XL Reporter Tutorial

Prepared by: Salim Al Maqbali, OMC Process Engineer

Directly, here are the instructions to use XL Reporter:

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1. Go to: Start>> Programs>> XLReporter>> Project Explorer, and
open it

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2. This is the window of the software shown in the figure:

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3. Click the [+] sign in front of Templates as illustrated below:

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4. Click the + sign in front of Reports
Reports include the templates of the executable xls reports. Any amendments to the
format of the reports should be done here if needed.

The meanings of report list are shown in the Table 1.

Table 1: Meanings of the List under Reports

List
Front_End
Front_End_Sheet2
Front_End_Sheet3
Front_End_Sheet4
Front_End_Sheet5
Front_End_Sheet6

Include
Desulfurization Section Report
Process Gas Report
Process Gas + Steam Drum + Steam Network
Report
Flue Gas and Combustion Air + ID/FD TMMS
Report
Condensate Stripper + Deaerator + GA601 A/B
TMMS Report
NG Fuel Report
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Front_End_Sheet7
Front_End_Sheet8
Plant
Performance Study

Pakage Boilers (A/B) Report

Multi Parameters Report
Plant Performance Study Report

*The other list points under report, which arent mentioned in the table, are not ready yet for usage.

5. For instance, if its required to check NG Fuel Report, just double

click on Front_End_Sheet6. After this action, xls sheet will be opened
displaying the template of NG Fuel Report. These sheets under
Reports, shouldnt be amended or played with, unless there are
some changes should be implemented by authorized person.

6. Click the [+] sign in front of Schedules as illustrated below:

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7. The same list mentioned under point no. 4 are shown below, but the
difference is that these lists are not for edition here, but for action
of exporting xls files. Before doing exporting, there are two steps
should be done:
7.1. Starting the action (this step should be done whenever the software is
closed): this is done by double click on any sheet under schedule, for
example Front_End_Sheet1.

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This window will appear:

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Go to>> Schedule>> Start, and click it.

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This window will come and verify the starting. Dont close this window, but
minimize it.

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7.2. Double click Function Editor (this step must be done after any file
exporting) Dont forget!

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This step is important to have a good file formate. After

double click on function Editor, select Counter. The colomn
value for all the lists should be 0 before and after any export.
To make it 0, just select the list the has non-zero value and
press Reset. Then close Function Editor window.

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8. After making sure that the previous steps are valid, go for export step.
This can be made by double click the targeted sheet under Schedule.

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9. In the window, there are two rows. Right click on the top one and
then go to Execute >> whether On a Specific Date or Over a Data
Period. But better to choose Over a Data Period, so click it.

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A small window will appear, from which you adjust required time period
and then click OK.

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10.
The file will get exported as it is clear from the picture
below. After finishing click close.

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11.
Immidiately, after finishing the export dont
forget to rest the counter by clicking Function Editor.

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Reset as explained previously.

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12.
Now the files exported are ready and you can find
them in the following directory:

D :\XLRproject\Reports

The exported files will have the date of export.

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Here is one example of the sheets after export:

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The End

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