JPH0749873A - Form creation device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] Management of plant data is done with a relational database (RDB) so that the required plant data can be extracted efficiently, and even a special form can be easily created. The purpose is to do. Another object of the present invention is to output a form of a form on a display device so that the form can be confirmed before printing the form. [Configuration] The conversion processing unit 5 converts required plant data in the form data file 3 into an RDB, and the converted relational data is edited by the form edit processing unit 9 to create a form.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a form creating apparatus for creating a form based on plant data and printing it out in a plant monitoring control system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 6 is a functional block diagram showing a conventional form creating apparatus. In the figure, 1 is a plant data input processing unit for collecting plant data output from each device of the plant, 2 is a form data file for storing the plant data output from the plant data input processing unit 1, and 7a is a form. Form definition data file in which the items to be displayed and the items to be displayed are defined in accordance with the form format defined in the form definition data file 7a. A form creation processing unit that allocates a position to create a form, and a print processing unit 11 that prints out the created form.

The plant data collected by the plant data input processing unit 1 is given a tag number, which is an identification number, and is sequentially stored in the form data file 2 together with the signal name indicating the attribute of the plant data. On the other hand, in the form definition data file 7a, various definitions necessary for creating a form, that is, forms and display items of the form are created and stored in advance. Here, when a form creation request is made, the form creation processing unit 10a reads an appropriate form definition (format) from the form definition data file 7a and creates a form based on the definition. Then, the plant data corresponding to the display items defined in this form are read from the form data file 2, and the plant data is applied to each item to complete the form. The tag number of the corresponding plant data is set at a predetermined position of the created form form, and the plant data corresponding to this display item is retrieved and extracted from the form data file 2 by this tag number and read.

[0004]

Since the conventional form creating apparatus is configured as described above, when creating a special form that is not defined in the form definition data file 7a, the form definition is newly set. There is a need. Here, when the user defines a form, the plant data to be put on the form uses the tag number attached to the plant data together with the signal name, and sets the corresponding tag number.
However, the attribute of the plant data to which the tag number is attached cannot be judged from this tag number.

Therefore, for example, it is necessary to look at each of the signal names of the tag numbers specified in the plant data display list of the form to be newly defined from a list, etc. must not. Since there is a huge amount of plant data, there is a problem that this is very complicated. This is because conventionally, the plant data in the form data file 2 could be searched only by the tag number. In the past, for example, even if the plant data includes data such as the weather of the day in addition to the date and time, a “list of data on a sunny day” is conventionally used.
It was not possible to output such a form.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and it is possible to efficiently extract necessary plant data by managing the plant data with a relational database (RDB). The purpose is to be able to easily create even a special form. Another object of the present invention is to output a form of a form on a display device so that the form can be confirmed before printing the form.

[0007]

A form creating apparatus according to the present invention includes a plant data input processing unit for collecting plant data output from a plant by adding a signal name and a tag number of the plant data, and a plant data input processing. Data file that stores the plant data collected by the department, a plant data management file that holds a table in which the tag numbers and signal names of the plant data stored in the data file are in one-to-one correspondence, and the plant data With the tag number corresponding to the signal name selected in the management file table as the search target, the plant data of this tag number is retrieved from the data file, and this plant data is converted into data in the form in which all items are searched. Conversion processing unit and the conversion module converted by the conversion processing unit. And the conversion data file that stores the export data, and the plant data stored in the conversion data file are searched / extracted by associating each item, and the edit processing unit that edits such as update / insert / delete It is characterized by comprising a form creation processing unit for creating a form using the plant data edited by the processing unit, and a print processing unit for printing out the form.

[0008]

The required plant data is extracted by searching the data under the desired conditions. Then, the plant data extracted by this search is obtained as a form.

[0009]

【Example】

Example 1. An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing a form creating apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention described in claim 1. In the figure, 1
Is a plant data input processing unit for collecting plant data output from each device of the plant, 2 is a form data file for storing the plant data output from the plant data input processing unit 1, and 3 is a form data file 2 Form database, 4 is a plant data management file in which the tag numbers and signal names of the data in the form data file 2 are in a one-to-one correspondence, and 5 is plant data stored in the form data file 2. The conversion processing unit that changes the characteristics of the above and creates a form data file configured to search all the items of the constituent data on the RDB, 6 is a form data file that stores the relational data created by the conversion processing unit 5. (Conversion data file).

