October 2011, Volume 2, Issue 10

BENTLY NEVADA

SYSTEM 1 TIPS & TRICKS

Dear System 1 User,

In the October issue of System 1 Tips and Tricks well show you a convenient way to store important operating history or any
manually entered information for any component in your Enterprise, using the Journal Editor. Journal entries are saved in the
configuration database for the selected Enterprise.
We hope you enjoy this issue.
Sincerely,
Your North America FAE team
This months tip by: Clyde Dooley, Field Application Engineer, Baton Rouge, LA

User Level:
Power User
Diagnostic User
IT Group
Mid Level User
Occasional User
New User

Versions:
All
Applies to:
System 1 Tools

How to use the Journal Editor tool in System 1

To the right are some

examples of how Journal
Entries can be used.
Note: Availability of the Journal
Editor feature depends on your
profile configuration. If it is not
available, contact your system
administrator to request this
feature.

Your goal should be to

preserve important
information or instructions
that will assist other System
1 users. See examples in
the pane to the right.

Add written comments about any item in your Enterprise

View specific history or background information about
specific components, machines, areas, plants, etc.
Benchmark process changes, inspections, or other
procedures
Notify others concerning the status of a procedure or the
results of testing

Operator Observations
Scheduled Maintenance
Current testing or in-progress Procedures
Particular points, variables, machines to 'keep an eye
on'
Replacement of Consumable Parts
Performance Test Results
Unexpected Process Transients

To access the Journal

Editor, right-click on a
highlighted Enterprise
component, and select
Journal Editor from the
resulting menu.
In this example, the dialog
would list and display any
existing entries that were
made for the component
named 'Ethylene Building'.

In this example, the ALU1

Air Compressor #1 has been
selected. A Journal Entry is
being made for this
component and the entry is
being recorded in the Event
Manager for the Enterprise.
The Journal Editor selection
is available from the
component level of the
Enterprise Hierarchy in
System 1 Display.

In the Enterprise and

Instrument hierarchy of
Display (and Configuration)
a User would want to know
whether the Segment ID
(SID) in the hierarchy (tree)
has a journal or document
associated with it. The
Journal Editor / Docuview
symbols show you which
components have a Journal
entry, a Docuview entry or
both. (Docuview will covered in
another issue, but the procedure is
similar. Docuview will let you attach
any file to a component in the
hierarchy)

Journal & Document

Document

Journal

Journal Entries may be

viewed as a group
by selecting the highest level
in the enterprise for which
you want to see the Journal
Entries, right click and select
Journal Editor (see step 3
previous page). Once the
Journal Editor screen opens,
check Show Sub-Level
Entries

Journal Entries may also be

shown in Report Form by
selecting
> Tools > Reports > Journal
& Inspection Report
in the System 1 Display
Main Menus.
Use the Interval tab to
specify the date range for
the report.

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