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XML Reporting
The Reporting feature allows you to create reports in XML format. Therefore, add the WinCC OA Reporting Manager to your project. Historical data can be queried via the Reporting manager by using the SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) interface. SOAP is a network protocol which allows sending data in XML format between systems.
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- XML Reporting
  The Reporting feature allows you to create reports in XML format. Therefore, add the WinCC OA Reporting Manager to your project. Historical data can be queried via the Reporting manager by using the SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) interface. SOAP is a network protocol which allows sending data in XML format between systems.
- WinCC OA Excel Report
  WinCC OA Excel Report, is a program extension of MS Excel for integrated data evaluation and protocol generation with WinCC OA archive data. Reports can be created with the WinCC OA Excel Report. Templates are used for the reports. If a report is to be generated over a defined period of time, the system accesses the template and automatically fills it with data from the process database. Reports can also be created, printed and saved on a scheduled basis without requiring user access.
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  The REST Reporting API is integrated into the Standard web server and can be activated via the config entry [restRporting] enabled.
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Requirements and Installation

Requirements

Correctly installed WinCC OA version
A valid reporting license
WinCC OA Reporting Manager
A reporting tool like BIRT or Crystal Reports, see chapter BIRT, basics.

Installation

A basic installation of WinCC OA is sufficient for using the Reporting feature. For further information on the WinCC OA installation, see chapter Installation.

Inserting the WinCC OA Reporting Manager

Open the WinCC OA project in the WinCC OA console of the server.
Add the Reporting Manager (WCCOAreporting) to the project.
HTTPS is supported. The config entry httpsPort = 443 is set by default. To use HTTPS with BIRT, the WinCC OA certificate must be imported into the JVM truststore used by BIRT:
1. If no certificate exists yet, create one under System Management → Communication → SSL Certificates: create a host certificate of type Certificate for HTTP-server and ensure the correct DNS name is used.
2. Import the WinCC OA certificate into the JVM truststore used by BIRT.
After importing the certificate, configure the BIRT connection using https:// in the URL.

No further steps in WinCC OA are necessary to use the reporting feature. To create a report, a report project must be set up using the reporting tool BIRT. To this end, you must install BIRT as well as a compatible Java Runtime Environment, as described in the chapter BIRT, requirements and installation.

CAUTION:

HTTP authentication is activated by default for reporting in WinCC OA . BIRT does not support HTTP authentication. Therefore, set the config entry httpAuth to 0 (FALSE) when using BIRT. Additionally, the config entry NofThreads should be set to 25.