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InfoCenter Suite 1.7 Advanced

Technical Specification Sheet

Rev. 7 March, 2016

Document No. 149-201P25

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InfoCenter Suite 1.7 Advanced

Description

As the demand for historical facility information

grows, a solution providing easy user access to

system data becomes invaluable. InfoCenter Suite®

is designed to deliver solutions that meet ongoing

facility needs for information management tools.

InfoCenter Suite Advanced provides a means of

archiving, managing, processing and retrieving

business critical data for a range of information

management/reporting needs including analysis,

compliance and management reporting.

State-of-the-art InfoCenter Suite, combined with the

power and flexibility of Microsoft® SQL Server™,

opens up new avenues in information management.

From high-level analysis to lifecycle data

management, InfoCenter Suite allows users in a

facility to manage information without having to use

an Insight®

workstation, providing cost-effective

information sharing. InfoCenter Suite provides a

solid foundation for data storage, management and

retrieval to facilitate tracking, analysis, and reporting

of facility performance.

InfoCenter Suite Advanced is the most flexible

version of InfoCenter Suite and supports all features

available within the InfoCenter Suite product.

InfoCenter Advanced was specifically designed for

installations with high data volumes, offline storage

requirements and significant client access

requirements. Features provided with InfoCenter

Suite Advanced are specifically designed to protect

and manage the valuable asset of information and

support regulatory compliance needs.

InfoCenter Suite Advanced is a key component of

the APOGEE® Compliance Solution, providing

support for the secure lifecycle management of key

APOGEE electronic records. When combined with

the Compliance Support Option for Insight,

InfoCenter Suite effectively completes an end-to-

end solution for management of electronic records

that supports the highest level of compliance.

System Architecture

InfoCenter Suite Advanced is comprised of the

following software programs:

• InfoCenter Server® Advanced — The engine

behind InfoCenter Suite provides the interface

between client applications and the Microsoft

SQL Server database where all information is

stored.

• InfoCenter Administrator® — Client application

designed for management and administration of

information within InfoCenter Server.

• InfoCenter Report Manager® — Client

application designed to allow you to create

basic report templates that query the InfoCenter

Server for point data. Report templates can be

scheduled to automatically generate reports

with predefined data ranges.

Summary of content (10 pages)

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Technical Specification Sheet Rev. 7 March, 2016 InfoCenter Suite 1.7 Advanced available within the InfoCenter Suite product. InfoCenter Advanced was specifically designed for installations with high data volumes, offline storage requirements and significant client access requirements. Features provided with InfoCenter Suite Advanced are specifically designed to protect and manage the valuable asset of information and support regulatory compliance needs.
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InfoCenter Suite is built on the Microsoft SQL Server relational database engine. The SQL Server database provides an open, flexible platform designed to meet all your data storage needs. InfoCenter Suite's close integration with the SQL Server provides an integrated, straightforward installation procedure and increased performance capabilities. Long-term security and performance are enhanced by the integration of the Windows Server and Microsoft SQL Server.
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can be created. As a result, manual logs detailing what data is stored in archive volumes and cumbersome tape archiving systems are not required. You can focus on data reporting and analysis, not cumbersome data management. InfoCenter Server provides storage for the following types of electronic data: • Change-of-Value (COV). This point’s values are generated by control and monitoring of the APOGEE Automation System when the value changes by a specified amount. • Interval Data.
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Once the proper users and user groups have been defined using integrated Windows security, InfoCenter Suite Administrator supports effective assignment of rights to electronic records using the tree-view profiler. Minimum, Maximum, Sampling, Sum, Mean Kinetic Temperature and Delta. Figure 7. Mean Kinetic Temperature Summary Point. Figure 5. Data Security and "Tree-View”.
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InfoCenter Report Manager the data has been modified or includes an annotation (note or reason for change). Figure 10. Exception Reporting. Figure 9. Create Report Templates with Report Manager. InfoCenter Report Manager serves as the interface for queries to InfoCenter Server and generates reports based on templates that you create. Reports can include any of the record types stored in the InfoCenter Server.
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Figure 12. Alarm Analysis. Additional capabilities include the Histogram Chart report that takes the number of occurrences of data values for one or more points and splits them into equal-sized bins. The Mean Kinetic Temperature (MKT) table calculates the MKT values for selected points. This report table allows you to change the parameters of an MKT calculation on demand. Access rights to point information through the InfoCenter Report Manager are set up using the InfoCenter Administrator.
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advanced audit trail system. InfoCenter Suite Report Manager supports compliance-based reporting needs by providing state-of-the-art reporting capabilities. In APOGEE Insight, the Compliance Support Option (CSO) gives the ability to enter comments for alarms. These CSO comments can now be imported and displayed in InfoCenter system activity. Research Study Support Figure 16. Report Scheduling Email Output. Applications Application solutions capabilities from Siemens Industry, Inc.
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managers to take early preventive actions and avoid potential equipment downtime, protecting capital investments. InfoCenter Suite supports these efforts by: • Allowing equipment-operating parameters to be viewed over time, or compared relative to each other or a baseline, to determine operating efficiencies. • Allowing you to detect slight operation changes that may not result from alarm conditions but over time will cost the facility additional dollars.
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o o • Room Pressurization Report — Documents the operation and alarms of Airborne Infection Isolation rooms (AII), Protective Environments (PE), Pharmacies, Surgical Suites, and other areas in healthcare facilities where monitoring room pressurization is critical to infection control. Controlled Room Temperature Report — Documents the operation and alarms of temperatures in spaces such as laboratories and surgical suites.
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Specifications InfoCenter Server Advanced System Requirements Operating System Networking Environment Relational Database Minimum Recommended Hardware Windows Server 2008 Standard or Enterprise edition 32-bit, Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard or Enterprise edition 64-bit, or Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard or Enterprise edition 64-bit. Windows Networking. Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Standard Edition 32-bit. Microsoft SQL Server 2014 is not provided with InfoCenter Suite Advanced 1.7.