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> Don't Miss the 2005 Worldwide User Conference, May 1-5 in Greenville, SC
Are you using your Datastream
product to the fullest? Maybe you’re curious how others in your industry are making the most of their asset management system? The annual Datastream User Conference is the perfect place to get answers to all of your questions.
New for 2005 Worldwide User Conference:
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Customers will attend their choice of over 80 sessions, including customer presentations, hands-on sessions, panel discussions and roundtables. A cyber cafe with computers loaded with Datastream software and tech support analysts will be available throughout the event to answer questions and demonstrate new software functionality.
Customers agree that the User Conference is the perfect opportunity to network with industry peers and learn more through training classes, seminars, and informal gatherings. This event is full of learning and networking opportunities providing tips to better utilize your asset performance management software.
Complete details are available online or call or 1-864-422-5456 to speak with a Datastream event coordinator about attending the 2005 conference.
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> Datastream Partners with Cognos to Deliver Datastream 7i Advanced Reporting
Datastream has established an OEM partnership with Cognos, the world leader in business intelligence and Corporate Performance Management (CPM). This alliance provides Datastream customers with unprecedented capabilities for analyzing and reporting cross-enterprise asset performance data, complementing the Datastream 7i Analytics advanced module which provides sophisticated modeling and forecasting capabilities to Datastream 7i users.
“The new Datastream 7i Advanced Reporting module enables us to generate highly detailed and granular reports on our critical asset management processes.”
Jim Wiegand
Premier Manufacturing Support Services
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The partnership enables Datastream to integrate Cognos’ market-leading Cognos ReportNet™ solution into the new Datastream 7i Advanced Reporting module. This Web-based solution now gives Datastream 7i users even greater flexibility to create complex reports with drag-and-drop simplicity.
Using Datastream 7i Advanced Reporting, users can produce invoices, statements and advanced graphical reports—as well as a broad range of business reports—all through a single Web-based reporting solution. This enables customers to analyze their asset data in new ways so they can gain much greater visibility into the costs of operations and the performance of individual assets.
The Datastream 7i Advanced Reporting module, powered by Cognos ReportNet, enables customers to configure reports specifically for their specific environment. For example, reports can be configured to provide in-depth information on equipment failure according to equipment type, or failure analysis by failure code. Reports can be layered so users can drill down to get increasingly specific information simply by clicking on embedded hyperlinks in each report.
Download the Datastream 7i Advanced Reporting brochure for details.
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> ARC: Improving Business Performance by Unifying Operations
Tom Fiske and Dave Woll of ARC Advisory Group discuss the growing trend in manufacturing toward reducing opportunity costs by correlating operations data to strategic corporate objectives. Below is an excerpt from the article on ARCweb.
Download the Datastream white paper Asset Performance Management: The Secret to Uncovering Hidden Profits and Ending Operating Surprises. |
"Leading manufacturers are shifting focus from production-driven manufacturing and moving towards a demand-driven or business-centric approach that optimizes operations and profits. Unified operations management environments facilitate Operational Excellence (OpX) by providing a unified production perspective that ties together contextual information, work processes, integrates disparate systems, provides performance analysis and intelligence, and delivers real-time role-based visibility to everyone in the organization."
Read the entire article from ARC.
> Gartner Completes Acquisiton of META Group
Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT and ITB), the leading provider of research and analysis on the global information technology industry, announced on April 1, 2005 that it has completed its acquisition of META Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: METG), a premier information technology research and consulting firm. View Gartner press release.
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> Web Seminars
Each web seminar lasts one hour and there is no charge to attend.
Register online and attend the seminar right from your desk.
Mobile Solutions: “On-the-Go” Asset Performance Management
April 28, 2:00 PM EST
Datastream 7i Overview
May 5, 2:00 PM EST
Datastream 7i for the Public Sector (with ESRI)
May 10, 2:00 PM EST
Manage Calibrations and Assets from a Single Application
May 26, 2:00 PM EST
> Training
Datastream offers a variety of training classes consisting of in-depth product demonstrations, instructor lectures, and hands-on exercises. Datastream training classes provide an opportunity to learn the advanced techniques and shortcuts to get the most out of your asset management software. In addition to classroom training, Datastream also offers customers on-site instruction to help with specific training needs, as well as a selection of computer-based training and online learning courses. Descriptions and schedules are available online at www.datastream.net/training.
Download the training schedule. (PDF)
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> Contact Us
For more information on any of the content mentioned in this issue of Infostream, call +1 (864) 422-5001 or e-mail infostream@datastream.net.
Datastream
50 Datastream Plaza
Greenville, SC 29605
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> Tech Tip: Datastream 7i
Forcing an "end task" (ctrl+alt+del) may tie up a client license even though Datastream 7i is closed locally.
Sessions may remain active until the server or database clears the dormant session—which can take over an hour. This may adversely affect your client license count.
Web applications, like Datastream 7i, open connections to a server. To end the server connection, the application must send a signal to the server which is accomplished by exiting (clicking the X in the top corner of the window) or logging out of Datastream 7i. Ending sessions using Windows Task Manager (ctrl+alt+del) does not guarantee to send the signal and the session will remain active even though it is closed on the desktop.
Some processes take longer than others to complete, such as intensive reports and large work order or purchase order generations. It is recommended to let the process continue thorough to successful completion. If the process seems to take much longer than normal to complete, or results in an error, please contact Datastream Technical Support.
> Tech Tip: MP2
Viewing descriptions for fields in MP2.
You can view a description for any field in MP2. First, click the question mark on the toolbar in MP2. The cursor will change to a question mark. Next, click on any field on the form to display a pop-up definition.
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