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FactoryTalk EnergyMetrix Software and PowerMonitor Device Maintenance Chapter 10
Daily Consumption Report
A popular method for monitoring the health of the data logger and the integrity of the facility utility systems is the daily
consumption report. This is an automatically generated report that lists the consumption of each meter over the previous
day. A plant engineer may receive this report in the morning email. Meters that indicate zero consumption may indicate an
offline metering point (or it may indicate actual conditions in the facility). Consumption line items that are significantly
higher than expected my indicate a leak or a failure of a facility subsystem, causing a waste of energy or raw material.
See Chapter 9, FactoryTalk EnergyMetrix Software Reports and Charts for procedures on setting up a daily consumption
report and generating the report automatically.
Using the Windows Event Viewer
The Windows Event Viewer can be helpful in diagnosing software issues that cause performance issues in the FactoryTalk
EnergyMetrix software system. Issues such as slow response, missed report output, and server errors may be attributed to the
interactions between FactoryTalk EnergyMetrix software and other programs it needs, such as SQL Server, IIS, RSLinx
Classic, and ASPNET.
To open the Event Viewer, follow these steps.
1. From the Windows Start menu, choose Control Panel and then launch Administrative Tools.
Your start menu setup may be different.
2. Launch the Event Viewer.
The Application and System logs can
provide clues to help diagnose
performance issues.