Information Server 2014 SP2

Information Server 2014 SP2 is an open, Web-based reporting system for interactive areas.
Reports can be used in Internet Explorer, Excel, Word or PowerPoint, as well as for Adobe Reader (PDF).
SIMATIC Information Server has access to archived process values and messages, and can be used either directly in conjunction with WinCC / WinCC/RT Professional / PCS7 OS as well as with Process Historian 2014 SP2.

• Access to archived process values and messages from:
  • WinCC V7.2 UD 4, V7.3 Second Edition UD 1 and V7.4
  • WinCC/Performance Monitor V7.3 or V7.4
  • WinCC RT Professional V13 SP1 and V14
  • PCS7 V8.0 SP1, V8.0 SP2 and V8.1
  • WinCC Open Architecture V3.14
• Process Historian 2014 SP2
• Open reporting system with report templates for both interactive online reports (Web-based) and printed documents (PDF)
• Thanks to the add-in technology for Microsoft Office environments, simple and direct access is established to the archived Process Historian database.
• Reports can be integrated directly in Word and Excel, thus greatly simplifying work steps.
• Process values can be displayed in tabular or graphic form depending on various filter functions
• Support of subscriptions for cyclic report generation including e-mail service
• Performance increase through automatic aggregation
• Web-based creation and provision of reports
• Use of the standard tools MS Excel, MS Word and MS PowerPoint for individual report templates
• Reporting system based on MS Reporting Services for more complex individual report templates
• Can be used for HTML5-enabled tablet PCs larger than 10.5"
• Automatic cyclic and event-based reporting (PDF, Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Central storage and automatic transmission of reports created by e-mail
• Data security thanks to access protection, user administration, SSL encryption and SMTP authentication

Operating systems, browsers, MS Office, virtualization

• Windows 2008 Server R2 SP1 Standard Edition (64-bit)
• Windows 7 SP1 (32-bit/64-bit) Professional, Enterprise, Ultimate
• Windows 8.1
• Windows Server 2012 R2
• Windows 10

The browsers to be used must have HTML5 capability

• Internet Explorer as of Version 11.0
• Mozilla Firefox (current version)
• Google Chrome (current version)
• Office add-ins for Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Word, for the following 32-bit Office versions: 2007 SP2, 2010 SP1 and 2013

SIMATIC Information Server 2014 SP2 has been released for the following virtual environments:

• VMWare vSphere Hyper Visor (ESXi) V5.5
• Microsoft Hyper-Server 2012