Data Binding...

[[Mi...]]

What is it? What does it do? When would one use this PiWeb feature?

[[No...]]

Hooray, I'm not alone!! 🤣

Zeiss is like Microsoft: They manage to use a term 1000x in a manual, but never explain it properly.
That's how you sell trainings.

[[Mi...]]

Nope not alone lol. Yeah they show it all over the manual but I canr find out what it does. I thought maybe it binded data for the reports somehow but cant seem to get it to do that either.

I plan on taking the PiWeb class, but early next year. Already have Aukom training this yr...

Yeah and they are more than happy to SELL you training lol

[[La...]]

Data binding is essentially the source of information required to populate a report or object. If I have a blank report and I drag & drop (for example) a histogram in the center of the page, the object needs to be tied to a data source. In this case I can single click my histogram and go to the Data binding tab and choose which characteristic I want to drive that Histogram.

For most generic reports, you may not have to do any data binding since the data binding is usually implied from whatever measurement plan you just ran. I more often use specific data binding on Measurement Plan specific templates.

The data binding tab can also be used to control the default amount of information being queried on that page. For example, the default data binding for TableProtocol.ptx is the last 12 measurements. And the side bar where you can filter measurement attributes (ie. Approval, Production Number, Operator) can also be configured in the designer so that if your company doesnt use production number it won't show up.

If you data bind the whole report to a measurement plan and you're using generic header fields and a basic characteristic table, you shouldn't really need to data bind individual objects.

This explanation is likely much simpler and less technical than a real training document but I hope it answers your question. If you ever have any PiWeb questions, need help understanding something please let me know either on here or PM.

🙂

(EDIT: This was more specifically geared towards PiWeb Reporting Plus with the implied data binding from your measurement plan)

[[La...]]

New drinking game: Take a shot for every time I use the word data binding

[[Ri...]]

Oh, you Canadians 😃

[[Mi...]]

yeah clear as mud.

lol. I see what you mean. Ill put it through some test cycles later on!

[[No...]]

I knew that the data binding somehow controls what data is being fed to the report. But I still don't understand how it is all tied together. For example, if I bind a specific characteristic to a report element, can I still use this report for other inspection plans which don't have a characteristic by that name? Or will this automatically turn it into a plan specific report?