No SCADA package is complete without providing reporting capabilities but the reports that users need are so varied that the report application generally ends up being quite complex to configure. So the ideal scenario is that the SCADA package offers several options; ClearSCADA has a rich suite of industry standard open interfaces such as ODBC, OLE-DB and OPC which can be used by any third party reporting package or Microsoft Office.
For more complex reporting where the SCADA system needs to export reports based on periodic time schedules, such as first thing in the morning before the shift starts, and the output format needs to be a .pdf file and emailed to a group of users then the integrated Crystal Reports functionality is ideal. In ClearSCADA, you build the Crystal Report template and tie it to a scheduler object all without writing code or script. This reduces engineering effort and makes it easy to understand and maintain.
