCview require a tag to be assigned to a process to work properly, such as grade-based SQC tag limits. T...

This information is specific to the latest release of PARCview: 7.2.x The Reason Tree tab is used to define the various reasons that can be assigned to alarm events. The pre-configured, hierarchical structure enables consistent reporting...

This information is specific to the latest release of PARCview: 7.2.x This Evidence tab in System Configuration is used to configure “evidence” in the form of tag data or user input that may be assigned to an alarm event. For example, an...

This information is specific to the latest release of PARCview: 7.2.x This is the Category list used for grouping Reasons and Alarm definitions. PARCSecurity Permissions PARCsecurity Console should be configured for the follow...

This information is specific to the latest release of PARCview: 7.2.x The Time Groups tab is used to create a list of time intervals for reporting, such as a crew schedule or production day. When time periods occur is configured in the T...

This information is specific to the latest release of PARCview: 7.2.x Use the Time periods tab to configure or view custom time periods, such as a production day or a shift schedule. PARCSecurity Permissions PARCsecurity Conso...

This information is specific to the latest release of PARCview: 7.2.x PARCview can read and present information from any OLE DB or ODBC compatible data sources that can return time-sequenced values. This includes data stored in Microsoft...

This information is specific to the latest release of PARCview: 7.2.x Use the query template tab to view and create generic SQL script templates that can be used by various PARCview displays. These templates are generally used for overri...

This information is specific to the latest release of PARCview: 7.2.x A PARCview location in most cases corresponds to a site. More specifically, it is a list of data sources within a dataPARC configuration database. For customers with m...

This information is specific to the latest release of PARCview: 7.2.x This is a list of Capstone-supported drivers for typical historians. A source type is also called a “dataseries” and functions as an interpretative layer between Capst...

This information is specific to the latest release of PARCview: 7.2.x The Source tab is used to configure the various data sources or interfaces that PARCview will communicate with. The Source grid lists all configured sources and their ...

This information is specific to the latest release of PARCview: 7.2.x Set the Default settings throughout PARCview. When using the tree, check to see if the branch is a default or a setting by looking at the tooltips. For example, Ema...

This information is specific to the latest release of PARCview: 7.2.x There are three default limit types that can be used in PARCview. Additional limit types can be configured here. PARCSecurity Permissions PARCsecurity Conso...

This information is specific to the latest release of PARCview: 7.2.x Use this tab to license dataPARC applications. Once all license request information has been filled in, the system administrator will click the Generate Request File b...