Further, 7 is a form definition data file in which format data of the form to be output is stored, 8 is a plant data management table 4, a form data file 6,
Then, the RDB that manages the form definition data file 7, 9
Of the relational data of the form data file 6 retrieves / extracts items associated with each other and edits / updates / inserts / deletes them. The form edit processing unit 10 edits the form edit processing unit 9. A form creation processing unit that creates a form to be output based on the created form data and the form format data stored in the form data file, and a print processing unit 11 that prints out the created form. The form edit processing unit 9 performs search / update / insert / delete in, for example, a structure search language (SQL).

On the other hand, FIG. 2 is a hardware configuration diagram showing the device configuration of the form creating apparatus. In FIG. 2, 12
Is a central processing unit (hereinafter C
PU), 13 is a main storage device used by the CPU 12 in the process of processing, 14 is an auxiliary storage device for storing programs and data files of the CPU 12, 15 is a display device for operating the equipment and editing form data, 16 Is an input device for an operator to operate, 17 is a printing device for printing forms, and 18 is a plant data input / output control device for inputting / outputting plant data.

Next, the operation will be described. As in the conventional case, the plant data collected by the plant data input processing unit 1 is saved in the form data file 2 on the form database 3. Here, to create the form, first, from the list of the tag numbers and signal names of the plant data recorded in the plant data management file 4,
Select some signal names of the plant data you want to publish on the form. This allows the plant data management file 4
Passes the selected signal name and the corresponding tag number to the conversion processing unit 5.

The conversion processing unit 5, which has received the signal name and the corresponding tag number, extracts the plant data corresponding to this tag number from the form data file 2 and uses all the items of this plant data as search targets for relational processing. It is converted into data and stored in the form data file 6. Next, from the data group extracted in the form data file 6 by the signal name, the required plant data is edited and extracted by the form edit processing unit 9, and this is passed to the form creation processing unit 10. The form edit processing unit 9 can also edit the plant data management file 4, and can also change the signal name of the plant data.

The form creation processing unit 10 creates a form by combining the received data with the form format specified in the form definition data file 7, and the print processing unit 1
Pass to 1. As described above, the print processing unit 11 prints out the form in which desired plant data is described. As described above, according to the form creation apparatus of this embodiment, a form of desired plant data can be created freely.

Example 2. By the way, in the first embodiment,
The created form could not be viewed until it was printed out by the print processing unit 11. However, as shown in FIG. 3, if the display processing unit 19 is provided between the form creation processing unit 10 and the print processing unit 11 so that it can be displayed and output, before the printed output of the created form, You can check the finish of the form. The form creation processing unit 1
The form created with 0 may be stored in the external storage device 20, as shown in FIG. FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the hardware configuration thereof. With this configuration, it is possible to quickly re-output the form once created. In FIG. 5, the same parts as those in FIG. 2 are designated by the same reference numerals.

[0016]

As described above, according to the present invention, not only the tag number but also all the items of the plant data are searched, so that the required plant data can be efficiently extracted. The effect is that even a special form can be created easily. In addition, since the plant data is edited and the necessary plant data is extracted from the data group roughly extracted from the original data file, the original data file can be protected. Furthermore, since the form data file on the RDB can be saved, it can be reused when necessary, and a new form can be created by combining it with another data file. Since the display processing unit is provided between the form creation processing unit and the print processing unit, it is possible to check the created form before the finished print output.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing a configuration of a form creating apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram showing a hardware configuration of the form creation apparatus of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram showing a configuration of a form creating apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram showing a configuration of a form creating apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a configuration diagram showing a hardware configuration of the form creation apparatus of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a configuration diagram showing a configuration of a conventional form creation device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Plant data input processing unit 2 Form data file 3 Form database 4 Plant data management file 5 Conversion processing unit 6 Form data file 7 Form data definition table 8 Relational database 9 Form edit processing unit 10 Form creation processing unit 11 Printing processing unit

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Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A plant data input processing unit that collects plant data output from a plant with a signal name and tag number of the plant data, and a data file that stores the plant data collected by the plant data input processing unit. And a plant data management file that holds a table in which tag numbers and signal names of the plant data stored in the data file are associated in a one-to-one correspondence, and selected in the table of the plant data management file. A conversion processing unit that extracts the plant data of this tag number from the data file with the tag number corresponding to the signal name as the search target, and converts this plant data into data of the form in which all items are the search target, and the conversion Stores the plant data converted by the processing unit An edit processing unit that performs a search / extraction in which the conversion data file and the plant data stored in the conversion data file are associated with each item, and edits, updates, inserts, or deletes them, and the edit processing unit A form creation apparatus comprising: a form creation processing unit that creates a form using the plant data edited by the above; and a print processing unit that prints out the form. 2. The form creation apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a display processing unit that displays and outputs the form created by the form creation processing unit.